Update: Nothing real big in strength news. Today we were doing barbell rows and i repped out 285 for a decent 6 easy reps. I then challenged my work out partner who is massive to attempt 315. I decided i would get a little bold and try it myself. I got a good 4 sloppy reps. I really don't care to much about form. The important thing is im feeling new weight. When i finished the set my wrist straps broke and im pretty pissed about that so im going to have to go buy some new ones (god im such a badass
) I thought we were going to have a shitty work out after they broke because i couldn't grip the barbell in my hands when we were doing shoulder shrugs with 315. The damn thing keeps rolling out of my hand but we moved on to cable rows and did the whole stack for reps (310 for 4).
As for legs, my knee is starting to act up a bit so i have to be careful. I get a sharp pain in my knee on the outer portion of the knee cap when i start to do heavy sets but not enough to make me stop doing it. I have gone up to 315 for front squats and got a good 4 reps and i had to drop my back squat down 10 pounds but im repping 340 for 4 which is better then 350 for 1.
My bench gains are starting to slow and im getting worried. I am going to attempt 285 for 4 this week and we will see how it goes. My incline bench is plateauing at 265 and the most i can get with it is 3 struggling reps. Decline bench is still going good and i will be attempting 285 for 4 as well.
I went and got my body fat tested at my gym on a 7 point pinch test and came out at 6% which is total BS. Judging from the shots below i'd say im more in the 10-12 range but i still have striations in my quads (i know they don't show in the picture
). Im looking pretty pudgy here
but ill be leaning up and hardening up here in about 6 weeks
. My quads are still pretty hard and vascular. Hopefully they stay that way. I think its pretty clear that they have put on mass since the last pictures i have taken. They are getting close to being about 25 inches around. My goal is to get them up to about 26 and have them stay that way when i lean all the way down so they will be fairly proportionate with my waist. These pics were taken after about 3 weeks straight of eating cheesecake everyday. Some days i'd eat a whole one in one day and get about 300 grams of fat. I was surprised i was getting away with it as long as i was. Anyway the goal for this year is to bring up my whole back side. I need more back width and ham hang so i have been doing a lot of straight leg dead lifts.
