JK's Road to Elite

[Brian Hopper]

That's awesome!!! You never squatted 405 for more then 3, and here you squat 405 for 3 sets of 5!!! It doesn't get any better then that. How much do you weigh now? Still trying to bulk up?

[jkstrength]

Coming down the homestretch JK! Very interested to see what kind of numbers you hit at the end!

Yeah me to Tone!

Training is going super, dig them squats.

Thanks Coke!

That's awesome!!! You never squatted 405 for more then 3, and here you squat 405 for 3 sets of 5!!! It doesn't get any better then that. How much do you weigh now? Still trying to bulk up?

Yeah I was pretty happy with it! Not sure how much I weigh. Still trying to get up to 198 but haven't weighed in a while. I was sitting at 186 3 weeks ago I think.

[jkstrength]

Saturday 10/6/12 - Upper Assistance

Bench:
warmups up to 185
225x10
225x10
225x10
225x4

Chins:
BW x 10 x 6 sets

Skull Crushers:
4x10

Log Press:
4x5

Everything felt good today. Doing the same thing with 225 that I did with 205 the last 3 weeks. Got 34 reps today so its a start. Got 60 chins today.. Goal is to get 100 in a workout.

[Brian Hopper]

Nice job on the assistance! I wish I could do chins again, I F'D my shoulder up last month and it hurts to do any type of pull-up. For some reason I why weigh myself everyday. I think I need to put our scale somewhere other then our bathroom, lol.

[jkstrength]

Nice job on the assistance! I wish I could do chins again, I F'D my shoulder up last month and it hurts to do any type of pull-up. For some reason I why weigh myself everyday. I think I need to put our scale somewhere other then our bathroom, lol.

That sucks dude. How did that happen? I finally weighed this morning...187 (186.8). Its coming on very slowly but its coming on. I'd like to hit 200 sometime in late spring or early summer.

[Polk17]

That sucks dude. How did that happen? I finally weighed this morning...187 (186.8). Its coming on very slowly but its coming on. I'd like to hit 200 sometime in late spring or early summer.

What are you doing to gain weight?

[jkstrength]

What are you doing to gain weight?

Just eating more basically. With work i can't gorge like I want to but I've managed a couple pounds since August.

[jkstrength]

Monday 10/8/12 - Deadlift

Deadlift:
135x5
135x5
225x5
315x3
405x2
Working Sets
440x3
440x3
440x3
440x3
440x9 PR

GMs:
95x10
95x10
95x10
95x10

GHR/Hanging Leg Raise Superset:
12/12
12/12
12/12

Since next week is a deload I really wanted to see how many I could get with this weight. It felt sooooo light. Honestly, even though 9 reps was a PR, I had at least 4-5 more in me. The only reason I stopped was I lost my grip and dropped the bar (ancient bar with most of the knurling worn off). Very happy with tonights performance!

[Sirtificate]

Excellent pulling jkstrength. Good luck on your bulk!

[jkstrength]

Excellent pulling jkstrength. Good luck on your bulk!

Thanks buddy.

[Polk17]

Just eating more basically. With work i can't gorge like I want to but I've managed a couple pounds since August.

Might be redundant, but I've had a lot of success personally adding whole milk, both regular and chocolate... I was drinking @ a half gallon pWO and adding a few more cups here and there throughout the rest of the day, and I put on like 15-20... And I'm a fairly big guy already...

[jkstrength]

Might be redundant, but I've had a lot of success personally adding whole milk, both regular and chocolate... I was drinking @ a half gallon pWO and adding a few more cups here and there throughout the rest of the day, and I put on like 15-20... And I'm a fairly big guy already...

Thanks for the tip bro! I'll try that starting today.

[Barbaccio]

9 reps at 85%. That's fucking bad ass. Take you deload next week and then lets see what kind of numbers you can hit! Looks like you've put a good amount of strength on JK!

