Week 1: Monday 5x5 Workout

1. Squats 5x140lbs x3
2. Bench press 5x120lbs x3
3. Barbell row 5x90lbs x5
4. dead-lift 5x180lbs x3
5. leg lifts 10x10
6. cable ab crunches 10x200lbs 10x

Note, i start off with light weights to work my way up to build a strong foundation. It also allows me to perfect my form, Don't want to snap some shit up.

Completed a full body workout. Was really easy, but a perfect start for a new beginning! Adding 10lbs on the next workouts. Liking this 5X5 program!

Dat Ohio...

       One of the biggest changes happened in my life late July, 2011.

 I had traveled 3.4 thousand miles across the United States, from California to Ohio. Although I moved around a lot, It was never this far away from home...

Knowing my inevitable fate of relocating, I put weight-lifting aside to enjoy my last moments in California with my beloved friends. During this time and when I had arrived to Ohio I had lost a large amount of strength, mass, and muscle.

August 2011

It was still Summer break and most of my activities were, sleeping.. playing video games, and just being lazy. Somewhere in August, I had wiped the Cheetos crumbs off my shoulder and got off my lazy ass to practice Tricking. With Tricking got me doing stretches, with stretches got me doing pushups and pullups. I figured its time to find a gym and start training again!

"Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice."  Wayne Dyner

New routine

Without a routine, and wanting to solely build strength, I've decided to give the 5x5 workout a try. Essentially this workout is designed to hit your muscles hard three times per week and then allow enough time to promote growth and recovery.It was designed for strength athletes because one of the most common effects seen by it is an increase in strength. This program caught my eye because, It is a relatively easy program to understand, and it nicely illustrates the importance of making systematic progression to drive gains and increase the core lifts.

The 5x5 program is basically doing five sets of five reps per exercise. 

For an example, lets work with the Olympic squats. Do two warm-up sets to get your blood pumping. Then load the bar up to your working weight and do five sets. When you can do five reps on all five sets, increase the weight by five pounds. 

This is my work schedule and how its calculated.

Alright I've said enough, time to put it into action!

Why make a Blog?

I've decided to make this Blogspot to keep myself updated, and to see how far I've come along on my weight-lifting journey.

  "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."  Ralph Waldo Emerson

     Just a little bit on how I started and fell in love with weight training. I was always an athletic kid from day one, and I even got the scars to prove it. I stepped foot into a gym in the middle of my freshmen year and was hooked. With my new gym pass I made goals to become bigger, better, faster, and stronger.

Timeline of progress, November 2010-Spring 2011

                                                                     First day of gym pass

 October '10  "Skinny Little fuck" about 12inch arms,weight 140lbs

                                                            Skinny little fuck with abs

                                                    weight 155lbs Spring 2011 arms:14 inches

                                                            

From here on, it was On and Off weight training.. sometimes it felt like it was just Off.