Jin's 2017 log

[Jin]

I'm just going with the jumpstart on fat loss and starting to cut. Eating loads of chicken breast. Carbs before and after workout.

Saturday- back
deadlift
5x3@405
5@455
3@495

BB rows 5x6@225

BB curl 5x6@110

Today- legs
squat 5x5@315
glute bridge 3x10 @155
SLDL 5x5 @ 285

Going to continue going moderately heavy with lower volume on this cut. PPL.

 

[Jin]

Last 3 lift days

push/arms

Actually able to do some light close grip bench. I've been pinning igf into my injured pec 3x/wk and placebo or not it seems to have helped.

CG Bench 3x10@125
BB curl 6x6@100
Single DB overhead tri 5x15@90
Cable press downs- 5x6

Pull
Deadlifts- pause reps (6 inch off the floor) 5x8@315
BB rows 5x5@225
Low row machine 5x5@racked
Lat pull downs 5x5@racked

Legs today.
Superset x 5
leg extensions x5@racked
curls x5@racked

Narrower stance ATG (almost; I find when you're all the way down and pausing it's really more like rest as the tension is less on your legs. I stop just short of this) squats with 2 second pause in the hole 5x8@225

SLDL 5x5@225

BB glute bridge 5x8@225

The trainer in the gym today apologized to me because the weight machines don't have enough iron for me. How very Japanese.

Sitting at at a carb depleted 260 and looking much leaner.

 

[ECKSRATED]

Yea jin hit them pause squats at parallel. Too many guys do it wrong and rest ass to grass. Yeah u still don't get that stretch reflex out of the hole but pausing at paralell is muchhh harder. Good work brother

 

[Jin]

Push day

Pec is feeling healthy but I still don't want to put up too much weight.

CG bench 4x12@175
Skull crushers 4x10@110
DB shoulder raises 4x8@45
Standing Mil press 4x8@135
Bench 4x15@135 2 second pause reps, bar barely off the chest

I've always wanted to be strong in addition to being big, but I've never put in accessories work to the Big Three to specifically up my numbers.
Now im excited to focus on strength and getting a decent total. I blame UG for this.
I'll be doing more pause rep benching to up my max.

I love deadlifts, but I've never given hamstrings a second thought after I blast out a couple sets of leg curls. Always cared more about having big quads because they look cooler.
Now I'm focusing on really strengthening them through SLDL, glute bridges and heavy high rep curls. My DL is decent but I think I'll be able to really kick it up a notch by blasting my hamstrings for the next 6 months.

That's tomorrow though.

 

[Jin]

Nothing sexy

DL 5x5@405
Yates Row 5x6@225
Nuetral grip pull-ups 5x5
Rear delt flys
cardio

 

[Jin]

Legs

5x8 pause rep squat@225
2-3 second pause right below parallel. No lockout at the top= constant tension.

RDL 3x10@225
First time, so went light. Really easy. Didn't feel it as much in the hams as with SLDL with full range
pulling from just below the knee to upper thigh. No lockout.

Seated leg curl 5x10@racked. Cybex machine doesn't have enough weight.
Leg extention 3x10@racked

Hyperextentions 3x10

im down to 263@16%. Aiming for 11-12%. I'll run my next cycle in September.

 

[Jin]

Haven't updated in a while.

Took a week trip back to The States for a buddy's wedding. Ate a lot. Trained a couple times while back- my bench is back up to 225 for sets of 10 after the slight pec tear. It's frustrating not to be able to handle more weight, but honestly it's recovering way faster than I thought it would.

Good leg day today. I'm feeling good on a TRT dose.

Squats 5x5@365
SLDL 4x6@275
Glute Bridge 3x10@225
Curls 5x10
Extentions 5x10

Doing my best to create a hamstring-leg-pussy just like Tom Platz. After he did this pose it was immediately banned. Judges couldn't hide their erections.

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[Jin]

Pull day. Was gonna do rack pulls but I worked out of a different gym. No rack. Only smith machine. Bush league.
All the other lifts are easier if you don't do heavy deads or rack pulls first

BB row 4x8@225. 2x5@275.
Neurtral grip Lat pull down 4x8@racked (it said 275)
DB rows 4x10@100lb. Max DB available.
Wide grip Lat pull down 4x5@racked
hyper extensions holding 135 BB 3x10. First time doing this.
Single arm Cable curls from a deficit 4x8

Sitting at about 262. I have no desire to go under 250 but I'll do it if I'm not at 12% by then.

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[Gibsonator]

leaning out and lookin good bro! and I like that shirt isn't it the one the rock wears?

