Mitches Fitness

Just have a passion for fitness and exercise. Carpenter by day, gym rat by night. Max(07/15): D (325) B (250) S (255)

[meechkos-blog]

Had a small chest workout today, hit up some flat/incline/decline bench, some upper chest raises (not sure of the actual name lol) and two different kinds of flies. All that benching made the chest pump real. The gym was pretty empty so I took a shameless selfie

[meechkos-blog]

Today’s arm workout. They weren't done in this order, just written down in this order to please my OCD. A lot of supersets and all that fun stuff.

[recovery-beast]

What being healthy acutally means:

- Not freaking out over a piece of cake/chocolate/dessert

- Knowing that even eating Mc Donalds/Pizza or other “unhealthy” foods every once in a while won’t make you gain weight.

- Accepting the way your body looks and feels like.

- Not being scared of fruit because of the sugar in it.

- Being able to go and have dinner with friends without freaking over the calories in a burger.

- Not hating yourself when you overeat.

- Looking forward.

- Not having food on your mind 24/7.

- If your jeans are getting too tight you just shrug it off and buy a new fabulous pair.

- Accepting that your body will change.

- Thinking back to memories with loved ones instead of memories about your weight.

(Feel free to add more points everyone!)

[meechkos-blog]

So I was hitting some 5x5 bench today with my friend, this guy came up and complimented us on our hard work and persistancy in the gym and said that we've come a long way in such a short period of time. It was awesome to hear, I always appreciate when people notice hard work and have the balls to say something about it. I push myself for myself and dont care about others opinions but it's always a nice little kick in the right direction when someone else notices your effort. Thanks guy!

[meechkos-blog]

This is a little 325 deadlift PR, went up easy and still looked pretty good so I think 350 would have been doable. I haven’t been strength training for a good 10 weeks prior to this so I’ve kept up with my strength through working on the job site which is awesome.

[meechkos-blog]

I did 3x10 box jumps with just the box, then ½ plates for the last two sets. Did doubles up to my max of 9, where I got it on the first attempt but my legs were so dead from leg day that my mind wouldn’t let me get anymore. When I started box jumps I couldn’t even get up onto this box, I started on the smallest box. I’ve been doing box jumps on and off for a few months and I’ve already come this far. My old trainer can do 14 plates on the seated ones so that’s my next big milestone for this exercise.

[meechkos-blog]

So I’ve went through 9 months of personal training and it was awesome. Peter is a good friend of mine now. He gave me a lot of knowledge and I feel like it was a good base and step into a new passion of mine. I love going to the gym and working out, getting stronger and lifting heavier each time. Eating better than I ever have for the most part. I usually eat healthy but often times I do indulge which is fine, because that’s healthy too. I’ve seen a good amount of progress over these 9 months of training and I can’t wait to see more. I’ve hit my goals and now that I’m training myself and I know what I like I can see even further improvement and conquer even harder milestones that have yet to come. I’ve learned a lot about fitness and training through different forms of research and credible sources, I feel decently competent when I talk to people about fitness and suppliments and such. Overall this year is going great and I can’t wait to finish if off the strongest I’ve ever been.