Wannabe LEAN! 2020 T-ransformation

Woke at 210.4. Gonna start keeping track of my weight because 1. I wanna be cool like everybody else, 2. It will help motivate me to not get any fatter.

Pull ups

12
12
6 - 40” grip. Ow

Bent over Rows

195 x 10
195 x 10
195 x 10

Dumbbell curls

Ez bar curls

Chin ups. First time I’ve ever tried doing these. Fairly easy to get 12+ after some serious curling action. Due to wrist issues though I’m not really sure if they hit my biceps very good.

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Woke at 210.0

Pretty sucky workout.
Bench felt/was terrible. OHP felt/was terrible. Of course all the isolation stuff was awesome lol

Picked up a new piece of equipment today. Picture doesn’t do it justice, this thing is massive.

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Hey we all have those sucky workouts every now and again. What’s that piece of equipment? For decline ab work?

i hope it’s just that but I’m starting to see a pattern…

Leg curl / leg extension machine. It’s plate loaded. Built extremely well. Extra commercial lol

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Ah I see now… enjoy!

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Woke at 208.something

Leg day

Deadlifts were absolute trash. 3 days ago 365x10x2 was no problem, today 225 felt like it was going to break me in half :man_facepalming:

New leg machine is nice but I’m going to have to buy some steel plates, I can only get 150lbs worth of bumpers on it.

Destroyed quads and hammies. Hamstrings feel very awkward doing leg curls, especially the left leg.

Calf raises holding #155.

I guess I’m just gonna have to eat more. Apparently my strength comes from food. Kind of annoying. Current choices are be skinny and weak or fat and strong :cry:

Woke at 208.6

Active rest day. Went kayaking!

Gonna do some stretching and PT work later tonight.

Good work man. The comment about a mouth guard might make 2 of us. Last week dead lifts made my left eye hurt from grinding out a last rep, surprised I didn’t pop a blood vessel. Just means your working hard keep at it

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Thanks for the compliment man!

Yea I strain my throat believe it or not lol. I guess it’s from biting down while trying to not bite down lol

Woke at 209.0

Great day today. Called into work today, went and road my mountainbike and then came home and worked out. Headed to a steak house with the wife and no kids now!

PULL UP

10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
10
10
Stopped because I was bored more than tired lol

BENT OVER ROWS

195 x 10
195 x 10
195 x 10
195 x 10 - pretty good bit of body language.

Lots of dumbbell curls

Lots of ez bar curls

May have done a slight bit of shoulder work to get a little blood in them for date night :man_facepalming:

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Before you do some more pump work and get the blood somewhere else am I right. :smirk:

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Oh that got taken care of right before I worked out. She couldn’t resist :joy:

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Atta boy

Woke at 210 something. Ate a ton of food today and I bet money I wake at 211.5 tomorrow

Bench

Stopped after 1 set with 225. Left elbow on fire

Seated OHP

165x10
155x15
155x10
155x14

Could only do a few dips before I quit from the elbow.

Did a rope pull down / rear delt BOR / lateral raise super set with 4 sets.

Not a great day.

Woke at 210.something

Rough day at work, KILLER day In the gym. Felt great!

Been pulling sumo for a couple months and decided I’d start pulling conventional for a while.

Deadlift

405 x 6
405 x 4
405 x 5

Leg extensions on front plate loaded machine

135 x 10
135 x 10
135 x 10
90 x 16

Leg curls on front plate loaded machine

45 x 12
45 x 12
45 x 12
45 x 12

Since my elbow was feeling a little dodge yesterday I decided to do one triceps exercise for good measure. First time trying it and I love it!

Reverse grip bench press

135 x 10
165 x 10
165 x 10

Really good tri pump! Wrists don’t like it though lol.

Feeling good, feeling strong, ready for more.

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Woke at 210.something

Feeling good

Pull ups

10
15
10
10

Bent over rows

205 x 10
205 x 10
205 x 10

Single arm kettle bell rows (bent at 90*)

45 x 10
45 x 10
45 x 10
(Each arm)

EZ curl bar

85 x 10
85 x 10
85 x 10
85 x 10

Trap bar shrugs

145 x 40
205 x 20
205 x 20

Finished off going to failure with 25lbs dumbbell curls as a finisher.

Felt good in the gym today. Last two days have been great. Nice mental refresher.

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Beast dude, awesome work.

Thanks man!! I felt like an animal. I even barked at my wife while holding the weight :joy::joy:

First time I’ve conventional deadlifted over 300. 405 felt great. I’m gonna try and keep the progression slow and linear. I think my issues lately have been jumping weight too soon. I have a rep goal with every exercise and when I hit that without a lot of body English or poor form I’m gonna move up. I’m also going to quit tearing my maxes all the freaking time. Not only is it a waste of time but it’s damaging my mental state lol

Woke at 210.0 had a ton of food to day and woke be waking at 210 tomorrow :joy:

Started today off with a 9 mile mountain bike ride with some good climbs and some short downhill sessions. Hit a 5’ drop I’ve had my eye on for a while, lots of fun.

Bench

225 x 5
225 x 5
225 x 4… so close lol

OHP

165 x 8
Left shoulder felt like it was about to explode so I stopped. Did some light weight very high rep dumbbell OHP’s to still punish the shoulders

Reverse grip bench press

165 x 10
165 x 10
175 x 10

90* bent over neutral grip rows

95 x 12
95 x 12
95 x 12

Did a bunch of dumbell straight arm raises going over my head.

Did a bunch of side lateral raises.

Bunch of rope pull downs

Skipped dips due to shoulder acting up.

@biros so a lifting no mouth guard came in the mail for me today! Wife ordered it for a Father’s Day gift. It’s freaking awesome. I followed the directions on placement when I formed it but feel I’d like it better farther back in my mouth, hitting the rear molars instead of a little farther up. Really helped keep my face from getting so flushed and full of blood.

This is the one I got.

Skipped workout yesterday and went kayaking with the whole family. I paddled a tandem with son up front and did a couple miles towing my 7 year old in her own kayak. While I towed her I gave it everything I had, wife couldn’t even keep up. Slept a lot of that lol.

Woke at 211 today

Woke up at 6:30 and thought I’d get an early start working out. Worked up to 405 x 1 deadlift and felt like I was made of cement, so I quit.

Afternoon workout
Did some squats with the wife. Kept it under 300. Felt ok but still not ready to start squatting again.

Deadlift

405 x 5
Felt horrible, lots of uncomfortableness in my back.

Leg curls on front plate load

60 x 10
60 x 10
60 x 10

Leg extensions on front plate load

135 x 12
135 x 12
135 x 12

Calf raises with 2 second hold at peak

145 x 16
145 x 16
145 x 16