Posts Tagged ‘leangains’

Update Week Ending 05-11-2012

It’s been a little while since I have thrown an update out here. My wife and I recently purchased a home and we have been pretty busy painting, cleaning, and doing all of the little things that come with moving. Because of the move, I took about 2 weeks off from the gym and my [...]

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Program Switch

It’s been exactly a month since I have posted. Time sure flies when you are busy doesn’t it and boy I have been busy!  My wife and I are in the process of buying a house and packing up our townhouse.  In addition to that, we are looking for renters, attended my brother’s wedding, enjoying [...]

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Weekly Wrap Up 2.17.12

I had a pretty awesome week so far and I thought I would share. Monday’s gym time didn’t happen because of the weather. I ended up working from home and as much as I would love it, I don’t have the weight needed to really pull off a good workout. So I skipped it and instead worked [...]

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Manly Lifting Stats

According to Martin Berkhan, as an advanced lifter I should be able to do the following lifts:

 Bench press: body weight x 1.5 = 285lbs
 Chin-ups or pull-ups: body weight x 1.5 = 285lbs
 Squat: body weight x 2 = 360lbs
 Deadlift: body weight x 2.5 = 475lbs

These are all for a 1RM
Even though I cannot do these amounts [...]

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Carb Nite Wrap Up

I officially finished my carb nite protocol experiment last Friday, 2 days short of a month.  My overall experience with the protocol was mediocre at best.  I stuck to the plan 100% but overall lost nearly no weight. My appearance did seem to change a bit which makes me think I was doing more of a body re-composition than weight loss. [...]

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