[Polk17]

No problem bud, let me know how it works out... I love Milk, and if you get 1/2 to 3/4 of a gallon of Whole Milk, thats like 1,200-1,800 cals extra, that you get to drink... Plus, I am a firm believer that Milk really helps you grow, meaning it does something different to you than regular calories... Just my opinion, but every time I up Milk intake, the scale goes up...

[Brian Hopper]

That sucks dude. How did that happen? I finally weighed this morning...187 (186.8). Its coming on very slowly but its coming on. I'd like to hit 200 sometime in late spring or early summer.

I felt like doing more shoulder work and decided to do OHP's. I had 95lbs on the bar and about rep 5, it felt like something was popping and then the pain set in. I was pretty pissed off because I wasn't planning on doing anymore shoulder work. It feels a lot better now, but I still get some nerve pain from time to time. The weights building up nice. Just keep doing what your doing. I finally decided to stay were I'm at as far as bodyweight. I was going to try and maintain, but that ain't happening, lol.

[Brian Hopper]

Awesome job on the rep PR!

[jkstrength]

9 reps at 85%. That's fucking bad ass. Take you deload next week and then lets see what kind of numbers you can hit! Looks like you've put a good amount of strength on JK!

Thanks Tone! Definitely looking forward to testing. I'll have vids to post as well.

No problem bud, let me know how it works out... I love Milk, and if you get 1/2 to 3/4 of a gallon of Whole Milk, thats like 1,200-1,800 cals extra, that you get to drink... Plus, I am a firm believer that Milk really helps you grow, meaning it does something different to you than regular calories... Just my opinion, but every time I up Milk intake, the scale goes up...

I'll definitely up the milk intake and see what happens. What you said makes alot of sense so it should definitely help.

I felt like doing more shoulder work and decided to do OHP's. I had 95lbs on the bar and about rep 5, it felt like something was popping and then the pain set in. I was pretty pissed off because I wasn't planning on doing anymore shoulder work. It feels a lot better now, but I still get some nerve pain from time to time. The weights building up nice. Just keep doing what your doing. I finally decided to stay were I'm at as far as bodyweight. I was going to try and maintain, but that ain't happening, lol.

Awesome job on the rep PR!

Damn Brian. 95 is probably really light for you too. Sounds like it will take care of itself in time. As long as its not affecting your bench. I'm looking forward to NOT cutting for my next meet. Lol! I'm feeing good and strong at this point. Looking forward to testing.

[jkstrength]

Wednesday 10/10/12 - Bench

Bench:
bar x some
135x10
185x5
225x5
Working Sets
280(85%) x 5 x 3 sets

Close Grip Bench (2-board):
225x10 x 3 sets

Barbell Rows:
185x8
225x8
225x8
225x8

Side Raises/Dbell Curls Superset:
10/10
10/10
10/10

Good night. Stuck to the reps and sets and got some assistance in. Nothing special but solid.

[Coke]

Looking fine Jeremy, props on the huge deads.

[jkstrength]

Looking fine Jeremy, props on the huge deads.

Thanks Coke! It was a good night for sure.

[jkstrength]

Friday 10/12/12 - Squat

Squat:
135x5
135x5
225x5
275x3
315x3
365x2
405x1
Working Sets (added wraps and belt)
430(90%) x 2 x 3 sets

Close Stance High Bar Squats:
275x8
275x8
275x8

GHR (weighted):
5x6

The second working set of squats was a little squirrely but the first and third were spot on. I would say the 3rd set was the best and easiest. Form is everything. Deloading next week and testing the week after.

[Brian Hopper]

Nice squat session. Looking forward to seeing what you hit!

[jkstrength]

Nice squat session. Looking forward to seeing what you hit!

Thanks bro! Me too.

[jkstrength]

Saturday 10/13/12 - Upper Assistance

Dbell Bench:
Lots of warmups
100x8
100x8
100x8
100x8
100x8

Weighted Chins:
BW + 25 x 8 x 5 sets

Skulls:
3x20

Dbell Shoulder Press:
4x10

Deload starts tomorrow. Then I'm gonna see what I can hit!

[Brian Hopper]

Enjoy the deload!