My Life & Body Transformation: Wed 5/12/21

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Wed 5/12/21 - Full Body (Squat)

Garage Gym

(Squat)65x8,75x5,95x6,115x8,135x8,145x8,8,8

(Incline1Ct)95x8,115x4,135x8,140x8,145x8,135x8,8

(RDL)135x12,12,12

50 mins

Feeling really run down today. Probably combination of not recovered from all the mulch work this weekend, plus body adjusting/fighting 2nd shot. Workout was supposed to start with squat for 8 reps @RPE7,8,9 -8% +1-3x8. My left knee was bothering me a little bit, but really I just felt super fatigued after each set warming up. I worked up to a reasonably challenging weight and did 3 top sets, about 20-25# lighter than planned. Next was 1count paused incline for 8 reps @REP7,8,9 - 5% 1-3x8. This felt better/easier than squats and I was able to increase weights from last week. Pleased with this. I supersetted some light RDL's for 3 sets during incline. I didn't have the energy to push weight here and it's probably good to take it easy with my left shoulder stuff going on.

I'm happy with this workout. I felt unmotivated, really fatigued. But I let that and RPE determine the weights and I still got some work in.

Nutrition/Weight:

183.0 this morning.

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A little about my journey...

Hi, my name is Kip. On July 24th, 2011 I made a decision to change my life. At the time I weighed 250 pounds, was sedentary, my blood pressure was 170/110 and I was already on a max dose of BP medication to control it. I was well on my way to turning 40 and having a heart attack. This blog is about what I’m currently doing to improve my health and my journey to get my life and health back under control to get to where I am 9 months after starting (Apr 2012) - which is 170 lean pounds, no blood pressure meds and a new outlook on life.

I decided to start this blog for 2 reasons. First, it's a record where I can look back to see what’s working and what isn’t so I can make improvements. Second, a lot of people have asked me what I've done to transform my body, so hopefully it can help someone else glean some helpful information they can incorporate into their lives to make positive impactful changes. So, here it is. Since I'm just starting this blog 9 months in, I'll post a few blogs to recap in more detail where I was and how I got here. Going forward I'll be posting workouts and training/diet/nutrition information I think others can benefit from. I didn’t re-invent the wheel, so I’ll be referencing materials I use along the way. Below there's a picture taken shortly after a body fat test in May 2013.