10 week Test Explosion

[Cellerator65]

Today i started my 8 week animal stak cycle. My goal is to gain 15lbs. Calculated my calories... i'll be eating 3562cals/day with 103.5g fat (14%), 275g protein (36%), and 377g carbs (50%). I will see how i do for the week, and check the diet to see if i need more calories. More then likely i'll add 400-500 more cals if i don't gain 2lbs this week.

Current supps:
Animal Stak
Animal Pak
Animal Flex
Torrent
Real Gains

creatine
zma

2/24 - Chest
DB Bench - 95x7, 95x7, 95x6
DB Incline - 75x7, 75x7
CG Bench - 175x7
Flat DB Flyes - 40x8, 40x8, 45x8
Dips - 1x18 (BW)

I wanted to do chest/tri today, but after doing my first set of CG... i realized how taxed my triceps were. I'll probably hit triceps again later this week. Tomorrow i'll be hitting legs.

[Cellerator65]

2/25: shoulda done legs, but with my mis-management of time and the fact that i woke up late, i wasn't able to hit the gym. I'll use it as my day off, and just bust my ass harder.

2/26 - Legs
Front Squats - 185x7 (upper back didnt feel right while holding the weight, so i switched to reg squats)
Squats - 225x8, 275x6 (coulda done 8, but i wanted to hit leg press hard)
Leg Press - 4p x 8, 5p x 8, 3p x 20 (4p = 4 pies a side... you probably figured that :P)
Calf Raises - 195x8, 285x8
Leg Extentions - 255x8, 285(rack)x8, 285x8
Lying Ham Curls - 150x6, 150x6 (PR)

Great leg day apart from the fact i couldn't finish my front squats, but i tried hard on reg squats, going slightly below parallel. After the set of 20 leg presses, i felt light headed and was going to puke... pulled myself together and decided to throw in calves to keep my breakfast down and slow it up a bit. I've never done 150 in ham curls til last week, when i did it 3x after 2 sets at 135... felt great pushing up the weight. I wasnt able to do my 3rd set due to my mis-management of time, i had to eat before work.
I noticed that the torrent tastes like a cherry tootsie roll pop... not bad. But it just doesnt smell nice haha, but that shit is for the birds.
Tuesdays are hard for me to keep to my diet, since my rents dont let me eat meat today. So i've replaced my 6 whole eggs with a can of baked beans. I probably add a protein shake before bed, but i just dont know what i can eat to replace 16oz steak... damn. I might use tonight's dinner as my cheat meal and just get a bean burrito or something.
My quads are cramping when i walk... which means today's lift was a fucking good one and i also need to eat a banana.
Tomorrow will be bi/tri workout.

[Cellerator65]

2/27 - Bi/Tri

Skull Crushers - 100x7, 100x7, 100x6
EZ bar preachers - 65x8, 65x8, 65x8
CG Bench - 175x7, 175x7, 175x10
BB Curls - 95x6, 95x5, 85x6
Dips - BWx8, BW+45x10
Hammer Curls - 40x8

Holy shit, today felt fucking amazing. I had so much energy and drive, it was awesome. I talked to my mum right before i went to the gym... i told her its my favorite time of the day, gym time. She asked why... i told her, theres something about lifting bone breaking weight, weight that could injure me, that makes me feel alive. This is my personal satisfaction and salvation. By no means am i huge guy that moves mountains, but i got the soul of a gladiator and the heart of a lion. I WILL NOT FAIL. i told myself before every last set of each exercise, i want my fucking respect.
I walked into the gym, with my black animal beanie, my black hoodie with the hood up, my dark grey sweats... just staring at the ground infront of me with anger running through my veins. so focused, so determined... with my leg workout yesterday, and today's... i feel fucking amazing, i cant wait to crush my back and shoulder workouts on friday and sat.
I went home and looked in the mirror with my shirt off to see my pump (no, im not self absorbed, i jsut wanted to see progress) and for about 30 seconds, i was happy. Then i snapped out of it and realized i got a whole lot more work to do. The moment i am happy with my body, i know i will lose my drive and determination. Its not the end result that makes me smile, its the fucking journey that makes me happy. PEACE

[Cellerator65]

2/28 - Shoulders/Traps/calves

DB military press - 75x6, 75x6, 75x7
DB shrugs - 95x8, 95x8, 95x8
Seated Calf raises - 3p x 8, 3p x 8, 3p x 10, (drop set), 2p x 10, 1p x 6 (each leg)
BB Upright rows - 105x6, 105x6, 105x10
Lateral raises - 30x6, 30x6
Front raises - 30x6, 30x6
Bentover raises - 30x8, 30x8

Overall good workout, felt strong today, gonna up the weight next week on upright rows and shrugs. I need to work on my rear delts tho. Biceps are quite sore from yesterday, probably going to take tomorrow off and hit back on saturday to get some more recovery for em. So far, first week of stak is working well, i have no complaints.
Haha, my father told me the other day... if i spent as much time as i do counting calories and planning workouts on my school work, i'd get better grades. Hes probably right, but we'll see.
Weekend is comming, and i gotta dicipline myself to not drink while all my friends are... i'll just pull the DD card and some other BS... haha.

