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[Dontrike Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Dontrike]

Workout done today. I have reached the point where the push-ups have become a pain. I did have a tightness in my abdomen doing the crunches, but otherwise nothing out of the unusual today.

Appetite has been a small annoyance the last week and I'm not sure how I can remedy it.

• Barbell Curl
  
  • 104 lb x 5 reps
  • 104 lb x 5 reps
  
  
• Barbell Squat
  
  • 104 lb x 11 reps
  • 104 lb x 6 reps
  
  
• Barbell Bench Press
  
  • 104 lb x 16 reps
  • 104 lb x 11 reps
  • 104 lb x 6 reps
  
  
• Barbell Deadlift
  
  • 104 lb x 11 reps
  • 104 lb x 6 reps
  
  
• Weighted Crunch
  
  • 25 lb x 34 reps
  
  
• Push-Up
  
  • 34 reps

[MrsLooking4more Retired Super Moderator Member of the Month Feb 2013PEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close MrsLooking4more]

Hey Donrike have you tried cycling the caloric intake to help with digestion? Is what I have to do when I am training. Also do you only do regular crunches? Have you tried other abdominal exercises. I do an entire abdominal routine and I do not do crunches. If you go to you tube and search this names you will see how to do them and hopefully they will help.

Tin Man Windmill
Dolphin Hops
C-Y Reach
Sphinx Crunch Hold (I modify these)
5-Way Abrinome
Hip Drop Twist right and left
Bridge Burners
Speed Bike

Hope that helps as an alternative, if needed.

[Dontrike Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Dontrike]

Hey Donrike have you tried cycling the caloric intake to help with digestion? Is what I have to do when I am training.

Can't say that I know what cycling is when it comes to eating.

Also do you only do regular crunches?

Besides the weight I am holding while I am doing them they are just normal ones.

Have you tried other abdominal exercises. I do an entire abdominal routine and I do not do crunches. If you go to you tube and search this names you will see how to do them and hopefully they will help.

I did try other ab exercises the last time that I worked out, over a year ago, but nothing like that during this current exercise season of mine.

Tin Man Windmill
Dolphin Hops
C-Y Reach
Sphinx Crunch Hold (I modify these)
5-Way Abrinome
Hip Drop Twist right and left
Bridge Burners
Speed Bike

Hope that helps as an alternative, if needed.

I'll take a look at them, thanks for the info.

[MrsLooking4more Retired Super Moderator Member of the Month Feb 2013PEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close MrsLooking4more]

Dontrike cycling is when you have a different caloric intake per day or every few days to keep your body from adjusting to a set caloric intake. You don't have to be crazy accurate with it, but you can. Once you figure out your caloric intake for the goal your shooting for ie. lean, pumped muscle, etc. then you stick to that 2 days and then bellow one day and then 2 days normal and then 1 day above. Watch you portions you go ever by eating more meals not bigger meals at one shot. Hope that helps.

Crunches with the weights are awesome but tend to work only one area of the abs and ab routine will get your V relly nice and work the upper abs more effectively. I no longer bodybuild for competition but I still follow the routines since I am not getting any younger and I want to keep my health and body in shape as much as I can.

You workout routine impresses me you are very loyal to it and haat is awesome the hardest thing is getting in a routine.

[Dontrike Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Dontrike]

Sunday workout done today. Yet again I got this pain halfway up my forearm from doing the curls. The 3rd set I did I took it slower and my arm hurt less, but this ache is quite annoying. I think it might be the bone, at least when I go searching for the issue it feels like it.

• Arnold Dumbbell Press
  
  
  • 30 lb x 12 reps
  • 30 lb x 12 reps
  
  
• Dumbbell Bicep Curl
  
  • 30 lb x 12 reps
  • 30 lb x 12 reps
  • 30 lb x 12 reps
  
  
• Dumbbell Lunges
  
  • 30 lb x 12 reps

Dontrike cycling is when you have a different caloric intake per day or every few days to keep your body from adjusting to a set caloric intake. You don't have to be crazy accurate with it, but you can. Once you figure out your caloric intake for the goal your shooting for ie. lean, pumped muscle, etc. then you stick to that 2 days and then bellow one day and then 2 days normal and then 1 day above. Watch you portions you go ever by eating more meals not bigger meals at one shot. Hope that helps.

