Hello ! My name is Tiberius . I’m 21 years old, 175cm-ish/ 5ft10-ish , weighting 127kgs / 280lbs and this is my journey to insanity !
The goal is to hit 1000 reps per exercise in a reverse pyramid style of weights and reps and of course to maintain that for time ( I’ve hit 1000 reps on bench press before , but I was feeling hella good on that particular day so it was just a one time thing) . I don’t know if I’ll reach my goal …I change my mind very often in regards to my training methods, but I’ll sure try so bare with me .
Before I write today’s workout I’ll leave my instagram and youtube in which I post sometimes PRs and such.
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I’ll start off with a workout that didn’t went quite as planned but oh well , next time will be better for sure .
15/02/2018
Zercher Squats:
165Kg/363lbs x 1
155Kg/341lbs x 1
145Kg/319lbs x 2,1
135Kg/297lbs x 3,2,1
125Kg/275lbs x 6,5,4,3,2,1
Total reps:32
Total sets:13
Total weight:4190Kg/9218lbs
My elbow pit couldn’t handle it anymore and my back was fried too and to be honest I’m too fat for over 3 reps lol. Will shoot for 50 next time . That’s all for today …
165Kg/363lbs x 1
155Kg/341lbs x 1
145Kg/319lbs x 2,1
135Kg/297lbs x 5,4,3,2,1
125Kg/275lbs x 9,6,5,4,3,2,1
Total reps: 50
Total sets: 16
Total weight: 6530Kg/14366lbs
Second time I’m going this wide on bench press , until now I was doing something like a close grip . It was decent but kinda unbalanced and shaky and all over the place…oh well .
Here’s the vid of the 165kg …'tis a PR …yey!
215Kg/474lbs x 1
205Kg/452lbs x 1
195Kg/430lbs x 1
185Kg/408lbs x 2,1
175Kg/386lbs x 3,1
Total reps: 10
Total sets: 7
Total weight: 1870Kg/4114lbs
Stiff Leg Deadlift:
175Kg/386lbs x 1
Ok, so for deadlifts I’ll be starting with allot less volume. Soon I’ll be adding accessory exercises to all days , but for now I’m just gettin’ the hang of it . I pulled the stiff leg deadlift because I wanted to test it and see where I’m at with it , just so I’ll know with what weight I’ll start when I’ll add it as an accessory . Yeah , it’s kinda low …most of my deadlift’s power comes from the leg drive. My hamstrings are weak
In for this log. That seems to be fun.
To clarify:
you start with a single at tip weigt
then lower the weight go 2,1, lower 3,2,1 lower until you do something like 20, 19… to 1?
Good luck man
165Kg/363lbs x 1
155Kg/341lbs x 1
145Kg/319lbs x 2,1
135Kg/297lbs x 4,3,2,1
125Kg/275lbs x 5,3,2
Total reps: 25
Total sets: 11
Total weight: 3355Kg/7381lbs
Overhead squats:
35Kg/77lbs x 10,8,7
Air squats:
BW(127Kg/280lbs) x 25
Ok so I added some accessory stuff this time . Overhead squats um this is the second time I try them so I’m not following the normal patterns of 1rm and amraps with it . Also I skipped the ab work since I’m a fat fuck belly lover lol . Nah , fo’ real , I’ll do it next time …probably
Also could someone give me some info about the overhead squats . Do I keep the weight hovering over my head or behind my head with shoulders locked out ?
I do believe, and I’m not sure, that they should be held in a snatch grip.
Shoulders locked out, head neutral not shooting forward and a good brace.
The lockout because you can’t hold any weight overhead without them shoulders locked out.
But I do not do them, I have tried and might try again. Takes some great mobility to do.
Ok …I’m coming with some problems this time around.
20/02/2018
Right before heading in the gym I had what I call eye seizures. Basically what happens is my eyes roll up and stay there whenever I get very nervous . Will not get into details …but I was “blocked” for hours and eventually I had to go to sleep to get my eyes back under control .
