Are these decent gains?

pating420 · 08-28-2005, 06:22 AM

Incline chest press: 8 lbs (dumbells) >>> 15 lbs
Bicep curls: 8 lbs >>> 12.5 lbs
Tricep (overhead, one arm): 8 lbs >>> 11 lbs
Tricep pulldown: 25 lbs >>> 35 lbs
Front raise (shoulder): 5 lbs >>> 8 lbs
Lat pulldown: 25 lbs >>> 60 lbs
Cable row: 30 lbs >>> 45 lbs
Bent over row: 8 lbs >>> 12 lbs
Crunches on the ball: 0 lbs >>> 5 lbs
Hanging leg raise: 0 lbs >>> 5 lbs
Lunges: 0 lbs >>> 10 lb plates in each hand
Seated calf raises: 0 lbs >>> 10 lbs
Shoulder press: 8 lbs >>> 12 lbs

I started around June and now these are my gains.

Fiky · 08-28-2005, 02:08 PM

Great, aslong as you are going up thats great stuff, any gain is good! Those are good

. Keep it up.

**NNTB** · 08-28-2005, 03:53 PM

Definetly ... like fiky said as long as the weights are going up thats great. Congrats :clap:

Carolina Lifter · 08-29-2005, 04:34 AM

Good work! Keep the weight going up. :bb:

GameDayDog · 08-29-2005, 06:23 AM

I'll bump what they said.. All progress is good..

Plus we all started somewhere... I laugh at the weights I used in my fyrst journal..

Peace..~G

mistermuscles · 08-30-2005, 12:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GameDayDog

I'll bump what they said.. All progress is good..

Plus we all started somewhere... I laugh at the weights I used in my fyrst journal..

Peace..~G

Haha yeah, me too. My max bench used to be like 100 lbs, or maybe even less.

But the weights are going up, and that's always a good thing Pating420! Congrats!

**schroeder** · 08-31-2005, 11:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mistermuscles

Haha yeah, me too. My max bench used to be like 100 lbs, or maybe even less.

But the weights are going up, and that's always a good thing Pating420! Congrats!

i remember putting 115 on the bench in high school and having it crash down on my chest the second it left my spotters hands.....that was only 5 years ago

**EME** · 09-03-2005, 12:07 AM

I had the same thing happen when I started, but it was with 95 lbs!

You're doing great Pating.. keep up the good work!

- EME

Quote:

Originally Posted by schroeder

i remember putting 115 on the bench in high school and having it crash down on my chest the second it left my spotters hands.....that was only 5 years ago

AYung · 09-03-2005, 12:58 AM

I started with like 75lbs!!! Keep it up!

08-28-2005, 06:22 AM	#1
pating420 IMPC Contestant Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 110 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 4	Are these decent gains? Incline chest press: 8 lbs (dumbells) >>> 15 lbs Bicep curls: 8 lbs >>> 12.5 lbs Tricep (overhead, one arm): 8 lbs >>> 11 lbs Tricep pulldown: 25 lbs >>> 35 lbs Front raise (shoulder): 5 lbs >>> 8 lbs Lat pulldown: 25 lbs >>> 60 lbs Cable row: 30 lbs >>> 45 lbs Bent over row: 8 lbs >>> 12 lbs Crunches on the ball: 0 lbs >>> 5 lbs Hanging leg raise: 0 lbs >>> 5 lbs Lunges: 0 lbs >>> 10 lb plates in each hand Seated calf raises: 0 lbs >>> 10 lbs Shoulder press: 8 lbs >>> 12 lbs I started around June and now these are my gains.

08-28-2005, 02:08 PM	#2
Fiky Pro Stature Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Perth, Australia Posts: 201 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 5	Great, aslong as you are going up thats great stuff, any gain is good! Those are good . Keep it up. __________________ Life is simple, get laid, pump iron, get HUGE!

08-28-2005, 03:53 PM	#3
NNTB rEVOLutionary Join Date: May 2005 Location: FL Posts: 2,451 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 161	Definetly ... like fiky said as long as the weights are going up thats great. Congrats :clap: __________________ "This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it." Abraham Lincoln

08-29-2005, 06:23 AM	#5
GameDayDog The Dawg Is Back!! Join Date: May 2005 Location: Doin Compound Movements 4 Scooby Snacks! Posts: 1,975 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 32	All Progress Is Good.. I'll bump what they said.. All progress is good.. Plus we all started somewhere... I laugh at the weights I used in my fyrst journal.. Peace..~G __________________ I am Thee Alpha.. RaSP is Thee oMEGA.. Between the 2 of us - We have everythyng covered... I want to be bigger than all the humans!! "I'm sure I should be doing cardio too....but I don't run from anything...so why practice?" - 1stInDoor Goal - 200#'s 5/27/07 - 4/27/07 - 175# 3/27/07 - 167#

09-03-2005, 12:58 AM	#9
AYung IMPC Contestant Join Date: May 2005 Location: Edmonton, Alberta Canada Posts: 2,279 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 41	I started with like 75lbs!!! Keep it up! __________________ Clean Bulking Journal http://www.ironmass.com/showthread.php?t=9546 Max Lifts Bench: 155 x 6 Deadlift: 315 x 6 Squat: 245 x 6 1 Rep Max Lifts Bench: 180 - Tested Deadlift: 365 - Tested Squat: 285 - Estimated TOTAL: 831 @ 156lbs Eddie Guerrero (1967-2005, R.I.P.) You'll always be loved and remembered.

08-29-2005, 04:34 AM	#4
Carolina Lifter New Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 16 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 0	Good work! Keep the weight going up. :bb:

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