[dyskee]

nice bro keep up the good work and u'll sure gain well

[Enforcer]

Today i started my 8 week animal stak cycle. My goal is to gain 15lbs. Calculated my calories... i'll be eating 3562cals/day with 103.5g fat (14%), 275g protein (36%), and 377g carbs (50%). I will see how i do for the week, and check the diet to see if i need more calories. More then likely i'll add 400-500 more cals if i don't gain 2lbs this week.

Current supps:
Animal Stak
Animal Pak
Animal Flex
Torrent
Real Gains

creatine
zma

2/24 - Chest
DB Bench - 95x7, 95x7, 95x6
DB Incline - 75x7, 75x7
CG Bench - 175x7
Flat DB Flyes - 40x8, 40x8, 45x8
Dips - 1x18 (BW)

I wanted to do chest/tri today, but after doing my first set of CG... i realized how taxed my triceps were. I'll probably hit triceps again later this week. Tomorrow i'll be hitting legs.

Nice Stak bro. Maybe throw in some M-Stak as well or Test to see even greater gains.

[loiacanoa]

solid workouts there man. I'll be doing a Stak cycle after May. I'm interested to see how it works for ya.

[Cellerator65]

thanks everyone, i appriciate the looks and complements... I've used m-stak a few times, im actually ended a cycle about 2-3 weeks ago. I would love to use test, but i'll wait on that for a little bit when i can refine my diet and give the cycle 110%. I'm probably going to order a bunch of supps within the next week or 2.

Real Gains x2
Torrent x2
Flex
Pak
maybe Omega if its out... but doubt it
maybe Pump as well

Massnutrition.com gives free shipping over $200, so i think i'll buy a bulk of shit and save the $30-40 on shipping

[LegendKillerJosh]

2/27 - Bi/Tri

Skull Crushers - 100x7, 100x7, 100x6
EZ bar preachers - 65x8, 65x8, 65x8
CG Bench - 175x7, 175x7, 175x10
BB Curls - 95x6, 95x5, 85x6
Dips - BWx8, BW+45x10
Hammer Curls - 40x8

PEACE

That's a smart workout right there. Many people don't realize the benefits of doing supersets for two different muscle groups. It flushes the lactic acid back and forth to the muscle groups so the muscles are constantly fresh when it is there turn to go. Not bad numbers either. I also notice with the triceps you started with an isolation move and finished them with compound moves. Have you been reading my journey? haha. Good work.

[Cellerator65]

thanks josh... i haven't seen your journey yet, but i will stop by. I guess i pre-exhaust my muscles before compounds... i would have done tricep pushdowns instead of CG, but i wanted to man up and test my limits. I get a far better pump with CG then pushdowns anyways. I also do my exercises based on location, so preachers and skulls are close to eachother, CG and BB curls, same... dip station is located right next to the 40lb DBs haha.

My diet/Supp schedual:
Meal 1: 1 cup oatmeal, 4 whole egg omlet with shredded cheese (Pak)
Pre: Creatine, Stak
Post: Torrent
Meal 2: 2 burritos, 2 pieces of chicken
Meal 3: Real Gains + 2cup milk
Meal 4: Unc Ben's rice, banana, apple
Meal 5: 4 whole eggs scrambled, banana
Meal 6: 16oz steak (Flex)
ZMA before bed

i think im gonna add a baked potato with meals 2 and 6 if my weight hasnt gone up by sunday.

[LegendKillerJosh]

But you did the skull crushers which is almost pure triceps, before doing the close grips, so that makes sense. That way you bring in the fresh chest and delts to assist the triceps. This is basically what I do. Pizzalamp sent me some great Mike Mentzer videos if you are interested in HIT style training I can send them to you.

[Cellerator65]

2/29 - Off day, biceps were sore which woulda made a bad back workout

3/1 - Back
Widegrip pullups - BWx7, BWx7, BWx6
BB rows - 185x6, 185x6, 185x7
Deadlifts - 225x5, 275x5, 315x5, 225x7
T-bar - 2q x8, 4q x8, 6q x6 (q = quarters, i get a better range of motion with quarters then pies)

Decent back workout, my grip was slipping on the 315 deadlift so i couldnt do 6... gotta get my grip strength up... no straps, no belt. For some reason i feel as if my back is not progressing as fast as the rest of my body... i felt like shit going into the gym (mental) and i couldnt psych myself up to go higher in deads. I think i need to switch up my routine a little bit and shock my system... if anyone can tell me some good replacement exercises, it would be much appriciated. Later brothers... gonna lounge around the rest of the day and stuff my fucking face (with clean cals :P). PEACE

oh ya, for a preworkout... shock therapy or storm? 1 of the 2 is gonna be my next creatine choice. I love that stimulant haha

[loiacanoa]

I haven't tried storm but I really like shock therepy.

