JohnB's Journey

[johnblythe]

He be jammin'!

How's Mali treatin' you, and you it?

good. first day is over. almost 7p here. about to grab dinner then head to bed early. it's hot as balls out here man. heading out to the bush tomorrow so i'll be out of civilization and touch for a few days. then journeying back friday.

[jshaw5]

Awesome job man, that 5 plate pull was smooth, definitely have more fresh.

[johnblythe]

Awesome job man, that 5 plate pull was smooth, definitely have more fresh.

thanks, man. i agree and am pretty excited to not only pull the 5 but have complete confidence that another 10 or more pounds could be doable.

[PeterGibbons316]

good. first day is over. almost 7p here. about to grab dinner then head to bed early. it's hot as balls out here man. heading out to the bush tomorrow so i'll be out of civilization and touch for a few days. then journeying back friday.

Have fun, be safe!

[MatTheCur]

*knocks politely on the door*

[KenshinH]

*knocks politely on the door*

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LOL, jb's back. He's logging on Fito. All the MILF's giving him attention on there is keeping him away

[johnblythe]

*knocks politely on the door*

LOL, jb's back. He's logging on Fito. All the MILF's giving him attention on there is keeping him away

lolz. ya, i'm back. and, yes, i've been posting for the alleged milfs on fito instead of my brose here on bb.

i really love you guys more (pinky swear), just takes more time and effort to get on here. plus i want to read everything from everybody i follow which is a physically impossible task.

insanely busy w/ end of school, catch up from my week away (just now getting caught up, thank God), and two launches of products in the next two weeks

will catch up my posting here soon.

summary for now: got back two saturdays ago. deadlifted the next day. 455x2 for top set. felt fine. bench was a little weaker on tuesday, but nothing too bad, 195x3x3. started warming up for my new cycle of squats w/ 2x10 @ 55%. deads this past sunday were dead in the water. had a bachelor party the night before and my back had been tweaky for two days at that point. got up to 455 and stopped after 1 rep cause of a right hammie cramp that made me rely too much on my back. benched yesterday 195x5x3, back in the game there. squat cycle begins tomorrow w/ 3x10 @ 60% (220).

holla

[PeterGibbons316]

So how was the trip???

[MatTheCur]

lolz. ya, i'm back. and, yes, i've been posting for the alleged milfs on fito instead of my brose here on bb.

i really love you guys more (pinky swear), just takes more time and effort to get on here. plus i want to read everything from everybody i follow which is a physically impossible task.

insanely busy w/ end of school, catch up from my week away (just now getting caught up, thank God), and two launches of products in the next two weeks

will catch up my posting here soon.

summary for now: got back two saturdays ago. deadlifted the next day. 455x2 for top set. felt fine. bench was a little weaker on tuesday, but nothing too bad, 195x3x3. started warming up for my new cycle of squats w/ 2x10 @ 55%. deads this past sunday were dead in the water. had a bachelor party the night before and my back had been tweaky for two days at that point. got up to 455 and stopped after 1 rep cause of a right hammie cramp that made me rely too much on my back. benched yesterday 195x5x3, back in the game there. squat cycle begins tomorrow w/ 3x10 @ 60% (220).

holla

Nice! But hey, you have your own MILF... so leave the other ones alone, eh? :P

Good to see you back in action. Oddly enough, I'm not perusing Fito all that much any more. I just go in, log my workout, clear my activity, and post here. So I get what you mean, no worries!

So how was the trip???

I think we'd all like to know about it ... Get to summarizing, man!

[johnblythe]

So how was the trip???

it was awesome! i'll be posting some pics in the next few days.

Nice! But hey, you have your own MILF... so leave the other ones alone, eh? :P

Good to see you back in action. Oddly enough, I'm not perusing Fito all that much any more. I just go in, log my workout, clear my activity, and post here. So I get what you mean, no worries!

I think we'd all like to know about it ... Get to summarizing, man!

lolz. i sure do.

ya, if bb would get a legitimate mobile version i think i'd be on here a lot. but, as it is, the only time i'd get on is in the middle of work and then i fall down the rabbit hole of a dozen logs, reading the trolls, awesome gifs, etc. whereas fito i can do while on the go, on the can, etc. cause of being mobile.

