BruteForce: Power Overwhelming

[BendtheBar]

Huge PR! Great news Brute.

It's good to see you nailing this while cutting. Very good sign. I build my deadlift from 375 to 475 while cutting 50 pounds. Whatever you're doing, keep it up.

[big_swede]

Great deadlift PR! Congrats!

[Aurik]

Hey BF. Any time you can get a deadlift PR to lockout, it's a win, no matter HOW ugly it looks

Congrats on the 415! And you got it TWICE even.

[jesseisrael]

Great Job on the Deads!!!

[bruteforce]

Originally Posted by BendtheBar

Huge PR! Great news Brute.

It's good to see you nailing this while cutting. Very good sign. I build my deadlift from 375 to 475 while cutting 50 pounds. Whatever you're doing, keep it up.

Originally Posted by big_swede

Great deadlift PR! Congrats!

Originally Posted by Aurik

Hey BF. Any time you can get a deadlift PR to lockout, it's a win, no matter HOW ugly it looks

Congrats on the 415! And you got it TWICE even.

Originally Posted by jesseisrael

Great Job on the Deads!!!

Thanks guys. Paleo has been a better cutting platform than Atkins, by dropping out the modified low carb food and going strictly naturally available foods my overall well being has really increased and I've been able to gain small amounts of muscle while getting rid of some of this fat. Atkins was great when I was close to 400 pounds, but now I need something a little different.

And yeah, getting the second 415 locked out made my day. After the first shaky one, I wasn't convinced I could really lift it, but the last one sealed the deal for me.

[bruteforce]

Weigh in today. 253.8 Down .2 pounds. Not much, but after everything I ate last night, I'm impressed I lost at all. Headed into the next town over to do dinner with my parents and my pops had been smoking ribs all day. So I ended up eating

4 big beef ribs
1/2 rack of baby back pork ribs
12 oz new york strip
16 oz ribeye
mushroom and cauliflower "risotto" - worked surprisingly well

This is the problem with eating at my parents. They keep pushing food at me and even though I haven't lived at home for about 10 years, its almost impossible not to accept seconds/thirds, mom's 3/4 of the steak she didnt want, etc. Damn good food though, and picked up a few more smoked chickens for dinner tonight.

[BendtheBar]

Originally Posted by bruteforce

Weigh in today. 253.8 Down .2 pounds. Not much, but after everything I ate last night, I'm impressed I lost at all.

It's crazy how Paleo works sometimes. There have been days where I ate enough chicken wings to make a fat man sick and still spent the night flushing water and losign weight.

[bruteforce]

Bench day today went very well. A little nervous since my workout partner (aka my girlfriend who deadlifts more than most of the guys in the gym) had job interviews today, but was able to get spots on the last two sets so all was well.

Bench
45x20
95x10
135x5 - warmup
165x5
180x5
190x5 - PR for reps last rep barely touched my shirt, but i'll still count it
205x1 - just wanted to see how it felt, and it felt light and controlled
120x10x5 - had to rest pause the last rep of the last set.

Hammer Curl
55x3x2 - ugly on the second set but 50 is too light
35x8/8/7

DB Row
80x5x2

BB Row
135x7 - didnt feel right today

T-bar row
1 platex7
2 platesx5
3 plates x4

[BendtheBar]

Congrats on the PR. You should be around 225 1RM either now, or soon.

[bruteforce]

Thanks BtB. I've been looking forward to a 2 PPS bench ever since getting pinned the first time I tried to lift 135 thinking that if all these small guys could do it, then its gotta be super light.