Getting Massive

OzMullet said:
really dont trust this body fat measurement on my scales. how can i stay the same weight but jump up 1.5% BF? i'm going to ignore it from now on.
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Tanita scales estimate body fat based upon the water in your system. So the read out will change slightly, even if you just take a leak. The trick is to weigh yourself at the same time and in the same condition every day (e.g. in the morning after urinating but before breakfast). I tend rather to look at how the numbers on my Tanita scale trend, rather than taking them at face value.
 
yeah thats what i was going to do as well, but seeing my weight drop and wildly fluctuating BF% isnt exactly fun. i do weigh myself exactly the same time every day.
 
10s DAY 4 - weight 75.0KGs

LegPress 140*10, 200*10, 200*10 - good
Dips BW*10, BW10*10, BW10*10 - good
RowsDB 34*10, 34*10 - good
MilPress 40*10, 40*10 - good
CR 45*10, 45*10 - good
Deads 60*10, 100*10, 100*10 - good
Skulls 32.5*10, 32.5*10 - easy
DBCurls 18*10, 18*10 - good

all good. really struggling on this intermittant fasting though. skipping breakfast is fine but then i need to consume around 1000 cals straight after and i really dont have an appetite. forcing the food down is seriously not fun at all.
 
OzMullet said:
but then i need to consume around 1000 cals straight after and i really dont have an appetite. forcing the food down is seriously not fun at all.
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Protein shakes with eggs, olive oil, peanut butter, maltodextrin, and cottage cheese!

Augmenting your diet in this way also helps when you decided to resume a more 'normal' diet. You won't have to change your eating and life style (which can be very hard to do), instead you just drop out the shakes.
 
thanks TR.

cottage cheese in a shake? i ate most of that stuff you mention today but i prefer to eat it all seperately. personal preferance i guess but i dont like mixing stuff together. anyway i managed to eat it all in two short sittings. got my second wind after a bit of a break.

i cant stand cottage cheese though. i mixed some blueberries in which made it bearable but i might have to find an alternative.
 
I guess I’m a mutant because I’ve always liked cottage cheese even plain. Though it’s really good with fruit.
 
10s DAY 5 - weight 75.0KGs

Bench 60*10, 85*10, 85*8 - hard. CNS death
legCurl 40*10, 68*10, 68*10 - hard
Chins BW5*10, BW5*7 - hard 1st set was solid though
CalfRaise 50*10, 50*10 - good
ShldrPrsDB 28*10, 28*9 - good, although couldnt quite get last rep
Squats 60*10, 95*10, 95*10 - hard - last few reps were rubbish. couldnt catch breath
DBCurls 18*10, 18*10 - good
Skulls 35*10, 35*10 - good

really hard workout today. not really disappointed but it would be nice to close out those 2nd sets. not sure why my CNS dies so suddenly. had a quick look at myself in the mirror. upper body looking really good. if i could lose my gut and get a bit more definition i'd be stoked. gonna try incline walking for 40 mins tomorrow.
 
10s DAY 6 - weight 74.8KGs

Bench 60*10, 90*9, 90*6 - too hard.
RowsDB 36*10, 36*10 - hard
MilPress 45*10, 45*9 - hard
CR 55*10, 55*10 - good
Deads 70*10, 110*8+2 - hard
Skulls 37.5*10, 37.5*10 - good
DBCurls 20*10, 20*10 - good

didnt have my dips belt so thought i'd try 90KG bench. went ok. couldnt quite get 10 reps on the 1st set and the 2nd set was bloody hard. Deads were really draining as well, so only did one set. good finish to the 10s though. bring on the 5s next week!!!
 
5s DAY 1 - weight 74.8KGs

Bench 60*5, 85*5*3 - easy
legCurl 40*5, 68*5*3 - easy
Chins BW5*5*3 - easy
CalfRaise 30*8, 60*5*3 - good
ShldrPrsDB 24*5, 32*5*3 - good
Squats 60*5, 100*5*3- good
DBCurls 20*5*3 - good
Skulls 30*5, 40*5*3 - good

awesome start to the 5s! weight is dropping steadily too. i can almost see some definition in my abs!
 
5s DAY 2 - weight 73.9KGs

LegPress 200*6, 230*5, 260*5*3 - good
Dips BW*5, BW15*5*3 - easy
RowsDB 36*5*3 - good
MilPress 40*5, 50*5*3 - good
Skulls 32.5*5, 42.5*5*3 - good
DBCurls 20*5*3 - good
Deads 70*5, 110*5*3 - good

weight is dropping maybe a bit to quickly though. might have to up the carbs/fat a bit maybe?
 
