ANDRO'S Journey of CAN and WILL

[will-work4andro]

Originally Posted by HardCory

I wanna pick your brain for a second. I remembered the other day something my trainer once said about sleeping with a sweatshirt on, that it helps build muscle or something to that effect. I never put too much thought into it, but today I was thinking heat shock proteins. Now my question is do you think wearing a sweatshirt could raise the temperature enough to inhibit the HSPs?

i doubt you are getting your body hot enough to induce HSP's... i think it'd need to be ~40 degrees Celsius

Originally Posted by Commander

your body naturally cools when you sleep, this seems like it would cause poor sleep.

Originally Posted by Achillesreborn

lol agreed, if anything you should be sleeping with no shirt on and light blankets.

whatever is comfortable to get a good nights rest is what i would recommend...i personally like to be a little on the cooler side




Day 68
65 days out

i had a good workout this morning but honestly i didn't feel like i "had it" today...not sure how to explain it, but none the less, weight was certainly moved...gotta do the lab thing tonight...i'm trying to think of what study i want to do after the next one...i got short time left at my current school...gotta finish strong...i'd also be lying if i said i wasn't stressed about not knowing where i'll be next year at this time...gotta keep putting in work, it'll pay off

Speed Bench-
140 x 3
140 x 3
140 x 3
140 x 3
140 x 3
140 x 3
140 x 3
140 x 3

Close Grip Bench-
185 x 10
185 x 10

BB Row-
185 x 10
185 x 10
185 x 10

Close Grip Pulldown-
165 x 10
180 x 8
180 x 8

DB Pullovers-
55 x 15
55 x 15

Cable laterals-
6 x 12
6 x 12
6 x 12

EZ Bar Curl-
115 x 8
115 x 8
115 x 8

Overhead Rope Extensions-
60 x 12
60 x 10
60 x 8

-15 minutes occluded cardio @ 3.0 mph 2% grade

[Venom]

Jer

what is your opinion on the pros:cons of occluded cardio vs. hiit?

[will-work4andro]

Originally Posted by Venom

Jer

what is your opinion on the pros:cons of occluded cardio vs. hiit?

i believe they compliment each other well...the pro's of doing occluded cardio is that it appears that you can do it at a very high frequency and still receive positive adaptations...that one study they did it twice a day/6 days a week, and it resulted in significant hypertrophy within 3 weeks...obviously you can't do sprints that often or with that high of frequency without having some overtraining...i also don't get that much DOMS with occluded cardio whereas i definitely do with HIIT....i did switch from occluded cardio to just strictly HIIT during my prep as i thought it would help me more than occluded cardio would, as far as burning a massive amount of calories in a short amount of time....i would say this though, i believe occluded cardio is ideal to finish workouts for the benefit of possibly increasing the hypertrophic response, especially on light days in the gym (goes to the cross transfer effect...occluded cardio for upperbody by occluding lower body)....i also know that occluded cardio seems to elevate EE over non-occluded cardio...and i could be wrong but i've never seen a study show hypertrophy in 3 weeks with HIIT...bottom line, i love them both...so i use them both.... HIIT + Occlusion= CHAMPION

[Venom]

Great analysis!

[will-work4andro]

Day 69
64 days out

todays workout was ok...i was pretty sore from Tuesday and you'll notice i went down in weight on the RDL's...something just didn't feel right, so i decided to just lower the weight...i'm trying to make a conscious effort not to lift like a jackass this year...when i get into the zone, all logic seems to escape me...tonight i'm going to my friend Abhishek house for some good ole' Indian food...and tomorrow is homecoming...should be interesting

Suspended Squats-
130 x 2
130 x 2
130 x 2
130 x 2
130 x 2
130 x 2
130 x 2
130 x 2

Plyo Jumps-
20 jumps

Leg Extensions-
180 x 15
195 x 10
210 x 10

RDL-
300 x 8
315 x 8
295 x 8

Standing Calves-
150 x 12
165 x 8
180 x 8

Seated Calves-
115 x 8
125 x 6
125 x 6

Pullthroughs-
90 x 10
90 x 10
90 x 10

-15 minutes occluded cardio @ 3.0 mph 2% grade

[Venom]

Suspended squats?

[will-work4andro]

Originally Posted by Venom

Suspended squats?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaUuubCqC3k

only i let the weight completely deload at the bottom


Day 70
63 days out

my thought of the day...Indian food is the best way to carb up...AMAZING...this morning was sprints, this afternoon is Homecoming.

-10 x 25 second intervals on elliptical

[will-work4andro]

Day 71
62 days out

today is my off day...i had a blast yesterday at homecoming despite the loss and the cardinals loss...62 more days...it is absolutely essential that i have ZERO bad workouts from here on out...62 days is not that long...STRONG(ER)

[Achillesreborn]

Originally Posted by will-work4andro

Day 71
62 days out

today is my off day...i had a blast yesterday at homecoming despite the loss and the cardinals loss...62 more days...it is absolutely essential that i have ZERO bad workouts from here on out...62 days is not that long...STRONG(ER)

Haha yay an off day! Now that's what I like to see.

[Venom]

Are u still planning on having off days or will you be training for all those days?