dabears progress thread

Busy day yesterday for fitness... worked out, "exercised" with the gf after not seeing eachother for a bit, and then played hockey late at night. Sick with the flu but powered through it. Got in 3100 calories, 357g carbs, 218g protein, 84g fat.

Overhead Press Progressing slow and steadily

115lbs x 6
115lbs x 5
110lbs x 4
110lbs x 3

Dumbbell Press

80lbs x 10 (wanted 45 lb dumbbells but all were gone)
80lbs x 8
80lbs x 7

Side Laterals

40lbs x 8
40lbs x 8
40lbs x 8

Seated Reverse Flies

40lbs x 8
40lbs x 8

Skullcrushers

65lbs x 8
65lbs x 6
60lbs x 7

French Curls

45lbs x 8
45lbs x 8
45lbs x 6

Went to warmup for leg day on saturday... first off was squats. Gym got a new thick pad that I thought I'd try on my warmup set, since I don't usually use one. I had 185 lbs and unracked and stepped back, and the pad slipped off and as I was trying to control the barbell (which was no longer on my back...) I wrenched my lower back. Did a full bodyweight workout with two girls I knew, since I couldn't squat with weight after that.

Played hockey sore as fk yesterday... and today it is just killing me. Debating if I can even do a shoulders / triceps workout today, I may have to take the week off and recover.

Really starting to get pissed off

Originally Posted by dabears

Went to warmup for leg day on saturday... first off was squats. Gym got a new thick pad that I thought I'd try on my warmup set, since I don't usually use one. I had 185 lbs and unracked and stepped back, and the pad slipped off and as I was trying to control the barbell (which was no longer on my back...) I wrenched my lower back. Did a full bodyweight workout with two girls I knew, since I couldn't squat with weight after that.

Played hockey sore as fk yesterday... and today it is just killing me. Debating if I can even do a shoulders / triceps workout today, I may have to take the week off and recover.

Really starting to get pissed off

Haha I see what you did there... Got this text yesterday from one of them made me laugh

Originally Posted by dabears

Went to warmup for leg day on saturday... first off was squats. Gym got a new thick pad that I thought I'd try on my warmup set, since I don't usually use one. I had 185 lbs and unracked and stepped back, and the pad slipped off and as I was trying to control the barbell (which was no longer on my back...) I wrenched my lower back. Did a full bodyweight workout with two girls I knew, since I couldn't squat with weight after that.

Played hockey sore as fk yesterday... and today it is just killing me. Debating if I can even do a shoulders / triceps workout today, I may have to take the week off and recover.

Really starting to get pissed off

And that's why you don't use a tampon......

Yea fuuck those pads. I do low bar and it sits perfectly across my traps and shoulders

Going to add these once to twice a week as I see fit, found a great list online, but its in a PDF. I'll post it here for my own quick reference, and if others might want to cherry pick and try one. I'll definitely have to substitute for exercises like HSPU, and won't have equipment / strength for some. I deleted out the ones with football fields & sandbags etc, just the ones I felt I could accomplish in my gym.

And yes I'm about to make this thread very annoying to scroll through, especially on a cell phone... my apologies

Short, Heavy Metcons

Four rounds, individually for time:
5 x 65lb Dumbbell Snatch (each hand)
10 x 65lb Dumbbell Swing
10 Burpees
Rest

Four rounds for time:
With weight vest
5 Pullups
5 Dips
5 65lb DB Thrusters

21-15-9 of:
100kg deadlifts
24" box jumps
dips

21 100kg deadlifts
5 40kg press+push press+push jerk+jerk
(20 reps total)
15 100kg deadlifts
4 40kg press+push press+push jerk+jerk
(16 reps total)
9 100kg deadlifts
3 40kg press+push press+push jerk+jerk
(12 reps total)

15-12-9 of:
Double KB (53#) Power Cleans to
Thrusters
Pull-ups

3 rds for time:
7-HSPU's
7-105# Thrusters
7-105# Hang Power Cleans

Fran @ 135lbs. and 15, 12, 9 reps

3 rounds of 10 reps each of:
Bodyweight power cleans
35# ring dips

5 rounds of:
3 reps 315# deadlifts
7 reps burpees w/15# in a backpack

3 rounds of:
5 reps 165# thrusters
10 pull-ups
15 ring push-ups

(Tabata – 8 minutes alternating exercises of…
Deadlifts/K2E's
Overhead Squats/Double Unders
Pull Ups/GHD Sit Ups
Ring Dips/Row)