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just wanted to drop in real quick and say hey to everyone. hope you're all a lot stronger and hawter than when i last was on here a few weeks ago. i haven't forgotten about you all or this log. just been craaaaazy busy. end of school, product launch, creating/expanding a team (ie vetting, hiring, admin'ing, etc.), deadlines, birthdays, graduations, lions, tigers, and bears oh my!

will post some mali pics soon as well as a huge dump of the last two weeks' worth of workouts.

miss my brose and have really been thinking about you guys, just been flyin' a kite in a hurricane lately. should calm down in the next week or two, at least to some degree, so i'll be able to join in on the activities more oft once again.

<3

[KenshinH]

Good to hear you're still working out man! Take care of real life stuff and come back when you're able to.

Have a happy mother's day!

[johnblythe]

hey brose. still working out. still wanting/trying to play catch up—both on here and in a few other areas in life. launching a product tomorrow, two birthdays this week, then a wedding i'm officiating this weekend. after that i think i'll be able to breathe at least a little!

so, as a token of good faith, here's today's workout

Lower Power - May 14, 2013

Barbell Squat:
45 lb x 10 reps (+42 pts)
135 lb x 8 reps (+75 pts)
185 lb x 6 reps (+98 pts)
225 lb x 5 reps (+121 pts)
275 lb x 8 reps (+192 pts)
275 lb x 8 reps (+192 pts)
255 lb x 8 reps (+168 pts)
whoops. was supposed to do 255x8x3. did the math wrong realized it after set 2, dropped the weight down because of my lower back being tender from sunday's deads still (usually do squats on thursday, changed routines tho starting today). w00t

Hack Squat:
150 lb x 5 reps (+27 pts)
185 lb x 10 reps (+40 pts)
185 lb x 10 reps (+40 pts)
185 lb x 10 reps (+40 pts)
these were harder than i anticipated. weren't even full hack squats, was more of a horizontal calf/hack-squat sort of contraption. may need to adjust the seat better next time to work it better, idk.

Leg Extensions:
90 lb x 12 reps (+14 pts)
90 lb x 12 reps (+14 pts)
90 lb x 12 reps (+14 pts)

Stiff-Legged Barbell Deadlift:
135 lb x 6 reps (+70 pts)
225 lb x 8 reps (+137 pts)
225 lb x 8 reps (+137 pts)
225 lb x 8 reps (+137 pts)
easy breezy. good work for my left hand's grip, too.

notes: well i'm taking a risk: leaving power routines behind for a little while. i got into this game to get sexy. haven't done a good job of that. got addicted to the numbers for a while. i think that's a good thing, but it's time to shake things up for more than a few reasons. i'm drawn to PHAT by Norton because 1) it's by norton, 2) it doesn't cause me to forsake power/strength completely.

started today. only catch is that 1) i'm keeping deads more integrated and completely autoregulated through the end of the month in order to stomp out my good friend kenshin and jshaw on this little race of ours best yet, i think my test day for the max deads will end up being while i'm hanging w/ ken at the end of the month. w00t! 2) i'm keeping the power day's squatting consistent with my simple but custom programming from last cycle since it paid off so well and i'm already 3 weeks deep into it.

it's beach season and i live 40-60 minutes from 4 different beaches so it's time this awkwardly skinny fat body of mine gets in a bit better shape.

i'll catch up the last 2 weeks workouts here soon and post mali pics. hope everyone is doing well, thanks for hanging in there with me. do love <3 sohomo.

[KenshinH]

Can't wait for that day bro!

Do you want to just do deadlifts or do a mock meet?

We shouldn't actually max out, but just hit some 90% lifts for fun.

[johnblythe]

Can't wait for that day bro!

Do you want to just do deadlifts or do a mock meet?

We shouldn't actually max out, but just hit some 90% lifts for fun.

ditto!

i'll play that one by ear broseph based on how the new routine is going and what not by that time (only two weeks wohoo!)

plus i don't want to be too embarrassed!