Jim awesome job man, looks like you are lovin DC. Thx for the pics too, always keeps logs more entertaining I think
Question: 55 lbs on the pinwheels? Are you sure you are doing em right? I love pinwheels and can go up to the 60s for 10 good reps each arm… and you are waaay bigger/stronger than me.
Also, did RP today for my flat DB bench press (only 1 RP per workout)… dude that shit is tough, and hard to keep count of your reps.
[quote]PB Andy wrote:
Jim awesome job man, looks like you are lovin DC. Thx for the pics too, always keeps logs more entertaining I think
Question: 55 lbs on the pinwheels? Are you sure you are doing em right? I love pinwheels and can go up to the 60s for 10 good reps each arm… and you are waaay bigger/stronger than me.
Also, did RP today for my flat DB bench press (only 1 RP per workout)… dude that shit is tough, and hard to keep count of your reps.[/quote]
Thanks andy i will have to go back and check out the pinwheel curl again. Whatever i did it sucked … you have to remember i have not really trained arms at all in the last 8 years lol so some of the moments are new to me and therefor the weight might be lower but I will adapt quickly that is the nice thing about having a good solid strength base.
i aways walk over write my reps down then walk back and keep the set going …
thanks for keeping tabs on me …
jim
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i am really happy with dc so far guessing the weights to use has been the hard part so far. I was really happy with todays training
warm up
snatch pull (135)
3x3
Chest
Hammer iso lateral press lol goal (11-15) rp
5 45’s each arm
7-5-5 = 17
this was crazy wow have not done a movment like that in a long long time
shoulders
standing millatary press with the 100 log bar or football bar (palm in) goal (11-15) rp
220 lbs
5-4-2 = 11 i was very happy with this it really sucked
tri’s skull crusher (15-30)rp
100lbs on an easy curl bar I have no idea what the bar weighs and i dont care lol
i have not done skull crushers in forever and ever … and i know why lol my elbows didn’t like it but i battled through it
9-8-7-24 did burn out press set for fun 12
palm in narrow grip pull up (15-20) rp
add 50 lbs dumbell
5-4-3- 12 (took weight off and did 6 more)
pin pull just above the knee. (10-12) ss
have not done pins pulls in atleast a year
600 for 11 i was happy with that …
controlling it on the way down was tuff
i was really happy with today i can;t wait to got back to the first weeks work outs and get prs. I feel veery strong and full …
thought for the day:
If you live to life for the acceptance of others you will be a slave. If you live your life doing what you know is right you will be free.
here is a pic from today inbetween exercises … yes i know i have a weight belt on in the batrhroom lol
I can’t shut up today lol
i am going to start training mmgalb727 cousin today she is a national level vollyball player …
should be fun with genetics like there are in molly’s family the sky is the limit
I love my job !!!
Jim
Jim,
If i read this correctly you said that you train in Lexington. If you don’t mind I would love to come train with you all some time i am new Louisville and would be more than willing to make the drive. I have been training by my self for about the last 4 years and it sucks i need someone to push me and bounce some ideas off of even if it is just 1 or 2 days. Let me know what you think
Sam
Jim,
If i read this correctly you said that you train in Lexington. If you don’t mind I would love to come train with you all some time i am new Louisville and would be more than willing to make the drive. I have been training by my self for about the last 4 years and it sucks i need someone to push me and bounce some ideas off of even if it is just 1 or 2 days. Let me know what you think
Sam
Sam:
you are correct … You are welcome anytime
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I am in big trouble lol I haven’t done heavy pin pulls in over a year I am already sore tomm is going to fun. Epsom salt bath tonight
Jim
What’s your job? Strength coach? Did you go to school for that or no?
[quote]squat1000b700 wrote:
here is a pic from today inbetween exercises … yes i know i have a weight belt on in the batrhroom lol [/quote]
Looking pretty large up there Jim.
Any bodybuilding plans in the future?