5rnds:
5-300# DL's
12-HSPU's
12-Pull Ups
5-155# Thrusters

4rnds:
25-Towel Pull Ups (alt hands)
25-70# DB Swings
25-Burpees
25-95# SDHP

3rnds:
10-Pull Ups
10-135# C&J
10-20" Box Jumps

3rnds:
15-Pull Ups
10-155# Power Cleans
5-155# Thrusters

Heavy Fran 15-12-9
135# Thrusters
45#-Weighted Pull Ups

1rnd:
25-135# SDHP
25-25# Weighted Pull Ups
25-135# Thrusters

5rnds:
5-135# SDHP
10-Ring Dips
5-135# Thrusters

5rnds:
15-70# DB Swings
15-Ring Dips

5rnds:
7-155# Hang Squat Cleans
10-Slapping Push Ups

Run 400m
50 Pull-ups with vest
50 Push-ups with vest
Run 400m
50 Sit-ups with vest
50 Squats with vest
Run 400m

6 - 4 - 2
Rope climb (add a vest if you're feeling frisky)
Big Tire flips (multiply reps by 2)
Cross-chops (multiply reps by 3; total is per side)

15 - 12 - 9 reps of:
- Pull-ups
- KB swings, 2 pood
- Dips
*all done while wearing a 40lb. vest

4 rounds of:
- 10R/10L KB snatches (I used a 16kg)
- Med Ball Overhead Toss, 20lb. ball
- Sprint 100m
- Med Ball Overhead Toss, 20lb. ball
- Sprint 100m

16 kg KB (x2) push press
sit-ups, unanchored
40-30-20-10

sandbag push jerks
sledgehammer (vs. tire)
tire flips
1 minute @ each station, rest one
minute, repeat

20 sledge strikes, 16# hammer
Farmer's Carry 35m, med. anvils
5 rounds for time

5 rounds of:
10 KB OH swings, 32 kg
10 ring pushups

3 rounds of:
10 2-hand KB rows @ 20 kg
5 dead hang chins
10 med-ball plyo pushups

3 rounds, rest fully b/w rounds (aim for less than a minute on each round)
5 thrusters @ 75 kg (154#)
10 m sprint
10 2-hand KB swings @ 20 kg
10 m sprint
10 burpess

3 rounds, recover fully between rounds
10 tire flips
20 swats, 16# sledge
250m sprint

Like "Lynne"
3 rounds of:
ring pushups
pullups

(from the Games, a good one)
5 rounds of:
5 275# DL
10 burpees (OH clap)

21-15-9
32 kg KB swings
flying arm bars
slam balls 8#, on knees

3 rounds for time of:
400m sprint
20 burpees
NO REST

Double alternating tabata
sprints/double unders (carry the rope while you run)

Double alternating tabata KB Farmer's walk/KB front squats

Ring dips: 20s on/40s off
Row: 20s on, 40s off
Repeat 3 times.

Double alternating tabata KB clean (35lb in each hand) / KB OH squat

5 rounds of:
5 squat clean & jerks @ bw
5 MUs

3 or 5 rounds:
10 BW DL
10 2pd swings
10 burpee pull-ups

AMRAP in 10 minutes:
clean and jerk 155#x5 + 200meter sprint

10 rounds of:
15 DL @135#
15 pushups
5 Manmakers
400m run
4 rounds, each for time, full recovery...our men are in the 2:30-2:40 range

8 Pullup
10 Pushup
12 Box Jump
14 Wall ball
2 laps (~250m) run
4 rounds, each for time, full recovery...more or less same times as above

5 rounds for time of:
5 DB snatch each arm
5 DB swing each arm
10 Burpees

3 rounds of:
1 minute max rep weighted PU
1 minute max rep weighted ring dip
1 minute rest

3 rounds of:
1 minute max rep heavy thruster (135 and up)
1 minute max rep weighted PU
1 minute rest

21-15-9 of:
100kg Back Squat
Ring dips

4 rounds of:
10 tuck jumps
100m sprint
15 1.5 2pood swings
100m sprint back to the starting line

Tabata Burpees with weighted vest

Tabata Tuck jumps followed by 1min rest followed by "Half Cindy"(10min)

For time:
200m Bear crawl with weight vest
20 push-ups
200m Bear crawl
20 air squats

21-15-9 of:
Back squat with .75 b/w
115lb Push-Press

With a partner 3 rounds of:
100m firemen's carry
50 air squats
25 push-ups
100m Firemen's carry

5 rounds:
15xsnatch grip DL 65kg
15xpushups

AMRAP in 15 minutes of:
7 ring dips (sub weighted if you want)
7 front squats (135)with bar cleaned from ground every time you need to pick it up.

