Exodus Strength

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.

Welcome, Adam. \o/

AdamSkillin wrote: ↑Wed Jul 08, 2020 7:46 amBoots: Red Wing Iron Rangers

I'm just here for the boots.

Welcome, Adam! Great to see that you here.

Hope all is well!

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

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

What's up Skillin! Welcome.

Welcome, Adam!

There goes the neighborhood.

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

AdamSkillin wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 2:39 pm And to quikky's question, yeah, that's me.

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

Welcome!

AdamSkillin wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 2:39 pm Wow, I didn't expect the

Nobody does.

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:

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

MattimusMaximus wrote: ↑Fri Jul 10, 2020 8:15 pm I’ll reiterate that it’s great to see you here!

Good to see you again too, Mattimus.

That 410 squat was fast

ChasingCurls69 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 12, 2020 12:39 am That 410 squat was fast

Especially for Skillin.

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mgil wrote: ↑Sun Jul 12, 2020 5:13 am

ChasingCurls69 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 12, 2020 12:39 am 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.

7/13/2020:

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

I logged in just to say yooooooo