Current Stats

Total weight lifted 2015: 3.6 M lbs
('14-6.5M, '13-6.6M, '12-8M, '11-5.2M)
Total cardio logged 2015: 22.0 hours
Current body weight 301 lbs, Height 6'8

Here's my lifting progress!






Progress!

Progress!

Monday, December 30, 2013

675 lb squat!

The year is wrapping-up, and I wanted to assess how my squat is doing.  I hadn't lifted in nearly a week as I'd gotten dizzy late last week due to lack of sleep and getting dehydrated.  Today was my first day back, but with tomorrow being New Year's eve, I thought I'd hit it hard.  Brian joined me, so with a spot, I knew I could go for it.  This is a banded-squat.  At the bottom, it applies somewhere between 50-100 lbs of assistance to come off the bottom, but at the top, isn't doing anything.  It feels somewhere in the middle of a normal, full-range squat, and a top-end squat.  If I had to estimate, it would be about 90% of actual max squat.

So with that background, here is a video of my top sets for singles, followed by the workout:



Weight Reps
Warm-up, roll-out, stretch, jog
Squat with bands 205 3
205 3
295 3
405 2
515 2
565 1
605 1
645 1
675 1
295 6
Stretch

Monday, December 23, 2013

525 lb bench

I wish!  I did 525 lbs on high-end lockouts, but I'll take it.

High-end lockout bench works on triceps strength and taking the strain.  This is a very short range motion, but it really taxes the shoulders and arms, even just holding the weight for a few seconds.  I also hit full range bench, some intermediate lockout, and some triceps.

I had less than 30 minutes today, so did what I could.  Here is a video of the heaviest set I did:

Friday, December 20, 2013

Deadlift/Back

Not much time to write today, so in summary: rack pull on 725 lbs!  I feel pretty good.  The only thing hurting today is my sternum.  Forearms are marginally good, and shoulders aren't involved today, so I'm in good shape! :)



Here is the workout, and thanks for reading!

20-Dec
Weight Reps
Warm-up, roll-out, stretch, jog
Rack pulls warm-up 100 20
155 20
Bent row 100 20
155 20
Deadlift with bands (speed) 255 3
100 lbs bands 365 2
415 2
Deadlift from 3 inches 315 2
425 2
Quick floor pull 425 1
Rack pulls from knees 425 2
515 2
625 2
675 1
all that fits on my bar! 725 1
425 6
Bent row, press superset 155 50
     with hip thrusts 155 50
Hip thursts 200 25
200 25
Abs (weighted) 75 60
Stretch
5 min cardio

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Full-body workout

Last week I was both sick and too busy to lift.  I did shovel an inordinate amount of snow, and got a little bit of cardio in, but that was all I could muster.

Yesterday, I finally worked in a nice stretching session with some light cable work.

Today I hit a pretty grueling lift, with constant motion, so my heart rate was up the whole time.  I started on the elliptical, and then, with the exception of a few work breaks, went straight for over 100 minutes.  Here's what I did today:

18-Dec
Weight Reps
Warm-ups - cables, bands, stretch
Plyometric work 300 130
Overhead press barbell 45 30
115 12
115 12
115 12
115 12
Calf raises 205 20
205 20
205 20
205 20
Shoulder fly 15 30
15 30
Shoulder front raise 25 20
25 20
Back fly 25 20
25 20
Skier 50 50
50 50
Shrugs 205 15
205 15
205 15
205 15
Single Forearm curls 35 50
35 50
Thinker curls 25 12
25 12
Single front forearm curls 20 40
20 40
Hammer curls 50 20
50 20
CoC work Various
Abs 75 160
Stretch
5 min cardio

Thursday, December 5, 2013

Max double-overhand pull with Rogue axle

While deadlifting today, I decided to see how heavy I could go double-overhand on my Rogue axle.  I'd done this once, before, lifting with Brian and Van Hatfield, and Van and I both went out on 385 if I recall...it was a while ago.  Well, today I became a man! :)  I got 400 lbs.  For a deadlift, it is nothing, but double-overhand pulling this on an axle is a big deal, if I do say so myself.  Check out the video and you'll see how: a) my hands barely reach around the axle and b) you have to hang on for dear life as the bar tries to rotate towards you.


I did hit a solid lift last week with Brian and then was so sore that I only did some light lifting and a lot of cardio.  We squatted up over 500 lbs on Tuesday, and like a genius, I played football for 90 minutes on Thursday, trying to outrun 18 year olds, and paid the price the next days.  But I'm back at it!  Here is today's lift:

12/5/2013
Weight Reps
Warm-ups - cables, bands, stretch
Log standing 85 15
85 15
135 8
135 8
205 2
185 3
185 3
185 3
185 3
185 3
85 15
Overhand axle deadlift 25 20
135 10
185 6
235 4
345 2
400 1
Superset x 2 
DB press x 20, OH axle x 10, Log x 10, Medicine ball x 3 x 10
Stretch
10 min cardio

Thanks for reading!