Putting up big ass numbers

[Brandaddy]

Weight today was 204.0

Workout was,

2x5 paused bench @ 330lbs
2x5 high bar squats @ 430lbs
2x5 deadlifts @ 505lbs

I actually felt pretty good today. Soreness in my shoulders was gone, back felt good, my elbows feel good. All the weights moved great. I was even a tad skeptical of the bench, but it went up smooth. Hopefully the drol and var will give me that extra strength around comp time to finally hit 405+ on bench. I think I'm pretty damn close to 405 as it is, I would probably have it if I was fresh. The squats feel good too. I smoked 430 today just as easy I was hitting 415 last week. The only one I'm feeling skeptical of is deadlift. I'm not sure if I have the mid 600's pull I'm hoping for, but regardless I'm fucking going for it! Ha.

 

[Brandaddy]

I just got a lease signed for the unit I was working in last month. Took a picture of the one room that was really bad. It's a pretty good before and after in my opinion considering I only spent a couple days and less than $200 on it.

 

[Brandaddy]

Weight today was 204.0

Workout was,

3x8 lat pulldowns
2x8 t bar rows
5x8 hammer curls
4x12 db curls
5x8 floor presses

Pretty short easy workout. Slowly cutting out the acessory work.

 

[Brandaddy]

Weight today was 206.0

Workout was,

2x4 paused bench @ 340lbs
2x4 high bar squats @ 440lbs
4x8 calf raises
4x15 calf raises

Once again, the weight moved really good. Elbows are holding up really good too. Definitely looking forward to the squats and bench at the meet. Not so much deads, but we'll see. Ha. Maybe I'll get lucky and pull the 655 I'm hoping for.

 

[Brandaddy]

Weight today was, 205.2

Workout was,

2x2 deadlifts @ 565lbs
3x12 lat pulldowns
2x12 seated cable rows
5x12 preacher curls
6x15 db curls

Deadlifts didn't move too bad. I noticed the 1st rep on each set was a little slower than the second. I'll have to start taking some videos of my sets and try to fix my positioning

 

[Brandaddy]

Weight today was, 202.0

Workout was,

2x3 paused bench @ 350lbs
2x3 high bar squats @ 455lbs
4x8 calf raises
4x15 calf raises

Once again, weight moved smooth. Squats finally felt heavy, but I definitely had a couple reps left in me on each set

 

[Brandaddy]

Finally got the boat back. Perfect timing too. It's supposed to be sunny and almost 90 tomorrow.

 

[Brandaddy]

Weight today was 207.2

Workout was,

3x5 paused bench @ 330lbs
3x5 high bar squats @ 430lbs
2x5 deadlifts @ 505lbs

 

[Brandaddy]

Weight today was 208.6

Workout was,

3x4 paused bench @ 340lbs
3x4 high bar squats @ 440lbs
1x1 deadlifts @ 585lbs
1x8 deadlifts @ 495lbs
1x8 deadlifts @ 405 lbs

585 didn't move too bad. Thanks to my girlfriend I felt a little sick the last couple days. Ended up training at a different gym today and they only had this really shitty Walmart belt there. All in all a pretty decent session. I'm going to Vegas tomorrow, but after that I should be feeling fresh again and I'm going to start the car and ramp up the eq and test. Then it's time to get really serious with training.

 

[Perrin Aybara]

You don't have your own belt yet?

 

[Brandaddy]

You don't have your own belt yet?

Ha. No. The gym I go to has a nice one so I have just always used that.

 

[Perrin Aybara]

Ha. No. The gym I go to has a nice one so I have just always used that.

I think it's time to invest in one.

 

[Brandaddy]

I think it's time to invest in one.

Yeah, it probably wouldn't hurt. Have any recommendations?

 

[Perrin Aybara]

Yeah, it probably wouldn't hurt. Have any recommendations?

I have a KLA 3" belt I use for deadlift and a Longhorn 4" belt for squat, both are single prong. No complaints about either. The KLA is almost 1/3 the price of the other.

 

[jaymaximus]

Yeah, it probably wouldn't hurt. Have any recommendations?

You know your size. I have a barely used longhorn from when i was much bigger, doesn't fit at all

 

[Brandaddy]

Yeah, my waist is about 34.5" relaxed, 32.5" when I tighten it up.

 

[Brandaddy]

Well, the short trip to Vegas is over. I was disappointed because at iron addicts they had a wall of power. I needed to deadlift 400lbs over my bodyweight and bench 200lbs over my bodyweight to get my name on there and there were only like 5 names on it. The guy that worked there said you had to be a member to get your name on it though.

I'll probably just do some 5s at 315 on the bench tonight and 3s at 545 on deads. Then I'll be back at 100% next week.

 

[Brandaddy]

A few pictures from the trip

So this is the womans new purse. If I knew the price before we got to the checkout I never would have bought it. Lol. Roughly $1,700 for the fucking thing.


We also broke our record for the most expensive meal we have ever had. Just the two of us the final bill was over $400.


Here is my new suit I got. It was from this store Kiton. A little spendy but I was pretty stoned at the time so I thought it was funny to buy it anyways so I could brag that it cost more than most people's cars.... definitely regretting it now. Haha

 

[Perrin Aybara]

I've never met a woman that could fit all her shit in a purse that little. They end up sitting in the closet.

 

[Brandaddy]

I've never met a woman that could fit all her shit in a purse that little. They end up sitting in the closet.

Haha. That's not her only one. She has two. The small one she keeps her cards and cash in. Then her big one I think she keeps a closet in, a makeup store, and a whole salon worth of hair products.