Finnegan's Wake

I'm amped out of my head on RPM. I haven't taken Drive yet.
A couple things to consider:
Taken on an empty stomach?
Taking too much (overstimulating)?
High stim tolerance?

I've got (or rather had) an amazing stimulant tolerance w/ drinking 2 liters of diet Mt. Dew + 2-3 energy drinks a day. Reset AD has helped quite a bit with that (lower stim tolerance),
I still feel it full force. I don't know what to tell you.
What is your stack RPM: Drive ratio?
 
I've never thrown a superman punch as a combo. Maybe getting inside with it then throwing hook, down kick, but even that is like woah.
 
Yeah, its pretty rough. I was trying to replicate the combo I landed in sparring the other day, but against a bag it just isn't working.
 
Intervals:

Tabata DE/ Heavybag Rounds
4 four minute rounds, 1 minute rest between rounds, no rest between exercises.

Rd 1: 20 jumping jacks, 20 high knees, 1:00 DE bag, 20 jumping squats, DE bag until 30 seconds left, then punchout on heavybag

Rd 2: 20 jumping jacks, 15 jumping squats, 1:00 DE bag, 15 high knees, 30 seconds DE bag, 13 jumping jacks, fDE bag until 30 seconds left then punch out.

Rd 3: same as rd. 1

Rd 4: 15 jumping jacks, 15 high knees, 1 minute heavybag 15 jumping squats, finish on bag w/ 30 seconds punchout.

Finisher:
150 lbs Sandbag Bear Hug and Walk.
Time: 5:00

Impressions:
I worked some technique into tonights intervals. I focused on 1-2's and 1-2-3's on the DE bag as well as doubling up on the jab.
I could have walked around w/ the sandbag for a couple minutes longer, but I have lifting tomorrow, so I called it when the buzzer for 5 minutes sounded.
 
I work 2-10:30 PM, train and post after I get home. I rarely see the sun for more than 15-20 minutes a day.
 
Nope. I only get to train at the gym on my off days (every Friday/ Saturday). Conditioning drills/ bagwork are mainly done at home. Technique/ partner drills/sparring are done at MMA.
The Friday class is 2 hours, the Saturday is 3, so I get about the same amount of training in as the average joe, adjusted for 2-3 extra bag sessions here and plenty of conditioning and lifting on my own.
Total, I train about 18-20 hours a week.
 
finnegan said:
I'm amped out of my head on RPM. I haven't taken Drive yet.
A couple things to consider:
Taken on an empty stomach?
Taking too much (overstimulating)?
High stim tolerance?

I've got (or rather had) an amazing stimulant tolerance w/ drinking 2 liters of diet Mt. Dew + 2-3 energy drinks a day. Reset AD has helped quite a bit with that (lower stim tolerance),
I still feel it full force. I don't know what to tell you.
What is your stack RPM: Drive ratio?
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i rarely use any stims like caffeine or anything at all.

RPM has me taking 3 pills 1 hour pre-WO on an empty stomach with 2 caps of Drive. Also, Drive has you take 2 caps first thing in the morning on an empty stomach,

Maybe I need to space and time out meals to ensure my empty PreWO stomach is really empty. How long after your dosing do you eat? Dose 1 hour before, eat 30 min later, then work out 30 min after that?

1:00 dose rpm/drive
1:30 eat pre-wo meal, w/ ba and creatine
2:00 begin workout
 
That is the recommended dosage for my bodyweight. I remember the sales reps saying that if you took them together, half the doses, as that much caffeine would have the opposite effect and make you lethargic.

I have my last meal (one boneless skinless chicken breast and a handful of almonds) 2 hours before I take the RPM. I get home, take the Beta Alanine, wait 15 minutes for it absorb, then eat. I'd say its usually about 45 minutes between the time I take the RPM and when I eat.
 
i've noticed that if i drink coffee in the morning and then try to workout I start feeling really lethargic. i've never heard of a large dose of caffeine doing that before your post. can that really happen?
 
I've developed a big tolerance to caffeine, i've fallen asleep drinking an energy drink
 
Team Dragonfire said:
i've noticed that if i drink coffee in the morning and then try to workout I start feeling really lethargic. i've never heard of a large dose of caffeine doing that before your post. can that really happen?
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Supposedly. When I started my RPM log in D&S, the sales reps were freaking out because I took in as much caffeine as was at the time AND 5 caps of RPM, and didn't have that reaction. They were certain it would overstimulate me. I showed them!
*takes Reset AD to heal damaged Adrenal glands from too many stims*
 
Deadlift

225 x 10
315 x 5
385 x 5
435 x 5 *belt, chalk*
465 x 5
495 x 5, 2 rep PR

SOHP
95 x 10
135 x 3
155 x 1
165 x 1
185 x 0,0,0
165 x 1
165 x 1
165 x 1
95 x 17
95 x 15

Skullcrushers
35 x 10
50 x 8
70 x 6
80 x 4

Dynamic Rows
135 x 5
205 x 5
225 x 5
245 x 5
275 x 5 (probably a PR, have to check)

Anvil Pinch and lift (135 lbs anvil)
3
3
3
3
3

Anvil Horn one arm Row (135 lbs anvil)
3
3
3
3
3

Impressions:
Ahh. Feels good to hit 495 x 5. Grip held fine tonight. Not a lot of sweat. Its about 40 degrees or so out there. I narrowed my grip just a bit on deadlifts (previously middle finger on rings, now pinky just inside rings) and felt a lot stronger on the lift. Could the new grip also be a factor in my holding grip strength tonight?
I'm almost sure the dynamci rows are a PR, but I'll have to dig through the log to find the last time I did them.
SOHP felt good tonight, but the amount of shoulder-based stuff I've been doing over the last few days definitely played a factor, as it was uniformly difficult throughout the lifts to move the weight. Normally, it pops up to just above my head and stalls.
 
395 tried and tested... 405 next time i lift with enright. Zercher is 275 current, 300 flat next try.

BTW: that was sarcasm, Thor.

EDIT** and by Thor I mean in a way like:

"All hail might Thor's mightty blackhand grip. Free Armeina!"
 
*Edited to let you know drunken rambling is not a good thing*
 
You do skullcrushers? I wish I could do that exercise, it used to be a part of my repotoire when I used to train high volume. I'll tell you one thing, those things hurt my elbows like hell.

Let me also say 495x5 is AWESOME.
 
Finn, that sounds like a ridiculously wide deadlift grip. Pics?

The wider the grip, the further the bar as to travel, just remember that.
 
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