He Skillin It - Skillin's Log

[AdamSkillin]

Background:

I've been lifting in a serious, programmed manner since Fall of 2012. Earned a credential in late 2014. Began working with an online coaching company in December, 2016, and quit my 9-to-5 job to coach full time in August, 2018. Purchased a home with my wife in historic Freehold, NJ and set up a garage gym just in time to be able to continue lifting through the Great Toilet Paper Famine of 2020.

Age: 38
Weight: 162 (-ish. Haven't bought a scale yet)
Gym PR's: Squat - 445, Press - 205, Deadlift - 550, Bench - 300 (all weights in pounds, obvs)
Height: Not much. Five feet six and one quarter inches.
Boots: Red Wing Iron Rangers
Garage Gym: Hot in the summer, heated in the winter, 10 feet high, pretty level, 12x20 not subtracting for the washer and dryer. 1 Titan T-3 squat stand, Titan dip attachment, a mix of bumpers and iron, a B&R 1.0, Rogue Echo Bar, Cap OB-86B, and a Legend Fitness 3103 adjustable bench. A couple accessory bars.

Training history - Did a whole bunch of really dumb stuff in the gym back when I was competing in amateur MMA (weighed in at 128.6 for my last fight!) a billion years ago, then some less dumb stuff. Have competed from time to time in both powerlifting and strengthlifting.

[Wilhelm]

Welcome, Adam. \o/

[Hanley]

Boots: Red Wing Iron Rangers

I'm just here for the boots.

[Mahendra]

Welcome, Adam! Great to see that you here.

Hope all is well!

[TwoFoursStrohm]

Skillin! Always appreciated your posts on the old forum. Welcome aboard, man.

[quikky]

Dude, were you known as RichMahogany in a previous life?

[damufunman]

What's up Skillin! Welcome.

[BostonRugger]

Welcome, Adam!

[Root]

There goes the neighborhood.

[AdamSkillin]

Wow, I didn't expect the entire welcoming committee. Good to see everyone again. Excited to be here. And to quikky's question, yeah, that's me.

7/9/2020:

Bench (touch-and-go): 292.5x1x5 (will use weight x reps x sets here, so this is how I denote 5 singles)
Press (No hip throw currently, some layback though): 155x5x5

[quikky]

And to quikky's question, yeah, that's me.

Ah, sweet! We go way back to paleolithic times, if you recall.

Welcome!

[augeleven]

Wow, I didn't expect the

Nobody does.

[AdamSkillin]

quikky - I recall
augeleven - Nice! Monty Python humor is always welcome in my log (sadly, almost never in my living room).

7/10/2020

Squat: 410x1x3, 390x2
Paused deadlift: 365x3x5

Here's the first squat single:

[MattimusMaximus]

I’ll reiterate that it’s great to see you here! I remember reading many of your advices on the “other” forum lol

[AdamSkillin]

I’ll reiterate that it’s great to see you here!

Good to see you again too, Mattimus.

[ChasingCurls69]

That 410 squat was fast

[mgil]

That 410 squat was fast

Especially for Skillin.

[AdamSkillin]

[/quote]

That 410 squat was fast

Especially for Skillin.

Good to hear. That was rep 1, which I filmed because I wanted to take a quick look at some technique stuff that I'm really good at screwing up. Third one was definitely slower.

[AdamSkillin]

7/13/2020:

Press: 182.5x5 (PR)
Bench: 225x6x5
Chins: 60x8,6,6

[tdood]

I logged in just to say yooooooo