Doulble alt. Tabata
95-115# Thrusters (nothing under 95 nothing over 115 you decide on the weight)
Rope Climbs

Triple alt. Tabata
95-115# thrusters (pick your weight)
rope climbs
225-275# dl's (pick your weight)

Triple alt. Tabata
115-155# PP (pick your weight)
KTE's
Ring dips.

Double alt. Tabata
135-155# Power Clean (pick your weight)
Pull ups

42/21
30/15
18/9
of Doubleunders/2pood kettlebell swings.

100 Dips
Every time you have to come off the bars or rest with anything other than your hands on the bars, do 15 swings with a 32 kg KB.

Partitioned Grace. Especially fun if done at bodyweight.
10 Cleans
Sprint 100m
10 Jerks
Sprint 100m
10 Clean and Jerks
Sprint 100m
10 Jerks
Sprint 100m
10 Cleans

5 rounds :
6 C&J 135lbs
6 Muscle-ups

5-4-3-2-1 of:
2x Bodyweight Deadlift
1x Bodyweight Clean and Jerk

Adjust the reps on this one so you don't have to stop. Also fun with 500s instead of 250s:
Row 250
15xDouble KB Clean Jerk/Push
press/anyhow (2 24kg 'bells)
Row 250
12xDouble KB C+J
Row 250
9x Double KB C+J

Every Minute on the Minute (for 10 min)
3 Power Cleans at 185
5 Weighted Ring dips with +50 lbs

For time:
100 Double Unders
75 Box Jumps - 20"
50 KB Swing 1.5pd
25 Burpees

50 reps for time: 65lb KB Swing

AMRAP in 10 min: 20x KB swing and 20x burpee

Fat Burpee Jackie
3 rounds of:
500M row
10 heavy thrusters
10 burpee pull-ups

Ladder Linda
5-4-3-2-1-2-3-4-5
Deadlift
Bench press
Power clean

For Time:
Back Squat - 75% of 5-Rep Max
1-3-5-7-9-11
Ring Dip
15-12-9-6-3-1
Warning: do not try unless you have a solid back squat, as this can MESS YOU UP real fast.

3 rounds:
-3 Deadlift
-3 Hang Squat Clean
-3 Push Press
-3 Front Squat
then run 200m
then
3 rounds:
-3 pullups
-6 pressups
-9 squats
then run 400m
(weight should be 3/4 bwt for the bar complex)

3 rounds:
run 200m
12 Thrusters
18 KB swings

6 rounds:
30sec Row (for max metres)
30sec rest

3 Rounds:
60 M Sprint
10 - 275# Deadlift
10 - 50# DB Thruster
10 - Clapping Push-Ups
10 - Ring Dips
60 M Sprint

600m row
15 dips
15 knee-to-elbows
300m row
12 dips
12 knee-to-elbows
150m row
9 dips
9 knee-to-elbows

Tabata mashup alternating rows and 45 lb. DB push presses

15-12-9 of pullups, 65 lb. DB swing, burpees

AMRAP in 10 min. of 7 push press @ 135lbs, 7 pullups, 7 glute-ham raises

10 Rounds of 10 BW deadlifts, 20
clapping pushups

185 lb. deadlift
Hand Stand Push Up
Vertical Jump
15-12-9-6-3

30 weighted pullups (5 lbs)
30 weighted pushups (10 lbs)
30 back squats (20 lbs)
20 weighted pullups (10 lbs)
20 weighted pushups (20 lbs)
20 back squats (40 lbs)
10 weighted pullups (15 lbs)
10 weighted pushups (30 lbs)
10 back squats (60 lbs)

AMRAP in 10 minutes of the complex:
deadlift
SDHP
power snatch
pushpress
thruster
Go as heavy as possible.

AMRAP Bear in 10 min:
40 kg - 25 rounds so it was too light. Pick your own weight.

