Grippy's 2012 Body Transformation

[Grippy]

Have been keeping busy on off days, usually just shit like some chins, goblet squats or lunges with no weight, pushups and dragging the sled for 20 mins or so.

Yesterday

Squats

80 x 5
100 x 5
115 x 5
135 x 5
155 x 5

Bench

60 x 5
60 x 5
70 x 5
85 x 5
95 x 5

P Rows

60 x 5
60 x 5
65 x 5
75 x 5
85 x 5

Wide Grip Pullups

BW x 5 x 3 x 3 x 3

Decline Situps x 3 x 10

Pushups x 25

 

[Grippy]

Everything felt easy today, even the 190 deads felt really good, grip was fine, no slipping which is great. Not sure if its the 3 times a week squatting or me doing other stuff on off days but I am rarely ever sore anymore.

Deads

120 x 5
145 x 5
165 x 5
190 x 5 Rep PB no straps or any bullshit, just chalk, a belt and me in my jocks.

Mil Press

25 x 5
35 x 5
45 x 5
57.5 x 5

Squats

80 x 5
100 x 5
110 x 5
110 x 5

Wide Grip Pullups

BW x 6 x 3 x 4 x 3

Pushups x 25 for shits and giggles

 

[Bella]

Yay! Well done on that 190kg PB!! Awesome Grippy!

200kg here he comes! Yeah boi!

 

[Grippy]

THanks Bella. 200 is no problem, shooting for 200 x 5 in 2 weeks if all goes to plan.

 

[Grippy]

Did nothing but go to work yesterday, felt beat up and worn out all day, good to have a rest.
Today I felt great as soon as I woke up at 4am, an hour before my alarm Doesn't seem like much but I though I might not walk for the rest of the day after last set of squats, legs were flogged, felt fine half way through bench though.

Squats

80 x 5
100 x 5
115 x 5
135 x 5
160 x 3
100 x 8

Bench

50 x 5
60 x 5
70 x 5
85 x 5
97.5 x 3
70 x 8

Rows Going to do T-bar rows from now on for a while, just love the feel of them

60 x 5
60 x 5
65 x 5
75 x 5
90 x 3
60 x 8

 

[Grippy]

Mothers day squats, had usual brekkie today, oats, yoghurt, 2 scoops of whey and milk all blended up, then cooked up an ass load of bacon for the Mrs for mothers day. Nom nom nom.

Squats

80 x 5
100 x 5
120 x 5
140 x 5
160 x 5 rep PB

Bench

60 x 5
60 x 5
75 x 5
85 x 5
97.5 x 5

V Bar Rows (really need to knock up a T-bar connection)

40 x 5
60 x 5
70 x 5
80 x 5
90 x 5

Decline situps x 2 x 15

 

[RedDog]

Good work smashing out those PB's mate !

Getting stronger by the day !

 

[Bella]

Nice squat PBs Grippy! Well done

& Happy Mothers Day to Mrs Grippy!! bacon mmmmmmmm lol

 

[D1cko]

Awesome work Grippy, your squats are huge, I only just got 160kg tonight...for 1!.. lol

 

[Grippy]

Thanks peoples.
Couldn't really be fucked lifting today but gave it a crack anyway, legs were feeling sore from drags yesterday which doesn't really ever happen.

Deads

120 x 5
145 x 5
170 x 5
195 x 5 Rep PB

Squats

80 x 5
100 x 5
110 x 5
110 x 5

Mil Press

30 x 5
40 x 5
50 x 5
60 x 5

no assistance today, will bust some shit tomorrow with sled drags

 

[Bella]

Again, nice PB on the DL's!

Wowser, love the results when you don't feel like working out!! lol

Well done Grippy

 

[Grippy]

Squats

80 x 5
100 x 5
120 x 5
140 x 5
165 x 3 Rep PB, felt easy today
120 x 8

Bench

60 x 5
60 x 5
75 x 5
85 x 5
100 x 3
75 x 8

V Bar Rows

40 x 5
60 x 5
70 x 5
85 x 5
100 x 3
60 x 8

Finished up by doing some light shoulder stuff

 

[Grippy]

Missed a session on Sunday, have been feeling drained and thought it would be for the best.
After 195 x 5 feeling fairly easy last week I would have thought I could smash 200 x 5, I have been thinking about this 1 set for a few days now and was keen to get home from first portion of work to smash it. Didnt quite go how I planned, first 3 reps were ok, then grip slipped on my smooth cheap BB and it was all over Cranked out the remaining 2 reps after a minute or so. Will smash it next week!!!

