I BROKE PLATEAU!!!!!!!!!!!

Squats
1x 10 empty
1x5 40kg
1x5 50kg
1x5 60kg
1x5 70kg
1x4 80kg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I didn't dare to the 5th only because I wasn't confident. And that was it. huhu.

Shoulder Press
1x10 level 4

8x8 level 8

I guess I could try 9 now.

Overall, great progress and the fact I can do more is going to drive me further. YES!

upload picture

Nah. Nothing to be proud of in the picture part. Later lah when I really got what I need. haha.

picture with progress will motivate others ma

Wasn't well on 7th March. With that in mind, I took to relaxing with a good game of Deathspank.

Kickboxing day again. Tomorrow I'll focus on Benching, lat pulldowns and curls.

Decided to be in hiatus for a 4 training days. Went for one yesterday

Squats

1x10 Empty
1x5 40kg
1x5 50kg
1x5 60kg
1x5 70 kg
1x5 75 kg

Decided not to push to 80kgs since I'm comfortable with 75kg at the moment. Although last week's achievement was awesome as hell (i even requested a gym buddy to help me out just in case i fell. Praying to Allah at the same time. ), I decided that I'll just take a relaxing breather.

Then a 10 minute steady state cardio. Didn't want to do HIIT too often.

I should remind my kickboxing coach to give me a harder lesson because I'm starting to relax and not push.

Wednesday came and went. Weirdly, I thought that its friday already. huhu.

Lat pulldowns
8x8 level 10

Maybe I should conquer 11. Although, 10 feels tough.

Shoulder press
6x10 level 9.

new record, but since I was trying to save some time, I decided to skip the other 2 sets.

Went for a jog on the treadmill for 10 minutes. 5 minutes on level 9 and 5 more just brisk pace walking.

I ought to spend more time at the gym really. huhu.

Aih... I'm a little lagging with Bench press. huhu. Well, haven't trained them ina while and not feeling any doms doesn't sound so nice anymore.

Bench Press
1x10 Empty
1x12 40kgs
2x12 50kgs
2x10 60kgs (Was testing GVT with this)
1x1 70kgs (Aih... I can squat 80 but I can't do this even. Was tired I guess)

Dumbbell Curls
5x8 each hand 22.5kgs (NEW RECORD!)

The dumbbells are still comfortable. I guess my strength really has gone up.

Time to test more things. Like a 60kg GVT. 8x8 should kill me. haha.

Err bro, you should be able to squat much more than your bench haha.
Beginners general target would be bench your own bodyweight and squat 1.5X your bodyweight.
I can squat 95kg 5 x 5 and about 115kg 1RM but can only do 50kg 5 x 5 for bench.

haha. Not that. I guess it's a bad day for benching. Used to be able to go for a set of 75kgs (that's my bodyweight btw).

Haven't benched in weeks, hence I think i'm just getting soft.

But no.... Squatting at 105kg would really break me. . Even 80kgs and I wasn't being a little cautious. haha.

Here I was being very eager with getting the 80kg barrier gone with, but I'm really lacking the necessary confidence to do so, hence, I guess it's time i took a stepback and enjoy the plateau once more. Heh.

Squats
1x10 Empty
1x5 40kg
1x5 50kg
1x5 60kg
1x5 70 kg
1x3 80 kg
1x3 80 kg

I have to admit, the 2nd 80kg set was creepy because my knees went wobbly. I guess I can change to high reps at a lesser load. hoho.

Shoulder Presses
1x10 level 4
8x10 Level 10

New record was achieved. Another note is that at the last rep, pulling back to starting position, i'd take a slow and steady pull, around 4 to 5 seconds. Testing out the theory if i worked well or not.

Treadmill and Cycle Machine
5 minutes on level 9.3
5 minutes on level 6.3 with level 5 incline
cycled for 6 minutes on various levels between 10 and 20.

I thought I had to invest a little more time in cardio. I wanna get rid of this belly! (since I have no idea if my diet is making me gain or cut. haha)

Urgh good Lord... My wrists...

Well, going 5x8 bench press of 60kgs is actually slow and comfortable. But I think my left wrist was telling me to stop wahtever the hell it's doing and then take a breather.

Didn't do much after that, except for a slow jog.

Need to get off my lazy ass and back to the gym. Went for a week's break just to have that well rested feeling.

Kickboxing schedule has also been topsy turvy. But that's understandable.

I'm getting fat. haha.

I've been requested to handle a certain training program for kickboxing. I'd wager that I have to split into 3 different sections based on what i've done before. (Strength, speed, endurance)

On other parts, i'm currently enjoying the focus back on dumbbells. Just that I had to add a barbell snatch for warm ups. Damn the pump is AMAZING.

OT: Must pick up more chicks with a good body.

I'll be really honest. My plateau phase was meant to plateau. Truly.

So why the hell am I gaining in size??? Haha.

The cool thing is that I do see a slight increase in weight, and a decrease in fat. That was beginning this month until now.

I sure as hell don't feel fatter. Heck, the moments I went on kickboxing and pre-taekwando training, I'd end up with a burn so awesome that adrenaline should actually pour out of my body.

But regardless now is a good time to focus on keeping track of the things i'm doing. Starting tomorrow.

I should have a format ready frankly. And I'm attempting to do so tomorrow. Today is on iso. Since i've done chest yesterday and back during thursdays.

Besides, benching with 22.5kg dumbbells are quite fun and killer (especially since i'm on high rep for that).

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Added on June 25, 2012, 12:38 pmI've taken very lax of myself recently. Then again, i'm very excited for Ramadhan coming that I plan to make that a good cutting session. The problem is stuffing myself with as much protein necessary for maintenance.

Come Ramadhan: Cutting.
Come Raya: Starting Strength again.

I've had a good time doing dumbbell weights. At least I see new limits in myself with those dumbbells. Locked curls have proven to be an issue, but lets leave that aside.

In the weeks coming to Ramadhan, i'm going to focus on my pull ups and do a little bit of heavy resistance barbell moves. Lets hope the left wrist doesn't give too much problems. I would love to do dips if I could.

This post has been edited by Kyoyagami: Jun 25 2012, 12:38 PM