Buckfever's Journey

[Buckfever]

2/19/2020

45 minutes on the Elliptical with the 40lb vest and 10lb ankle weights, highest incline, hardest resistance.


Weighted Chin Ups

17.5lbsX7,4,4,4,3,3,3,3

T-bar Rows

92.5lbs on the barX31,13

Curls

85X6,5,4,4,3,3,3

1 minute rest

Notes:
Weight: 186.6.

85 lbs on the curls is about all the weight I'm going to be able to safely handle for a while, it's causing a very slight strain on the right shoulder that I injured last year, soooo we're just going to grab reps from here at 85lbs and so with that we added a little volume to help that out a little. I really would like to be 182 lbs ripped but I don't think I can gain enough muscle without the Squat and it's a dilemma because I know I need the quality aerobics I'm getting from the weighted Elliptical work. We'll see.
Sore as hell from the deadlifts. I know high rep deadlifts get a bad rap because its hard to keep the form but man what a great exercise with light and thus safe weights for high reps. You get sore in places that you just can't work otherwise.

[Jeppeehh]

but man what a great exercise with light and thus safe weights for high reps. You get sore in places that you just can't work otherwise.

I love high rep deadlifts. Nowadays since the coached training I do high-reps in form of a cluster set mostly. But I sure did higher reps prior to that aswell.

The pump alongside blood taste and crazy heart rate, yikes.

[Buckfever]

2/21/21

45 minutes on the Elliptical with the 40lb vest and 10lb ankle weights, highest incline, hardest resistance.


Bench Press

135X10

160X10

185X4X4sets,3X3sets

Overhead Press

75X16,9

C.G. Bench

115X 7,5,5,6,5

Notes:
Weight: 187
Wasn't feeling reps today. I handled 185 fine so I think I'll stick with this a couple warmups and then grab reps with 185. We'll see if I can grab more reps next time.

[Buckfever]

2/24/2021

45 minutes on the Elliptical with the 40lb vest and 10lb ankle weights, highest incline, hardest resistance

Deadlift

140X10X10sets

1 minute rest


Notes:
Weight is 187 but I don't think I can maintain it. I thought about doing the pull day right after the deadlifts and well that idea evaporated. I know it was only 140lbs but I was wiped. I absolutely need to find one more day to lift.

[Altered Beast]

Deadlift

140X10X10sets

1 minute rest

Quite the volume! I likes!

[Buckfever]

2/26/2021

45 minutes on the Elliptical with the 40lb vest and 10lb ankle weights, highest incline, hardest resistance

Bench
135X10

160X10

185X6,5,3,3,3,2,2,2

Overhead Press

75X18,10

C.G. Bench

115X8,8,4

Notes:
Bench started OK but then I pooped out. A little bit of sandbagging too I wanted clean reps. No letup in sight as far as work so I think what I'll do is whenever I can after work I'll do a light deadlift session as that's only 15 minutes or so and put things back the way I had them with alternating a push day and a pull day on my days off. I need more sleep.

[Buckfever]

2/28/2021

45 minutes on the Elliptical with the 40lb vest and 10lb ankle weights, highest incline, hardest resistance.


Weighted Chin Ups

20lbsX5,4,4,3X5sets

T-bar Rows

95lbs on BarX26,12

Curls

85X6,3X5sets,5

Notes:
9 days since the last pull day, lost a little. Knees felt sore from the last deadlifts, but they're good today.

[Buckfever]

3/3/2021

45 minutes on the Elliptical with the 40lb vest and 10lb ankle weights, highest incline, hardest resistance.

Bench

135X10

160X10

185X7,4,3,2X4sets,3

135X14,10

Notes:
Wasn't feeling great today, I think a little food poisoning yesterday carried over to today. Wanted to grab some reps on the bench so just bench today. Weight: 186.2

[Buckfever]

3/5/2021

45 minutes on the Elliptical with the 40lb vest and 10lb ankle weights, highest incline, hardest resistance.