5 rounds AFAP:
10 8 ct bodybuilders
10 box jumps
Wore a 20lb weight vest.

5 rounds:
1 x 185lbs squat clean + 3 x 36 inch box
jump + 5 chest slap push-ups + 7
clapping pull-ups

5 rounds:
250m row
10x 2 pd swings
10x weighted pull-ups

4 rounds:
25 burpee to clean and press w/20# dumbells

4 rounds:
20 x 70# db swings
20 knees to elbows

5 rounds:
6 c&j 135lbs
6 muscle-ups

“Animals at the Track”
This is best done at the track, although it
could be done w/ treadmill.
- 200m sprint
- 200m bear crawl (inside of track)
- 200m sandbag run
- 400m sprint

“Legs A”
- Squat, 205 x 10
- 400m sprint
- Bench Squats w/ 45 lb. dip belt x 25 (set up two benches parallel to each other, tie 45 lb. to yourself on a dip belt and stand on the benches doing squats)

“Legs B”
- 200m sprint x 2
- 50 Double Unders
- Wall Ball x 50 (20 lb. ball)
- 200m Farmer's Walk 100 lb. dumbbells

5 rounds with 1 min rest between rounds. record total elapsed time:
5 BW DLs
10 50kg sandbag cleans(alternate
shoulders)
15 2pd SDLHP

3-5 rounds, all w/ 95# bb using same bar
the whole time:
20 SDHP
20 Floor wipers
20 step ups on 18-20" box

21-15-9 of:
225lbs deadlift+ pull-ups (chest to bar
standard)
You dont need a ton of weight, the oxygen debt you accumulate as you go is pretty debilitating. and you can carry the bar however you want (might even be worth changing it each run) but on your shoulders like a back squat is easiest:
10 deadlifts
run 100m carrying the bar
10 bent rows
run 100m carrying the bar
10 hang cleans
run 100m carrying the bar
10 front squats
run 100m carrying the bar
10 push press
run 100m carrying the bar
10 back squats

5-4-3-2-1 of:
Deadlift 275 lbs
135 lb thruster
Burpees

ASRAP in 10 minutes:
5 Squat Clean 95
5 HSPU

3 rounds:
10 BW DL
10 2pd KB SDLHP
10 2x20kg DB clean and press
then straight after 20xBW DL done as
breathing DLs 5 breaths between lifts.

Nasty Girls
"Iron Carney"
4 Rounds 12-9-6-3 or whatever you want for reps, 135 lb Barbell, 20lb vest (scale and be careful with form, try a few dry runs before you go for speed)
-Modified Bear Complex: Power Clean with a rack in the front squat position, squat up and proceed into thruster, no dropping the weight to the ground between reps
-Bear Crawl 100m
-Gorillas: Burpee to Jumping Pullup
-Run back 100m to barbell and repeat

15-12-9
105 lbs squat clean/thrusters
pullups bw plus 45 lbs
ring pushups

1 min on/1 min off for 10mins
4okg sandbag cleans to alternate
shoulders
simple yet brutal

Five rounds for time of:
7 burpee+pull ups
7 GHD sit ups
All w/ 20lb vest

5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Push Press or Push Jerk @ BW
C&J @ .75 BW
Snatch @ .5 BW

6 rounds:
5x Burpee-pull-up (c2b standard of
course)+
10x Box jumps at waist height+
15x KTE

AMRAP in 10 minutes:
5 x 115Lbs sumo deadlift high pull + 5x
115lbs thruster

SDHP and push jerks. using reps of 21-18-
15-12-9

10rounds of 10 reps of 135# DL and 15
pushups, pushups done holding the bar... do not release the bar during the workout...

4 rounds for time:
5-315 Deadlift
10-135 Push Press
15-24" Box jump
20-Abmat Situps

4 rounds for time:
5-Push Jerks
10-Weighted Chinups
15-Hang Power Cleans
20-Jumping Slamball
25-V-Ups

5 rounds for time of:
10-135# Power Cleans
15-Pushups

10 rounds for time:
7-225# Deadlift
5-L-Sit Pullups

Descending Ladder 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1
BWDL (175#) + Push-Ups

Lighter DLs (135#) - 10, + 25 Crunches, +
10 Push-Ups, + 3 DH Pull-Ups
3 Rounds.

