RipStone's 5x5-GFH journal

[RipStone]

Thanks for the replies anotherbutters. Helpful as always.

 

[RipStone]

week 5-tuesday

cardio:
-10min on elliptical trainer(kinda served as a warm-up for...)
-stair-running(there is one flight of stairs at my gym so I sprinted up the stairs and walked down. I did that for 2-3mins and then rested 1min and repeated that 3x.)
-8min on eliptical(cooldown)

stretching

comments: running stairs is just a way for me to do cardio and not be bored of of my mind. also, makes me feel like an athlete more than being on a treadmill or eliptical, hehe. oh yea, for some reason my legs were sore today when i woke up. in the past weeks i have not been very sore at all, but i noticed yesterday when i was squatting that i really felt as if i had my entire lower body engaed in the lift....which is good. cus before(as noted in my journal) i was feeling my glutes being worked a lot in squats. but yesterday i felt quads, glutes, everything.

 

[young_squatter]

Nice cardio, your the only person I know that switches up his cardio like you do. You do some cool stuff. Good job.

 

[RipStone]

Nice cardio, your the only person I know that switches up his cardio like you do. You do some cool stuff. Good job.

I have to switch things up or else its just too damn boring and I would wind up not doing it, lol.

 

[RipStone]

week 5-wednesday

squats:
-135x5
-155x5
-185x5
-185x5
-185x5

standing OH press: (I perform these with my grip just outside shoulder-width)
65x5
90x5
110x5
123.5x5(+1.5lbs, tough set and I probabaly did not go low enough on 1 or 2 reps)----> PR!

deadlifts:
145x5
195x5
225x5
265x5(+5lbs, form felt really good today. I was thinking "gorilla", yes gorilla when I was deadlifting. Someone gave me the tip to think of how a gorllia stands...chest out, shoulders kinda sticking out, ass out, etc. It helped me maintain really good form, haha. Whatever works I guess.)-----> PR!

chins:
BW+15x5(+2.5lbs)
BW+15x5(+2.5lbs)
BW+15x5(+2.5lbs)
BW+12.5x5
BW+12.5x4(missed the last rep. when I ws on my 4th rep I had a feeling I wouldnt be able to do the 5th rep, so I decided to do a negative on this rep)
ab work:

abs:

decline russian twists: 25x10 to each side, 25x10 to each side,
hanging leg raises: BWx10, BWx8

comments: great workout.

 

[young_squatter]

Awesome workout rip, very nice OH press, and also awesome deadlifts. GORILLA STYLE.

 

[RipStone]

GORILLA STYLE.

I like it^^^.

 

[RipStone]

week 5-thursday

cardio: 5mins warm-up on elliptical

grip work:
-2 sets of plate pinches; two 10lbs plates in each hand
-2 sets of towel farmers walks: 65lbs DBs x20secs
-2 sets of towel hangs on pullups barx 20-30secs each

cardio: 20mins on incline treadmill; 3.5mph at 9.0 incline

comments: Did some new grip exercises today. Fun stuff. The towels really add another dimension of skill.

questions: I ordered a CoC gripper and I got the #1 gripper. I thought the trainer gripper might be too easy. Good move?

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone....eat up

 

[young_squatter]

Nice cardio rip, I had cardio today but my gym was closed and it was snowing outside so I rescheduled it for sunday instead.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING.

 

[RipStone]

Nice cardio rip, I had cardio today but my gym was closed and it was snowing outside so I rescheduled it for sunday instead.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING.

You too....triptifan is kicking in righttttt aboutttttt nowwwww