21/02/2018
Ok …heh…I guess I miscalculated this thing a bit when I decided the exercises I will cycle through .
4cm board press : 175Kg/386lbs fail
8cm board press : 175Kg/386lbs fail
8cm board press : 170Kg/375lbs fail x2 and after 15 min another fail
What I had planned is to cycle from bench press to 8cm board press(4cm initial plan) to 16cm board press .So Basically heavier with each exercise( not in a session but every 5 days or so ) . But it didn’t work obviously , idk why …I benched 165Kg/363lbs about a week ago . So maybe I’m having the same problem as with rack pulls ( rack pulls are way harder for me or atleast were than actual deadlifting) .
So now Idk what exercise to cycle …in a heavy order …Ik i want to do close grip bench and normal bench but what exercise will I place as the third one or the first one ? Floor press as the one before those two ? Or maybe a heavy negative after those two ? Or maybe something else ? Will have to think about it . Now if I come up with a plan Ill head back down in my gym later on …if not , deadlifts tomorrow
Ok this day is mainly made for my axle clean and press and to hit shoulders , bis , tris , forearms and wrist . Idk if it’ll be in the same manner like the others , I’m still figuring it out .
Axle Muscle Clean & Push Press
80Kg/176lbs x 2,1
70Kg/154lbs x 4,3
Full Front Rise:(basically a barbell front rise but all the way to overhead)
35Kg/77lbs x 6,4
Barbell Curls:
65Kg/143lbs x 4,3,2,1
Skull Crushers:
45Kg/99lbs x 5,4,1 Lol my triceps are weak
Db wrist curls:
10kg/22lbs x 10 I need to increase the weight on this
Db wrist extensions:
10kg/22lbs x 10
Wrist adductions & abductions:
3kg/6lbs x 10
Wrist supinations & pronations:
2kg/4lbs x 10
What these four are is placing a weight at the end of a dumbbell then grab the other end of it and do the motions .
Ik today wasn’t too interesting but tomorrow there’s highbar squats
215Kg/474lbs x 1
205Kg/452lbs x 1
195Kg/430lbs x 1
185Kg/408lbs x 2,1
175Kg/386lbs x 2,1
165Kg/364lbs x 3,2,1
155Kg/342lbs x 7,3
Total reps: 25
Total sets: 12
Total weight: 4235Kg/9336lbs
Jumping squats:
BW x 10,8,7
Air squats:
BW x 25
Air calves raises:
BW x 25
Side raises:
10Kg/22lbs x 19,6
Annnd skipped ab work again …wo ho congrats me .
I was kinda scared going into this session because I knew if I wouldn’t have hit the 10Kg/22lbs PR my motivation would have went to shit …but I did it…yey
165Kg/363lbs x 1
155Kg/341lbs x 1
145Kg/319lbs x 3,2,1
135Kg/297lbs x 5,4,3,2,1
125Kg/275lbs x 7,6,5,4,3,2
Total reps: 50
Total sets: 16
Total weight: 6590Kg/14528lbs
Should have done my accessory work too but it’s sunday so I was too lazy .
Nonetheless 2 more days and I’ll complete the first cycle or phase or whatever you wanna call it …starting next cycle I want to either increase the total reps by 50% or add all the accessory stuff …or both …idk …I’ll leave tomorrow’s problems to tomorrow’s me lol
245Kg/540lbs x 1
235Kg/518lbs x 0
225Kg/496lbs x 0
215Kg/474lbs x 0
And some pain hit me in the mid back …so I called it a day . My pulls are so much more difficult if you eliminate my leg drive 245kg felt way harder than my 235kg deadlift even tho it’s just a 10 kg difference . Tomorrow I’m either doing my axle cleans and presses or resting so I can restart the cycle from the zerchers fresh . Probably resting .
