JK vs BigRed
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<p>are you getting much in the way of DOMS? just watching the weight and reps creep upwards. If the weight doesn't catch ya the volume will!</p>
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<p>Well I didnt notice much from Saturday morning until late last night when I was sitting on the couch and quads felt tight. Roll out was a bit painful at first but not too bad.</p>
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<p>Im not sure if its just due to the way this programme is setup that you dont get alot of DOMS (ie controlled reps/weights keeping you just under set limits) or if its due to my supplementation of BCAAs and also crexcel which is creatine plus extras for added recovery (see <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.crexcel.net/)'>http://www.crexcel.net/)</a></p> -
<p>Tried some upper body stuff today - kept weights light and seemed to go pretty well</p>
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<p>Warmup was 10mins on cross trainer then stretching and some wrist curls and pressups</p>
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<p>BB Bench press - 10xbar, 10x40kg, 6x60, 10x60, 10x60</p>
<p>Seated row - 12x42kg, 10x48, 10x54</p>
<p>Hammerstrength seated OHP - 12x15kg/side, 10x25, 10x25</p>
<p>Lat pulldowns - 10x42kg, 10x48, 10x48</p>
<p>Dips (bodyweight only) - 10, 10, 10 reps</p>
<p>Straight bar cable pushdowns - 12x26kg, 10x32, 10x32</p>
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<p>Smolov Day 8 - the hardest yet!</p>
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<p>Warmup - 10mins on bike then stretch and roll. Did some of those hip stretches from the vid paekaks posted. Some light leg extensions too.</p>
<p>Squats - 10xbar, 10xbar, 6x50kg, 6x80 and then shit got real with 10 sets of 3 reps at 110kg. Bit of a grind but got there.</p>
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<p>Additional work was:</p>
<p>Reverse hyper extensions - 12, 12, 15 reps</p>
<p>Leg extensions - 100reps of 48kg - bang em out 10reps at time left then right then left then right......</p>
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<p>Stretching to finish. No time for a short cycle so suspect could be a bit tight tomorrow.</p>
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<p>Also, I seem to have got through yesterdays upper body session pretty well. Elbow has minor pain but nothing as bad as previous. Put the hot wheatbag on it last night and will do the same this evening before some more exercise tomorrow. Choice.</p> -
<p>Good to hear your elbow is behaving itself!</p>
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<p>Ugh, that is a lot of volume. 10 sets at any weight is going to be a challenge. How did you find those stretches? I'm trying to get in the habit of doing a few at home when I'm watching telly etc.</p>
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<p>Stretches were good but could only remember a few of the. Will watch vid again and maybe write them down.</p>
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<p>Unsure how long will run the programme - will do another cycle with 5kg added to the bar on each of the 4 days with same set and rep range as last cycle.</p> -
<p>Upper body today and went pretty well. Push exercises seem fine but have to be a bit more careful on the pull. Also can feel a bit of niggle when getting the DB's up to shoulder height to start off seated DB press etc. Not too bad though.</p>
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<p>Warmup - 15mins on cross trainer then wrist curls and some pressups and light tricep pushdowns as I find this gets a bit of blood flowing well in the elbow area.</p>
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<p>Incline BB bench - 10x40kg, 10x50, 10x60, 10x60</p>
<p>Close grip pull downs - 12x42kg, 12x4, 10x54</p>
<p>Seated DB press - 12x15kg/side, 12x17.5, 12x17.5 each superset with front plate raises for 12x10kg</p>
<p>Hyper extensions - 12, 15, 15 reps</p>
<p>Cable curls - 12x30kg, 12x30, 12x30 - took these pretty easy as curls arent the best for the elbow. Super slow form and focus on the squeeze. Felt good.</p>
<p>Tricep OH cable extensions - 12x26kg, 12x32, 12x32</p>
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<p>Legs also feel suprisingly good after yesterdays efforts. Back to 6x6 tomorrow.</p> -
<p>Minor elbow pain last night but oh so minor. Bit of deep heat and the hot wheat bag again. Feels good this morning.</p>
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<p>Smolov Jr for Squats Day 9</p>
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<p>10mins warmup on the bike, stretch and roll.</p>
<p>Squats - 10xbar, 10xbar, 6x60kg, 6 x90, then smolov sets of 6 sets of 6 reps @ 97.5kg. Felt great. Got good feedback on form and depth from PT.</p>
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<p>Additional work was:</p>
<p>3 sets of step ups on to a box with high knee raises @ 15 reps per side each set</p>
<p>Seated calf press - 15x200, 12x240, 12x260, 12x280</p>
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<p>And that was it - just a quick stretch to finish. Pretty easy session really as keen to squat again tomorrow (7x5 @105kg i think) if possible as limited other time this weekend.</p> -
Smolov day 10 - every day I'm squattering <br><br>
No doms at all from yesterday so found backing up with more squats an ease.<br><br>
