TheSheep is no longer fluffy

[TheSheep]

Sup e'rebody

My name is TheSheep. I've never done anything like this before, so this is very new to me. I plan on dumping off my workouts here, in hope of gaining positive feedback to further my gains. My main goals are just to get bigger and stronger. Know that I use the imperial system for measuring.

Growing up I always watched shows like DBZ which inspired me to get into lifting. I use to do thousands of sit-ups and push-ups everyday and even curling paint-cans hoping to get physiques like a super saiyan. Around my 12th birthday I got a dumbbell set which I used everyday. It was only 40 lbs but I did the most of what I could with it. On my 15th birthday I got a bench and barbell set. That's when I started to actually get serious. Spending as much as 4 hours a day researching things I grew in knowledge. But I didn't have any real guidance to put me in the right path, so I would of course click on websites that said 'get big strong muscles really fast'. I would end up doing five different exercises per muscle group and workout up to two hours. Making decent gains, I was happy for awhile, but I would always hit bad plateaus. Wanting to break them I would try anything. I looked at a thousand different workout styles hoping to make gains but never did. Then one day I decided to stop believing in other people's routine and start doing my own. Going back to things that actually worked out in past, I resumed to do them. Focusing mainly on only compounds I managed to get a 210 lb squat for 3 sets of 7 reps, 185 lb bench for 4 sets of 4, 210 lb deadlift for a set of 16 reps. Obviously I only had weight up to 210 lbs. Which I knew wasn't enough so I knew I had to get a new set.



My sophomore year of high school I had access to a real weight room. Now the school I went to had a weight room with real weights. Then I also bought myself better workout equipment for my home gym. Now that I was in a different enviroment, I got competitive and strived to get even stronger, but my real goal was bodybuilding. By my Junior year I started to compete in powerlifting and managed to get a 335 squat (knee wraps), 220 bench and 385 deadlift at 170 lbs. Which isn't that great, but I sure did look good though. Everyone at the meets thought I would place in the top three by just my physique alone. I placed almost last lol. Then after a few tragic things in my life I could no longer continue to take up lifting. I took a long break and now I'm back. Mid 2013 I came back, not too flashy. Starting with calisthencis I made piss poor results. I then got back into serious lifting around September with lifts starting lifts like squatting 200x5, bench 150x5, deadlift 300x1 @ 165 lbs.



My current best lifts are a 305x5 squat, a 255x6 bench, and a 365x8 deadlift @ 180~ lbs.
I wish I could post videos but I have no idea how too. So I'll just describe my form for them.
SQUAT - Beltless, Olympic Shoes, Wide Stance, Parallel, Low Bar
BENCH - Maximum back arch, toes tucked undearneath my head, widest grip possible, mostly paused reps
DEADLIFT - Beltless, Conventional Stance, Mixed Grip, Touch and Go

My current routine is something like this.
Day 1 - Lowerbody, Day 2 - Upperbody, Day 3 - Lowerbody, Day 4 - Upperbody, Day 5 - Lowerbody, Day 6 Upperbody, Day 7 Rest.
I always play around with my routines, I never really followed a strict kind of workout. I may jump back into legs/push/pull, I never know.

Today I woke up and weighed myself around 182 lbs. My workout went like this.

10-11 AM
Military Press
145x3
125x6
115x6
95x10

DB 2-Handed Overhead Ext
60x8,6,6,6

EZ Bar Curl
85x8,6
80x6,4

DB Side Laterals
35x8,8,8

Nothing too fancy, I just figured I would log the workout I did today.

[TheSheep]

Weighed 182.8 lbs this morning. I worked out on a fasted stomach, like always.

Deadlift
365x1 (I was planning on going for 10, and this was seriously my one rep max...)
315x5,5,5

Parallel Box Squat (I've never done these before, but I was inspired by babyslayer)
warm ups
235x2
255x1

Lying Leg Curls (I haven't done these in ages)
50x10,15,13,10

Leg Raises (I never work abs)
BWx10,25,20,10

[TheSheep]

182.8 lbs

9:50-10:?? AM
Bench (med-grip, feet planted, maximum arch)
225x5,5,5,5,5

BB Row (semi-strict, same grip as bench)
135x10,10,8,6,5

Dips
BWx12,12,12,12,12

Pullups
BWx8,8,8,6,4

[TheSheep]

182.8 Morning Weight

8:36-9:45 AM

Squat (low bar, wide stance, oly shoes, beltless, also I'm trying something new, I'm inverting my foot to apparently allow more hip adduction)
275x5,5,5

Goodmornings (my deadlift stance)
95x5
115X5
125,5

Romanians (my deadlift stance)
135x10
225x10,10,10

Lying Leg Curl
50x12,12,12,12

[TheSheep]

183.6 lb morning weight

1-2 PM

Parallel Box Zercher Squat
warm ups
300x1

Push Press
warm ups
175x1 i've strict pressed this before :/
185x0

Strict Press
135x3

BB Cheat Curls
95x10,6,3

DB Cheat Laterals
45x6,6,8

BB Wrist Curl
95x11,8,3

Calf Raises
BWx?x?

