Okay so I have been lurking a bit and decided it must be time to actually participate in the forum.
Here we go—
stats:
5’3
138lbs
29yrs old
Married mother of 2 boys
Rancher owner/operator of a 2000 acre cattle ranch (roughly 150-170 hd of cattle)
Training Maxes
deads - 235lbs
Bench - 155lbs
Military Press - 125lbs
Squat - 205lbs
Goals
280lb on deadlift
20 pullups (currently at 14)
Dips +75lbs
5 one arm pushup (currently doing questionable form)
Okay so that is the long & short of what is going on with me. Oh yea I am using 5/3/1 program, have been since april. I love it and have made awesome progress on it. Been training for 3 years… I currently train down in my car garage, usually in the morning (about 5 a.m). Only way to get my workouts done with proper focus and concentration without kids, cows, hubby or other things interferring with me. I usually dont have a day off, I am always doing something. But I lift heavy on Sun, MOn, Wed & Fri.
Tuesday, Thursday & Saturdays(I try to focus on these random things on these days)
60 pullups
burpees (200 a week is my goal)
Handstand practice
sprints
tire flips
standing ab rollouts
Yea you get the idea. I have a bunch of things that interest me and I try to keep focused but at times my ADD get the best of me Hopefully you got the gist of most of my training and what I do.
Morning warm up of
jumpropes x 100 turns
indian club swinging
Mobility for hips & shoulders
5/3/1 Deadlift
190lbs x 3 reps
200lbs x 3 reps
215lbs x 9 reps (p.r. for me, pretty stoked about this)
Accessory work
HLR 5sets x 10
Static Plank 2min 15 sec
Full bridge 2 x 12
deads were on the money today, felt in the game today. I cut my hand the other day and have been worried about my grip being affected, seems to be okay though. 6 stitches in the webbing between my thumb and forefinger. All in all great workout.
Well those are my training maxes, not my actual 1 rp max. I had some issues with the deads a while ago & I set the weight back on em some - so I am taking it nice and slow getting back into em.
Thanks for the welcome Brute & N.
I’m really looking forward to following your training. I’m also a 5-3-1 junkie who trains in the early am in my garage. Your numbers are super impressive. With your pullup abilities, your handstands, and your lever pushups–can I assume you have a gymnastics background?
60 pullups - did 6 sets of 10
100 burpees (make 220 for the week)
handstand work - going from crowstands to handstands. It is very ugly and not smooth but I am getting stronger at them and able to do them for a bit longer.
Have not done the pullups for about a week, felt good to get them in. Later I am going to do some mobility stuff for bench & squat. I am a day behind on my workouts this week - so I think I will do both benching and squats tomorrow.
Ugh pull-ups - that’s an amazing amount. Do you do them overhand? Your back looks very strong from your avatar photo.
I’m guessing that you must do a lot of physical stuff ranching those cattle - where d’you find the energy to do that, workout and raise a family?
I’m late getting in… but looking forward to following your log. I’m picturing your barn gym as quite romantic! (in an iron sense of the word). Pics of barn gym welcome
60 pullups - did 6 sets of 10
100 burpees (make 220 for the week)
handstand work - going from crowstands to handstands. It is very ugly and not smooth but I am getting stronger at them and able to do them for a bit longer.
Have not done the pullups for about a week, felt good to get them in. Later I am going to do some mobility stuff for bench & squat. I am a day behind on my workouts this week - so I think I will do both benching and squats tomorrow. [/quote]
Sweet sweet job on the p-ups! That’s a strong number. What makes it even more impressive is all the other responsibilities you juggle.
Nadia- nope on the gymnastic background. I think that kind of thing is rockin’ awesome though and maybe I get a bit sidetracked in my training by stuff like that but oh well. I enjoy it and think its fun. It took me a long time to get disciplined enough to wake up early and work out. The hardest part is in the winter, I dont have heat in the garage so it gets a bit nippy. I have a little propane heater to keep the chill off but when it gets below zero it gets a bit tougher to make it happen
Cal - I do the pullups however I feel like doing em that day… Today was overhand though, Saturday I will do them underhand and on Tuesday maybe I will do them neutral grip. Lots of physical activity, but not as much as there should be some days. As far as energy goes, I just keep plugging along with it and it eventually all gets handled. But yea I am busy and at times feel overwhelmed. Very rewarding lifestyle though and it has more perks than not.
Hallowed-- I will get some pics of my cave up soon. It is a garage more than a barn though, although I keep all kinds of barn type things in there. No animals though - well during hunting season I hang my deer in there to age a bit, but that is about all on the animal end. Thanks!
print- thanks for the props. It all seems to come together for me.
Nikki - thanks for the welcome. It took me over a year to get my pullups to that #. But I started out my fitness journey doing Bodyweight stuff so it kind of my base and how I got into training, makes me appreciate how far I have come.
[quote]n8tive wrote:
Nadia- nope on the gymnastic background. I think that kind of thing is rockin’ awesome though and maybe I get a bit sidetracked in my training by stuff like that but oh well. I enjoy it and think its fun. It took me a long time to get disciplined enough to wake up early and work out. The hardest part is in the winter, I dont have heat in the garage so it gets a bit nippy. I have a little propane heater to keep the chill off but when it gets below zero it gets a bit tougher to make it happen
Cal - I do the pullups however I feel like doing em that day… Today was overhand though, Saturday I will do them underhand and on Tuesday maybe I will do them neutral grip. Lots of physical activity, but not as much as there should be some days. As far as energy goes, I just keep plugging along with it and it eventually all gets handled. But yea I am busy and at times feel overwhelmed. Very rewarding lifestyle though and it has more perks than not.
Hallowed-- I will get some pics of my cave up soon. It is a garage more than a barn though, although I keep all kinds of barn type things in there. No animals though - well during hunting season I hang my deer in there to age a bit, but that is about all on the animal end. Thanks!
print- thanks for the props. It all seems to come together for me.[/quote]
My mind has already declared it a barn! And now that you’ve added the prospect of hanging animal carcasses… well you’ve just barbarianed the romance.