Drove through 15" of snow for chest day, made it worth my while.

Bench press 235, 265, 295, 315, 275, 245
Leverage vertical bench 275, 295, 315, 345, 275
Decline bench 225, 275, 295, 315, 275
Dips, 5 sets of bodyweight to failure
Dead hangs

Time to make the protein! :-)
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Stay warm, Tom!

Shoulder and some chest day

seated db press: 4x5
decline iso machine press: 3x10 (drop sets)
flat db flys: 4x8-10
side lat raises using bb: 4x5
upright row bb: 4x5
standing military press: 4x5

finished off with some abs
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It's warmer in the rink than outside, Huy. :-)

Back day tomorrow, trip will be easier but colder.
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Tom, my supplement buddy. Have you heard of Stim-Factor (ANS) before?

I was given a sample of it a few weeks ago and I ended up buying a bottle. Expensive as faurk! I paid $63 for mine, but my partner found it for $44 after taxes up here in 5-Sacramento. Anyway, long story short. The sample that I was given was short of a full scoop. It was legit.

Fast forward a few days ago, we both took about 1.5 scoops each and it lasted our entire workout plus 5-6 hours after that. It was something else...

I looked at the label and wanted to know what the hell was in since it did not contain any 1,3 dmaa. There's an ingredient called Orchilean tm, which is suppose to be 3x more powerful than dmaa. SH*T! Thinking I will have to take it down a notch from now on.
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I haven't heard of it 'til now, Huy, but I am about to head to Google. :-)
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And....nothing.

Only thing I saw was one guy on BB.com said his local store in Texas sells it. Nothing on Google, Amazon, eBay, FitRX, nada.

If you decide to get some more and have your buddy pick it up, lemme know, I would PP you the cash for a tub.
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My tub has "orchilean tm" but my friends tub says 1,3dmaa which was weird. I'm assuming mine was a newer tub or latest upgrade. LMK if you want the one that has 1,3 on it. I'll stop by tomorrow to see what's up with that.
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I'd prefer the one that you think is the shizzle, unless you tried your buddy's and that was just as good. Thanks either way, you're the best. :-)
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So what is the preferred box code?
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Orchilean is the preferred stim, but it looks like this was only out for a short period of time before they changed it to 1,3dmaa. I will call the shop down south to see what they can do if I buy multiple tubs.

Had a great if not, one of the best back days in a while.

stiff arm lat pull downs: 5x8
seated wide grip row: 4x6
high row machine: 4x8 (drop sets)
reverse flys: 7x15 (only rest was when partner went, killer!)
wide grip lat pull downs --- face pulls: 4x6

incline db curls: 4x6 (drop set)
reverse grip ez-bar curls: 4x8
spider curl: 3x6

finished off with close grip chin ups: 3xfailure
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Tom, I've called down to the shop and I'm trying to work out a deal with them if I buy multiple tubs. Would you be interested in a tub or two?
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If you don't mind the jump in, I would be down for a couple.
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Okay, Jeff. I will let you know tomorrow or by Monday and see what kind of deal it is. I'm trying to work it around $60 per. It runs for about $65 pre tax
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That's cool. Thanks for doing this.
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350 calories on the stairmaster
5x5 squats
5x5 pull ups
5x5 incline bench
5x8 cable flye
5x6 bicep curls
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I'd be in for a tub, Huy, thank you.

Went to the gym today in the first day of a cold. Knew my breathing might not be up to par once I started, so I decided to go heavy and fast. One of the guys who works out same time as I do every day put it best: "You're an idiot".

Bent Over Rows 245 x 24, 275 x 16, 305 x 12, 325 x 8
T-bar Rows 270 x 17, 295 x 14, 295 x 12
Cable Rows, alternating between 4 grips, 260 x 4 sets of 13
Dead Hangs

Not sure how it will work out. Have some extra body aches I attribute to the cold taking hold, but I always struggle between remaining active and resting a cold. Seems when I just sit/lay around for a couple days, the congestion just gets worse and drops into my chest....if I stay active, it's 50-50 whether it will get better or worse. Pumping in the vitamins, minerals and liquids trying to help, see how I feel tomorrow morning.
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Get well Tom. My secret cure for the cold = a large bowl of Pho with Tai Nam Gau. It has always cured my cold within 24hrs.
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Wish I knew a good Pho place close by, Marc....time to Google and see if anything new has popped up near my house.
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To Pho, Tom. Just yelped it for ya big guy
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Huy I would take a bottle too :-) :-)

Been focusing on shoulder strength. Hitting them two times per work. One day I do higher reps and the other day goes like this:

Ramp up to 1 rep max push press
4sets 3reps of 1.5 rep push press with 60%
5 sets of 3 reps overhead med ball throws
3 sets of 10 reps partial military presses

Hit two PR's in two weeks.
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