ZacharyKane's Offseason with Gorilla Farm

[zacharykane]

She's doing much better now, thank you for asking! And oof, expensive is right! If she didn't have lots of life left to live I don't think I would have opted for something a bit cheaper.

How's the dog doing?
Must be getting expensive

 

[zacharykane]

Thank you my friend, she's finally doing much, much better!

So far I'm really enjoying the blend and I've been running a bit of primo with it as well. Taking tren out has made life a lot easier and has actually kept my appetite much higher. The food intake, supplements and the DC training style is definitely starting to pay off!!!

I am sorry to read about your dog. I hope she is doing much better now. Just going over your log now. Looks like you are going to grow great. I am doing the same now and need to start a log myself. I also like test, nand and mast.

 

[zacharykane]

Couple of workouts to catch up on here; Sunday was legs and yesterday was some arms, calves and abs. Weight is slowly climbing steadily at this point as we really start to nail down the nutrition aspect of things. Current goal is to try to push the weight up another 5-10lbs without loss of conditioning before we do a small little recomp. That would put me at around 215-220 depending on where we pull the plug and clean up my physique a bit.

Sunday was a pretty rough leg day, I don't remember the last time I felt sore over my entire body from a leg workout. I only remember weights on the top sets of hacks and leg press, so I'll put those down, but there were a lot of warm up sets working up to those weights.

Overall though, still beating the log book each workout and increasing the time of the weighted stretches after my working set. I think I'm at the upper limit of my connective tissue with arms right now though, so I'm probably going to focus on getting a few more reps out of my work sets for a couple weeks and then either change exercises or try and go up in weights again.

Legs

Standing Single Leg Curl - 6 sets
Banded Leg Extension - 6 sets
Leg Press - 11pps x 15
Hack Squat - 5pps x 15
Walking Lounges - 3 sets (100 yards each approximately)

Arms/Calves/Abs

Hoist Preacher Curl - 120 x 15, 10, 8
Reverse EZ Curl - 80 x 12, 5, 4
Toe Presses on Leg Press - 360 x 8
Hoist Crunch Machine - 6 sets, working up to full stack for 18

 

[zacharykane]

Couple workouts behind on here, I've just had close to zero free time between work, home and gym!

So I'm going to get caught up here, I think I have three workouts that I've been unable to log. Strength is still climbing and weight is sticking around the 205-207 mark. Which already is about as much as I weighed at the height of my offseason last year.

Incline Smith Press - 290 x 8, 3, 2
Nautilus Shoulder Press - 360 - 15, 8, 6
Close Grip Bench - 245 x 11, 4, 2
Mag Grip Medium Length Pulldowns - 231 x 10, 3, 3
Rack Pulls - 515 x 10


Barbell Curls - 80 x 10, 6, 4
Rope Hammer Curls - 15, 8, 6
Standing Calf Raises - 270 x 12


Seated Leg Curls - 2 working sets, 15 reps
Banded Leg Extension - 6 sets, working up to 8 plates
Chest Elevated Leg Press - Top set, 11pps, 11 reps
Barbell Bulgarian Split Squats - 3 Sets


Nautilus Flat Press - 320 x 8, 5 (felt a strain in my right pec so stopped)
Upright Cable Row - 9 x 15, 10, 5
Skull Crushers - 70 x 15, 8, 5
Pull Ups - 35 x 6, 3, 3
Cable Rows - 236 x 12, 6, 4

 

[1977_Corvette]

Nothing grows arms better then barbell curls imo, keep up the great work!

 

[zacharykane]

I have been absolutely slammed at work and haven't had much time for anything outside of work, gym and sleep. I'm missing a few workouts but I figured I would post up my most recent one. Last week I had a minor pec strain so my log book didn't get beat on some chest or tricep exercises unfortunately, but luckily this week all seems well and I was back to beating the log book.