AMRAP in 10 min: 135# Thruster x5, 20
double under

10-8-6-4-2 of 225lbs back squat
10x30 inch box jump
10xK2E
10ring dip
first round looks: 10 back squat+10 box jump+10 k2e+10 ring dip
second round:8 back squat+10 box jump+10 k2e+10 ring dip

5 rounds of:
15 row cals
15 burpees

"Freddy's Revenge"
5 Rounds:
-5 Overhead anyhow @ 185lbs (from rack you can press, P. Press, Jerk....doesn't matter as long as it starts at the rack and ends overhead)
-10 Burpees

3 rounds:
60M run
120kg deadlift 10 reps
burpees 10 reps
pushups 10 reps
60M run
So between rounds 1 and 2 and 2 and 3 you are running 60m twice in a row.

5-4-3-2-1
DL 1.5 bw (feel free to bump it to 2x BW)
Muscle Ups

AMRAP in 10 minutes:
10 One armed pushups, alternating sides
10 Pistols, alternating sides

3 rounds for time:
400 m run
8 C&J (CF Games 08 style) - use 135-185 for the loading.

5 rounds for time of:
5 pullups with 40# vest
10 2 pood kb swings
25 double unders

50 burpees for time with 40lb vest.

DL 60kg tabata. Can’t put bar down, rest in hang position.
rest 2 mins
hang power clean 60kg tabata. Can’t put bar down, rest in hang position.
rest 2 mins
push jerk 60kg tabata. Can’t put bar down. rest in rack position.

21-15-9 for time of:
Dead lift @ 100% body weight
Back Squat @ 75% body weight
Burpees

5 rounds of:
10 ring dips
10 2 pood kb swings
25 double unders

10 burpees, 1 KB swing per arm
9 burpees, 2 KB swings per arm
.
.
.
2 burpees, 9 KB swings per arm
1 burpee, 10 KB swings per arm

4-5 rounds for time:
21 box jumps
21 front squats with KB
21 push-ups
21 KB swings

Back squats and pull ups, start with squats and do AMRAP then switch to AMRAP pull ups. Continue until target # of reps is reached on each. I use 50 reps for my target. You can make this one as heavy as you like by adding/subtracting weight. I shoot for about 8 minutes total time and adjust the weight accordingly.

Back squats 275# x5
Back extensions x 21
Push press 205# x5
Thrusters 95# x21
Repeat 3x with the back ext and thrusters declining to 15 reps and then to 9 reps the last set.

3 rounds for time:
400m run + 15 pull-ups(to clavicle)+ 21
push-ups

5-4-3-2-1
1xwt thruster
.5xbwt burpee pullup

“Superman Grace”
30 reps for time
225 C&J

AMRAP in 10 min:
1 round of Cindy
3 C&J 155#
with a 20# vest

Under-Over
5-4-3-2-1
BW Clean & Jerk
Muscle up

3 Squat Cleans 185/120lbs
5 Muscle Ups
5 rounds for time.

AMRAP in 12 minutes:
5 pullups @ BW + 50 lbs
100m sprints

For time:
Run 800m
5 Deadlift 315/205lbs
5 HSPU
Run 800m
3 Deadlift 315/205lbs
3 HSPU
Run 800m
1 Deadlift 315/205lbs
1 HSPU

5-4-3-2-1 of
250lbs back squat(or 315 lbs deadlift)+
muscle up +HSPU

For time:
Run 800m
9 Deadlift 315
9 HSPU
Run 800m
6 Deadlift 315
6 HSPU
Run 800m
3 Deadlift 315
3 HSPU

5-4-3-2-1:
315# Deadlift
150# Push Press
25# Weighted Ring Dips

30 Rounds of 1 155lb Clean and Jerk (exactly like the CF Games C&J) and 1 30inch box jump with 20lb medball.

5 Rounds: 10x 135lb Thrusters, 10x Ring Pushups, 10x Pullups

135 lb Squat clean, 10 reps
50 GHD Sit-ups
135 lb Squat clean, 8 reps
40 GHD Sit-ups
135 lb Squat clean, 6 reps
30 GHD Sit-ups
135 lb Squat clean, 4 reps
20 GHD Sit-ups
135 lb Squat clean, 2 reps
10 GHD Sit-ups

3 rounds for time:
100m Sprint
10 Burpees

"King Kong"
3 rounds for time:
1 Deadlift @ 455#
2 muscle-ups
3 Squat Cleans @ 250#
4 HSPUs

3 deadlifts 255 #
3 burpees
3 dead hang pull ups
AMRAP 12 minutes.