Right now portions, and my food intake, is one of my bigger issues. I can't seem to get my appetite under control.

Crunches with the weights are awesome but tend to work only one area of the abs and ab routine will get your V relly nice and work the upper abs more effectively. I no longer bodybuild for competition but I still follow the routines since I am not getting any younger and I want to keep my health and body in shape as much as I can.

I think I only do the abs as I need something to target that area, at least a little, but if I don't get my appetite under control and don't lose weight then I will only be able to keep one giant ab.

Pardon my continuing ignorance, but what is a "V"?

You workout routine impresses me you are very loyal to it and haat is awesome the hardest thing is getting in a routine.

Thanks, although I seem to be harming myself a little bit more than I probably should be for some reason.

[MrsLooking4more Retired Super Moderator Member of the Month Feb 2013PEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close MrsLooking4more]

Here is what I mean by V you see his obliques they literally make the V shape right above some guys are really pronounce some are barely there. this is about midway. Many people called V to heaven because it ends up pointing and emphasizing the trail to a males unit.
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About your appetite are you hungry or not hungry or just comes a go?

[Dontrike Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Dontrike]

Here is what I mean by V you see his obliques they literally make the V shape right above some guys are really pronounce some are barely there. this is about midway. Many people called V to heaven because it ends up pointing and emphasizing the trail to a males unit.

About your appetite are you hungry or not hungry or just comes a go?

Yep, I'm going to let that insecurity pass me by.

It is mostly hunger. I haven't reduced my calorie intake too much yet, but the little I have has me wanting to eat again sooner than I was previously. This usually leads to something extra or more from a meal, which only negates what I am trying to do.

[Dontrike Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Dontrike]

Workout done today. My right arm started hurting again towards the end so I didn't do any push ups. The curls is when I can feel some sort of ache and then after the bench presses is when it starts to feel more like pain.

• Barbell Curl
  
  • 104 lb x 5 reps
  • 104 lb x 5 reps
  • 104 lb x 2 reps
  
  
• Barbell Deadlift
  
  • 104 lb x 12 reps
  • 104 lb x 7 reps
  
  
• Weighted Crunch
  
  • 25 lb x 35 reps
  
  
• Barbell Bench Press
  
  • 104 lb x 17 reps
  • 104 lb x 12 reps
  • 104 lb x 7 reps
  
  
• Barbell Squat
  
  • 104 lb x 12 reps
  • 104 lb x 7 reps

[MovingUp Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close MovingUp]

Did back and biceps tonight.

I tried something I haven't done in a while, got the dip belt (weighs about 2 1/2 pounds) and put on 115 pounds and tried chinups. Got 3 full range of motion reps in. Talking to this new girl at the gym who's about 5'2 1/2 is about 115 - 120 pounds (she's a dancer so she has dat ass and muscles and stuff) and I told her I could rep out a few with her on my back next workout and had to check if I could before I embarrassed myself lol.

[Dontrike Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Dontrike]

Workout done today and I was lucky to do that. While doing the bench presses I got through the first set fine, but when it came to the end of the second set I could only get to 11 of the 13 I needed to do before I couldn't lift the bar anymore, which caused a little bit of a problem. I got the bar off of me and took a little break and got through the rest of my workout, even if I reduced the amount of push ups because of how shaky my arms were.

I took the last week off to make sure that my arm healed, which it seems like it did, but the problem is that every time I take a break like that I move backwards so much that it leads to things like today, which is quite frustrating. That isn't even to mention how it feels like I am not getting anywhere with this right now.

