My Fitness Journey

My daily workouts and body progress mostly for myself so I can see how I change, but hopefully this will motivate you too!

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My girlfriend and I started our cutting program this week and these are our starting weights and figures. I’m going to update every week with a little bit about the workout we’re doing so hopefully we’ll see some awesome changes throughout the summer

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One day I’ll be able to do pull ups without kipping but that day is not today

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I don’t really do much Olympic lifting anymore but yesterday I was feeling it after a heavy back day so here’s me messing around cleaning 100lbs, I also snatched 85 but I didn’t get a video for that one so you’re just gonna have to believe me.

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Overhead Press Day

Upper body strength has never been my strongest feature but today I felt strong after being able to do 50 reps of the same weight I struggled to do 10 with a month ago! Here’s my workout:

Strict overhead press: 1 set of 12 at 20lbs

2 sets of 6 at 30lbs

10 sets of 5 at 40lbs

DB overhead press: 3 sets of 15 at 12.5lbs

DB lateral raise: 4 sets of 8 at 10lbs

Leaning cable lateral raise: 4 sets of 8 at 10lbs

Face pull: 4 sets of 10 at 40lbs

Revers pec deck: 4 sets of 10 at 20lbs

Straight arm pull down: 1 set of 12 at 25lbs

1 set of 10 at 35lbs

1 set of 8 at 45lbs

1 set of 20 at 20lbs

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Cardio and core day

Today was kind of a free day in between lifting days so I didn’t have much of a plan but I was definitely tired afterwards. Here’s my workout:

Warmup: 1 mile run (9 minutes)

Superset 1: 5 sets of 10 medicine ball sit-ups and 7 burpees (even though I hate burpees)

Superset 2: 5 sets of 20 mountain climbers and 10 thrusters with 40lbs

Superset 3: 5 sets of 15 box jumps and 30 seconds of high knees

Cool down: 5 minute run at 6mph

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Deadlift day

Deadlift day is my favourite day mostly because I love lifting heavy things and it just feels so badass! Here’s my workout, it killed my lower back:

Deadlift: 1 warmup set of 12 at 95lbs

2 sets of 6 at 115

10 sets of 5 at 135lbs

UH BB row: 5 sets of 5 at 40lbs

Pull-ups: 4 sets of 8-12

Wide grip pull down: 3 sets of 10 at 50lbs

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Bench day

Bench day is always the hardest day for me because my chest is probably the weakest part of my body. Here’s my workout this one left me dead:

Bench press: 10 sets of 5 at 70lbs

Assisted dips: 4 sets of six at 50lbs

Incline dB bench press: 4 sets of 6 at 30lbs

Hex press: 4 sets of 8 at 24lbs

Crossovers: 3 sets of 10 at 20lbs

Pec dec: 3 sets of 10 and 15lbs

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Vanity Day

In between my lift days i throw in something I like to call a vanity day to break up the lifting. I usually focus on cardio and muscle groups that I think need some special attention. Here’s my workout.

10 minutes of medium intensity elliptical keeping my heart rate at 150-160

5 sets of 15 knee ups

15 minutes of high intensity stationary bike intervals keeping my heart rate higher than 160 at all times

5 sets of 25 crunches

5 sets of 10 mountain climbers

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Leg day

Leg day kind of killed me but no pain no gain. Here’s my workout

Back squat: 6 sets of 5 at 95lbs, 10 sets of 5 at 120lbs

Super set #1: 5 sets of 5 box jumps and 8 reverse lunges of each leg with a 10lbs kettle bell

Resistance band circuit: with resistance band above my knee I got low and walked in a cross always facing forwards making sure the keep my knees bent and my butt low. I did this 5 times

Superset #2: 5 sets of 20 walking lunges with a 10lbs plate over head and 10 step ups for each leg

Superset #3: 5 sets of 8 pulsing lunges for each leg and 10 Romanian deadlifts with 20lbs dumbbells.

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Finally starting to see some progress with my back! Cable crossovers and wide grip pull downs have haunted me for weeks and I’m glad to see the hard work is paying off!

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Max testing round one

Today I started my percentage training with max testing. I tested my 1RM for deadlift, overhead press, back squat and bench press.

1RM DEADLIFT: 225LBS

1RM OHP: 65LBS

1RM BACK SQUAT: 180LBS

1RM BENCH PRESS: 85LBS

I feel good about the starting numbers and can’t wait to start my accessory work on Thursday. Until then I’m working on cardio

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Why I started this blog

I started this blog for myself as a way to see my progress and log all my workouts in a way that will be easily accessible later on.

I love fitness and mostly powerlifting so I want to use this as a place where I can share how my workouts are effecting my everyday life as well as finding ways to better my performance.

I also hope that some people will be encouraged to start a fitness journey of their own.

That’s everything for now, tomorrow I will post some pre-program shots and log my first workout for this blog. Hopefully I will be able to post everyday.