AMRAP 12 min
8 DB swing 80lbs*
5 burpees
2 BW C&J

3 rounds
3 BW Bear complex*
15 pullups

5-4-3-2-1
SDLHP 135lbs
Snatch 135lbs*
Pistols (each leg)

100 deadlifts 135lbs

AMRAP 8 minutes:
5 BW bench press
8 dips
10 pushups

50 deadlifts at 185-225lbs.

“Heavy Lizzie”
12-9-6
185# Power Cleans
70# weighted ring dips

7 rounds:
3 Sumo Deadlift High Pulls @ 135#
3 Muscle-ups

Tabata triple mashup of HSPU, Power Cleans(155#), and Knees-to-elbows.

"Heavy Linda"
DL @ 1.75 x BW
Bench @ 1.25 x BW
Clean @ 1 x BW
8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1

With 135 overhead, walk 1/4 mile for
time.

5/4/3/2/1
60# DB split clean, to a DB press burpee to KTEs (the burpee to pullup might fit well here, also)

AMRAP in 5 minutes:
80 ft farmers walk with 2 40# dumbells
5 c2b pullups
10 40# dumbell snatch (alternating arms)

"Olaf"
5 rounds for time:
5 squat cleans 155 lbs
25 pushups

For time, partition as needed:
30 muscle-ups
30 snatches (Isabel weight)

Continuous running clock:
With a bar loaded to equal your bodyweight, perform 1 front squat in the first minute, 2 repititions in the second, and so on until failure.

"Angus"
3 rounds:
135# thruster x 10/
12 pullups/
25 burpees

AMRAP in 10 minutes - each rep is deadlift to hang power clean to front squat to thruster lowered behind the neck to back squat to behind the neck push press/jerk and finally back to the ground.
Pick a weight such that you end up doing around 10 to 15 reps in the 10 minutes. I use 135lb.

“Heavy(ier) Jackie”
1000m row (highest setting)
50 1/2 bodyweight thrusters (75# for me)
30 pull-ups PLUS 1/4 of body weight
(37.5#)
Once through

21-15-9 reps of:
Dead lifts @ 2x body weight
Weighted pull ups @ +50% body weight
(This wouldn’t fit in the 10 min. range for most)

21,15,9 reps of:
225# D/L
Pullups, and
400m row

12-9-6 of:
Squat clean 80 kg (176 lbs)/ 55 kg for ladies (110 lbs)
Handstand Pushups

15-12-9
Front Squat w/165lb
burpee to jumping pullup at 8'6"

15 rounds for time:
6 pull ups + 1/3 body weight +
6 bar dips + 1/3 body weight

6 rounds for time of:
8 225lbs deadlift
12 slap pushups(slap chest)
Add a 20-50lbs vest for a brutal time

3 rounds:
10 x 115 thrusters
Bound over three consecutive 24 inch boxes
crawl under 24 inch high bar
Vault over 36 inch box
10 yard sprint
14 foot long jump between 24 inch boxes
20 yard farmers walk two 24kg kettlebells
Bounding 10 between hoops on the
ground set 6 feet apart diagonally

looking forward to adding these at least once a week to my routine

Doing hot yoga for the first time tonight (any yoga for that matter)... its an hour and a half class in a 40.5 degree celcius room (I think thats around 100-105 degrees fahrenheit). I'm very unflexible and my balance is questionable so this should be very interesting...

Going with 3 girls, doubt there will be many guys in the class.

Anyone ever done it?

Originally Posted by dabears

Doing hot yoga for the first time tonight (any yoga for that matter)... its an hour and a half class in a 40.5 degree celcius room (I think thats around 100-105 degrees fahrenheit). I'm very unflexible and my balance is questionable so this should be very interesting...

Going with 3 girls, doubt there will be many guys in the class.

Anyone ever done it?

great list of sh1t btw. I love doing those types of workouts. Me and the chick are doing yoga together soon. I have never done it other than 5 minutes of the p90x video and saying "fuuck this" lol.

