Tuesday – Quads/Back/Calves
Front Squat – 205x2x10
Bent Over Rows – 170x2x10
Dumbbell Shrugs – 50x2x20
Standing Calf Raises – 405x2x10
Daily “Selfie” – Well…I have never been to Ultimate Fitness. I got this t-shirt at a Goodwill store for $1.00.
Posts Tagged ‘Dumbbells’
Training Journal – 12/22/15
Posted: December 23, 2015 in Announcements, Training JournalTags: Back, Calves, Daily "Selfie", DB, Dumbbells, Front Squat, Quads, Rows, Selfie, Shrugs, Sleeve-less, Training, Training Journal
0
Training Journal – 12/13/15
Posted: December 13, 2015 in Announcements, Training JournalTags: APF, B.I.G, Back, BIG, Big Iron Compound, Big Iron Gym, Calves, Daily "Selfie", DB, Dumbbells, Front Squat, Hypertrophy, Hypertrophy Block, Inzer, Lat Day, Lats, Powerlifter, Powerlifting, Quads, Selfie, Shrugs, Training, Training Journal
Sunday – Quads/Back/Calves
Front Squat – 205x5x8
Straight Arm Pulldowns – 70x5x8
Dumbbell Shrugs – 50x5x20
Standing Calf Raises – 405x5x12
Daily “Selfie” – This is my t-shirt from the 2015 APF Big Iron Iowa/Nebraska State Powerlifting Championships that I competed in last April. Some of the sponsors of this meet were: Jim Grandick’s Big Iron Compound, Shawn Frankl’s Big Iron Gym, Strength and Power Equipment Company (www.snpequipment.com), Inzer Advanced Designs, and Powerlifter Today. This is the next meet I hope to compete in sometime in April.
Training Journal -12/11/15
Posted: December 12, 2015 in Announcements, Training JournalTags: 'Merica, America, American, Arms, Bench, Bench Press, Chest, Curl, Daily "Selfie", DB, Dumbbells, Floor, French Press, Preacher, Pull Up, School, Selfie, Training, Training Journal, United States of America, USA
Friday – Chest/Arms
I did this workout at the school weight room.
Dumbbell Bench Press – 55x5x8
Floor Bench Press – 185x5x8 (first time really trying floor bp)
S.S.1 (superset) Preacher Curls – 80x5x8
S.S.2 French Press – 80x5x8
Assisted Pull Up – 85x2x10
Daily “Selfie” – I took this “selfie” when I got home due to the fact that I trained at school. This is one of my ‘Merica shirts. Every 4th of July I try to buy a new shirt that represents my love and patriotism for my country and for those that defend her.
Training Journal – 12/9/15
Posted: December 10, 2015 in Announcements, Training JournalTags: Arms, Bro-tank, Curl, Daily "Selfie", DB, Dips, Dumbbells, Elitefts, Hammer, Hypertrophy, Hypertrophy Block, Lever Belt, Overhead Press, SBD, Selfie, Shoulders, Training, Training Journal, Wal-mart
Wednesday – Shoulders/Arms
Overhead Press – was supposed to do 165x5x8, just wasn’t happening. I tried dropping it to 155x4x8 like I did last week and couldn’t do that either. I ended up doing 155x4x5
Seated Dumbbell Press – 50x5x8
Hammer Curls – 30x5x8
Dips – bwx5x8
Daily “Selfie” – This is yet another Bro-tank from Wal-mart. This one has one of the infamous predators on it, a great white shark. Also in this photo you can see my trust SBD Elbow Sleeves as well as my EliteFTS Strong(er) Lever Belt. I am unsure if they still sell the belt because I couldn’t find it on their website, http://www.elitefts.com. I bought it about a year ago when it was on sale for around $80.00. 
