Amar
Feelin' Froggy? Leap
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Here's the deal, I've been working out for almost 2 years now. I went from a tiny 125 lb kid to 160 lbs at the meager height of 5'5". Everything on my body grew and got stronger. I work out in my garage with only a power rack and an Olympic bar, and I love it.
My 1 rep max for squats is probably within 10-15 lbs of double BW (just did 275 5x5 today).
My 1 rep max deadlift the last time I tried, which was in the summer was 405, I pulled this when I was doing 3x5 DL's with 345, last week I did 4x5 with 365 (not much improvement for that amount of time since then but I stopped lifting from sept-december because of my father's death and stress from school)
My bench the last time I tried 1 rep max in the summer was 225, and I have no idea what it is now but it probably went up also.
Then again I take more pride in my pullups than my bench, I use 70 lbs on my dip belt when doing 5x5 on pullups, and 5x6 on chins.
Despite all the pride I take in my lifts and my appearance now, and I actually look pretty damn good (16" pythons, bulging traps, pecs the size of dinner plates, visible cubes) I find it embarrassing every time I take off my shirt and am wearing shorts.
Why you ask? It's because despite all the progress I have made from that 125 lb kid, I still have the same tiny fucking calves. I mean sure, I have a bodunkadunk ass and pretty thick legs, but that doesn't really matter when I have two pogo sticks supporting them, it looks retarded.
I am, to a much lesser degree like Carnal Salvation in that "I look like an albino gorilla with peg legs" Or in my case a much smaller primate, maybe a chimpanzee.
My 1 rep max for squats is probably within 10-15 lbs of double BW (just did 275 5x5 today).
My 1 rep max deadlift the last time I tried, which was in the summer was 405, I pulled this when I was doing 3x5 DL's with 345, last week I did 4x5 with 365 (not much improvement for that amount of time since then but I stopped lifting from sept-december because of my father's death and stress from school)
My bench the last time I tried 1 rep max in the summer was 225, and I have no idea what it is now but it probably went up also.
Then again I take more pride in my pullups than my bench, I use 70 lbs on my dip belt when doing 5x5 on pullups, and 5x6 on chins.
Despite all the pride I take in my lifts and my appearance now, and I actually look pretty damn good (16" pythons, bulging traps, pecs the size of dinner plates, visible cubes) I find it embarrassing every time I take off my shirt and am wearing shorts.
Why you ask? It's because despite all the progress I have made from that 125 lb kid, I still have the same tiny fucking calves. I mean sure, I have a bodunkadunk ass and pretty thick legs, but that doesn't really matter when I have two pogo sticks supporting them, it looks retarded.
I am, to a much lesser degree like Carnal Salvation in that "I look like an albino gorilla with peg legs" Or in my case a much smaller primate, maybe a chimpanzee.