iwintaptap’s BodyBlog

some how i was down to 148 today not doing any cardio and just lifting, my eating has been the same as usual and i was surprised to move the weight from 150. i’ve even upped my protein intake by at least 50 grams, maybe thats helping.

SHORT STORY, im 150 deadlifting 315 hell of a tuesday!

LONG STORY below for those who like a good read.
yesterday i went into the gym for a normal back day, the usual of lat pulldowns, pullups, barbell rows etc etc. i decided i would do deadlifts first and get them out of the way and get me ready for the other exercises. well that is when all hell broke lose and i decided it was time to see if i could move to plates as that was a goal of mine to do 225.

did a warm up of reverse rows, throw a plate on the bar do 12 reps put it down. next set toss on a 25 10 reps, look in the mirror and its time to see if i can pull two plates. set it up and killed it 6 clean reps. a friend that i’ve meet through the gym was doing deads as well and incouraged me to pull with a 25, set it up killed it clean pull. my friend said it was great form no bouncing or jerking and said just go for 3 plates, now i was happy with 275 and it felt good. so i said F it lets go for 3 plates *315* now this is where mind games can come into play i rested a good 2 minutes and just kept thinking easy easy it will be easy, set myself up good form great pull no jerking and bouncing again locked it out. F YES!!!!!

3 PLATES felt amazing, next up is 4 plates and ill be wearing a belt for anything double my weight, all of this was done with no belt and i can say form was top notch as its something i care about when lifting, so will see what a belt can do for me.

so they are starting to fill in better, eating the right foods has helped, and doing the exercises has made a big difference, i just need to add more light cardio to burn the last little bit on the lower stomach. until dec 14 i wont do much cardio cause im trying to set new max out goals so its more about bulking and not much of cutting, after i break some new 1 rep max im going to cut till the cows come home.

its always nice when someone else notices that you have lost weight or gained muscle. makes all the hard work and eating better and taking all my supplements worth it.

today was friday and love i fridays at the gym, its like a ghost town.. makes moving between work outs so much better, i can superset 2 or 3 exercises and not worry about using to many machines or weights. fridays are the best!
also today i’ve decided that i need to do cardio every time im working out, and even on my off days if i want to lose 10 pounds and actually see the abs that i have been working on.

today i bought some shoes for running to help with my cardio, man what a difference a nice pair of shoes will do for your feet when you landing with 160 pounds on the ground.
best money i’ve spent so far, now im on my mission to lose the gut and get some type of abs.

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