Ok seriously though I've been slacking off a little bit the past few months. I changed my gyms in October and ever since I joined that new gym I slowly stopped going. Last time was 2 weeks ago.

I just don't like that gym. The people there are annoying. The equipment is garbage. And they don't have a steam room. I thought I could live without the steam room but a month into the membership I had no urge to go to there. My biggest regret was signing up for the 1 year deal.

I have recently been doing the HST training routine that Speedy2K suggested in the begging of the thread. Its an excellent total body work out program that helped me go up in strength in my compound lifts and also get more lean.

Here is a link to the routine

HST Training

Diet is solid as always, lately I have been trying to eat 3 (Carb, Protein, Vegetables) meals and 3 (Protein, Fats, Vegetables) meals a day. This ratio allows you to put on muscle mass while remaining lean.

For the New Year i will switch to a regular 4 day split and perform 3 strength weeks followed by 3 mass weeks. Basically the strength weeks will be low reps x heavy weight and the muscle weeks will be moderate reps x heavy - moderate weight.

I will also try to add some low intensity cardio once or twice a week on my off days.

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Originally posted by infinity HiGH Ok seriously though I've been slacking off a little bit the past few months. I changed my gyms in October and ever since I joined that new gym I slowly stopped going. Last time was 2 weeks ago. I just don't like that gym. The people there are annoying. The equipment is garbage. And they don't have a steam room. I thought I could live without the steam room but a month into the membership I had no urge to go to there. My biggest regret was signing up for the 1 year deal.

I had to terminate a gym membership in June since I was moving back to Ontario. All I had to do was give them a copy of my flight itinerary. Maybe you can buy a greyhound ticket and then return it after you've made a copy. I guess that'll depend on your gym's policy.

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this month has been bad for me...

i took a week off to de-load, then never really got back into it... for now i am just doing my squat and deadlift days...

my gym is cloosed to much durign the holidays so i am on a maintenance thing now..

i train for functional strength as i play a lot of sports. Most of my workouts are powerlifting based with the goal of increasing the big 3.


As soon as my gyms hours will be normal I'll be running bill starr 5x5

Tues
Squat
Bench
Pendlay Rows

Thurs
Light Squats/Front Squat (If I feel my squat form is retarded I will do regular light back squats thsi day to work out kinks)
SOHP
Deadlifts/Power cleans - I am at the stage where I can not deadlift every week anymore cuz it fries my cns, as a result i'll be alternating between deads and powercleans week by week

S
Squat
Bench
Pendley Row

When I need to work on my conditioning - I'll throw in GPP (sled drags, car pushes, sledgehammer against tire ) after the thurs workout.

i would usually run this on MWF... but my party day is usually sat... so its better for me if I have monday off

Once I complete this phase of bill starr... i will most likely switch to a westside barbell program that incorporates conjugate periodization.


if guys have any questions about functional strength training etc, feel free to message me

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Last edited by Dr Satan on Dec-18-2007 at 20:57

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Originally posted by bigfatandugly the only ceaveat to this is one's genetic set- point, where your body will stop growing, no matter how good your nutritional intake or how good your disciplene.

nothing a little sustanon and some deca can't solve

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Originally posted by afterhrsgurl Same here. I stick to my usual routine that i've been doing for years now, works great for me and keeps me in good shape; When i run, i usually do a 5k about 3 times a week, do yoga (flexibility and tone)in the evenings and some basic strenght training about 4 times a week

I've been wanting to try yoga or pilates for a while...but strictly for the flexibility and fitness angle. I'm afraid of the cultish mentality that some people develop in those disciplines where yoga becomes their entire life, lol.

I re-read the thread, great posts by bigfatandugly or whatever your name is.

Someone mentioned stationary bike earlier.. I do heavy weights three days a week, run the stairs at my work after every workout (fifth floor to the 11th), and on my off days, I listen to edm and ride my new mountain bike trainer for 15-30 mins, been doing the bike thing for a few weeks now due to the weather. Gotta look good for Resolution and Sasha and Digweed

Oh my god I'm out of shape! I just worked out for the first time in 4 months and couldn't even get through my whole routine. :S

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Originally posted by jennypie Oh my god I'm out of shape! I just worked out for the first time in 4 months and couldn't even get through my whole routine. :S

4 months no sex? whats wrong wit you

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Originally posted by jennypie Oh my god I'm out of shape! I just worked out for the first time in 4 months and couldn't even get through my whole routine. :S

same here, really fucking hard to get back into the same routine plus i feel like shit for 5 days after with all the muscle aches

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Originally posted by geroin same here, really fucking hard to get back into the same routine plus i feel like shit for 5 days after with all the muscle aches

Ugh...muscle aches I can deal with...it's the fact that I've gained weight and I can literally feel it weighing me down when I'm trying to do cardio.

I have to change my diet too. FUCK.

I blame this all on my stupid aging body and irregular work/sleep/eat hours.

STUPID WINTER. STUPID SCHOOL. STUPID AGING BODY.

whenever i feel like ive gained some weight i just do some meth and stay up for 3-4 days.... works like a charm (minus the shaking/paranoia/neck scratching/living in a box)

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