Thread: jGRIFF's Journal: Get After It

Nice to see that you made it over bro. You're going to like it here a lot I think. There are a lot more females here than there are at DF, but I don't think you'll mind too much, lol.

Good Luck!

Ain't nothin wrong with us females!

Monstar: haha, ya I certainly dont mind that...

I thought I might mention that I've been cutting since February 4th, my stats then were as follows:

Weight: 265
Chest: 44
Waist: 42
Bicep: 16
Neck: 16
BF: Not really sure, more than 26% I'm guessing.

Hey Griffy!! Looks like Mike's hauling over the ol crowed! I think you'll really like it here, good to see you here!

Haha, thanks Jenn, good to see another familiar face, ya I like it a lot already, I'm really getting fed up w/ DF and Mike and I seem to be pissing people off as of late, oh well! I'm off to the gym now for shoulders and traps, i'm going to absolutely kill myself, cant wait...

Have a great workout! just dont die!

ahhhhh I didnt care for it much there.. boring!!!

I see your in Maine! thats cool! pretty close to hear.. sorta. NS, although Im moving back home to NB. I lived on the boarder of Maine most of my life next to all you hillbillies!

atherjen: Thats awesome, the scotia prince comes from portland litterally 1 minute from my house. I have a summer house up in Robinston which is like 10 minutes from the border, small world huh??

As for my workout today....not as great as I had hoped had some decent sets but the drive wasnt quite upto what I wanted.

Standing Military Press BB:

95 x 10
105 x 10
135 x 8

Seated Overhead Press DB:

55 x 10
65 x 10
75 x 5.5

Shrugs BB:

135 x 12
225 x 12
315 x 10

Nautilus Laterals:

140 x 10
180 x 10
220 x 6

Bent Rows BB:

135 x 10
185 x 8

Stopped there, wasnt feeling it in my rear delts at all, really crappy sets, I hate this exercise anyways

Bent Rows DB:

55 X 10
65 X 10
75 X 10

Shrugs DB:

110 X 10
110 X 10
120 X 12
140 X 10

Weighted Situps (DB on chest):

55 x 10
65 x 10
75 x 10

Tossed the situps in there for the fun of it, I just like my abs feeling tight after them so I decided to do it.

Had a pretty pathetic weekend diet wise. Ate like crap, but thats ok its easter weekend so I enjoyed myself with the fam. Really got to catch up on sleep about 10 hours friday and saturday. I have 1 week til I'm going to jamaica so I'll be taking an ECA stack for the week, once in the morning, and once preworkout. I'll toss in a couple cardio days this week as well. I'm going to be upping my water intake and lowering my carbs and sodium so I can feel as lean as possible.

Today I'll be doing Chest and Triceps, I'm going for 245 x 5 today on Flat Bench, today is the day! I've been gettin after that for 3 chest days now so we'll see... I'll post more later.

Oh Yah I forgot you were going to Jamaica!!! Im soooo jealous!! week, thats soon!! you must be getting excited!!

good luck on hitting 245 on bench! you have it in you!!

dang you are pretty close.. I think.. lol . I dont know where
Robinston is. How far are you from Bangor?

atherjen: lets see I think I'm about 2 hours from bangor? Robinston is another hour and 1/2 or so from bangor, maybe less, I'm not quite sure.

thats not far at all! I used to go to Bangor al the time when I lived back home(moving back in a couple weeks somehow).
Im like 4 hrs from Bangor.
LOVE Oldtown! thats where I buy my Kayak and equip.
Old Orchard beach rocks too, I want to go back this summer, we used to rent a cottage on the beach every summer for 10days, real nice there. I Have family in York beach.

Wow no kidding, ya I go to OOB quite a bit in the summer, the boardwalk is pretty fun. Old Orchard Beach is about 20 minutes from my house. The body of a 24 year old girl washed up on the beach recently though, so look out! I'm not even kidding...kinda gross haha but nothing to worry about, next time your down there you definitely gotta check out the old port in Portland, and get down to the outlet stores in Kittery and Freeport, cant forget about LL Beans!

OMG ha! we always go to all the outlets when we're down! my dad LUVS LLBean!
ughhhhhh thats kinda gross! Ill watch out for dead bodies next time Im swimming in the ocean! your right the boardwalk kicks!
I hate you-being that close to OOB!! no fair!!! Must be real nice!

atherjen: haha dont hate cuz you aint...haha nice avatar by the way, is that you?...

Here's my workout for today, it was pretty solid, chest and triceps:

Flat Bench BB:

135 x 8
205 x 6
245 x 5! PR Finally got this bitch!
225 x 7

Incline DB:

55 x 10
85 x 6
100 x 3 Not a good set at all, pretty worn out after flat....

