Today I managed to leg press 300kg (plus weight of machine) so I'm pretty chuffed about that (until I saw ...   more »

I have now received my Olympic plates for my garage home gym. Went through Arnie's Bodybuilding Encyclopedia and iFitness and ...   more »

Quick update. Here are some pics from yesterdays arms workout.

     

All the pics (including Tristan and Rocky) can be seen here:

http://www.thesteroidexperiment.com/blog/Photos/TrainingPics/20090729

The workout consisted of the following:

Barbell arm curl
Set 1, 25 kg for 15 reps
Set 2, 35 kg for 12 reps
Set 3, 40 kg for 7 reps
Set 4, 40 kg for 5 reps

Cable triceps pushdown
Set 1, 35 kg for 8 reps
Set 2, 35 kg for 8 reps
Set 3, 35 kg for 9 reps

Close grip pulls ups
Set 1, 0 kg for 6 reps (these morning workouts really don't agree with me!)

Dips
Set 1, 0kg for 12 reps
Set 2, 0 kg for 10 reps

Hammer curl
Set 1, 22 kg for 10 reps
Set 2, 24 kg for 10 reps
Set 3, 28 kg for 7 reps

Noticed that a machine at another gym must in lbs rather than kg's so will have to amend my logs.

Here is the attached fitness log of progress to date (since I've been using iFitness anyway).   more »

We all love chest day right?! Well, it was that time of week again.
Attached is the workout from iFitness ...   more »

Today I'll be doing legs (once I've had my protein shake!).

Today was back day! And the workout consisted of: 6 minute run (1 min @ 6.5 kph, 4 min @ ...   more »

This evening after work we did a quick but intense blast of the
shoulders. This included seated dumbell shoulder press ...   more »

OK, now for the serious part - there is no point in this experiment without having a structured programme to follow! I.e. no point just going into a gym and lifting as heavy as you can. Without the correct technique you could do yourself some serious long term damage. Warnings out the way!   more »