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[DJC416]

Nice PRs man. Really diggin the program too.

[luke.conrad]

Nice lifts torment. Very interesting stuff on the test levels. Of course you are lifting more than me, so you must be taking something.

[Les Hahn]

Nice lifts torment. Very interesting stuff on the test levels. Of course you are lifting more than me, so you must be taking something.

He is... both of us are now taking Beefcake 5000. I am a Beefcake dealer if you are interested. :-)

[luke.conrad]

These beefcakes sound a little scary, but if i don't break 200lbs by the new year I will be making a huge order!

[t0rment]

Thanks, guys. Your bench is much, much better than mine, Luke, so I'm going to assume you're taking dat dere benchtosterone.

Speaking of beefcake 5000, this scene always makes me laugh:

[Les Hahn]

Heh, that is my favorite part too!

Luke, this stuff has 5000g of saturated fat per serving... it's totally legit. :-)

[t0rment]

November 22, 2012 - Upper Intensity
Press - 1x3 - 180 - 3 - @9 - PR!
Bench - 1x3 - 235 - 3 - @10 - PR!
Hammer Curls - 35 - 12
Hammer Curls - 25 - 8/7
Neck Harness - RP - 36 - 58/15/10 (82)

Fuck. Yes.

Press felt great. Last one felt relatively easy, so I went four a forth. About halfway up I could tell it was going to be a grinder, so I let it go 'cause I didn't want to fuck up bench. I think I could have had it, though.

I rushed my second rep of bench and didn't get a proper breath. Last rep was pretty tough. Probably would have been easier if I didn't mess up the second one. Oh well, still a PR.

Decided to do hammer curls slowwwwww and controlled. 35 is too much, I think. 25 was better, so I'm going to stick with that.

All in all a great day.

edit: Just realized, the bench puts me at an estimated 1RM of 258, which means I could probably hit my goal of 250 now or at least very soon. I've found that (Est. 1RM - 10 lbs) is a pretty reliable way to figure out an every day max for upper lifts. Should have it by the end of the year, anyways. Hoping to make it a 2 or 3 RM now. Estimated press 1RM is 197, so I'm pretty fucking close to my goal of 200. Five more intensity days till the year is up so things have to go really well for that to happen. If I don't get it, I'll probably delay my cut until I do since it's the one goal I really, really, really wanted to hit.

[Les Hahn]

Very cool! Nice press and bench!

[Oldster]

I second Callador! Great press and bench PR's. Great progress.

[t0rment]

Thanks!

November 24, 2012 - Lower Intensity
Speed Squats - 2x8 - 260
Deadlift - 1x3 - 475 - 3 - @9 - PR!
Kirk Shrugs - 3x10 - 190 - 10/10/10

Finally, a deadlift PR. Didn't squeeze the bar hard enough on the first rep, and it almost fell out of my hand, but I managed to hold it. Last two were better. My neck has been feeling a bit stiff and sore lately, so I'm taking a break from the neck harness.