Every breath is a gift: This is the journey to make them all count!

[The Big Sleep]

Jealous of that pressing strength, solid work Elliott.

Wanna trade for your pulling strength

Solid work bro and strong PR, NICE!

Thanks Paul, always appreciate your support

Nice Rep PR bro and those proats looks grub.

Im a sucker for pumpkin so those proats were glorious

Had to push back some workouts this week as its been a bit wonky from scrambling around campus getting stuff finalized for my last semester of school, planning on hitting deads tomorrow and then bench and squats over the weekend. Gotta keep my priorities straight right now ya know?

[ThousandEyes]

Im a sucker for pumpkin so those proats were glorious

<3 pumpkin favorite veggie. Always have a can around to mess with.

[The Big Sleep]

Training January 18th

Fortitude Check:


Weight was 157lbs today as I'd been a bit off on eating this week, not too worried just gotta eat more

3/5/1 for Powerlifting Cycle 1 Week 3 Squats

Squats (no belt)
Barx12
115x5
140x5
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175x5
195x3
230x5 -->was pretty fired up about this

Death Squats (video above)
155 x 30

Cool down
2 mile walk
Extreme Stretching-30secs each for Quads, Hams, Calves

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Thoughts: Pretty stoked about the workout today and hitting ~bodyweight for 30 reps on squats. Also been putting a lot of thought into if I will keep logging this semester because tbh Im not sure I really have that much interest in it nor will I have the time to keep it updated constantly with all the stuff I have going on. We'll see...

[qstick99]

Strong session bro! Great vid, putting in some solid work right there. Not always easy hitting those nutritional numbers, specially when you got a lot going, been that way at work at times and before I know it day is gone and nutrients are lacking.

[Anthony21]

155x30? Da fuk you crazy man? Hahaha awesome squat work bro.

[psychodiver9]

Nice squatting. School >bb.com man. Do what you have to

[MrCarl.]

Sick squats man. Wish I had that kind of home gym. Some day.... some day.

[Balddude]

People always talk about how brutal the "20 rep squat" workout is, and here you are doing 30 reps in a set

Awesome workout! Would be quite a pity to see this log come to an end to be quite frank...personally one of my most favorite logs on the forum

[The Solution]

Nice squatting. School >bb.com man. Do what you have to

This x 100

[The Big Sleep]

Strong session bro! Great vid, putting in some solid work right there. Not always easy hitting those nutritional numbers, specially when you got a lot going, been that way at work at times and before I know it day is gone and nutrients are lacking.

THanks Paul, yea its been a pretty hectic week and had some personal stuff going on thats causing a bit of stress (and stress just wrecks my appetite).

155x30? Da fuk you crazy man? Hahaha awesome squat work bro.

Thanks Anthony, I like doing those balls out sets every now and then to really push myself mentally/physically

Nice squatting. School >bb.com man. Do what you have to

This x 100

Much appreciated guys, I love logging and whatnot but my priorities and personal life right now may supersede it unfortunately

Sick squats man. Wish I had that kind of home gym. Some day.... some day.

Good to hear from you Carl! I love training at home, hopefully you can get your own setup sometime

People always talk about how brutal the "20 rep squat" workout is, and here you are doing 30 reps in a set

Awesome workout! Would be quite a pity to see this log come to an end to be quite frank...personally one of my most favorite logs on the forum

THanks my man. Ill do what I can to stay active on the forum (and hopefully keep logging) and it means a lot to here you say that about this log.

[NaturalPursuit]

agreed on what all others said...school over a log...hope those high rep squats gave you some nice DOMs

[The Big Sleep]

agreed on what all others said...school over a log...hope those high rep squats gave you some nice DOMs

Thanks brother...and I can barely walk right now lol

[bowlingj68]

Nice work as always. Keep after it.

