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Hey everybody! Viking asked me if I would log for him and I thought it would be cool so here I am. I think I'm the ideal candidate for this sort of thing as well being that I just got back in the gym a couple months ago after being out for a couple years. I've been lifting naked though and hating it but finally covered myself up with the help of Viking Labs! I've been a member here for a while under more than one screen name (because I'd forget and have to start a new account smh) but mostly just came on for the sponsor info honestly. Maybe this is what I needed to actually be a part of your community.
A little about me. I'm 35 and up until the last couple of years I have been an avid Iron Monkey since the age of 22. At my best I was roughly 235-240lbs with a 52" chest, 31" waist, 29" legs and 19" arms and would be more than happy just to get back to that but if I can get even further now this time around, sweet! Right now I'm 240lbs with a spare tire lol. I'm 6'1" btw.
My best lifts (1RM) were 365 Barbell Bench, 465 Squat, 565 Deadlift & 265 Overhead Barbell Press. Those were the big ones for me and the only ones I really cared about. I don't care for isolated movements and really only do them for arms. Unfortunately my lower back has been bothering me along with my knees and right shoulder so I've been avoiding all the exercises I just mentioned for obvious reasons but I'm hoping I'll be feeling better soon.
I'm going to be on Aurum Rx Test E 750mgs/week along with the Aurum Rx Deca @ 375mgs/week. I'm also taking A-dex @ 1mg EOD.
Ok so today I did legs. My entire leg workout took place on the leg press (did I mention I don't like isolated movements? Maybe next time). I usually do higher rep sets but I want to build my strength so today I decided to do a 5X5 on the leg press. I'm sure most of you are familiar with what the 5X5 workout is but I'll explain anyway just in case. It's when you choose a weight where you'll come just shy of or just barely complete 5 sets of 5 reps. Once you complete a 5X5 with any given weight, you increase the weight the next time and do 5 sets of 5 reps with that weight now. I've found in the past that the 5X5 method was very effective for me in terms of strength and size but I mostly use it for strength. Anyway, here's what I did:
Leg Press:
Warm up set: 8 plates (total....meaning both sides combined) X 3 reps
Warm up set: 10 Plates X 3 reps
Warm up set: 12 Plates X 3 reps
Working sets 1-4: 14 Plates X 5 reps (On the 5th set I always do as many as I can)
Working set 5: 14 Plates X 12 reps (I should've added a 25lb plate to each side but I didn't think I'd be able to do so many on the 5th set. Glad I could
After those 5 sets:
12 plates X 20 reps
10 plates X 20 reps
8 plates X 30 reps
6 plates X 30 reps
Other than the warm up sets all other sets had 3 minute breaks between.
After all that I dropped it down to just 2 plates on each side and did Calf Extensions 6 sets to failure. I didn't keep track aside from the first and last set because honestly I don't care. My calves are my Achilles Heel so to speak. I could never make them look good but I still try I guess. I know on the first set I got 37 and the last was 15 so the other ones went down progressively obviously. I just do it until my leg catches fire. That's how it feels to me. "Did you get your burn on bro? Bros know when they get their burn on!" Anyway, that was my day in the gym.
Oh, cardio. I rode my mountain bike about 12 miles today. I hate the treadmill but I do use it....just not today.