The Jungle

[Muscle_g]

Looking strong!!

 

[400Lb Gorilla]

Looking strong!!

Thanks, Muscle. Trying to lose some of that fluffy stuff around the love handles. But, otherwise, I am actually good with my current size. I just hope I can keep it as I slowly cut away the fat.

1 September 2017
Deadlifts
Weight: 225 pounds

Deadlifs
135x8
225x8
315x8
365x5
405x5
455x1
495x1
545x1
545x1
455x2

That was it. Done. Going to try and get some work in tomorrow

 

[400Lb Gorilla]

September 5, 2017
Shoulder Stuff
Weight: I dunno

Press
45x12
95x12
140x5
165x5
190x6

Lateral Raises
35x8
35x8
35x8
35x8
35x8

BB Shrugs
135x15
185x15
225x15
225x15
225x15

That was it for yesterday. Got an assignment due soon and finals this week so probably wont workout again until Thursday. Almost done with school!

 

[Muscle_g]

If you lose the weight slow you can maintain your strength and muscle. I lost from 260 down to 219 and didn't lose much strength

 

[400Lb Gorilla]

Thanks M_g, yeah I am not putting too much effort into the weight loss thing lol. Right now I think I am still sitting around 225-230. I will continue to cut slowly and un-methodically to 215-220. If I get somewhere in that range I will decide if it is worth continuing.

Alright, for anyone still paying attention to this journal thing, I am headed in one of two directions on Monday:

I am either headed down to Florida with some contract work we might get for clean-up efforts.

Or I am headed up to Maine for a job we have up there.

Either way I will be up in Maine this year for the actual job we have going on up there. Just depends on whether we get the contract down south that decides how long it will be before I get up there.

I only bring this up because if I go down to Florida, there will be atleast a 2-4 week time where I probably won't be able to workout. It just depends on whatever they are going to have us doing. Kind of hoping we don't get the contract lol.

 

[400Lb Gorilla]

 

[400Lb Gorilla]

Headed to Maine in about 7 hours...

First thing I plan on doing is finding a gym lol

 

[400Lb Gorilla]

Well good news and bad news

Good news is I found a place to workout

Bad news is that it's planet fitness lol

It has no barbells other than fixed weight up to 60 pounds. The dumbells only go to 75 pounds and there are 4 smith machines. It does have a great selection of hammer strength machines and a dip/pullup station. I did a full body workout today that has me sore as hell now but I am going to miss free weight squats and deadlifts

 

[BrotherIron]

Well good news and bad news

Good news is I found a place to workout

Bad news is that it's planet fitness lol

It has no barbells other than fixed weight up to 60 pounds. The dumbells only go to 75 pounds and there are 4 smith machines. It does have a great selection of hammer strength machines and a dip/pullup station. I did a full body workout today that has me sore as hell now but I am going to miss free weight squats and deadlifts

Check out PL watch and see if there is something better in your area.

 

[Yomo]

don't become another statistic!!!!

 

[BrotherIron]

HAHAHAHAHAHA..... permabulk

 

[400Lb Gorilla]

HEEEEYYYYY YOOUUUUUU GUYS!!!

Been out for a long time, and that is all my fault. I could make excuses but the fact is I mostly just dropped off the forums for a while.

As for the lifting I have been mostly consistent with the exception of about 5 months at the end of last year. Had a few nagging injuries that held me back and my work was sending me everywhere from Georgia to Maine to Hawaii. Now that those little injuries are mostly gone I am getting my strength back up and hopefully advancing beyond where I was.

Also in the last couple of years I bulked up to 265-ish and had some fairly good numbers which were(if you are interested):

Squat: 515
Bench: 375 (always a weak lift for me)
Deads: 635
Press: 275 <---- Yes strict


Now my numbers are way down from these as I current sit at 210 pounds with these numbers:

Squat: 385-405 (this lift took the hardest hit)
Bench: 305
Deads: 555-ish, I got 515 for a tough triple a couple of weeks ago so "555" is where I think I am at
Press: 205


Thats it for now. I got a couple of vids from the last couple of days I will post up as soon as they finish downloading