Deads

125 x 5
150 x 5
175 x 5
200 x 3
200 x 2

Squats

80 x 5
100 x 5
120 x 5
120 x 5

Mil Press (changed it up as 5 x 5 is getting very boring, only about 20sec rest between sets)

70 x 2
60 x 3
50 x 5
40 x 5
30 x 5
20 x 5

Wide Grip Pullups

BW x 5
BW x 3
BW x 3
BW x 3

 

[Bella]

Well you got to 200! Just not the way you had envisioned it! lol

Well done! Look forward to reading "200kg x 5 - piss easy" next entry!

 

[chocchillimango]

Guys, I get eczema and exercise-induce asthma too. I've had both really bad, the skin thing all my life.
i have it fairly under control now although some break outs this year.
But I don't take any pills for it. Cortisone just makes you bloat for sure, and you shouldn't take it long term.

I worked on figuring out the root cause for the rash break outs so avoid foods and clothing (wool is a no no against my skin as are synthetics) that trigger it. stress is also a factor. I use rosehip oil to calm the redness. Seems to help.
For the asthma, I use symbicort.

hope you can get off the pills ... that stuff is horrible.

Despite all that, great going on the workouts of late, Grippy!!!

 

[Grippy]

Thanks ccm. Haven't had those nasty pills for months and told the doc to never suggest them again.. Was pretty much a heavy and fairly short run but it sucked and bloated me up fast. Have seretide for the asthma now and all is good.

 

[chocchillimango]

Thanks ccm. Haven't had those nasty pills for months and told the doc to never suggest them again.. Was pretty much a heavy and fairly short run but it sucked and bloated me up fast. Have seretide for the asthma now and all is good.

good to hear it's much better. that stuff is horrible. I found I had the asthma only 2 years ago. found out during a run outside. collapsed against a fence after only a few blocks. Allergies truly suck and they're so unpredictable.
my doctor's joke is that my family seems to have everything barring anaphylaxis. I hope we never do!

 

[Grippy]

Damn Chilli, tis weird to not really have it as a kid and then bam, just cop it.

Was pouring with rain yesterday so missed out on sled drags, not keen on creating a trench in the backyard with the sled so did some shoulder stuff, pullovers (thanks Fadi), pushups and a barbell complex thingo consisting of rows, squats, snatches (probably looked nothing like proper ones) and OH presses.

Squats today, woo hoo!!

Squats

80 x 5
100 x 5
125 x 5
145 x 5
170 x 3 Rep PB
125 x 8

Bench

60 x 5
65 x 5
75 x 5
90 x 5
102.5 x 3
75 x 5
bloody hell Im shit at bench

V - Bar Rows
kept it light for something different and squeezed em out slowly

40 x 5
60 x 5
60 x 5
60 x 20

 

[chocchillimango]

haha whenever you think you're shit at bench ... remember that some of us couldn't bench if a gun were pointed at our heads and our lives depended on it! Feel good that you're benching OK

congrats on the 170kg rep PB!

That's almost 4 of me ... ay carumba.

Re the eczema, yep, same goes for my asthma. Skipping happily along thinking all I had was rashes, hayfever, sinusitis and a few food/contact allergies. then bam.

could be worse. there's always an upside. there are worse things we could have for sure.

try rosehip oil massaged into the eczema and rosewater spray. I know it sounds girly but it's anti bacterial and it cools and soothes the heat and rash and itching a bit.

 

[Grippy]

Thanks for the kind words Viv.

Notes on today: have been playing around with grip width on bench and found slightly wider than I am used to is much more comfortable, however I tried having the bar in a different part of my palm today to stay tighter and I must say by slightly rotating my hands inwards bench felt much better and tighter, wrists felt weird though, so will probably take a while to get used to.
Squats are shooting along ok, first 3 reps of 170 came up easy today, then on the 4th the bar slipped down my back a bit, but I wasn't about to let that stop me so quickly cranked out the last rep holding on for dear life, then it slipped a little more and I had to squat back down to the safetys which I keep set very low so they don't get in the way

Squats

85 x 5
105 x 5
125 x 5
145 x 5
170 x 5 rep PB

Bench

60 x 5
65 x 5
75 x 5
90 x 5
102.5 x 4 (hopefully with the tweaking I have been doing I can finally get better at this movement)

V - Bar Rows

40 x 10
60 x 10
80 x 10
80 x 10
80 x 10
felt like some higher reps for a change.

finished off with some side and front plate raises and pullovers for a stretch.