My weight has been slowly creeping up too, nothing crazy, 206.6 this morning, but I've definitely been recomping as I've been progressing through this offseason, so I'm not really overly concerned about weight. Especially since I still have plenty of offseason to go.

Incline Smith Machine Press - 310 x 8, 2, 1
Nautilus Shoulder Press - 410 x 15, 6, 2
Close Grip Bench - 275 x 7, 2, 1
Pronated Mag Grip Pulldowns - 231 x 8, 3, 1
Rack Pulls - 545 x 15

 

[zacharykane]

Last few day's worth of workouts to post up, I've been going through final inspections for the building I'm trying to get open, so my stress level has been sky high, but luckily that's translated fairly well to getting after it in the gym and beating the log book. My weight hasn't really climbed much, but I seem to be losing fat and recomping, so I'm guess the primo is really kicking in at this point and the tissue gain is catching up with the caloric surplus.



Barbell curl - 90 x 10, 6, 5



Rope hammer curl - 66 x 10, 6, 4



Standing calf raises - 360 x 6, 4, 4



Hoist Seated leg curl - 260 x 10, 6, 2



Free motion Leg press - 720 x 15, 8, 6







Hoist flat press - 305 x 12, 7, 5



Cable upright rows - 104.5 x 12, 7, 5



Skull crushers - 85 x 15, 7, 5



Rack chins - 75 x 15



Cable rows - 253 x 6, 4, 3







Hoist curl - 185 x 15, 8, 6



Hammer curl - 55 x 8, 6, 4



Leg press toe raises - 270 x 15



RDLs - 315 x 11







Nautilus decline press - 320 x 8, 5, 4



Dumbbell shoulder press - 110 x 11



Hoist dip - 285 x 20, 12, 6



Close mag grip sup pulldowns - 253 x 6, 3, 2



Hoist row - 285 x 15, 12, 8

 

[big_rich]

Solid log brotha. You look awesome keep up the solid work

 

[zacharykane]

Thanks man! Loving the products, especially happy that the primo 200 has basically zero pip :headbang:

Solid log brotha. You look awesome keep up the solid work

 

[zacharykane]

Another pretty decent week of training under my belt. Had a few little minor strains to my right pec and left lat, but I'm also the strongest I've ever been and I think my body is still catching up in terms of being able to handle the loads it's under. Weight is very slowly creeping up, but I'm also still very consistently hungry and my digestion is working really well, so I'm not too upset that the weight is moving slowly upwards. I'd rather have small, consistent gains over the next 8-9 months of my offseason than throw a ton of food at me, lose my appetite and have everything else turn to shit....



Hoist preacher curl - 170 x 15, 10, 7

Reverse ez bar curl - 105 x 8, 6, 3

Seated leg curl - 210 x 10, 5, 3

Safety squat bar squats - 3pps x 4, 2pps x 8 (right hip is being all wonky)











Incline smith machine press - 320 x 3 (angry pec, weight was moving easily though)

Nautilus shoulder press - 430 x 10, 6, 3

V bar press downs (filler for close grip bench) - 99 x 15, 8, 6

Pronated mag grip pulldowns - 209 x 10 (lat angry too, wtf?)

Rack pulls - 565 x 12











Barbell curl - 100 x 10, 6, 3

Rope hammer curl - 77 x 10, 6, 4

Standing calf raises - 450 x 10 ( 3 sets)

Lying leg curl - full stack x 20, 12, 10

Leg press - 810 x 12, 6, 6

 

[zacharykane]

Time for another update!



I've figured doing batch workouts is a bit easier than doing daily. Overall things are heading in a positive direction and I'm close to the heaviest I've ever been but way leaner than the last time I got over 210. My body isn't really keeping up with my strength gains though, so I keep getting little tweaks here and there, mostly my right pec and left quad. The body is telling me to back off a bit but the brain doesn't want to....



