Hi all,
Been lurking around the forums for a little while now and have been following BBM-lads-specific content since the era of “the group unspoken”. Thought I’d start up a training log (in KGs) like many of you also have - both to keep myself accountable and hopefully throw a few questions around every now and then.
Bio:
Location: Australia
Gender: Male
Age: 31
Height: 181cm
Weight: 121.1kg (as of 912pm, 14/01/2019)
Waist: 127.0cm
Obviously there’s a big amount of leaning out that needs to be done - weight got away from me in high school long ago and seems to fluctuate a crazy amount. Over the years I noticed I tend to fluctuate between about 105kg and 125kg - right now I’m at my heaviest since about 2015.
In Oct 2016 I joined a gym that had semi-private ‘functional strength’ sessions and haven’t looked back on weightlifting since. My posture is so much better, I feel far more confident, I generally feel stronger despite always striving for more on the lifting numbers. I’ve since quit that gym due to time-pressures based on work; but I did drop a lot of cash on some gear from Ironedge, so I now have my own setup ready in my garage, my partner even comes and joins me which is great. I’m also now a massive fan of Strongman competitions - perhaps I’ll look towards that direction at some point.
Part of the reason that I took up lifting in 2016 was that my grandfather wasn’t doing well health wise at the time - based on what I’ve learnt (from BBM content) I now know as sarcopenia - and in 2017 he passed away due to a fall leading to a broken hip, no doubt somewhat caused by his ailing body. Obviously at the age of 88 he’s had an amazing run; but I wanted to make sure that I can be around for my friends and family as long and as comfortably as possible. At that time I’d also randomly come across Alan’s Youtube channel and started observing and learning. I’m very much a ‘researcher’ kind of person - I’ve read/watched almost every piece of content put out by everyone involved in BBM. I love the idea that Austin and Jordan talk about ‘the muscle 401k’ (we call it superannuation here but 401k sounds cooler) and I thoroughly enjoy Austin’s pain science content.
On to the fun stuff; lifting numbers:
I’ve recently completed The Bridge 1.0, and today I completed my first day of the 7 week GPP Hypertrophy, with the primary goal of using this template to lean out and get my weight under control. Along with the program I’m very fastidiously tracking calories on MFP.
After completing the bridge (last week); as of 14/01/19, my current E1RMs:
Deadlift: 172.5kg
Bench: 97.5kg
Squat: 152.5kg
Let’s get cracking with the training log:
W1D1 - GPP Hypertrophy - 14/01/2019:
Exercise | Weight x Reps @ RPE |
---|---|
Squats w Belt | 100 x 6@6 110 x 6@7 115 x 6@8 115 x 6@8 |
Comp Bench | 70 x 6@6 72.5 x 6@7 75 x 6@8 |
Pendlay (Myoreps) | 50 x 15@8 50 x (5,5,4,4,3,3)@8 |
Session RPE: 8.5.
A very hot day here and the heat was absolutely sweltering in my little home-gym, so I had to push pretty hard through a pool of sweat.