going for a six pack....

Hey all, im back, had a break from mfp for a few months, also havent beent to the gym either since xmas.

stats 91kg, 6ft 2 36'' waist.

really after making a journal to vent and record what i have been doing.


First off, i have quit smoking.... im 3 days in and going to do this!

mondays session

cardio, 1000m row machine 4.45 mins

dynamic stretching, squats to overhead reach, and twist, and pectoral stretch

bench press
50kgx14, 60kgx10 60x9 60x8 fealt really hard :-(

bent over row
1x15x30kg. 3x10x40kg

incline dumbel chest press
1x10x17.5kg
3x8x20kg

lat pull down
1x87.5x10
1x100x10
1x112.5x10
1x125x5

cable cross overs
3x10x setting 3

russian twists
2x15 x setting 8

7 mins cool down run

lat stretch
pectoral stretch
quads and hamstrings stretch.

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  • im guestimating my bf% around 13% and i would liek to drop this down to 8% over the next 8-12 weeks.

    tuesdays session

    legs aching fro monday... bit of a shock to the system exercising again lol

    6 mins rowwing machine, 1380 m

    squats
    1x15xbar
    3x15x40kg

    Saggital OHP dumbells
    3x8x17.5kg


    leg press
    2x10x210lbs
    1x10x270lbs

    frontal plane OHP Dumbells
    3x8x17.5kg

    Legs curls
    3x8x49kg

    facepulls
    3x10xsetting 8

    bike 7 mins cool down

    lying quad stretch
    lying hamstring stretch
  • todats training

    row machine

    13 mins, 3k! major improvement

    5 mins incline walking, followed straight into

    2 mins running at speed 12 with 1 min walk at speed 5, 12 mins in total.finished on a walk

    ab work

    ab cradle, 1x20

    stabiity ball pull in 1x15

    floor crunches with legs on stab ball 1x15

    leg raises with stability ball between legs 1x15

    floor crunches with legs on stab ball 1x8


    3 min speed elipitical

    2 min cool down eliptical

    fin, 10 min walk to work.
  • cbear017
    cbear017 Posts: 345 Member
    Good luck! Sounds like you're off to a great start, especially with the quitting smoking. By the way, if you can you should really get your hands on Allen Carr's book The Easy Way to Quit Smoking. Google it. It changed everything for me and I've been smoke free for over 3 years now. I was a pack a day smoker for about 14 years.
  • my girlfriends actually got that book :-) havent read it though, im just going to keep focusing on my cardio for the next month, in just 3 days the amount of progress has already given me huge motivation. previously 13 mins continous anything was a no go. but yesterday i actually managed 3km on the row machine which i think is awesome!

    pecs aching to day so going ot do a cardio and back work out, smash it people!
  • todays training,

    1km rowing machine, 4 mins warm up,

    2x8x100kg deadlift
    1x5x120kg
    1x3x140kg
    nice way to break back into deadlifts

    standing cable row
    3x8-10xsetting 8

    lat pull down
    87.7x10
    100x10x2

    seated row
    100x8x2
    112.5x8

    5 mins incline speed walking

    15 leg raised crunches,
    15 stability ball leg raisers
    30 second plank
    10 crunches

    (note 10 min walk to and from the gym)
  • todays training

    walk to run, 5 mins total starting at speed 6-upto speed 14 for the last minute

    bench press

    1x10x50kg
    3x10x60kg good form

    leg press
    1x10x250,310,350,390

    incline dumbell chest
    3x10x22.5kg

    leg curl
    3x10x59kg

    leg ext
    1x10x49kg,1x10x69,1x10x79kg

    cable crossovers
    1x10xsetting 3
    1x10xsetting 4
    1x8xsetting 5

    reverse cable crossovers (triceps
    2x10xsetting 4

    1x10xraised leg crunches
    1x15xstability ball raises
    1x18xstability ball pull ins