Originally Posted by DylloS

great list of sh1t btw. I love doing those types of workouts. Me and the chick are doing yoga together soon. I have never done it other than 5 minutes of the p90x video and saying "fuuck this" lol.

yeah I thought it was a good list, I'm going to incorporate conditioning type exercises like that more when I cut in the spring, I think they'll burn lots of calories / assist in keeping muscle while cutting.

Yeah I have no clue on any of the poses, can't even touch my toes. Drinking a ton of water all day so I don't die

MMMMmmmmMMMMMmmm Yoga pants.

Sh1t is hard. A lot of core.

ok so... it wasn't bikram yoga so room I think was around 90 fahrenheit, still pretty hot. Felt like a hot humid summer day. I was in there for an hour and a half, and my one biggest mistake was not taking enough breaks (only two took gulps of water) so I got a headache after from dehydration.

The sweat that comes from ... everywhere ... is disgusting.

Also, I had an absolute 10 beside me wearing nothing but tiny yoga shorts and a sports bra, as well as another hot (not quite a 10) in front of me.

It's impossible not to creep, these girls are doing "downward dog" and their ass is in the air with yoga pants, this part made me want to come back for sure.

Great core and leg workout, and holy **** I am not flexible whatsoever. Definitely need to work on that, my balance was pretty good at least.

Going to go every wednesday! Really enjoyed it despite feeling like **** at the end, its very relaxing once you know you are done the "workout" portion.

6 month comparison update...

6'0
24 y/o

August 1st, 2012 I was 171 lbs / 16.3% bf on scale

January 17th, 2013 I am 178 lbs / 17.1% bf on scale

And the comparison pics (Miss that suntan...)





August Max Numbers:

Bench - 155 lbs x 5
Deadlift - 245 lbs x 5
Squat - 175 lbs x 5
OHP - 95 lbs x 5

Current Max Numbers:

Bench - 170 lbs x 5 (+15 lbs)
Deadlift - 285 lbs x 5 (+40 lbs)
Squat - 225 lbs x 5 (+50 lbs)
OHP - 120 lbs x 5 (+25 lbs)

Slow and steady progress, and I expect to make pretty big gains eating / training the way I have been since start of december, and my new program & attitude. I've added some fat around the obliques / upper abs but nothing crazy considering the way I have been eating (3000-3500 calories).

Single biggest improvement I've noticed is that my muscular endurance has gone way up, I am able to push/pull heavy loads for a lot more than 1 or 2 sets, my workouts volume wise have seen the biggest improvement.

Thanks for all the help along the way guys

good job man. This is what a real progress thread looks like. I'm sick of seeing these 18 year old kids on reddit from from 135lbs to 175 in a year and completely ignore that 80% of their gains are just from puberty lol. Makes people think sh1t is normal.

Originally Posted by DylloS

good job man. This is what a real progress thread looks like. I'm sick of seeing these 18 year old kids on reddit from from 135lbs to 175 in a year and completely ignore that 80% of their gains are just from puberty lol. Makes people think sh1t is normal.

thanks, yeah I completely agree. I like to think this is a more advanced forum where expectations are realistic and most who post know their stuff.

I'm hoping to be around 170 and cut by July, however much muscle I can add between now and april will help that goal.

Nice job!

Originally Posted by dabears

thanks, yeah I completely agree. I like to think this is a more advanced forum where expectations are realistic and most who post know their stuff.

I'm hoping to be around 170 and cut by July, however much muscle I can add between now and april will help that goal.

I would love to get up to around 180 then worry about losing fat. I'm hoping this happens a month or so before I'll be taking off my clothes in public.

Originally Posted by Glight

Nice job!

thanks, USPS tracking really sucks btw, they haven't updated since last friday! I was hoping it would show up today so I could try it out at hockey tomorrow night, but may have to wait. Or it may be one of those trackers that I'll have it in my hands and get an email a day later saying "delivered" haha

thanks again for shipping it out so fast, and cheap

Originally Posted by DylloS

I would love to get up to around 180 then worry about losing fat. I'm hoping this happens a month or so before I'll be taking off my clothes in public.

thats 15 lbs from your current weight right? thats about 3-4 lbs a month if you are done around middle of may, should be close!

I actually can't wait to cut for summer after all this hard work

Originally Posted by dabears

thats 15 lbs from your current weight right? thats about 3-4 lbs a month if you are done around middle of may, should be close!

I actually can't wait to cut for summer after all this hard work

yea just about. Maybe I should pull a Lance Armstrong and juice lol.