My Life & Body Transformation: Fri 8/12/22

Friday, August 12, 2022

Fri 8/12/22 - Deadlift

Garage Gym

(Deadlift)225x4,275x4,285x4,295x4,4

(PausedLowInc)115x8,125x8,135x8,140x8,8

(FrontSquat)75x10,85x10,95x10,10

40 mins

Started with deadlift and paused low incline superset. Didn't sleep well last night and warmups felt heavy. Plan was a heavy set of 4 @RPE 8-9, then back off 15-20% for 3-4x4. Since things didn't feel great I decided to just work up and do sets @RPE 6, 7, 8x2. My top 2 sets at 295 felt as good or better than the first working set @275#. Maybe I just wasn't warmed up enough. Paused incline was fine, felt heavier than I thought it would initially, but then better. R shoulder still acting up a bit. Finished with front squats on about 90 second rests. Felt challenging and hadn't done these in a while so there's always a learning curve for me getting back to these.

Nutrition/Weight:

182.2

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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.