Yes yes...more journal whoring but its best kept in order

Now the shows are done and i have the option of competing at the British Finals along with the best physiques in Britain, i have a choice to make. DO i take this possible once in a lifetime oppertunity and give it everything i have, or do i let it slip and hope to come back at it in a year or twos time when things have setteld, im married and i have a little more muscle on my frame?

Trick choice. I have ha a chat with FIona who seems right behind me to do it and has booked the time off work. My best mate (and best man) thinks i shuld do it as i might never get anther chance with how life is. Its a hard choice as its a lot o suffering and its expensive. Im not totally skint but i could be doing with paying dept or buying something nice for me and fiona instead of spending the serious cash it costs to do such an event. We will see.

ANyway. The fire is burning behind my bloaded guts. I want to get a god rebound on the go from this and gain some muscles. Started to day and will be doing what i do best...training heavy and hard with moderate to lowish volume. It has been working and it aint broke. only thing i need tweaking is my back width work as its a bit broke! lat width is poor despite doing +30k wg chins for reps so working on ideas.

Today - Started on Upper back and rear delts.

WG CHINS
bw x10
bw x10
+10kg x8
+20k x10
+20k x9

DB Rows
45k x8
50k x8
45k x8

Seated Cable Row old School Machine
80kg x12
120kg x8
100kg x10

Stff arm pulldown isolation
30k x12 for 3 stretchy sets

Simon Pulldowns palms facing shoulderwidth grip
few light sets of 12 to test out

DB Rear delt Raise
13k x12
18k x12
13k x12

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Not too bad for first proper workout in weeks. Srength clearly dropped a lot but not too far away. just need to be careful i dont injur myself as im still not at 100% although feeling and looking good again. Its nice to have a belly full of food while training again

Liked the SImon Puldowns and wil doing some of this along with the old school seated calbe rows for sure. think this could be a winning routine. might do wg pullups last a la Alex Temper as you feel them better there as he taught me before. do the heavy seated n db rows first

You know its what you want to do Rab, so go for it.

Strong pullups, I'm surprised you're not getting big lats from them, maybe try experimenting with your grip - wide/narrow/pullups/chins etc.

Will be very interesting to see how you get on.

What exactly makes competing so expensive? (I don't know very much about how competing in BB shows actually works)

Oh another one. How suprising.

Rilla wrote:Oh another one. How suprising.

Post of the Week and it's only Tuesday morning!

Rab

Just do it. You may well never get another chance in life.

I had the opportunity when I was 27 to work and live in New Zealand as my rugby club had a reciprocal agreement with another club in NZ, 3 weeks before I was meant to go, I broke my shoulder for the first time...

Do it whilst you can

excellent mate - good attitude and give it your all.

just watch the health

id expect some really good size if done well mate.

time what you take and christ - it could be scary

Go for it Rab.

Do it whilst you are fired up, have the support of the gal you love & have the motivation.

Thanks folks. Ill proceed with this as my goal and the target is a solid 2kg of gains over the next 2 month. Id rather get 2 solid kg and have good condition still making dieting easier and shorter

Getting the last of my bing eating out the way today. Still starving in my mind and have been pigging out today

beans on toast with 2 fried egg at 6am
bowl of honey nut corn flakes at 7
pack of oreo cookies
big baguette sanny with ham, cheese onion n mayo

...and wanting somehting else again. gonna have a wee protein shaek though to keep things in order that way lol.

To do the Britain ill need to make sacrafice. i will need to decide today as ill have to cancel my golf memebership for the year as i cant justify or afford both whilst also saving for our wedding. Its not possible to do both well anyway. Will come back to the golf next year as i aint competing with the wedding being in the summer.

Will be continuing to train at two gyms to get more time at it and not effect home life too much. The dungeon isnt a bad wee hardcore gaff anyway and is en route from work to the house

Yeah, friggin do it... and I expect at least 109 new journals along the way

Come on mate. Give me some credit...there will be this journal, then one for the diet and run into the Brits then the next rebound after that..then the period after that "off" everything and chilling out....thats only another few!!!

Do it mate. Quit the golf and do it. This way you'll have no regrets and that will make you a better and bigger man.

