Michael Schneider
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Here is a pic of my mri. I think you don’t need to be a doctor to see the damage. ????????
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Back feels amazing today after yesterdays workout. It’s sore like hell! The last weeks and months I was lifting very heavy but now I can’t pull huge loads due to my biceps injury. My goal now is to feel my back as good as possible and bump up the intensity again! I want to bring in the old school drop sets and rest pause stuff to create new stimulation this way! I’m really fired up to get back into bodybuilding!
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Hy Florian!
Yes Corinne is right. There are already very good explanation videos up on the site how to set up a training programm. I would reconsider my gear intake also. 600mg of decca seems very much to me! This stack will give you a lot of water retention and combined with a huge caloric surplus also a lot of extra body fat. And the extra amount of weight, especially from a lot of water and fat was always a nightmare for my cardiovascular system and made me feel very lethargic! I think 200mg of decca should be enough if you train progressive and are in a caloric surplus! Or maybe other components should be a better choice like primo or npp!
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But the cool thing is: This motivates me evan more for the Universe. When it’s easy everybody could do it. I love it when it’s hard!
Tried a pull session today. I was very happy. Just relatively light weight and I really need to concentrate not to pull with my biceps but pump was great!
Hammer strength pullover
Single arm lat pulldown
Hammer strength parallel row
Seated cable row
Face pulls
Hammer strength low row
Banded hyperextensions
Rear delt machineThis is a lot more volume than i would normally do but loading was reduced a lot and I just tried to catch a good pump. Felt amazing!
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Here is a pic of my mri yesterday. I don’t think i need to explain a lot ????????
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See it the same as everybody else here. I would recommend taking 5-7 days completely off the gym or 2 weeks of deload training. It often depends on just personal preference. Some need to go to the gym to stick to their regime. I prefer taking time off because when i hit the gym i like to go all out balls to the wall.
For me your total volume seems very high if you are training progressive and go all out every set i would stick at about 12-16 sets total per workout. Maybe you add more rest days too!
eg. I like
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Push
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Legs
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Hy guys!
Had my mri today. Tomorrow I will get the result. But i hope it’s by far not that tragic as my doctor thought because if the biceps would be torn I would not be able to rotate my arm and that’s not the case. I just want to know how much it’s damaged to know when I will be able to drop the hammer again!
Leg’s feeling great after yesterdays workout.
Seated calve raises
Reverse banded hacksquats
Seated leg curls
Single leg extensions
Glute ham raises
AdductorsFeels great doing some iso stuff again!
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Hy!
I would say if there is no progress for 3 weeks in one exercise it’s time to change something to create new stimulation. But it’s not always really necessary to change the exercise especially when equipment is limited. You can also change stance, grip, rep speed, add bands or chains to it! You could change the rep ranges also! So you have a lot of variables within an exercise to!
Sometimes I have training cycles of 6-8 weeks where I really try to progress. After that I often realize my form gets a little sloppy. So i take a step back in weight (about 10-15%) try to use perfect execution and progress from that point on again!
Sometimes I have maxed out an exercise mentally and cannot motivate any more the way I need to for a certain exercise. This is also a good point do skip it for another movement!
I would put it back into my routine when I’m really fired up mentally to attack that lift again!
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I have my mri tomorrow. Afterwards we will discuss what to do. But I don’t think that I’m going to need surgery because it’s not completely torn. I try to see everything positiv. I need to focus more on pulling with my back and not my biceps on pull sessions! 😉
I’m definitely not a drug expert or a prep coach. So please don’t take my words or what I’m doing as a direct advice! I’m just going to tell you what I noticed from my personal experience, what I have seen by my friends and what my point of view is!
I think running more compounds (2-3) in a low dose is better than running just less in a higher dosage. I think they have a synergetic effect and you are going to get more out of the same mg of drug use with less side effects! Do you know what I mean!
e.g: In the past I was running test only with max. dosage of 750mg. But this offseason I was just running 250mg of test combined with 300mg of primo. I got much more benefit out of this stack with lower side effects and evan a lower total of drugs!
I have never used npp before. So i’m pretty excited!In the past I used the classic old school offseason stack of test e, decca and d-bol and this gave me a lot of negative side effects. Especially a lot of water retention and this made me feel very lethargic. I love the look that primo gives me. Yes it’s very expansive but I think it is worth the price if it’s good primo because there a not a lot negative side effects and the goal should always be keeping your body as healthy as possible during offseason!
If I were you I would start with test only – max out this one, than add some primo – max out this one and afterwards add npp. Not use everything to early because this is going to limit your total outcome!
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First of all i would try locate what type of inijury it is and what caused the problem. Afterwards i would try to find exercises to workout around it. Maybe you can do something for active recovery too. Like stretching, mobility, etc.
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Hy Michael!
Thank you very much! Appreciate it!
Saw my doctor yesterday! Biceps doesn’t look that good. We are pretty sure it’s not completely torn but for sure there is some bigger damage! He told me not to train the next few days till I got magnetic resonance (don’t know if it’s called the same in english)! We hope to see how much is damaged there!
So me doc said no training. That means I had to hit the gym today for a push session! 😉 And it felt pretty awesome! Nothing crazy. Just catching a good pump. And it was great for my mental well being!
Hammer strength incline press
Smith Machine Military press
Dip machine
Triceps cable extensions
Machine side laterals
Butterfly machineTraining wise I want to switch back to a classic ppl split with a lot more isolated stuff because the last months of training were very compound based and i want my joints to heal up!
Gear I need to talk to my coach stefan what we are going to do. I think test e, primo and maybe add some npp for the next 2-3 month and then a very classic prep with tren a, test a and winnie! No gh this time because I cannot afford it now being a family father. Or let’s say I don’t want to! But if we have an exact game plan i’m gonna let you all know!
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Thank you very much!
My arm is feeling a lot better today. I’m going to see a doctor in the afternoon. We are going to make an ultrasound to see how much is damaged and then discuss my training the next few weeks! Now it’s time to focus on bbing and the NABBA universe. Can’t wait to see how my body has changed through those heavy lifts!
If you want to see my lifts check out my instagram:
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I would start with a full body split about 3 times a week. Focusing on the big compound movements. If switch to a strict meal plan and a solid workout routine body fat should come off easily at the beginning. Like Clare said, take one step at a time and don’t throw in drugs to fast. You should make progress anyway and will limit you later on in your progress if you use them to early.
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Hell yeah it was worth it.
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Here you cansee how close this one was.