    1x30 secs plank
  • todays training
    1km rowing machine 4m 18s

    1x10x70kg deadlift
    3x10x110kg ( slightly too heavy but completed all sets to good form, just killed me after)

    bent over row
    3x10x50kg very happy considering back fealt broken lol

    lat pull down
    perfect form
    3x10x100lbs

    leg curls
    3x10x59kg

    facepulls
    setting 10 x10
    setting 12 x10 x 2

    bicep curl isolations incline chair
    1x10xsetting 12
    1x10xsetting 9
    1x5xsetting 8 only 30 seconds between sets

    eliptical
    7 mins
    1.7km
  • bench press
    1x10x60kg (warm up very happy)
    3x10x65kg very happy, was hard but good form
    3x9x65kg

    incline dumbell
    2x10x25kg
    1x5x25kg (tricep felt like they had seized up0 SUPER SETTED 1x3x22.5kg

    leg press
    3x10x310lbs

    shoulder press
    3x10x75lbs
  • lat pull down wide grip, elbows wide as possible
    1x10x75lbx
    1x10x87.5lbs
    1x10x100lbs
    2x10x115lbs

    single arm bent over row
    3x10x30kg

    sl cable row
    2x10xsetting 10
    1x10xsetting 9

    widegrip upright row

    3x10x30kg

    face pulls
    1x20xsetting 10
    1x10xsetting 12

    abs
    2x15x leg raised ball crunches
    2x15 leg raising ball
    1x30 plank

    seated row

    1x87.5lbx10 follwed by
    1x100x10 followed by
    112.5x10 no rest between sets
  • bench press
    1x10x55kg
    1x10x65kg
    1x10x67.5kg
    1x10x70kg, very happy with progress
    1x5x80kg, very very happy

    squats
    1x10x20kg bar
    1x10x50kg
    1x10x60kg
    1x10x70kg
    1x10x80kg very happy and fealt pretty eay, very suprised

    incline chets press db
    1x10x20kg
    1x10x22.5kg
    1x10x25kg heavy but fine from

    leg press
    1x10x310lbs
    2x10x350lbs

    ohp
    2x10x20kg, shoulders fealt bad and triceps really hurt by this point.
  • Personal trianing course this weekend had a quick 30 min work out during it on saturday

    ohp
    3x10x40kg
    shoulder shrugs
    3x10x60kg
    shoulder press
    3x10x35kg wide grip


    sunday had another session, part of the pt course was to do 1 rep max testing

    squats
    1x5x50kg
    1x3x90kg
    1x1x110kg
    1x1x140kg, wasnt perfect form but completed it, and very happy too! heaviest i have ever managed

    bench press
    1x5x60kg
    1x3x80kg
    1x1x100kg ! heaviest i have ever achieved!

    endurance testing
    press ups
    25 to failure perfect form.

    plank
    2 mins to failure (needs work)

    ab crunches
    36 with in a minute, (needs work)

    back extensions,
    2 mins


    a hour later, had around 1.5 hours spare so did anothe work out with a friend.
    chest and shoulders :-( lol

    bench press
    1x10x60kg
    1x10x67.5kg
    1x10x60kg

    incline dumbell press
    1x10x17.5kg
    1x10x22.5kg
    1x10x25kg

    pec fly
    1x10x8kg mainly for stretch effect

    dumbell ohp
    1x10x12.5kg
    1x10x17.5kg
    1x10x22.5kg

    close grip bench press
    1x8x50kg
    2x10x50kg

    lying over head pullovers
    1x10x17.5kg
    2x10x22.5kg

    skull crushers
    2x10x14kg
    1x10x29kg

    then i went to pizza hut and ate around 4000 calories :-) hehehehe
  • back at it again today

    did legs and lower back today

    squats
    1x10x50kg w/up
    1x10x70kg
    2x10x90kg, very happy with this progress

    deadlift
    thought i would go a little heavier today
    5x110kg
    3x140kg
    1x170kg was very difficult.

    leg curls
    1x10x49kg
    1x10x59kg

    leg extensions
    2x10x79kg

    row machine
    1000 m dash 4 mins
  • todays training

    bench press
    1x10x40kg
    1x10x60kg
    1x10x70kg
    1x9x75g
    1x10x70kg
    1x5x80kg

