Its Me EP

Squat day was pretty good. Haven't touched 500LBS in a while. Decided to do 3 x 1, which I have never done multiple sets of this weight so I was happy with this. #Squat (at Metroflex Gym Long Beach)

#BACKATTACK was pretty good today. I went back to the basics man. Getting away from deadlifting for a while and I got back to the Barbell Rows, T-Bar Rows, and Dumbbell Rows. The basics get stuff done, you just have to put the work and effort in. In this clip I finished of Dumbbell Rows with the 180s. Up to this point I was only doing sets of 8, but on this last set I squeezed out 10 good ones. Shirt usually comes off on Back days because I want to see what my back is doing, as well as how my back is looking. But over all this workout was pretty dope, I was tired as all hell but got it done. (at Cerritos, California)

So today was leg day and I decided that today was the day I would squat heavy, and it was in my mind before stepping foot in the gym. As I was training my clients, I noticed that my lower back/ upper hip area had some discomfort. Tried stretching but that didn’t. Then I was getting restless during my clients sessions and didn’t feel like working out, but I knew I had to. So I took my pre-workout and got on the bike for 5 minutes and went straight into squats. Started with the bar to feel things out, and I really didn’t feel any pain. I continued to add weight and didn’t feel much discomfort. After every set I was walking with a limp, but the weight was moving cool. I didn’t really feel much pain until I got to this set (460 x 3 REPS). You can see it on my face. I was trying to keep my core so tight as well as controlling each rep. But I can’t complain this was a dope workout. Hit some extensions and curls afterwards. #SquatDay (at Metroflex Gym Long Beach)

Finished off Chest and Tricep day with Cable Crossovers to hit that inner chest area. But let me give you a tip to hit the inner chest a tad bit more. Set the pulleys a notch under the middle setting, and as you being the cables forward, turn the pulleys downward (thumbs down) but keep them right above the upper chest. Trust me, your upper chest will turn into a book shelve. #internationalchestday (at Lakewood, California)

Not that big into powerlifting, but I've been treating my main lifts (Bench, Squat, OHPs) like I'm training as a powerlifter. In order to get bigger, your going to have to be able to love heavier weight for longer periods of time. I'm just working my way back up to that big weight. Did a 3x5 with 330LBS, with the last set being an AMRAMP set, I was able to squeeze out 6 reps (Set 2 and 3 recorded). Felt pretty decent today, the workout came together very well. Okay no more uploads from me for another 6 months 🙏🏿👌🏿✌🏿 (at Metroflex Gym Long Beach)

#SquatDay felt pretty decent today. Got to break in my new @stoicgear knee sleeves, which felt great, been wanting these since they came out, got them in large but I probably could use a medium, but either way they protected these old knees of mine. So I worked up to 455 for 3 sets of 2-5. Now the reason its 2-5 is because the first set felt super heavy and I only got 2, the second set felt a little less heavy and I only got 3, the last set felt kinda heavy and I got 5. So I think it just takes me a little longer to get warmed up, but in the end, the work was put in. Squat day is coming along pretty well, I squat and then do some hamstring work and core work and I'm done. On my leg days, it's mainly quad dominate with a little bit of hamstring work sprinkled in, so this Saturday squat day makes it all come together. (at Crunch)

Because #FlexFriday (at Long Beach, California)

I guess it was “WALK IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA” day today. Every set people wanted to just walk by, which made me do Pause Reps so y’all could see every rep. Today was Chest and Triceps and I started with incline bench press the last set was with 295 x 5 I believe. Went into Flat Bench Press for some Strength sets so the range was about 1-5 reps. Last two sets was 315 x 5 Reps and 370 x 1 Rep. Today was a good day I can’t complain because I didn’t expect to get this weight, but we here. #Fitness (at Lakewood, California)

Muscle memory never leaves your muscle. It make take a minute or two to get a rhythm going, but once it’s going then you’re good. Did 20 minutes of shooting around for some cardio today. It took me 20 minutes to make these shoots, trust me I missed more, and lost the ball more than I’m showing on these clips, just being honest. But I rather do this then to be stuck on a treadmill. I’m still an athlete at heart so this isn’t new, I just don’t do it consistently. Low key was working on that step back the whole time tho, never had that in my game. #ballislife LOL NAH THESE WEIGHTS IS LIFE BUT I CAN BALL A LITTLE BIT.

#FlexFriday consisted of a little bit of everything upper body but the focus was the shoulders. Went rather heavy at the beginning with the shoulders and at the end I went into some rep/hypertrophy work. In these clips I am doing a Tri-Set or Circuit or Giant Set, whatever you want to call it, it involves three movements. So we have a Cable Rope Front Raise, into a Face Pull, and finished it off with a Cable Upright Row. I did 3 Sets Of 20 each and it was a blood burner. Pretty good day today I can’t complain at all. (at LA Fitness - LONG BEACH/BELLFLOWER)

Very disappointed in my workout today, but that goes to show that every workout doesn’t go as planned or as expected. There are numerous factors that contribute to bad workouts, but I will not name them off, I’d be typing all day. Squat day was horrible, had 3x5 with the first clip being 325Lbs and the second clip being 375LBs. I struggled with both sets, as you can tell in my facial expressions. I struggled so bad that I just couldn’t do the last set because I just knew it wasn’t going to work, and I would either fail or injure myself so I chalked squats up as a fail and just went ham on some accessory work. But on the other hand, I did workout, the only bad workout is the one that you didn’t do so that’s the only good thing I can take from today. Striving to be better next time. Every day isn’t going to be a highlight, so highlight the failures so you know what to work on and be better at next time. (at Metroflex Gym Long Beach)

So was super inspired by watching the #IPFworlds2018 Powerlifting meet, and I said I wouldn’t do any powerlifting, but look what I’m doing. Watched the 82KG class ( 180.4LBS ) which @russwole competed in and bruh, these dudes are strong as hell. I got about 60 pounds on these guys and they’re hitting weight that I wouldn’t even dare put on the bar. But just seeing them go at it and compete is something to watch. They are focused and they get tat weight moving. But anyway, decided to get back on the 5-3-1 program to move my bench, squat and deadlift up a tad more because weight has been feeling heavy, and it really shouldn’t. But anyway here is some bench sets. Clip 1 is 305 x 5 and Clip 2 is 345 x 5, Clip 3 is some Incline Bench with 125 x 8 reps. Everything felt pretty good. Couldn’t do legs because I was having some stomach issues, and squatting is something you don’t want to do when you’re having stomach issues. (at Metroflex Gym Long Beach)

So Back and Bicep day went rather well, despite the previous days of training. Told myself that I wasn’t going to do deadlifts for awhile, but since me and my client workout together today, and I have him deadlifting, I had to do it. So we did some decently heavy sets of a 3 x 3 and at the end we did a AMRAP set. So this was 515 for 6 Reps. In my head I wanted 10, but my back was like “Nah Homie, 6 is cool because you didn’t want to do it anyway.” Pretty dope workout I can’t complain at all. (at Metroflex Gym Long Beach)

Well, I feel like this week is going to be a horrible week for working out, so I'm just going to work through it. I remember a time when 365LBs was lightweight. But hey it moved for 3 solid reps. Did a drop set off this but I won't upload it. Brought the tank top out but I hate wearing tank tops because I don't look right in them but whatever. Happy #international chest day we'll for me at least. (at Metroflex Gym Long Beach)