Schlep's Cutting Journal

[Warboss Alex]

Don't do abs three times a week.. they won't burn your stomach fat.

Otherwise it's a significant improvement on what you're already doing, yes.

 

[Schlep]

2 days a week then? Should I do more than the 2 exercises I'm currently doing; maybe bump it up to 4 or 5?

 

[Warboss Alex]

2 exercises per bodypart is quite sufficient - less is more, remember.

 

[Double]

do weighted chinups and dips instead of childish abs exercises

 

[Warboss Alex]

Originally posted by Double
do weighted chinups and dips instead of childish abs exercises

Back to your squat rack, you.

 

[Double]

yeh squats will give you better abs than all those fancy abs exercises, too

 

[tj]

Originally posted by Warboss Alex
2 exercises per bodypart is quite sufficient - less is more, remember.

not necessarily. It depend upon ones t-ratio...the less is more is actually an outdated bodybuilding maxim...


email..loki or Layne from bodybuilding.com and they will hold your hand through the tuff stuff

 

[Warboss Alex]

Originally posted by tj
not necessarily. It depend upon ones t-ratio...the less is more is actually an outdated bodybuilding maxim...
email..loki or Layne from bodybuilding.com and they will hold your hand through the tuff stuff

Then why do the most successful muscle-building programs use 1 or 2 exercises for bodypart?

If you can do 3 (or more) different multiple-set exercises for each bodypart at the intensity required to stimulate maximum growth, then I'm sorry, you're not training hard enough.

Though I should've been put off by the bbing.com thing ..

 

[Schlep]

Just a quick note, so I can time/date it.

I don't know if it's from running too much these past couple months or what, but I've got this horrible feeling in my left leg where it feels like my leg is coming out of the hip socket if I walk a certain way. I'm gonna stop all cardio for now until this feeling goes away. I know I could be doing other stuff like bike, swim, etc, but I think I'm gonna give it a rest instead.

I'm gonna pay special attention this next week or two to how much, if at all, this affects my ability to increase my lifting.

 

[Warboss Alex]

Go to a doctor!

 

[Schlep]

This week's stats:

Lower
Leg Extensions
120, 140, 160

Leg Press
240, 260, 280 (machine's kinda weird...I did a couple reps at 400 with free weights to make sure I wasn't nuts)

Leg Curl
60, 70, 80

Standing Calf
120, 140, 160

Back/bicep
IL row
40, 50, 60

Bicep curl
30, 35, 35

Front pulldown
35, 45, 55 (up 5 next week)

Eagle arm curl
35, 40, 45

Eagle row
60, 70, 80 (up next week)

Chest/tricep
Eagle chest press
55, 65, 75 (up 5 nw)

Tricep ext.
15, 20, 25

Decline press
20, 25, 30 (up 5 nw)

Arm ext.
35, 40, 45

Shoulder Press
40, 45, 50

Current weight: 177 lbs
Current bodyfat % (avg for the week): 20.0%

 

[Schlep]

This week's stats.

Lower
Leg Extensions
120, 140, 160 (up)

Leg Press
260, 280, 300 (up)

Seated Leg Curl
80, 90, 100

Standing Calf
120, 140, 160 (up)

Back/bicep
IL row
40, 50, 60

Bicep Curl
30, 35, 40

Front pulldown
40, 50, 60

Eagle arm curl
35, 40, 45

Eagle Row
70, 80, 90 (up 5)

Chest/triceps/shoulders
Eagle chest press
60, 70, 80 (up)

Tricep extension
15, 20, 25 (up 5)

Decline press
25, 30, 35

Arm extension
35, 40, 45 (up 5)

Shoulder press
40, 45, 50

Current weight: 177 lbs
Current bodyfat % (avg for the week): 19.6%

 

[Schlep]

Got a question, and my updated stats are below (sorry, just keep forgetting to update here).

Would it be a good idea now to remove tricep extensions and arm extensions from the routine and add a couple more chest exercises, like incline press and maybe something else?

Lower
Leg Extensions
170, 180, 190

Leg Press
290, 310, 330

Seated Leg Curl
80, 90, 100

Standing Calf
160, 180, 200

Back/bicep
IL row
50, 60, 70

Bicep Curl
30, 35, 40

Front pulldown
45, 55, 65 (up 5)

Eagle arm curl
35, 40, 45

Eagle Row
75, 85, 95

Chest/triceps/shoulders
Eagle chest press
80, 90, 100

Tricep extension
20, 25, 30

Decline press
30, 35, 40

Arm extension
40, 45, 50

Shoulder press
45, 50, 55

Current weight: N/A this week
Current bodyfat % (avg for the week): N/A this week