[TheSheep]

183.0 morning weight

10:38 AM - 12:11 PM on a fasted stomach

Squat (barefoot, conventional stance, low-bar, slightly below parallel, beltless)
275x 10 sets of 3 reps

Goodmornings (squat stance, beltless)
95x5
115x5
125x5

Romanians (hook grip, beltless, DL stance)
135x5
225x3
245x10

Lying Leg Curls
50x15,15,12,12,10

[TheSheep]

I decided that I'm going to do a 'slow bulk, gaining around 2 lbs a month (hopefully not more). Reason is because I gain weight very fast, mostly fat of course. I've never bulked over 185 lbs. My goal is to get get up to around 200 lbs. I would always tell myself I would do a big bulk, but once I saw fat gains I got scared and started to cut. -.-;
Now that I'm making a log for anybody to see, I'll be more motivated to stick to the game plan and not pussy out.

I believe my current workout routine will be something like legs/push/pull/rest repeato. Mainly focusing on gaining strength but of course muscle growth is a side effect of weightlifting so boo yah! I just need to get my diet on check, I may even log what I eat.

Once I figure out to upload youtube videos to this log, i believe that'll even motivate me more to try harder. I just gotta figure out how to upload videos.
I currently only have one youtube video on my channel (thesheep97) but I always record my workouts, I just gotta start uploading them then posting them here...

Morning Weight - 183.0
Duration - 1:25

Bench
135x10
185x5
225x3
250x5

Press
95x5
115x3
135x5

DB Bench Press
60x5
70x12

Dips
BWx6,8,8,10,8

DB Cheat Laterals
45x8,8,8

DB 2-Handed Overhead Ext
60x10,8,10,6,4

[TheSheep]

1/29/14
MW - 182.4
Duration - 1:09

Rack Pulls
405x4 8" rom
365x5 8" rom

DL Stance Low Box Squat
95x5
195x5
215x5
235x5
255x5 easy

Deficit Deadlift
315x5 2"

BB Row
155x5x5 (sets x reps)

Pullups
BWx5x5

EZ Bar Curl
80x8,6,5,5,4

[TheSheep]

1/31/14
MW - 184.8
Duration - 1:48

Squat (barefoot, beltless, slightly below parallel, low bar, close stance)
warm ups
290x 10 sets of 3 reps

Goodmorning (sq stance, barefoot, beltless)
95x5
115x5
125x5
135x5

Romanian (hook grip, beltless, dl stance)
135x10
225x3
275x10

Leg Curl
50x5x15

[TheSheep]

2/1/14
MW - 186.6
Duration - 1:30 On a fasted stomach. I'm starting to think maybe I should eat before working out.

Bench (wide-grip, maximum arch, on toes, controlled bar movement)
warm ups
225x10,10,8,7,6,5,4,3 (this took exactly an hour to do, PRs every single set, hardest upperbody workout of my life)

Dips
BWx10,10,10,7,7,6,5

[TheSheep]

2/2/14
MW - 185.0
Duration - 1:35 on a fasted stomach

Rack Pull 4" rom
405x20 a PR

DL Stance Parallel Box Squat
warm ups
135x5
185x5
235x5
285x5 definitely a pr

Deficit Deadlift 3"
225x5
315x5 probably a pr

BB Row
155x8,6,6,6,6 prs i guess

Chins
BWx8,8,6,6,6 prs i guess

EZ Bar Curl
80x10,10,8,8,8 no idea on prs

[TheSheep]

2/4/14
MW - 184.4
Duration - 2:14

Squat
135x3
225x3
275x3
300x10x3 (setsXreps)

Goodmorning
95x5
135x5
145x5

Romanian
225x5
295x10

Leg Curl
60x12,7,8,7,8

Abs/Calves
Random bodyweight stuff for 5-10 minutes

[TheSheep]

2/5/14
MW - 183.4
Duration - 1:15 on a fasted stomach

Bench (wide grip, max arch, on toes, controlled touch and go reps)
warm ups
235x9,6,5,4,4,3 (I could of gotten an extra rep on all of the sets, I instead pussied out >_> )

Dips
BW+10x9,9,9,9,12,12 (Working out is so mental, all those sets of 9 were to failure, then all of the sudden I get 12. It's because I saw my chest/tri/shoulder pump and was like dayuuuum, it encouraged me to bang out more.)

Dips
BW+20x9,6,5

[TheSheep]

2/6/14
MW - 181.4
Duration - 2:11 i actually ate during this workout, just some beef and brown rice

Rack Pulls 6-8" ROM
135x10
225x5
315x5
405x20

DL Stance Box Squat
135x5
225x5
285x6 1 rep PR

Deficit Pull 3"
225x3
325x5

BB Row
155x8,8,8,6,6

Pullups
BWx8,8,8,7,7

EZ Bar Curl
80x10,10,10,10,10

[TheSheep]

2/8/14
MW - 184.6
Duration - 2:00

Squat
135x5
225x5
275x3
315x5 PR
275x5,5,2

Goodmorning
135x5
155x5,5,3

Romanian
135x5
225x5
275x11,6,5

Lying Leg Curl
75x5,5,5

Calves/Abs
BWx?x?

