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Darth Biscuit

By Darth Biscuit,
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Question for you guys. I break down my work out days like this.

Monday- Deadlifts

Tuesday- Upper body,

Wednesday- Most likely rest. Or rest Tuesday, then Upper body Wednesday.

Thursday- Squats, leg press,

Friday- Upper body

Every day I'm in the gym I do incline sit ups as well.

I usually rest on the weekends but if I skip a day I make up for it on Saturday. My question is that I usually gauge my next dead lift or squat day by how soon my legs and back feel fresh, and if I did upper body stuff the day before. However could I start doing squats two times a week or would that end up being detrimental?

I don't take supplements. I just eat a lot of lean meat and peanut butter. I mostly do 3x5 sets and increase the weight to a max I could do that day, and then continue 3-4 sets of 5 on gradually lesser weight until I can't go anymore. I've been on this routine for about 3-4 weeks now and I feel stronger and more in shape. But if I could accelerate that I'd be all for it.

Back when I was a real gym rat, I squatted twice a week (usually Monday and Friday) and deadlifted on Wednesday. Back then I didn't really consider squats to be a leg workout, but more of a total body workout.

If your routine is working for you, stick with it. Finding your rhythm is important if you want to make fitness a lifestyle.

One thing I would suggest is to break up the 3x5 routine. Doing that for several weeks will cause your body to plateau or "flat line." When you stop seeing improvement, you lose motivation. When you lose motivation, your gym days start getting farther apart.

Throw in some low weight/high rep weeks (say, 10-8-6 or 21-15-9) and some heavy weight/low rep weeks (5-3-1 for a real max weight effort).

Every time you get to your max week, you should improve, even if it's a measley 10 pounds.

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I've finally decided to join the local Y. I haven't been to the Y in ages and was pleasantly surprised at their facilities. The weight room isn't the greatest, but it has 90% of what I want.

I'm trying to get out of the circuit / interval training mindset. That has been the staple of my workouts for far too long. I have done a lot of low weight, high rep, compound movements weight lifting but haven't lifted heavy in 5-6 years maybe.

I'm working back into it slowly. I put it off for a while until I saw a young guy struggling with his form. He was trying to clean and jerk, but was on his way to breaking his back with that form.

I coached him up a little, got him to place his feet correctly and use his body to stabilize the weight. He learned pretty well and was surprised at how light it suddenly felt. We did a few sets together that day and benched another day. He's well ahead of me on the bench, but I'll catch up.

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Right now I just take a Xenadine XT around 9am. It gives me enough energy to get me through my workout at 5pm, but keeps me up all night.

 

That's not really a pre is it?  More of a metabolism booster no?

 

As far as the keeping you awake, that must be some potent stuff if you take it at 9AM and it keeps you up.

 

I take a pre about 4:30PM everyday before I hit the gym around 5 and non of them generally bother me too much at night...

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It's not a pre, but someone suggested it to get up for a workout. It's a very potent weight loss supplement. The crazy thing is that you're actually suppose to take 4 a day.

 

What do you use? It seems the most popular is C4.

 

 

I've taken C4, 1.M.R, Ignition, VPX Friction and I'm currently on Platinum Pre.

 

Friction is my fav.  I'm on the Platinum because I'm cycling off creatine right now...

 

C4 is ok, but I build up a tolerance to it very, very quickly and end up taking 2 scoops.

 

1.M.R. works but tastes like vomit.

 

Tried Jack3d and hated it.. made me jittery...

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It's not a pre, but someone suggested it to get up for a workout. It's a very potent weight loss supplement. The crazy thing is that you're actually suppose to take 4 a day.

 

What do you use? It seems the most popular is C4.

I like C4 it tastes really good. I like the tingly feeling it gives you too. If you're a costco member you can get a 2 pack for 38 bucks (normally 30 a piece), im in SoCal though so yours might not have it

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Started back on creatine powder post-workout after about 6 months off, to battle some plateaus I've been dealing with over the past few months.

Why have I been going without for so long?

That PUMP

That extra 3-4 reps per set

3-4 extra sets per workout

Feel like Zeus descended from mount Olympus.

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