Hardcore's Training Log

[Hardcore]

Hello everybody ,

I am starting with my training log. I hope it will be interesting to somebody and i will get some very usefull advices from the other people.
Here is my stats:
Height: ~190cm
Weight: 112 kg


So today was my 6th workout on 5x5:

Squat: 80kg 5x5
Barbell press 40kg 5x5
Deadlift: 1x60kg; 3x90kg; 1x110kg; 1x120kg;
I can't do single pull up, so i change this exercise to this one

After 2 weeks of trying 5x5 i am a little bit disappointed, because i thought i would loose much fat... But my weight is practically the same... About 111kg maybe a lil less..
However i feel very good, after each workout i feel some warm in my body, my muscle are in good tonus, i sleep like a baby I put on about 10kg in deadlift... it is first time when i am doing deadlift in my life, so at the first week i did this exercise with 110kg and this week 120kg... I am happy that i am getting stronger, but i still have a lot fat, which i must burn. I am trying to eat clean, but it is not so very good obviuosly...

[thedarwinfish]

Just because you aren't losing weight doesn't mean you aren't losing fat. How is your diet?

[Hardcore]

Just because you aren't losing weight doesn't mean you aren't losing fat. How is your diet?

Yeah that is my only comfort I try to eat clean food. I do not take any complement. When i have facilities i try eat more protein in the second part of the day. But it is not rule for me. However I do not smoke fully, i do not drink fully, i try to eat only clean food. Twice a week i am going to do some cardio. Simply running on the stadium for about 1.5km ~5 laps... It is quite normal for me, more than 5 is difficult to catch my breath. I am very worried about that i can't do any single pull up. It is very embarassing for me. My strength rates aren't very poor, so the main reason shoud be that i am weighting too much...

[Love_Deadlifts]

As soon as you can do a pullup you should switch from the pull down things. pullups/chinups are a much better exercise IMO.

[mjh]

I would recommend at least trying to do a pull-up or two. If you can't do one, just go as high as you can and hang there. You'll get stronger, go up higher and hang longer. Soon you'll be doing real pull-ups.

Maybe try a pull-up three times, then use the pull-down machine.

[Hardcore]

Well, my new little goal is to do at least 1 pull up in two weeks... My friend said when he saw me: "hey what's wrong with you.. do you cut your hair?" My grandmother asked me that maybe i lost some weight... because my face is smaller Maybe i really burned some fat and added muscle mass, because my weight is practically the same. However, there are still plenty of fat on my abs and i need to continue my work.

[thedarwinfish]

I can't do a single pull-up either, or dip for that matter. I used the weight assist machine last time I was at the gym for my dips. I went 50% of my bodyweight and managed to do 10/5/3. So I think I'm going to give that a go until I do 10/10/10. Once I can do that I'll try again with only my bodyweight and see how that goes.

[Hardcore]

You know, i can say that the best way to do a pull up is... try to do it. I believe that everybody, who isn't very weak can do at least one pull up after 2 weeks. Because technique and a sense of doing this exercise is very important too. Well, i will try to improve my thoughts and you will see am i right or not.

[Hardcore]

I walked to the gym today... and it is closed for two days... DAMN!!! I am very disappointed...

[Hardcore]

Did cardio today at the morning... run ~ 3000m. Fu*** gym... i already missed OHP and squats...

[Hardcore]

Squat 5x5 80kg
bench press 5x5 80kg
Barbell row 5x5 60kg
Dips 3x3 BW

Bench press was quite hard... And it is pritty embarassing for me that weights are so low...

[Sylvor]

Good work on the program so far. Keep your chin up about the no weight loss. You are probably stripping off fat more than you know. I've been doing the program for about 5 weeks now and have stayed at a constant weight. Like you I have also received comments about how I'm looking good and lighter, but not a pound has changed. I can also tell just from looking around my body and feeling it that it is getting a lot harder, and some muscles are starting to take form. My diet has been very regimented and I'm going to start taking out about 300 calories in a day to see if it will start bringing the scales down. However if I feel that I have a loss of energy and can't work out those 300 will come back on until I reach my first strength goal of a BW squat.

For the pull ups / chins / dips keep attempting to do them. I cannot get many as well, but I try my balls off. Cheat a touch to get one or two off by a tiny jump into the first. Jump up and hold your self there, let yourself drop a few inches and hold again. Just keep grinding them out, it is really the only way to get better at them until A) you get strong enough to do them at your BW right now, or B) you drop some pounds and are then strong enough.

Just set up some goals in an order and work towards them.

Cheers, and keep up the great work.

[Hardcore]

Thank you for the good word! I will continue my workout on 5x5 to the end of the summer... But now i can clearly say that nutrition is the main thing to the good looking body...

[Buffalo150]

HC-

Re: Chin/Pull-Ups
I had been stuck on the assist machine for YEARS and couldn't see any way that I was going to be able to a bw CU/PU.

What got me going was an article on the training regimen of Annika Sorenstam which mentioned that she performed weighted PU/CU/Dips...the one photo showed her doing pull-ups with +35 lbs...that was eye opening.

Long and short of it is that you do ONE any way you can...and then TWO...and onward and upwards. You can do it, you just have to get your mind around it.

Try doing negatives...use bands...kip...whatever, they'll come along.

Hang ( ) in there...

-Bflo

[Hardcore]

Can anyone tell me... i think that deadlift 1x5 is too little, don't you think?