MN5's 2010 get ripped plan

[MN5]

Cheers frontrow fan although I think others have me beaten in the motivation/results stakes to be honest !

[JK]

You still lifting mate???

[MN5]

Trucking along pal, nothing particularly new or exciting to add but the pretty much no drinking regime I am on at the moment is keeping me nice and fresh ! helping with the chins too !

[BartMan]

chins ups or less chins holding up your shirts...?!??!

[MN5]

[quote name='BartMan']chins ups or less chins holding up your shirts...?!??![/QUOTE]<br />
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Bart in light of me giving you shit about the holes in your belt that is a fucken brilliant comeback <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' />

[BartMan]

best I could do at short notice...

[MN5]

Still keeping on keeping on. Weight about 98-99kg depending on the time of day. Strength in most lifts at an all time high. Really pleased that I busted out six chin ups with 30kg attached the other day, belt didnt like it though so the buckle snapped and had to buy another one, DOH !<br />
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Buying another one was definitely on the cards as the pants are pretty loose still, a bit more give than during the World cup as alluded to above !

[MN5]

[sup]Deadlifted for the first time since november ( according to my vague training schedule ) and maxed out at 215kg !!!! [/sup]<br />
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[sup]Fucken thrilled about that, I put the improvement down to chins/pulls which I have been doing quite a lot of. Awesome feeling getting that weight up there. [/sup]

[MN5]

Not sure why my writing was so small above ! <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/idiot2.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':idiot2:' />

[JK]

that's impressive mate! Would love to one day crack the 200kg mark.<br />
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I have done some decent reps at ok weights lately. Will have to give a true 1RM a go sometime soon.

[BartMan]

wow, wicked. Been a loooong time since I've been near 200. 240 or 260 my PB. and 240 or 260 my PB squat, can't remember which way around!!<br />
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but target 200, that's a grand target.

[MN5]

Cheers boys. For some reason I've always been pretty good at deads. Absolutely no way I could squat anywhere near that amount but since its my best lift I always say that it, not the squat, are the ultimate king of all exercises haha.

[JK]

I'm in the same boat mate. Find I enjoy deadlifts and do a fair bit more on them then I can squat. The king of exercises indeed.<br />
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Afterall, ya never know when someone is gonna need a hand pulling their mini out of a ditch!

[MN5]

Yep or a root ripped out of the ground. Mind you that doesn't always go to plan, go back a couple of pages to find out how I injured myself when I bit off more than I could chew ( or in this case rip out of the ground hahaha )

[BartMan]

at the moment my squat and deadlift are neck and neck pretty much. Think squats at full noise now though, still a little left in the tank for the deads... loving it.

[MN5]

You've always been a bit weird like that Bart. <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/knuppel2.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':knuppel:' />

[JK]

Bump from the dead........<br />
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So how did that 5/3/1 go? Let's get this cranking....

[MN5]

Hey partner,<br />
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Marginally disappointing actually, only ripped out 5 on the 5+ and even then it was only just, no way I was gonna even contemplate a 6th ( this was for benching )<br />
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Maybe I didn't rest enough between sets ? not enough sleep maybe ? ( work has been stressing me out so definitely a possibliity ). Perhaps I shoulda started on the 90% as suggested. What are your thoughts dude ?

[JK]

Hmmmm hard to say mate.<br />
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You lifted more than 5 reps of that weight before? If not you might have just got ya 1RM wrong / too high.<br />
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Or maybe just an off day....we all have them.<br />
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1st weeks pretty though so bit of a suprise. Its not a fail or anything though - you made the minimum reps.

[MN5]

Yeah pal, 7 I think but the first two sets may have taken more out of me than I thought. Will see how next bench session goes. Forgot to say I did a 5/3/1 for bicep curls, now I did FARKIN well at that strangely enough, I split the workouts in half across the day. Chest and arms sore today !