Gooders

Age: 24
Height: 5 9’
Weight: 12 and a quarter stone

I figured I’d start a training journal as I have just started training in a new place with some new people in a new way and I wouldn’t mind A) keeping track of it and B) seeing what other peoples opinions of what I am doing are.

The place is basically a lock-up owned buy this guy who used to compete and own a gym but it closed down; he is a big lad and has competed 3 times. Him and his mate train together and have done for about 15 years, they’re well sound. Then there is me and the mates housemate, the unit is pretty small so they do their first exercise then when they are done we do the same, then basically do everything they do after they are finished, sort of following them round this tiny little room.

They are both big HIT advocates and fans of Dorian Yates and the whole Mentzer thing, now I have only ever trained splits and full bodies 3 times week with 3 – 4 sets with 8 – 12 reps so this is going to be a big change for me but I am eager to try it out after reading so much about it.

The schedule is Monday push day (chest, triceps, shoulders) Tuesday pull day (back and biceps) and Thursday leg day. 2 sets maximum on all exercises, either a warm up set and a working set to failure, or a working set to failure and a drop set also to failure.

Yesterday was the first day I did with those guys and this is what I did.

Deadlift:
Warm up set of 10 reps
Working set to failure

Wide grip lat pulldowns:
Working set to failure
Drop set to failure

Close-grip pulldowns:
Working set to failure
Drop set to failure

T-bar row:
Working set to failure

EZ Bar drag curls:
Working set to failure

Incline curls:
Working set to failure
Drop set to failure

Hammer curls:
Working set to failure
Drop set to failure


So there you have it, what do you guys think? The negatives of almost everything were slowed right down, I was constantly being shouted at. I really went all out as I usually train muscle groups 2 – 3 times a week, so just doing one muscle group once a week makes me want to really slay myself! It worked though as I have never ached like I did today, ****ing hell, I’m glad I’m not working my back and biceps for another week!

Here is my diet for yesterday also.

9:30 – bowl of porridge and a myprotein hurricane XS all-in-one protein shake
11:30 – chicken breast, brown rice and bbq sauce
12:30 – miso soup
1:30 – protein bar, 15 almonds, a banana and a Dymatize elite shake
3:30 – chicken breast, brown rice and bbq sauce
5:30 – 3 poached eggs and 3 bits of brown toast with soya spread
7:30 – workout
9:00 – protein bar and myprotein hurricane XS shake
9:30 – banana, 2 pieces of chicken breast in breadcrumbs
11:30 – Dymatize elite whey shake

All the shakes were made with water, I also had all my vitamins with my PWO shake (a multi, 3 fish oil caps, Echinacea, vit b, vit c)

I am going to try and keep up this journal and post the night after each workout, when I work out how I can take some decent pictures of myself I might post some up as well, I’ll see how it goes. Cheers guys!

Gooders

Thursday, legs

Squat:
Warm up set
Working set to failure

Hack squat:
Working set to failure

Leg curls:
Working set to failure
Drop set to failure

Lying hamstring curls:
Working set to failure
Drop set to failure

Calve press on leg press machine:
Working set to failure

Seated calve press:
Working set to failure


Diet:

9:30 – bowl of porridge and a myprotein hurricane XS all-in-one protein shake
11:30 – chicken breast, brown rice and bbq sauce
1:30 – protein bar, 30 almonds, a banana and a Dymatize elite shake
3:30 – chicken breast, brown rice and bbq sauce
5:30 – 3 poached eggs and 3 bits of brown toast with soya spread
7:30 – workout
9:00 – bowl of porridge and a myprotein hurricane XS all-in-one protein shake
11:30 – Dymatize elite whey shake


I love working my legs and this session was as brutal as I hoped it would be, I squatted good and the only thing I flaked on were the last seated calve presses which I didn’t feel I got enough on but I was in ****ing agony. Good times. Diet will be changing a bit next week, moving from skimmed to semi skimmed milk as I am losing to much weight and 30 almonds instead of 15, also my post-workout is going to be smaller as I attempt to get more protein in in the day and get some more veg in there, really try and get it as optimum as I can on my budget/limited facilities when I am at work.