    Incline bench press
    1x10x40kg
    1x10x45kg
    1x10x50kg
    1x10x55kg

    lat pull down
    1x10x75lbs
    1x10x100lbs
    1x10x125lbs

    bicep curls cable

    1x10xsetting 4 , 6 , 4 to finish

    1x30 crunches
  • todays training, very random this week but enjoying it lol.

    squats
    1x10x40kg
    1x10x80kg
    1x10x90kg
    1x10x92.5kg

    bench press
    1x10x60kg
    1x10x70kg
    1x8x75kg
    1x7x77.5kg
    1x4x80kg

    incline bench press
    1x10x40kg
    1x10x50kg
    1x6x55kg, fealt bad so stopped here

    incline flys
    2x10x7.5kg

    dips
    1x3 fealt bad again stopped

    resting shoulders/chest untill m0onday now, 3 sessions every other day.
  • todays training

    5 mins rowing machine 1.2km

    bent over rows

    1x10x50kg
    1x10x60
    1x8x65kg
    1x10x60kg

    lat pull down
    3x10x125 was a struggle spine neutral and vertical almost, elbows out to the side.

    clean and jerks
    6x3 @ 50kg 30 seconds between set

    shoulder press machine

    1x20x75lbs

    bicep curls machine
    1x20x75lbs

    1x20 raised leg crucnhes
    2x15

    2x15 leg lifting stability ball

    2 mins walk, 2 ins fast jog, 1 min sprint, 1 min walk on tread mill, speed 6- 11-15-7
  • chrisdavey
    chrisdavey Posts: 9,834 Member
    Nice PB's for squat and bench in the PT course.

    Being that you are cutting, I'd be including some more lower rep stuff for LBM preservation more often :smile:
  • doing a 3 day full body routine now.

    cardio days ad hoc in between, aiming for 1.1-5lbs a week loss. 10-12 weeks.

    todays training

    Routine A

    tread mill
    5 mins, every 1 min increasing speed, 5,7,9,11,13

    Pull Ups / Lat pull down

    5 pull ups, 10 x125x2 lat pull down

    inclne bench press
    1x5x20kg, 2x10x50kg

    leg press
    1x10x325lb , 2x10x350lbs

    ohp
    1x7x50kg
    1x7x45kg
    1x7x40kg, neck fealt weird....

    bicep curls
    1x10x7.5kg
    2x10x12.5kg

    Russian twists
    1x8xsetting 10
    2x16 setting 8 ( 8 twists then switching sides and continueing per set)

    plank,
    1x45 secs left shoulder aching so stopped

    crunches
    2x15

    xtrainer 5 mins

    high resistance, (load 50?)
    5 mins (88 calories burnt)
  • hi the past 3 weeks havent been cutting, originally planned to but as i quit smoking i just ate big and trained. just started cutting now. 3 WEEKS POST QUITTING smoking lol
  • todays training

    5 mins rowing machine, 1215m

    squats
    1x10x60
    1x10x90
    1x10x80

    bench press round 1

    1x10x60
    1x10x70
    1x10x75 (very happy with this)

    seated row
    1x10x100lbs
    2x10x150lbs

    ohp
    1x10x75
    2x10x100lbs (fealt a little strained on my neck)

    crunches

    1x20, 2x15

    plank, 1x45

    tread mill HIIT
    5 mins speed5, 5 mins speed16, total disctance 1.58 km in 10 mins

    met my friend and we had a quick bench session again

    1x6x80kg
    1x1x90kg
    1x1x95kg very happy with this,

    90 fealt good 95 was not perfect form but 100% me.
  • did a mini cardio session today

    5 mins rowing, 1285m ( very happy)

    5 mins incline walking, and then alternating speed 5.5 and 17 for 1 minute intervals upto 20 mins.

    20,15,15 ab crunches, 10,10,10 twisting leg raises, jacknife crunches 1x15

    8 mins cycling