Chris T's journey to powerlifting

My wife loves me so much. She tells me I am sexy when I am soft and undefined. I say I look better lean and am not as sexy she says "Yes you are!". However when I am in good shape she is always rubbing on me and I catch her eyeballing me all the time like a nice piece of steak. It is obvious when I am looking like a stud she is feeling it more.
 
MrKleen73 said:
My wife loves me so much. She tells me I am sexy when I am soft and undefined. I say I look better lean and am not as sexy she says "Yes you are!". However when I am in good shape she is always rubbing on me and I catch her eyeballing me all the time like a nice piece of steak. It is obvious when I am looking like a stud she is feeling it more.
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Same here lol. She told me the other day that my abs are coming and my flabs are going away lol
 
christ83189 said:
So my wife got these plastic compartment drawer things that we put our clothes in in the closet. This morning i was going to get a pair of socks and the drawer was stuck. I accidentally ripped the front of the drawer off trying to get it unstuck lol dang it
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Easy killer!
 
Deadlift day- reps...

Conv. Deads

135x12 warmup
225x12 warmup
365 3x12 (yuck)

Block pulls

385 2x8

Deficits
335 3x12

Lat pulldowns 4x15
140,140,120,120

DB shrugs
70'sx10
80'sx10
90'sx10

DB walks 3x30 sec
70's, 80's, 90's

Notes: the high rep range with that weight on deads completely killed me... I was gassed out adter the firat 3 sets and forced myself through the rest of it. By the time i got through all the deads i wanted to quit. Kinda just cruised through the rest after that. Im gonna feel it tomorrow for sure
 
Hardest day of cube for me was always this day.
 
Did shoulders today.

OHP (strict)
135x8
155x8
185x3
185x3
175x3
165x5
155x5
135x5

Seated DB shoulder press
70'sx10
80'sx8
85'sx6
90'sx5
85'sx5
80'sx6
70'sx8

DB lat raises SS/ upright row
30'sx10x3/90x10x3

DB rear delt fly SS/ curl bar front raise
30'sx10x3 /50x10x3

HS Incline press
191x6x4

Cable front delt raise
25x10x3

Finish up 20 min stairclimber
 

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Gonna be cutting soon. Im going to logging Burn Xtreme from Nutraceutical Innovations. Excited to see how cut up i can get.
 
Looking SWOLE Chris! I can tell you are feeling it too, head held high with pride!

Yes high rep deads are just abusive!!!! The workout I did yesterday beat me up conditioning wise also! So much movement and speed packed into a small period!!! Had to fight through it as well!
 
MrKleen73 said:
Looking SWOLE Chris! I can tell you are feeling it too, head held high with pride!

Yes high rep deads are just abusive!!!! The workout I did yesterday beat me up conditioning wise also! So much movement and speed packed into a small period!!! Had to fight through it as well!
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Yeah i was looking at the workout. Jeez. You must be a glutton for punishment lol. That's just brutal
 
christ83189 said:
Yeah i was looking at the workout. Jeez. You must be a glutton for punishment lol. That's just brutal
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Yeah, I really like to push myself. I feel better when I make sure I am extremely well rounded.
 
MrKleen73 said:
Yeah, I really like to push myself. I feel better when I make sure I am extremely well rounded.
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Im gonna switch things up for a bit here in a couple days and im gonna do my cube kingpin workouts on those days and then throw in some athletic explosive workouts on the off days to hit cardio and torch fat. My gyms pretty limited though for that sort of thing so im gonna get creative with it lol
 
This is the heroes Warm Up, I do it a lot before my workouts. However sometimes I use it as a workout by changing the rep scheme.

for a warm up I will do 2-3 rounds of this

Jumping Jacks x10
Push Ups X 10
Flap Jacks x10
Groiners x10 per leg
Squats x 10
Frog Jumps x 10
Sit Up x 10
Burpees x 10

For a workout I would do rounds for time like as many rounds as I can go through in 15 minutes. You could also do a descending ladder. Start with 10 reps each and drop a rep each round until you get down to one rep. Definitely fun, legs and chest get some nice explosive work and mobility too from the Groiners and Frog Jumps. They really open up the hips.
 