Weighted Chin Ups

25lbsX4,4,3x5sets

BWX7

T-bar

97.5lbs on barX21,14

Curls

85X7,4,4,4,4,3,3

1 minute rest

Notes:
Weight: 187.4
I miss the gym. My wife got her second dose of the Pfizer vaccine last Friday so in a week she'll have good immunity and in any event a week from Monday she's going in to work. I guess there remains the concerns about the variants but at some point we need to start getting back to it. I do prefer benching at home simply because I feel safer benching in the power rack. So some combination of home and gym would be good I should think.

[Buckfever]

3/5/2021

Well I just called my gym and they require face coverings the whole time you're in the gym. Maybe I don't go back quite yet.

[Buckfever]

3/7/2021

45 minutes on the Elliptical with the 40lb vest and 10lb ankle weights, highest incline, hardest resistance.

Bench

135X10

160X10

185X8 grinder took 3 minutes for recovery

195X2X5sets

135X17 last rep paused.

Overhead Press

45X20,15,12,12

C.G Bench

95X10,10,7,7,7

1 minute rest.

Notes:
Weight: 187.6

Yesterday I felt heavy especially in my lats and pecs and the scale confirmed. Tested 195 on the bench and then after that kept everything light.

[Cellardweller]

3/5/2021

Well I just called my gym and they require face coverings the whole time you're in the gym. Maybe I don't go back quite yet.

I’m starting to get a little COVID fatigued. I can wait for restrictions to lift.

[moparguy55]

I’m starting to get a little COVID fatigued. I can wait for restrictions to lift.

Good work in here. And i never would have guessed how much i have used my rack in the past year. Crazy!
I think i will get a hack squat machine and a lat pulldown set up and forget about ever going back to a gym.

[Altered Beast]

I’m starting to get a little COVID fatigued. I can wait for restrictions to lift.

At this point the scam and lies are so blatant no one is really buying into it.

[Buckfever]

3/10/2021

10 flights on the Sledding hill with the 40lb vest ~ 21 minutes

Weighted Chin ups

25lbsX6,4,4,3,3,3,3

T-bar(weight on bar)

70X10
95X10
120X10,10,8,8,8

Curls

85X8,5,5

85,65,45X4,4,6 Drop set

Notes:

It's that time of year when I'm just sick of getting on the Elliptical and it was warmer so I headed out to the sledding hill. I was done at 10 flights though, it's so much harder than the Elliptical. I think I'll switch to the hill and light weight deadlifts depending on the weather, in lieu of the Elliptical. Mulling over squats too, I put up a mirror to assess form.

Weight: 187.4, yesterday 187.8, I'm going to back off slightly on the intake. I need to gain a little more muscle but the bulk of what I lost on the upper body last year has been gained back.

[Buckfever]

3/12/2021

Bench

135X10

160X10

185X5

200X2,3,2,2,2

160X7X5sets

Overhead Press

50X20,15,12,12

CG Bench

95X8,8

Notes:
Weight: 186

Night before last I hardly got any sleep and my joints were big time achy today so a toned down boring but big. No aerobics today as my legs are screaming sore from the weighted hill workout. I'm having to walk down the stairs backwards. Only 2 sets on the close grip bench because I was done from the volume on the bench.

[Buckfever]

One thing, when I dropped to a light weight on the overhead press an got sets of 12-20 reps I really liked the pump I got. How do we feel about the pump? I mean it just felt real good to me.

[Buckfever]

3/14/2021

Chinups

BWX10

Notes:
Some days I'm just not feeling it, doesn't happen often but generally speaking I love working out and I don't want anything negative associated with it. We'll go again Wednesday.

[Buckfever]

3/17/2021

Bench

135X10

160X10

185X4

205X3

215X1

155X14

CG Bench(Thumbs on smooth)

95X20,16

Overhead Press

55X15,12

Notes:
Morning weight 186.2

I put gym shoes on and walked over to the elliptical looked at it and said fuck you. Weather is looking good for the weekend, I'll get back on the hill with the weight vest. My legs were sore for a week after that.

[Altered Beast]

I put gym shoes on and walked over to the elliptical looked at it and said fuck you. Weather is looking good for the weekend, I'll get back on the hill with the weight vest. My legs were sore for a week after that.

Now THIS I like!!!!!!