Hello everyone,
This is my first post here. I have bummed around on different forums for a while now and often get linked over to this one but never joined it. I decided I wanted to start an online training log and wanted to start it in a new forum so thats why I am here.
I am a Junior majoring in exercise physiology and minoring in nutrition. I am currently doing the program West Side for Skinny Bastards 3. I have already started the program last week so I am going to pist my results briefly. I weigh around 180 lbs and currently do not take any supplements. I never consider myself truly bulking or cutting, but right now I am gearing towards adding a little bit of weight. My max lifts, as measured of about 4 weeks ago, are around bench- 215, squat-300, deadlift- 325.
Feel free to post any advice, criticism, questions, etc. in my training log.
I definetly like the routine. The repitition upper body day is interesting, maxing out with DB presses and the seated power cleans are new for me. MY complaint as of right now is in the 2 lower body days, I do bulgarian split squate and glute hamm raises on both of these. The other exercises Joe Defranco recommends I can't really do in my gym, such as sled drags. The glute hamm raises are nice, I don't have access to a machine so the way of doing them without one never really occured to me until I started this routine. They definetly blast my hamstrings. I would perfer not to do bulgarian split squats twice a week though. Because DeFranco recommends this under a unilateral lower body movement I think I am going to switch one of them to a single leg squat or single leg RDL. Other than that everything seems to be good.
I definetly like the routine. The repitition upper body day is interesting, maxing out with DB presses and the seated power cleans are new for me. MY complaint as of right now is in the 2 lower body days, I do bulgarian split squate and glute hamm raises on both of these. The other exercises Joe Defranco recommends I can't really do in my gym, such as sled drags. The glute hamm raises are nice, I don't have access to a machine so the way of doing them without one never really occured to me until I started this routine. They definetly blast my hamstrings. I would perfer not to do bulgarian split squats twice a week though. Because DeFranco recommends this under a unilateral lower body movement I think I am going to switch one of them to a single leg squat or single leg RDL. Other than that everything seems to be good.
EDIT: one last complaint: I miss deadlifting.
Good to see your enjoying WS4SB, I think there are plenty of movements to choose from so you don't have to double up.
I would definitely replace one of the glute hamm raise with RDL's or pullthroughs. and if you can do BSS then theres no reason u cant lunge or do a step up.
The beauty of the template is that there is plenty of scope to find what works best and change things around as necessary without changing the intent of the program.
Sounds like a productive way to blow off some steam, Eric. Hope you're less stressed now. Welcome to the board and good luck with WS4SB.
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thanks for the tip. i guess i'm not really pinching at all, just holding 45lb plates hahaha. i don't think i have any smooth plates at my current gym. according to the WSFSB program, its just heavy db holds, but i perfer the plates better.
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