MrKleen73 said:
This is the heroes Warm Up, I do it a lot before my workouts. However sometimes I use it as a workout by changing the rep scheme.

for a warm up I will do 2-3 rounds of this

Jumping Jacks x10
Push Ups X 10
Flap Jacks x10
Groiners x10 per leg
Squats x 10
Frog Jumps x 10
Sit Up x 10
Burpees x 10

For a workout I would do rounds for time like as many rounds as I can go through in 15 minutes. You could also do a descending ladder. Start with 10 reps each and drop a rep each round until you get down to one rep. Definitely fun, legs and chest get some nice explosive work and mobility too from the Groiners and Frog Jumps. They really open up the hips.
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A descending ladder with that would be fun. Lol. Ill start doing that as a warmup. Thanks.
 
Ive got alot of stress and aggression going on today so when i went to the gym and smashed weights and didnt really have a plan or anything going in.

Incline bench
135x10
185x4 (wtf)
185x5 (better)
195x5
205x4
185x5
165x8
155x8
135x8

Incline DB press SS/incline DB fly
70x10/35x10
80x8/35x10
90x5/35x10
90x5/35x10
80x8/35x10
70x10/35x10

Incline hex press SS/ DB lat pullover
65x5/90x10
55x8/90x10
55x8/90x10

Preacher curls SS/ overhead triceps press
90x10x3/95x10x3

Cable curls SS/ high cable flys SS/tricep pressdown
42.5x15/25x10/70x10x3 (curls went up 15# each set

Mid cable fly SS/ tricep kickback
25x10x3/22.5x10x3
 
Squat day!

Heroes warmup

Lowbar
135x10
225x5
315x2
335 5x2

Oly squat
365 2x4

Paused lowbar
315 3x6

DB walk 3X30sec
90's, 100'sx2

Lying leg curls
3x15 110

Finishing up with the stairclimber
 
Alright so yesterday i didnt work out. Caught some kind of stomach bug or ate something wrong idk but i was really sick all day and today im fine so oh well. So i went today after church.

Did some back work today.

Pendlay rows

135x10
185x8
205x5
225 3x5
185x8

HS iso lateral row
3ppsx10
4ppsx10
5ppsx8
4ppsx10
3ppsx10

HS High row
2ppsx10
+25x10
3ppsx10
+25x10
3ppsx10
2ppsx10

Lat pulldowns ss/ dual pulley cable row
140 3x10/ 140 3x10

Thats it. Just wanted to get a little pump and feel like i did something.
Start a new job tomorrow working 10+ hours a day 5 days a week and every other Saturday. Its very physical work too. So im really gonna have to bump up my calorie intake or my gains are gonna disappear.
 
Hit the gym after work. Bench day.

Comp bench
135x10
185x10
225x8
275x6
275x5
275x5

CGBP
285x3
285x1 (hammy cramp mid rep :/)
285x3

1" pause off chest
250 2x6

Lat pulldown 3x15
160
160
145
DB lat raises
30's 3x10

Thats it for me. Im toast and in a pretty hefty calorie deficit right now. Gotta eat and sleep.
 
Looks like a pretty awesome session. Hammy cramp on a chest lift? That's rough ahaha.


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Dang it i stepped on the scale this morning after having not weighed myself for a few days. 217.4... Wearing shoes and all my clothes. I was 228 last time i weighed myself... Wearing nothing. Kinda worried about that. I know i got sick saturday and lost alot of fluids and worked hard all day yesterday in the sun but i drank over 2 gallons of water throughout the day. I am trying to cut some fat but dang. Too much. Im seeing new definition in my abs but i gotta think l lost some muscle in there too.
 
No matter the lost weight my deads felt stronger than ever today :) so im just not going to worry about it for now.

Deadlift day

Conventional
135x10
225x10
315x10
405x3
445 3x2

Block pulls (off of one plate)
465 2x2

Deficits
415 2x5

Iso-lateral row
2ppsx10
3ppsx10
4ppsx10
5ppsx10
4ppsx10
3ppsx10

Thought about sticking around for a little longer but its a beautiful day out and my wife and kids were at the beach so i called it there.
Thats it for now.
 
christ83189 said:
Squat day!