[quote]PB Andy wrote:
What’s your job? Strength coach? Did you go to school for that or no?[/quote]
Yes i am a strength coach. I worked at the division 1 level for almost 5 years before deciding it was not for me. My degree is in elementary Ed lol which explanes why my spelling and grammer is so bad.
awhile back i said i would do a youtube thing on how i built my base. i will do that here hopefully in the next couple days … my life has been a wee bit crazy for the last month.
basically in a nut shell i was a weight room rat my entire life then went to college. i loved the weight room so much i would hang out and the coach asked me to help coach some of the other teams with him. So thats how i got started. i was lucky enough to meet Jim wendler I lived with him for awhile and i started competing in powerlifting.
now i work for myself i train everything from pro athletes to 80 year old men. it is a blast i am so lucky to have a job that i love to do.
let me jump the next step lol when people ask me how to become a trainer or a strength coach … I tell them
#2 find someone that is good … do anything you can to be around them work for them
#3 learn how to be the best beginner coach possible (95% of the people you see never make it past the basics) i once asked martin rooney how much of his knowlegde of training he used when working with people … i think he said about 15% lol
#4 take some sort of busness or marketing in college … just look around … you can be a so so training and have a booming buisness if you know how to market to the masses. and at the end the day you have too eat lol
#5 learn to be good with money … most strength coaches are not paid that well … trainers make good money but u only get paid when you working be smart with you money inveswt it save it so you can have a life
jim
[quote]ThirdUncle wrote:
[quote]squat1000b700 wrote:
here is a pic from today inbetween exercises … yes i know i have a weight belt on in the batrhroom lol [/quote]
Looking pretty large up there Jim.
Any bodybuilding plans in the future?[/quote]
that thought has crossed my mind a couple times
I am not as sore as I thought i would be …
I am really excited about lifting tomm
The only time I have been videotaped was at that first meet. I don’t have them and haven’t seen them either. I didn’t hit any of my PR s and was pretty disappointed. The guy who talked me into participating. His wife taped my attempts. Would have to round those tapes up.
[quote]alphaSC wrote:
The only time I have been videotaped was at that first meet. I don’t have them and haven’t seen them either. I didn’t hit any of my PR s and was pretty disappointed. The guy who talked me into participating. His wife taped my attempts. Would have to round those tapes up.[/quote]
tape some of your lifts in the gym i’d love to see them
work out B1
I was really excited about training today it is fun to do all these different thing i have not done ever or in a long time. It is like a brand new pr every week lol
Arms
Cable curl Strait bar goal (20-30) rp
entire stack
12-10-6=28
Forearms
Reverse ez grip fat bar curls GOAL(11-20) SS
50 lbs on the bar i have not idea what the bar weighs but it is heavy
1 ss X14
sEATED CALF GOAL (10-12)ss
2-45’s
8
this sucked i finally figured out how to do this right …
fast up 5 seconds down 15 seconds stretch at the bottom.
this really sucks and i need to get alot better at these and I will
(my calves need alot of work. Never really training them much before
they should grow doing that kinda crazy shit to them lol
Machine hack squats goal (2X6-10ss + wm)
1X8 with 6 45’s
1X12 with 6 45’s and 2 25’s
X20 wm with 6 45’s
I have not done these in years i did them with a super close stance … they were bothering my back some so i was very conservative but it gace my quads some good work.
Barbell RDL goal (10-15)SS
400x12
i was pretty happy with this especally for the wm set i am still new to all this. Here is is:
i am very please so far and i am looking forward to going back to work out a 1 and smashing some pr’s on monday
Jim
Wow I’m feeling it today goodtimes
Ever Sunday since I got back from colorado as many of my lifting buddies and i get together for meethead brunch at a really nice place in Lexington that has a kick ass buffet. We all get so busy and caught up with our lives we sometimes forget to take time to spend it with good friends here are some pics from todays meathead brunch lol