Nautilus Vertical Bench:

140 x 10
185 x 10
230 x 7.5 (very good set here)

Dips Unassisted:

6

Dips assisted:

8, 8

Just realized dips are very tough when you're overweight and never do them

V-bar Push Downs:

180 x 10
220 x 6 triceps were absolutely shot at this point

Drop Set:

180/13, 140/6, 100/10, 60/15

More or less wanted to crawl into a hole after this one, damn it hurt... but hurt so good

Cable Cross Overs:

60 x 10
80 x 10
100 x 6

Decline Situps w/ DB on chest:

35 x 15
55 x 15
75 x 10 All I can say is ouch, 9 & 10 felt like I wasnt gonna make it back up and would have to hang out on my back for awhile....

Thats all she wrote for today, overall very pleased with the workout, hit a new PR which is always nice, triceps are shot. I definitely feel back on track after a few sub par workouts.

Nice job with 245 man.

Overall workout looks damn good, keep up the hard work. How is your diet today?

Monstar: Thanks man, diet is decent today, lots of water. I'm trying to keep the carbs real low this week before Jamaica so I can feel as lean as possible, so my diet wont be all that great. I really think my cals are too low although I dont have an exact number on them.

Yeah definitely keep the carbs down if you're trying to harden up some. Carbs down and water intake up. Sodium intake pretty low, too.

Damn would I love to go to Jamaica...

Great workout! congrads on the new PR!

have you tried using fitday.com to track your diet? that really helps

umm and no that is not me in my avi.

Monstar: Ya, definitely gotta keep the sodium low, man it really effects me for some reason.

Atherjen: thanks for the link, I like that site a lot, just signed up, should be a good way to see what the hell I'm doing.

Weighed in at 240.6 lbs this morning, feel back to normal after the weekend of eating not soo good. Diet wasnt too bad yesterday and got plenty of water. I really would like to break down into the 230's this week, havent done that yet, we'll see, should be able to by friday I'd guess.

Today I'll be doing back and biceps. I'll post that workout later.

P.S. my triceps and chest are sore as shit today, my triceps havent felt like this in a long time, not sure what thats about but it feels good!

I don't think you should have too much of a problem getting into the 230's. Like we talked about bro keep your water intake up, carb intake low, and sodium intake pretty minimal. Triceps are real sore huh? Nice.

MonStar: I really dont think I should have much problem either, it'll be nice to see though. Water intake was real good yesterday, the only carbs I had were in the skim milk I had in my protein shake, not sure how I'm gonna have enough energy in the gym, but thats not a concern for me this week. And ya, the triceps are toast.

fitday's awesome. it was down this morning for a while and I was mad!

glad to hear your tri's are nice and sore! good sign you hit em real hard! I love that feeling!

as Mike said-kee diet in line this week and you should easily be able to shed some water. ughhhh going no/low carb that long is scary though!

atherjen: Definitely a great site. We'll definitely see today how my performance is effected by the low carbs. It is a little scary, I'll be feelin' like a carnivour for sure. I just cant wait to get on that plane! And when I come back its go time!

Had a great workout today. A cool thing happened in the gym today as well. I was doing deadlifts, and prior to today I have never attempted deadlifts over 225, and basically had no clue what I was doing. Honestly prior to today I have done deadlifts maybe 3 times. I know I know, I was one of those idiots who only did upper body stuff. Aside from all that, today I figured I'd hop on their and see what I could do. After my 4th set, an old man comes over to me and says whoa whoa, what are you doin? You're gonna kill yourself. Turns out he had been a strength and conditioning coach for elite level powerlifters and actually stopped his workout to fix my form. Honestly it made all the difference in the world. Apparently I was too far on my toes and my back wasnt in a good position. Anyways, I just thought that was cool, and I'm glad someone showed me how to deadlift the right way. Heres how the rest of my workout went:

Seated Cable Rows:

120 x 10
180 x 6
220 x 6
250 x 10! PR very nice set here

Lat PD:

140 x 10
180 x 10

Bent Rows DB:

75 x 8
100 x 6
120 x 10! PR

Assisted WG Pull Ups:

2 x 10

Deadlifts:

135 x 8
225 x 3
315 x 1
405 x 1 miss
315 x 1Proper Form
375 x 1! PR haha no kidding right? first time maxing out, oh well...
375 x 1

I know I have 405 in me for sure. Deadlifts are my new favorite lift, holy shit thats a new definition of fatigue. Pulling 405 as hard as I could made me feel like I was going to go blind! It was awesome.

Skipped biceps today, felt a lot in them as was. I'm going to hit them on my shoulder day to give them a little more effort.

no way!!! awesome dead poundage!!! and thats dieting and all! Way to go, good thing that man was kind enough to show you the proper way so you didnt get hurt!

Congrads on the new PR's too!!

atherjen: Thanks a lot jen, I really want to work hard to get my legs stronger. I actually have them tommorow, I'm already excited about it. My back has really got strong in the last 2 months, I really like the improvements there. I'm kind of surprised I had a workout this good despite the lack of carbs and low cals, oh well I'll try to keep it up!