Heroes warmup

Finishing up with the stairclimber
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How did you like the heroes warm up, it really gets your whole body going doesn't it?
christ83189 said:
Hit the gym after work. Bench day.

CGBP
285x3
285x1 (hammy cramp mid rep :/)
285x3


Thats it for me. Im toast and in a pretty hefty calorie deficit right now. Gotta eat and sleep.
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That is exactly how I hurt my shoulder but a regular grip. I think had it been close grip I might not have hurt myself.
christ83189 said:
Dang it i stepped on the scale this morning after having not weighed myself for a few days. 217.4... Wearing shoes and all my clothes. I was 228 last time i weighed myself... Wearing nothing. Kinda worried about that. I know i got sick saturday and lost alot of fluids and worked hard all day yesterday in the sun but i drank over 2 gallons of water throughout the day. I am trying to cut some fat but dang. Too much. Im seeing new definition in my abs but i gotta think l lost some muscle in there too.
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I imagine you are just a little dehydrated but sounds like a refeed or free meal might be a good idea for you right now.
christ83189 said:
No matter the lost weight my deads felt stronger than ever today :) so im just not going to worry about it for now.

Thought about sticking around for a little longer but its a beautiful day out and my wife and kids were at the beach so i called it there.
Thats it for now.
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That last sentence is what it is all about brother! Good call on prioritizing the family time!
 
MrKleen73 said:
How did you like the heroes warm up, it really gets your whole body going doesn't it?

That is exactly how I hurt my shoulder but a regular grip. I think had it been close grip I might not have hurt myself.

I imagine you are just a little dehydrated but sounds like a refeed or free meal might be a good idea for you right now.


That last sentence is what it is all about brother! Good call on prioritizing the family time!
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I liked the heroes warm up. It definitely does its job effectively thanks man. Yeah it was weird i dont think ive ever gotten a leg cramp benching before lol
 
Update on my weight: I weighed in at 221 on the scale tonight after work (right after dinner too so thats my full weight). Today is an off day from lifting because of the new jobs hours im working my wife is making me take an extra day off from the gym. Probably a good idea i suppose.
Anyways heres my stats for the day.
 

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christ83189 said:
I liked the heroes warm up. It definitely does its job effectively thanks man. Yeah it was weird i dont think ive ever gotten a leg cramp benching before lol
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Yeah it works really well. Well at least getting the leg cramp you can be sure you are using leg drive!
 
Caught a quick squat session after a long day at work. Was tired but i went anyways.

Squat speed day
135x10
225x5
295 6x2

High bar
315 2x5

Lowbar paused squats
275 3x8

Boom! Callin it there.
Cutting volume a bit while im adjusting to this new job. But gotta keep lifting cause its what i love
 
Alright so my first week of work down. Loving it so far. This job is a good fit for me. So after work today I hit the gym for a quick bench session today and that was it cause my wife wanted some family time. So in the mail today I got some goodies I'm pretty excited about. Got a couple logs going up for them. Anyways so for bench I did-

Speed bench
135x15
185x10

Comp bench
225x8
275x5
315x3
275x5
245x5
225x5
185x10
135x15

I was going fast cause I was in a hurry and got a crazy pump when I left. Ridiculous pump.
Anyways i would have liked to have stayed later and done more work but family and wife takes precedence. Isn't that right MrKleen73?
 
christ83189 said:
Alright so my first week of work down. Loving it so far. This job is a good fit for me. So after work today I hit the gym for a quick bench session today and that was it cause my wife wanted some family time. So in the mail today I got some goodies I'm pretty excited about. Got a couple logs going up for them. Anyways so for bench I did-

Speed bench
135x15
185x10

Comp bench
225x8
275x5
315x3
275x5
245x5
225x5
185x10
135x15

I was going fast cause I was in a hurry and got a crazy pump when I left. Ridiculous pump.
Anyways i would have liked to have stayed later and done more work but family and wife takes precedence. Isn't that right MrKleen73?
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Absolutely!!!! Family first! Nice work on the triple with 315 and short rest periods!!!
 