 

[Jin]

leaning out and lookin good bro! and I like that shirt isn't it the one the rock wears?

Yeah, he's got a line of under armor gear and that's one of his shirts. I'd like to look like Calum Von mongoose but that's not gonna happen. I think I can come close to looking like the rock one day, so I started off by wearing the same shirt

 

[Jin]

Push day.

Pec feels back to 100% but I didn't want to push it too much just yet. I realize I've not put any work into my bench technique. I studied the hell out of DL and some for Squat because I always felt they were more technical lifts, but I'm realizing now that I have a lot of form work to do on my bench. The unfortunate part is I don't have anyone here who can help/coach me. Add that to the fact that I work out at the community gym and I'm the biggest/strongest guy there, leaves me the Internet for my sensei. At least there's that.

Bench 5x5@265 (comp pause reps).
Incline 4x10- went light as this was the first time I've done incline bench in months.
Close grip bench 3x10@185

Superset X 3
DB rear fly X 10
Lateral raises X 8

Superset X 3
Rear delt machine X 8
tri push down X 6

25 min of interval training on the treadmill.

 

[ECKSRATED]

Post some bench videos man we'll help you out.

 

[Seeker]

Looking good, Jin. I was reading yesterday that Japan is having a major shortage of men for their porn industry. Lol seriously.

 

[Jin]

Looking good, Jin. I was reading yesterday that Japan is having a major shortage of men for their porn industry. Lol seriously.

I can imagine there'd be a shortage. These men wouldn't know what to do with a pussy if it fell on their laps. Something like 30%+ virginity rate for 30 year olds here. People just don't know how to interact with the opposite sex. Nobody is getting married. Government pays you to have a kid. Birth rate is way down.

It would be all too easy. That life is behind me now seek. I live vicariously through you and Gibs.

 

[knightmare999]

Push day.

Pec feels back to 100% but I didn't want to push it too much just yet. I realize I've not put any work into my bench technique. I studied the hell out of DL and some for Squat because I always felt they were more technical lifts, but I'm realizing now that I have a lot of form work to do on my bench. The unfortunate part is I don't have anyone here who can help/coach me. Add that to the fact that I work out at the community gym and I'm the biggest/strongest guy there, leaves me the Internet for my sensei. At least there's that.

Bench 5x5@265 (comp pause reps).
Incline 4x10- went light as this was the first time I've done incline bench in months.
Close grip bench 3x10@185

Superset X 3
DB rear fly X 10
Lateral raises X 8

Superset X 3
Rear delt machine X 8
tri push down X 6

25 min of interval training on the treadmill.

I looove some supersets, but I think doing rear flys and lateral raises together would kill my shoulders (not in the good way).

Recently reintroduced to close grip bench by hips, and I've been including them in every push day. No movements give me the feeling in my tri's like close grip bench.

Great work!

 

[widehips71]

Pack your bags Seek. We have a humanitarian mission to Japan

 

[Jin]

Pack your bags Seek. We have a humanitarian mission to Japan

You boys have a place to stay. Don't pack condoms cause the std rate is almost non existent.

Only rule use is to bow before penetrating the anus.

 

[Gibsonator]

shit I want in on that!

 

[Jin]

Legs

Did box squats for the first time ever. Used a box that put me just below parallel. I'm now very aware that I haven't been sitting back into my squat for maximal rear chain recruitment. I know most people use a wider than standard squat stance; I did some this way. Some I did with a deadlift stance. When I get stuck on deads it's right off the floor so hopefully these will be beneficial for DL and Squats.

Box Squat 4x10@225
Extensions 5x10
Curl 5x10
Glute bridge 3x10@225

25 min SS cardio

I've been reading up a lot in the powerlifting methods section and plan on starting Westside in July. No clue why this site isn't called UGPL.

 

[Jin]

Went to the gym for a light session yesterday even though it should've been a day off. I go to Germany on Tuesday so I thought I could use the extra session. Did a bunch of cable cross flys, some shrugs, abs (barely) and 25 min of SS cardio.

Today

Sumo deads. First time trying these (so many new movements)- was going to go super light and practice form but I think my form was pretty spot on. My coach, Mark Bell, set me up last night on YouTube.

1x8@315
5x5@405
Felt Really solid. Inner thigh like a MF but almost zero lower back stress. I'm sure I could've pulled 495 for a double.
We'll see, maybe I'll be better at sumo than conventional.
Pulled inside the power rack and my legs were as far out as they could go. My shins weren't quite perpendicular to the ground so I may need a wider stance.
Im definitely able to get my hips lower on sumo than conventional.

Yates rows 5x6@225
Straight arm Lat push downs 3x15

25 min SS cardio