Warmup was 10mins ride then stretch and roll.<br>
Squats - 10xbar, 8x60kg, 6x90 then smolov sets of 7sets of 5 reps at 105kg. Easy as.<br><br>
Additional work was only lying hamstring curls 12x42kg, then 3 of 10x48kg.<br>
Also did some wrist curls between squat sets to keep the rehab going.<br><br>
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<p>No train sunday or monday so superfresh this morning for 2nd to last day of Smolov (Day 11)</p>
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<p>Warmup was 10mins cycle, stretch and roll and 30x30kg leg extensions per side.</p>
<p>Squats - 10xbar, 8x50kg, 6x80kg, then smolov sets of 8sets x 3 reps @ 110kg. Felt pretty decent.</p>
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<p>Additional work for the day was:</p>
<p>Standing calf raises - 15x130kg, 15x150, 12x165, 10x180, 10x180, 10x180</p>
<p>Step ups on to a 15inch box with 30kg bag on shoulders - didnt count reps but did it non-stop throughout a 4min long song. Buggered me good.</p>
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<p>lol, the 12 days of <span style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Smolov instead of 12 days of Xmas!! Sounds like you've enjoyed it, and it's a great thing to focus on while the elbow is still coming right!</span></p>
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<p>Upper body this morning and all went pretty well.</p>
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<p>Warmup was 10mins on cross trainer and then stretches, wrist curls, pushups.</p>
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<p>BB Bench - 10x60kg, 10x60, 8x70, 6x70</p>
<p>T-bar rows - 10x45kg, 10x55, 10x55</p>
<p>Dips - 10, 12, 12 reps</p>
<p>Hammer strength OHP - 15x15kg/side, 12x25, 10x30, 10x30</p>
<p>Cable side raises - 15x5kg/side, 12x8, 12x8</p>
<p>Lat pulldowns - 12x54kg, 12x54, 12x54</p>
<p>Straight bar pushdowns - 12x30kg, 12x30</p>
<p>Cable curls - 15x32kg, 15x32, 12x32 (still a wee bit of pain in the elbow here so taking it easy)</p>
<p>Tricep rope pushdowns -15x36kg, 12x42, 12x42</p>
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<p>Also, last day of the Crexcel creatine I was using. Gonna be interesting to see how my recovery goes now as I think this stuff had a lot to do with how good it was. I have plenty of creatine to kick on with but Crexcel had additional stuff added to assist with recovery so its more than just plain old creatine monohydrate.</p> -
<p>Need to do a proper check in (will over next week or so) but was 80.8kg this morning and pretty fat - prob around 15% which is max I want to be for now. Aim is tp push up towards 85kg before I start tweaking the diet and leaning up for summer.</p>
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<p>Today was smolov day 12 - yep last day of squat programme!</p>
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<p>Warm up was 10mins on bike then stretch and roll and light leg ext.</p>
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<p>Squats - 10xbar, 10x50kg, 6x80 then smolov sets of 10 sets of 3 @ 115kg. Managed them pretty well but actually struggled early on in warmup sets as for some reason the legs just didnt feel right. Almost thought about putting the 10sets off until tomorrow but was ok in the end.</p>
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<p>Additional work was limited to 4sets of 15 reverse hyper extensions and a stretch and 5min ride to finish.</p>
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<p>Didnt really train friday as had golf (which was pretty poor), just did a bit of light cardio and stretching etc. Sat and sun was no train.</p>
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<p>Decided to do lower / upper / cardio and abs / lower / upper for the next couple of weeks to get back in to training the upper body. So today was lower and more squats lol</p>
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<p>Did the usual 5min ride warmup and stretches and foam roller. Someone left 80kg on the leg press so banged out a couple of sets of 20 then 30reps to get going.</p>
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<p>Squats - 10xbar, 10x60kg, 10x60kg, 8x80kg then decided to see how many reps I could bang out at 100kg. Prior to smolov I was maxing out at like 5 reps of 110kg but had done 20reps at 80kg. Well today I managed 18reps of 100kg which I am pretty dam stoked with.</p>
<p>Leg press - 20x120kg, 15x160, 15x200, 15x200, 15x200</p>
<p>Leg extensions 12x48kg, 12x54, 12x54 each superset with lying hamstring curls for 10x42kg, 10x42 then 10x42 dropsetted --> 8more reps at 30g</p>
<p>Seated calf press - 15x200, 12x240, 12x240, 12x240.</p>
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<p>Upper body today</p>
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<p>BB Bench - 10x50kg, 6x70, 8x70, 6x70 dropset to 12x50</p>
<p>Seated row - 12x54, 12x60, 12x60</p>
<p>Dips - 10 (bodyweight), 8 (+18kg), 8 (+18kg)</p>
<p>Lat pulldowns (12x54kg, 10x60, 10x60)</p>
<p>DB arnie press - 12x12.5kg/side, 12x15, 12x15</p>
<p>OH cable extensions - 20x26kg, 20x32</p>
<p>EZ bar curls - 10x27kg, 10x27</p>
<p>Skullcrushers - 10x27kg, 10x27</p>
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<p>All felt pretty good. Slight tenderness in the elbow/forearm region right now but nothing too major. See how it feels later today and tomorrow.</p> -