[LegendKillerJosh]

If you feel like your back is not developing like the rest of your body, maybe you should consider using straps or anything else to ensure you are going to failure for lats, not forearms.

[Cellerator65]

thanks josh, i think i might finally pick up some straps from work (work at a supp shop, no, not gnc!)... maybe get some chalk too.

3/2 - Off day, woke up late and had to work... nice soreness in my back tho.

3/3 - Chest
BB Flat Bench - 225x5, 235x5
DB Flat Bench - 95x6
DB Incline - 80x8, 80x7, 80x5
DB flyes - 45x8, 45x8, 45x6

Decent workout, first time i've done BB bench since december... i coulda done some more reps, but i wanted to end on a good strong note. When doing flyes, i my left forearm would hurt when twisting the weight... I would go to my doctor, but shes a bitch and would tell me to stop using supps (we got into an arguement about creatine during my last physical about a month ago). I skipped my dips today, i'll def hit em hard on my bi/tri day tho, no doubt. I'll probably just use some icy hot and ice it for a bit... tomorrow is legs, so my forearms wont get much abuse.

I usually go to the gym in the morning, when its nice and quiet... but my boss has been sick so i had to open the store today and i'll have to do the same tomorrow. Going to the gym at 7:30pm fucking sucks... so many people, can never get an open bench or nothing. Oh well, the price we pay, aint no thang.

There are these wrist straps/supports that i've seen people use in the ABC events, especially G, does anyone know what they're called or where i can pick up some... left wrist needs some support. PEACE

[Cellerator65]

3/4 - Legs
Squats - 275x6, 275x4
Front squats - 135x5
Leg Press - 4p x5, 5p x8, 5p x8, 3p x25
Standing Calf Raise - 195x8, 285x6, 285x6
Leg extentions - 285x8, 285x8
Lying Ham Curls - 150x6, 150x6, 150x6

Good leg workout, was hoping to do more reps in squat but my hips decided to start hurting. I was pissed, so i decided to kick my ass in leg press, going for 25 reps in the last set almost sent me outside to puke, not bad. I spent longer then i wanted to in the gym... about 85 minutes, when i was hoping to be in and out in under 60... need to be more efficient. My diet has been slacking recently... so much hw and covering other shifts in work has me fucking up. I need to get back on the grind asap.

I noticed that when i twist my wrist, i get some pain near my elbow... ligament i think. maybe tennis elbow? (or wtf its called) I hope not, i dont want any more set backs. Tomorrow is Bi/tri day... i know my left forearm is gonna act up, i'll see if i can tape my wrist so i dont get too much movement.. we will see. PEACE

[Cellerator65]

3/5 - Bi/Tri
Skull Crushers - 100x8, 100x8, 100x6
EZ bar preachers - 75x6, 75x6, 75x6
CG Bench - 185x7, 185x7, 185x9
BB Curls - 95x6, 95x5, 85x7
Dips - BWx8, BW+45x8, BW+70x7

Was getting late for class, so i didnt end with hammer curls.. wish i had, get a real good pump out of it. During preachers... my tendon/ligament in my left elbow was fucking killing me, i pushed through it, but damn! When i squeeze at the top of a bicep exercise is when the pain comes, but fuck that shit, i'll just be more careful and rest, ice, heat that shit. It started acting up during skulls, but was fine during CG and dips.. i think because of hand placement on the bar.
About to eat my chicken, so that'll be all for now. PEACE

[SQUAT or DIE!]

I noticed that the torrent tastes like a cherry tootsie roll pop... not bad. But it just doesnt smell nice
Tomorrow will be bi/tri workout.

couldnt agree more man.. but looks liek you got some intense workouts goin on, keep it up!

[Cellerator65]

3/6 - Shoulders/Traps/Calves
BB standing military press - 135x6, 135x6, 105x10
BB shrugs - 185x8, 225x8, 135x25
Seated calf raises - 3p x8, 3p x8, 3p x8
Upright rows - 115x6, 115x5
BB front raises - 45x8

Will update when i get to work, just didnt want to forget reps.

[Cellerator65]

so elbow was fine during all the exercises, but my left wrist started acting up during upright rows. I found a little wrist brace my mum used, so i hopped on that and it worked for awhile. It limited the range of motion, which kept the pain down... but just the movement from upright rows fucked that right up. I will probably lay off exercises that affect the wrist... take a day off tomorrow and hit up back on saturday morning before work. PEACE