OzMullet said:
5s DAY 2 - weight 73.9KGs

LegPress 200*6, 230*5, 260*5*3 - good
Dips BW*5, BW15*5*3 - easy
RowsDB 36*5*3 - good
MilPress 40*5, 50*5*3 - good
Skulls 32.5*5, 42.5*5*3 - good
DBCurls 20*5*3 - good
Deads 70*5, 110*5*3 - good

weight is dropping maybe a bit to quickly though. might have to up the carbs/fat a bit maybe?
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Your strength isn't suffering, though is it? You report easy and good for these loads - do you think there is going to be a problem later in the 5s? At the very least, you know what you are doing is working! :)
 
5s DAY 3 - weight 74.4KGs

Bench 60*5, 95*5*3 - hard
Chins BW*5, BW10*5*3 - good
ShldrPrsDB 26*5, 34*5, 34*4*2 - too hard
DBCurls 22*5*3 - good
Squats 70*5, 110*5*3- hard * still cant get down far enough
Skulls 45*5*3 - good

good workout. bench was a bit harder than i thought. maybe its because i'm thinking about the fact i have to do 105 next week. will def need a spot for that. shoulder press was also surprisingly hard. also squats arent getting any easier. the one exercise i am really happy about is chins.

next week is going to be really tough!
 
5s DAY 4 - weight 74.7KGs

LegPress 200*5, 240*5, 280*5*3 - good
Dips BW*5, BW20*5*3 - good
RowsDB 38*5*3 - good
MilPress 40*5, 55*5*3 - hard
Skulls 40*5, 47.5*5*3 - easy
DBCurls 24*5*3 - hard
Deads 70*5, 100*2, 120*5*3 - hard

business as usual.
 
5s DAY 5 - weight 73.8KGs

Bench 80*5, 105*5, 105*4, too hard - had a spot, 1FR 1st set, 2FR 2nd set
Chins BW*5, BW15*5*3 - good
ShldrPrsDB 26*5, 36*4, 36*3 - too hard
DBCurls 24*5*3 - hard
Skulls 50*5*3 - hard
Squats 80*5, 120*5*3- v hard * form ok

i knew i'd struggle with this workout. bench and shoulders were too heavy for me. got a spot for bench. 105 felt ok but couldnt get 2 sets of 5. maybe next time. squats were surprisingly good, although still struggled. i might do deads and squats once a week as my back is still sore from deads.
 
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OzMullet said:
5s DAY 3 - weight 73.8KGs

Bench 80*5, 105*5, 105*4, too hard - had a spot, 1FR 1st set, 2FR 2nd set
Chins BW*5, BW15*5*3 - good
ShldrPrsDB 26*5, 36*4, 36*3 - too hard
DBCurls 24*5*3 - hard
Skulls 50*5*3 - hard
Squats 80*5, 120*5*3- v hard * form ok

i knew i'd struggle with this workout. bench and shoulders were too heavy for me. got a spot for bench. 105 felt ok but couldnt get 2 sets of 5. maybe next time. squats were surprisingly good, although still struggled. i might do deads and squats once a week as my back is still sore from deads.
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This is day 5, not 3 right? It gets hard at the end, don't it? Do you think your weight dropping made this session so hard? I lost 11 lbs after a highly stressful 3 weeks of being audited at work and then catching the flu (which really made my weight plummet). I've since gained back 5 lbs, but the strength loss from losing weight was really frustrating. I've struggled with weights 10 - 20lbs under my prior maxes and it sucks - although the past week has been a lot better.
 
thanks, just changed it. i dont think my drop in weight has affected my lifting. i knew i would struggle with bench because i changed from dumbells this cycle. so not too worried about it. just gotta keep working at it
 
5s DAY 6 - weight 73.5KGs

LegPress 200*5, 250*5, 300*5*2 - hard. didn't get down far enough
Dips BW*5, BW25*5*3 - good
RowsDB 40*5*3 - hard
MilPress 40*5, 60*5, 60*4 - hard
Skulls 40*5, 52.5*5*2 - hard
DBCurls 26*5*2 - hard
Deads 80*5, 100*2, 130*4+1, 130*3+1 - v. hard

very difficult session to end the first two weeks of fives. pretty good considering. not sure now if my drop in weight has anything to do with it, but i'm happy. i look as though i am the same BF% as when i started HST, but i'm up by 2.5KGs, so all good!
 
5s DAY 7 - weight 73.6KGs

Bench 60*5, 80*5, 105*5, 105*5 v hard - had a spot, 1FR 2nd set
Chins BW*5, BW20*5*2 - hard
ShldrPrsDB 26*5, 36*3+2, 34*3+1 - too hard - had a spot, 2FR 1st set, 1FR 2nd set
Squats 60*5, 90*3, 120*5*2- v hard * form ok

very happy with bench, a lot better than last time. got my 1st 5 out without a spot, only needed help on the last rep, 2nd set. dropped the arm isos as my biceps are starting to feel the strain. shoulders were tough though. had a spot and maybe that put me off, but i struggled big time. squats were ok - i think i'm going to do squats and deads once a week from now. its getting to be too much as it is and i really dont look forward to doing them - my form suffers as a result.
 
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