Journal whore!

As everyone else has said take the opportunity. We never know what's going to happen in the future so do it! Besides which options golf vs the British? No contest in my opinion. I'm looking forward to following your prep already.

Golf over the Summer isn't a bad option... but I'm playing devil's advocate.

I say go for it mate!

Lat width equals lots of Pull Up variation's, not just wide grip. Got for Medium Chins, Mixed Grip Pull Ups, Rack Chins and Wide Grip Pull Ups and Side to Side Pull Ups.

ollie wrote:Golf over the Summer isn't a bad option... but I'm playing devil's advocate.

Don't listen to Ollie, there'll be time for golf when you're dead. I say take all your clothes off and black yourself up

Change the title of the log, unless you've just been dumped by Fi-fi... :p

Alex wrote:Lat width equals lots of Pull Up variation's, not just wide grip. Got for Medium Chins, Mixed Grip Pull Ups, Rack Chins and Wide Grip Pull Ups and Side to Side Pull Ups.

...and hammer grip pull ups. love that one, best variant imo.

Have we had any " when I competed" or " as a competitive bodybuilder " comments yet ?

Whore central

Gym Pig. As a competavive bodybuilder...you should follow my journal for tips on how to grow a decent chest.

Alex. Will take that on board mate.

Bit of Shoulders & Triceps tonight. Nothing fancy as what i was doing was working good

Seated DB PRess
30k x12
40k x10
30k x10 (arnie press)
30k x9 (arnie press)

Upright EZ Rows
50k x10
70k x10
70k x10

DB Side laterals
35lb x10
45lb x8
50lb x9 ...drop set...35lb x6

Pushdowns
1 moderate set of 12
2 heavy sets of 8

Dips
BW x12
+20k x12
+30k x12
+30k x12

SIngle arm Reverse Grip Pushdowns
few sets of 10 per arm to finish

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Not going nuts with the weight too soon as its a recipe for disaster. still got dryish joints etc and i can feel my elbows strain tonight. ws desperate to go heavier on the pressing and dips but kept my smart head on. did the pushdowns first to make a lighter lady weight on the dips reasonably difficult and effective

Golf???

FFS.....The only hole in one you'll be guaranteed is Rillas........................

Richard wrote:You know its what you want to do Rab, so go for it.

Strong pullups, I'm surprised you're not getting big lats from them, maybe try experimenting with your grip - wide/narrow/pullups/chins etc.

maybe he's not using his lats to pull himslf up as they are the weakest link! Time to relearn how to do the exersize?

Craig wrote:

Richard wrote:You know its what you want to do Rab, so go for it.

Strong pullups, I'm surprised you're not getting big lats from them, maybe try experimenting with your grip - wide/narrow/pullups/chins etc.

maybe he's not using his lats to pull himslf up as they are the weakest link! Time to relearn how to do the exersize?

Also worth looking a various Dorian vids on you tube om how to train back, don't go too heavy and really feel the contraction.

i think this is an issue with me oin pullups - i get strong at them but i dont feel the lats workign as well as they perhaps should feel worked. for that reason im gonna do my pullup variations last in the workout and with bodyweight...really squeezing and contracting hard from various grips like Alex suggests.

I feel other things like yates rows (using an ez bar) work the lats great. same with the old seated cable row machine - classic back exercise and it really works me good.
Not so sure about single arm db rows. i think i get more out of the yates or tbars but i should maybe stick it for a few weeks for some slightly new angle of stimulation?

Rab wrote:i think this is an issue with me oin pullups - i get strong at them but i dont feel the lats workign as well as they perhaps should feel worked. for that reason im gonna do my pullup variations last in the workout and with bodyweight...really squeezing and contracting hard from various grips like Alex suggests.

I feel other things like yates rows (using an ez bar) work the lats great. same with the old seated cable row machine - classic back exercise and it really works me good.
Not so sure about single arm db rows. i think i get more out of the yates or tbars but i should maybe stick it for a few weeks for some slightly new angle of stimulation?

Reverse grip pulldowns with a 1 second pause in the FULLY contracted position are good, plus FST 7 machine rows would help. FST is great from lagging bodyparts