[TheSheep]

2/9/14
MW - 184.4
Duration - 1:35 on a fasted stomach

Bench
135x10
185x5
225x3
245x5,5,5,5,4 (most i've ever done was 245 for 3 sets of 5, so the last 2 sets i did was definitely a PR)

Dips
bw+25x8,8,6,8,5

BB Shoulder Press
95x8,8,8,8,8

DB 2-Haned Overhead Ext.
60x6,2
I had to stop because my triceps felt like they were about to tear :/

My first work set of bench vvvv

[TheSheep]

2/10/14
MW - 183.0
Duration 1:00

Rack Pulls 8"
225x5
315x5
405x10

DL Stance Parallel Box Squat
135x5
225x5
295x5

Deficit Deadlift 3"
225x5
335x3

Pullups
BWx8,6

[Jeeepbrah]

sickening

[TheSheep]

2/12/14
MW - 183.6
Duration 1:10

Squat
135x5
225x5
290x5,5,5,5,5 (took 40 minutes)
I widened my stance a bit, which made me more explosive, I'm assuming it's because of stretch reflex, nonetheless feels good.

Goodmorning
135x5
155x5

Romanian
225x5
290x7

[TheSheep]

2/13/14
MW - 181.0
Duration - 0:55 on a fasted stomach

Bench
135x10
185x5
225x3
255x4 (roll of shame going for 5th rep...)
245x3,3,3

Dips
BW+25x5,6,7,8

BB Shoulder Press
95x10,10,4

Well, for the past two weeks I've made nearly PR's every single workout. So I'm not upset over today's results at all.

[TheSheep]

2/14/14/
MW - 182.0
Duration - 1:00 on a fasted stomach

Deadlift
135x5
225x5
315x3
365x5

Deficit Deadlift 3"
315x5,0

Pullups
BW+25x5,4,4,3
BWx8,6,6

BB Row
135x10,10,7

[TheSheep]

2/17/14
MW - 184.0
Duration - 8:35-9:25

Today was one of the weakest days I've felt like in a loooong time. But I still felt like working out so here's the poor results...

Preworkout meal:
2 scoops of whey

Squat (low bar, parallel)
135x5
225x5
300x2
275x3

Olympic Squat (high bar, atg)
225x5,5,5

SLDL
135x10,10,10,5

Postworkout meal:
Eggs, Oatmeal, Bananas

[TheSheep]

2/18/14
MW - 181.0
Duration 7:35-8:25

I feel like bodybuilding so bleh

Preworkout meal:
2 scoops of whey, 1 banana

Bench (wide-grip, slight arch, feet firmly planted on the ground)
135x10
185x5
205x8
185x6,6,4 (90 sec rest)

Dips
BWx5,10,8,6 (120 sec rest)

BB Shoulder Press
95x8,6,4 (120 sec rest)

DB Side Laterals
25x12,12,12 (60 sec rest)

DB 2-Handed Overhead Tricep Extention.
45x12,12,12 (60 sec rest)

[TheSheep]

2/20/14
MW - 181.4
Duration - 55 minutes

Deadlift (hook grip, touch and go)
225x5
315x3
335x1
365x5

3" Deficit Pull
315x2

Pullups
BWx8,8,4,4

BB Row
135x8,8,8

DB Curl
35x8,8,8

[TheSheep]

3/19/14
MW 180.5
Duration 1:00

Deadlift
warm ups
365x5 (mix-grip, touch and go)

3" Deficit
315x3,3,3

BB Row
185x5,5,5

Pullups
BWx5,5,5

[TheSheep]

3/21/14
MW - 181~
Duration 1:20

Squat (powerlifting style)
135x5
225x5
275x3
295x3,3,3
295x3,3 (belt added + olympic shoes)
305x1 (belt, oly shoes)

Goodmornings
135x5
155x8,4,

Olympic Squat (olympic shoes + 100% atg)
135x6 all paused
225x7 (last one was paused)

[TheSheep]

3/22/14
MW - 181.4
Duration - 0:50

Bench (maximum arch, widest grip, toes tucked close to underneath my head)
135x 10
185x 5
225x 6.999,5,6,4,3

Dips
25x8,4

[TheSheep]

3/23/14
MW - 180.4
Duration - 1:00 on a fasted stomach

Deadlift
135x5
225x5
315x3
365x5 (touch and go, beltless)

3" Deficit
315x5,3,3 (belted, paused reps)

BB Row
185x6,5,5 (some cheating)

Pullups
BWx8,8,6

[TheSheep]

3/26/14
MW - ???
Duration 1:15 ate breakfast before

Squat
135x5
225x5
275x6

Goodmorning
135x5
155x10

Romanian
135x5
225x5
275x9

Olympic Front Squat
135x5
185x3,3,2

[TheSheep]

2/27/14
MW - 180.8
Duration 0:45 minutes

Bench
205x5,6,5,8,5

Dips
BWx6

horrible day.....