[qstick99]

I hear you on the personal things bro, stress has been has in sync to me as my shadow for the last 5 years, some days obviously worse than others but you just have to push forward brotha! It often feels like if we sit back and use the typical phrases that start with I could of or if I would of or even "if" at times we just sink back to those low spots you know. Similar to your title, I learned to say that if I had air in my lungs I have opportunity and I simply try to make today better than yesterday, not always easy and doesn't always work but in life there is always something positive to strive for, even if it is not quite visible at the moment! You've made some strong progress brother, just keep one foot in front of the other, deal with stuff as needed and progress! Doing a killer job and helps motivates others such as myself!

[The Big Sleep]

Training January 20th

3/5/1 for Powerlifting Cycle 1 Week 3 Bench

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Bench
Barx12
95x8
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115x5
135x3
155x7 -->Decent but really thought I would hit at least 8 so I was kinda bummed
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170x1 for 3 sets

BBB Bench
115x10 for 5 sets

[bSkull Crushers[/b]
60 x 12--3 sets
super w/
Fat-Grip DB Curl
32.5 x 8—3 sets

Tricep Pressdown
35x10 for 2 sets

Cool down
2 mile walk
Extreme Stretching-30secs each for Pecs, Tris, Bis, Delts

Thoughts: Hitting deadlifts today for the final workout of this cycle of 3/5/1. Classes started today which is why Im a bit behind on logging, just had a lot of stuff going on lately so bear with me

Nice work as always. Keep after it.

Thank Josh, hope you're doing well bud

I hear you on the personal things bro, stress has been has in sync to me as my shadow for the last 5 years, some days obviously worse than others but you just have to push forward brotha! It often feels like if we sit back and use the typical phrases that start with I could of or if I would of or even "if" at times we just sink back to those low spots you know. Similar to your title, I learned to say that if I had air in my lungs I have opportunity and I simply try to make today better than yesterday, not always easy and doesn't always work but in life there is always something positive to strive for, even if it is not quite visible at the moment! You've made some strong progress brother, just keep one foot in front of the other, deal with stuff as needed and progress! Doing a killer job and helps motivates others such as myself!

On spread, but this really means a lot to me, thanks for the words Paul

[qstick99]

Anytime bro, keep pushing hard!

[Anthony21]

Nice work brada and way to keep on keeping on.

[The Big Sleep]

Hey all,

Just a quick update that I will have some time tomorrow to give an update of the plans going forward with the log and whatnot. Been a lot of stuff going on this week with school and personal life that Ive been dealing with. Finished up my final week of the first 3/5/1 cycle yesterday and it went well overall. Im deloading now and then will start another cycle of 3/5/1 because its working so Im not fukking with it.

I will still be active on the forum since I am usually over in the supplement section for product logs and helping rep stuff for Haleo. I also will do my best to keep current with all your guys' logs because I truly enjoy the inspiration that comes from seeing all the progress everyone else is making day in and day out.

[The Big Sleep]

Hey all,

I will likely be migrating over to the powerlifting section of the forum to continue my logging. I've been researching some upcoming powerlifting meets because a few friends of mine who compete said the best thing when starting out is to just get your feet without worrying so much about my total. Im considering entering the Raw MN State Championships on April 20th since the competition is only about 20 miles from where I live. If I had to pick some numbers in the short term, I would say I would like to hit a 340 deadlift, 285lb squat and 205lb bench. My current maxes are all about 25-30lbs shy of those numbers so it should be very attainable with another ~3 months of training (comes out to ~2.5lbs/week increase). Plus if I really start packing down the food (probably start doing a few free meals each week) I would imagine my numbers could soar.

Ill link the new log when its up, I hope some of you continue to follow me, Ill still be following everyone I have been the past few months

[IrishPilot]

Drop me a PM when you log up...I'm in of course.

[The Big Sleep]

Drop me a PM when you log up...I'm in of course.

You got it bud!

[psychodiver9]

Drop me a PM when you log up...I'm in of course.

This x2

[Anthony21]

In for the new journey brother.

[Balddude]

x2 on the PM when the new log is up.

[The Solution]

Eat and grow!

Kill
It this semester in school

[determined4000]

link us up

[The Big Sleep]

Log continuing in PL section: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=151436943