Missing from these is two leg days with my training partners, my last one I was hack squatting 6 pps and a quarter and on my third rep (weight was moving easy) this trouble spot in my left quad popped again. I know it's just some adhesions breaking up since I've been getting a lot of work done on my quads to break up scar tissue, but still, hurt like hell afterwards and that ended me training quads.





Hoist flat press - 325 x 11, 7, 5

Cable upright rows - 110 x 12, 7, 5

Skull crushers - 95 x 12, 7, 4

Rack chins - 85 x 9, 6, 4

Cable rows - 253 x 8, 4, 3 (close sup mag grip)







Nautilus decline press - 230 x 6 ( pec not feeling right)

Hoist shoulder press - 278 x 15, 8, 6

Reverse grip press downs - 66 x 15, 10, 8

Close mag grip sup pulldowns - 253 x 8, 3, 2

Hoist row - 305 x 15, 8, 6





Hoist curl - 205 x 15, 9, 6

Hammer curl - 60 x 10, 6, 4







Nautilus incline press - 320 x 8, 6, 4

Nautilus shoulder press - 450 x 10, 5, 3

V bar press downs (filler for close grip bench) - 104.5 x 10, 6, 4

Pronated mag grip pulldowns - 231 x 8, 3, 2

Rack pulls - 585 x 4, belt and wraps gave out, 495 x 6







Hoist preacher curl - 180 x 15, 8, 5

Reverse ez bar curl - 115 x 8, 6, 4

Seated calf raises - 150 x 15 (drop set followed)

Hoist crunch - pyramid up, finished with full stack for 15

Shrugs - pyramid up,

 

[zacharykane]

Another batch update from the last couple of weeks. Weight is very very slowly moving up, strength is increasing every week, and all in all I'm feeling really good. Been having a few minor aches and pains as well as a few muscle strains, but this is also the strongest I've ever been. So when that happens I just have to back off a bit or work around the issue. The goal though is to just keep pressing forward. Weight is hovering between 212-214 depending on if it's a day following a training day or not. Really hoping to be a lean 220 by the time I start prep sometime in the summer.

Hoist flat press - 345 x 10, 6, 3
Cable upright rows - 115.5 x 10, 6, 4
Skull crushers - 115 x 10, 6, 3
Rack chins - 100 x 15, 7, 5
T-Bar Rows - 240 x 10, 5, 3

Barbell curl - 100 x 12, 6, 4
Rope hammer curl - 82.5 x 10, 6, 4
Standing calf raises - 450 x 10 ( 3 sets)
Lying leg curl - full stack x 20, 12, 10
Leg press - 810 x 12, 6, 6

Nautilus decline press - 320 x 8, 6, 5
Hoist shoulder press - 298 x 15, 10, 8
Reverse grip press downs - 71.5 x 15, 10, 8
Hoist pulldowns - 285 x 8, 6, 4
Hoist row - 325 x 15, 10, 10

Hoist curl - 225 x 15, 10, 7
Hammer curl - 65 x 10, 6, 4
Seated calf raises - 180 x 10 ( 2 sets)
Dumbbell stiff deads - 120 x 18
Leg press -


Nautilus incline press - 340 x 8, 5, 3
Nautilus shoulder press - 470 x 11, 6, 3
V bar press downs - 110 x 12, 7, 5
Pronated mag grip pulldowns - 236 x 8, 3, 2
Rack pulls - 585 x 8

Hoist preacher curl - 200 x 15, 8, 5
Reverse ez bar curl - 125 x 10, 6, 5
Toe presses - 5pps drop set
Nautilus leg curl - full stack x 30, 10, 5
Hoist leg press - pyramid to full stack, 25 reps

Hoist flat press - 345 x 12, 8, 6
Cable upright rows - 115.5 x 12, 8, 4
Skull crushers - 125 x 8, 4, 2
Rack chins - 115 x 11, 7, 5
T-Bar Rows - 200 x 6

 

[bill2]

How is your diet like bro?
Macros?

Can you post a typical day of meals?