Hey just so everyone knows im vacating this thread for a little bit cause im working alot and ive got a couple of product logs going right now. So thats why updates have been so few lol
 
Hey guys hows it going? I think I'm gonna pick this log back up now. Heres how things are going for me: I've lifted once in the last week... Lame. Took memorial day weekend off with the fam. Hit chest on monday. Tweaked my back at work on tuesday took a couple days to let that rest up. Got sick and couldnt lift because of that. Gonna hit the gym here in a little bit and ill have weight and bf%. I currently just finished a 30 day log of IML Super DMZ 5.0 (which doesnt have dmz in it btw) it had 4 andro 5 andro R andro and epicaticen (not sure how to spell that one). But anyways was using it to help with muscle preservation. This job im working is very physical 10+ hours a day and its hard to take in enough calories. Last time i weighed myself i was at 203 and my strength was down a little bit but thats to be expected when you lose 25 pounds in a month. Now im running 11KTest spray from Nutraceutical Innovations as well as their Burn Xtreme fat burner.
 
Heres progress pictures
 

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Holy crap, that's night and day difference. Well done man, even with the tough work you've been able to maintain a lot of mass. You look a lot better now(happier/healthier), mobility is probably a lot better too.
 
Socalmk6gti said:
Holy crap, that's night and day difference. Well done man, even with the tough work you've been able to maintain a lot of mass. You look a lot better now(happier/healthier), mobility is probably a lot better too.
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Thanks brother. Im very happy with where im at right now
 
Got myself into the gym today. After this past week i decided to start over my training cycle of cube kingpin and lower the max weight because my strength has gone down on bench. Surprisingly my squat and deadlift seem as strong as ever its just the bench that is hurting.

Bench day- reps
Comp bench
135x10
185x12
205 3x10

CGBP
225 3x5

Bench paused 1" off chest
195 3x10

The high reps were killing me lol
I'm rededicating myself to strength here. Gonna follow cube for 10 weeks and see where im at and maybe try out a different method.

Incline DB SS/ Incline DB fly
Incline db 70's 4 sets
12,8,10,10
Incline db fly 40's
4x8

Cable fly
25 3x10

Abs
Decline sit ups ss/ leg raises/ v-ups
3 sets of 15 each exercise
 
Looking awesome Brother! Big improvement and your back is yoked!
 
At church this morning and find out my pastor is preaching for the first time in 3 months... You guys hear about the pastor that got shot by the guy that them fled to washington dc? It was national news. But anyways thats my pastor and i wasthere that day. And after being shot 8 times and surviving hes coming back to preach today
 
christ83189 said:
At church this morning and find out my pastor is preaching for the first time in 3 months... You guys hear about the pastor that got shot by the guy that them fled to washington dc? It was national news. But anyways thats my pastor and i wasthere that day. And after being shot 8 times and surviving hes coming back to preach today
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wow- what is this world coming too?
 
The guy who did it was straight insane. He had an elaborate delusion that there was a society of martians living here on earth that were taking over the world. And my pastor was one of them. Ridiculous. It was a miracle he survived. Shot 8 times point blank by a .45 and the guy was military so he knew how to shoot
 
christ83189 said:
The guy who did it was straight insane. He had an elaborate delusion that there was a society of martians living here on earth that were taking over the world. And my pastor was one of them. Ridiculous. It was a miracle he survived. Shot 8 times point blank by a .45 and the guy was military so he knew how to shoot
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to those who dont believe in Miracles - read this
 
smith_69 said:
to those who dont believe in Miracles - read this
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Thats not even all of it. .45 hollow point bullets. They found 2 slugs inside his shirt that hadnt penetrated the skin. If i hadnt believed in god and miracles before this i definitely would now.
 
christ83189 said:
Thats not even all of it. .45 hollow point bullets. They found 2 slugs inside his shirt that hadnt penetrated the skin. If i hadnt believed in god and miracles before this i definitely would now.
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how in the heck does this type of person get hollow points- wait, lets just move along because before you know that trump for prez and gun people will be in here Talibaning your thread - lol

unreal
 
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