Training Journal – 12/8/15
Posted: December 9, 2015 in Announcements, Training JournalTags: 30, Back, Daily "Selfie", DB, Dumbbells, Front Squat, New Journey, Quads, Rows, Selfie, Shrugs, Training, Training Journal, Wife
Tuesday – Quads/Back
Front Squats – 200x5x8
Bent Over Rows – 165x5x8
Dumbbell Shrugs – 50x5x20
Daily “Selfie” – This is the shirt I got from my family for my 30th birthday this summer. I know that I am still young by a lot of standards, but I was very nervous about trying to be a competitive strength athlete at 30 years old. I had lifted weights before (HS football, College football, etc.) but never consistently, and certainly never for competition. When I took up lifting to get in shape after my daughter was born (I was 29), I never thought I would be doing it this way. I figured I would weight train to lose weight because I hate cardio. I never, in a million years, would have thought that I would have my own training/diet blog, sell protein powder and other supplements, win two medals and one trophy in powerlifting meets, compete in a strongman contest, compete in a MAS Wrestling tournament, start a strength club and a MAS Wrestling team at my work, and become a certified personal trainer ( I am currently working on the program). This has been one of the best decisions of my life. I am healthier than I have been in a long time, I have goals to work towards, and I am having fun. I just want to take this time to thank the person who has been by my side through my journey of becoming even fatter than I was (I blame her cooking being so good) and completely changing my life. My wife has been a steady support system who let me take over our basement and turn it into a gym, who let me start business ventures in supplements that she didn’t really understand at the time, and who let me drop money into a “hobby” that turned into a new lifestyle. I love you babe!!! (not sure how I got this whole story out of a picture of my t-shirt)
Training Journal – 12/7/15
Posted: December 8, 2015 in Announcements, Training JournalTags: Arms, Chest, Curl, Daily "Selfie", DB, Dumbbells, EZ Bar, Incline BP, Selfie, Shoulders, Training, Training Journal, Tugfest
Monday – Chest/Arms
Dumbbell Bench Press – 50x5x8
Incline Bench Press – 165x5x8
EZ Bar Curl – 85x5x8
Shoulder Complex – 5x5x8
Daily “Selfie” – This is my Toughest shirt (yes, I know…hahaha). I got this shirt at the Quad City Strength and Fitness Expo this summer. Tugfest is a giant game of tug-of-war. You can find more about it here: http://www.tugfest.com/history. I want to compete in this someday. Again, also pictured are my SBD Elbow Sleeves and Inzer wraps.
Training Journal – 12/6/15
Posted: December 8, 2015 in Announcements, Training JournalTags: Back, Bro-tank, Calves, Daily "Selfie", DB, Dumbbells, Front Squat, Lat Day, Quads, Selfie, Shrugs, Training, Training Journal, Wal-mart
Sunday – Quads/Back/Calves
Front Squat – 195x4x8
Straight Arm Pulldown – 60x4x8
Dumbbell Shrug – 50x4x20
Standing Calf Raise – 405x4x8
Daily “Selfie” – This is another one of my Wal-mart Bro-tanks. It is a giant Eagle. The good thing about this shirt is that it was very very small on me when I bought it. Now it is just kinda small. Proving that I AM losing weight. The bad thing about this shirt is that the eagle’s eyes are right in line with my pecs (man boobs). Kinda makes him look bug-eyed.
Training Journal – 12/4/15
Posted: December 5, 2015 in Announcements, Training JournalTags: Arms, Bro, Bro-tank, Chest, Curl, Daily "Selfie", DB, Dumbbells, French Press, Hypertrophy, Hypertrophy Block, Inzer, Preacher, SBD, Selfie, Spoto, Training, Training Journal, Wrist Roller
Friday – Chest/Arms
Dumbbell Bench Press – 50x4x8
Spot0 Press – 175x4x8
Preacher Curl Machine – 100x4x8
French Presses – 85x4x8
Wrist Roller – 45×4 (each set includes rolling the wrist roller forward until completed, rolling it back down, rolling it back up the opposite way as previously, and then rolling it back down.)
Daily “Selfie” – Here is one of my new Bro-tanks. It is a bit small around the belly (like everything is), but it fit worse when I bought it 6 months ago. I got it at Walmart in the summer because they had a HUGE Bro-tank sale going on..lol. Apparently a lot of bros shop at wally world. Again, due to chest day, I am wearing my awesome SBD elbow sleeves and my old Inzer Z wrist wraps. Maybe someday I can be a bro and actually show off some guns.
Training Journal – 12/2/15
Posted: December 3, 2015 in Announcements, Training JournalTags: Arms, Curl, Daily "Selfie", DB, Dips, Dumbbells, Hammer, Monks, Overhead Press, Selfie, Shoulders, Wife
Wednesday – Shoulders/Arms
Overhead Press – 155x4x8
Seated Dumbbell Press – 50x4x8
Hammer Curls – 30x4x8
Dips – Bodyweightx4x8
Daily “Selfie” – My wife got me this at the One Bread, One Cup conference in Indiana at the St. Meinrad Archabbey. I love when my wife gives me random t-shirts so I can wear them and have people ask, “What does that t-shirt mean?” In this picture you can also see my SBD Elbow Sleeves and my SBD, 1m, Stiff Wrist Wraps.
Training Journal – 12/1/15
Posted: December 2, 2015 in Announcements, Training JournalTags: Back, Calves, Daily "Selfie", DB, Dumbbells, Front Squat, Hulk Hogan, Hulkamania, Quads, Row, Rows, Selfie, Shrugs, WWE, WWF
Tuesday – Quads/Back/Calves
Front Squat – 185x4x8
Bent Over Rows – 155x4x8
Dumbbell Shrugs – 50x4x20
Standing Calf Raises – 405x4x10
Daily “Selfie” – One of my favorite WWE/WWF Legends T-shirts. It has Jake “The Snake” Roberts, “Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase, Ultimate Warrior, “Rowdy” Roddy Pipper, “The Immortal” Hulk Hogan (my favorite wrestler), and apparently “Stone Cold” Steve Austin is an ’80s Legend now…hmmmm
Heavy Hammer Gym 