• Weighted Crunch
  
  • 25 lb x 36 reps
  
  
• Barbell Bench Press
  
  • 104 lb x 18 reps
  • 104 lb x 11 reps
  • 104 lb x 10 reps
  
  
• Barbell Curl
  
  • 104 lb x 5 reps
  • 104 lb x 5 reps
  • 104 lb x 3 reps
  
  
• Barbell Squat
  
  • 104 lb x 13 reps
  • 104 lb x 8 reps
  
  
• Barbell Deadlift
  
  • 104 lb x 13 reps
  • 104 lb x 8 reps
  
  
• Push-Up
  
  • 10 reps

[aBone2pick Senior Member Member of the Month July 2014 Find all posts View Profile Close aBone2pick]

Here is what I mean by V you see his obliques they literally make the V shape right above some guys are really pronounce some are barely there. this is about midway. Many people called V to heaven because it ends up pointing and emphasizing the trail to a males unit.
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About your appetite are you hungry or not hungry or just comes a go?

I always thought "The V" was a reference to the width of the shoulders and lats to the hips.

Is it really relating to the obliques.

[TheGreatDivider Senior Member Member of the Month Dec 2015 Find all posts View Profile Close TheGreatDivider]

Why are you doing abs before you squat?

[MrsLooking4more Retired Super Moderator Member of the Month Feb 2013PEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close MrsLooking4more]

abone2pick We also refer to the shoulder to waist as a V but the V to heaven is the obliques to hips.

Dontrike after my car accident I got to 328 and lost 169 pounds and got back into shape. I do not know your size and what your physical goal is. mine at the time was to lose size first. I lost the first 100 with nothing but cardio, then I added resistance training to get me back to bodybuilding shape. I did all my workouts indoor except for walking. I am 46 and have kept the weight off since 1999. I am now working on getting back to competition looks and I feel strong and healthy.

You got to find what works for you. Like some of the guys have said resistance training with cardio is he way to go. Your routine seems to works the same muscles over and over which in theory will lean you out if you are suing low weights high reps and if you are alternating the body parts so they can have recuperation time to build up.

Low reps, high weights for pumping the muscles.

I do chest and back Monday
Cardio Tuesday
arms, biceps, triceps Wed
Cardio Thursday
Legs and back Friday
MMA Saturday
Rest day

After three weeks my fourth week is a yoga week then I start the cycle but up the weights. After 90 days I take two weeks off. Hope this helps get you and idea of what some of us have been trying to tell you.

[Dontrike Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Dontrike]

Why are you doing abs before you squat?

That is just how I put in my exercise into Fitocracy. My normal workout order is curls > squats > deadlifts > bench press > and then either crunches or push ups depending on what I feel like doing, followed by the other.

Dontrike after my car accident I got to 328 and lost 169 pounds and got back into shape. I do not know your size and what your physical goal is. mine at the time was to lose size first. I lost the first 100 with nothing but cardio, then I added resistance training to get me back to bodybuilding shape. I did all my workouts indoor except for walking. I am 46 and have kept the weight off since 1999. I am now working on getting back to competition looks and I feel strong and healthy.

I don't know my exact weight, as I haven't weighed myself in about 5 months, but I am pretty sure I am in the 350 range. My ultimate goal would be getting down to 200-220 as there is no way I could get lower than that.

You got to find what works for you. Like some of the guys have said resistance training with cardio is he way to go. Your routine seems to works the same muscles over and over which in theory will lean you out if you are suing low weights high reps and if you are alternating the body parts so they can have recuperation time to build up.

This particular setup was working for me in the beginning, and a couple times before, but now it doesn't seem like it is doing anything now.

Low reps, high weights for pumping the muscles.

I am not sure I could increase the weight. I was doing it this way so I could get used to each weight and slowly move up.

[akaTrex Senior Member Member of the Month Jan 2016 Find all posts View Profile Close akaTrex]

I always thought "The V" was a reference to the width of the shoulders and lats to the hips.

Is it really relating to the obliques.

In Old School Body Building the V Taper is:

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