8/1/21
Weighted Chins :
12 x bw+40
It cracks me up to be hitting all these high rep sets at whatever I weigh + x.
Probably 290lbs total for 12.
I can remember the time where it was up to 7 half reps, maybe 3 reps full range.
I was 14 years old.
That year (freshman) I went from 212 to 178 in about a semester.
290 for 12 easier than 178 for 2 –
I’ve come far.
I ended my sophomore year at 174.
Interestingly enough I threw the shot put almost as far at under 175 as at 225 the next year, which was only a foot shorter than at 255 as a senior.
Says something about the quality of the weight gain – we all made mistakes starting out, the important thing being that I was training and learning.
The funny thing is after junior year wrestling season I went from 195 to 215 in ten days.
My body was primed to grow, having gone from 185 to 195 during the season despite what amounted to a starvation diet of white rice, chicken breast, and half a pb&j sandwich each day.
You gain weight while running a 5k 4x weekly, having 8-10 hours of wrestling practice, morning PT (calisthenics, mile runs, lifting), and lifting whenever it fit in – mostly at home.
I’ve talked with guys from all over – ones who wrestled on the east coast, west coast, and in the midwest – no one has ever heard of someone other than I growing during wrestling season.
Whatever was going on in my body that winter – it disagrees wholeheartedly with science.
One doesn’t get taller and gain weight on a massive calorie deficit…only I did.
I’m glad for the experience.
The body is more capable than any study says, only look to real world examples of high potential.
What you expect and accept as belief you get – I’d have wrestled at a higher level, thrown further, been much stronger, and much leaner – all much earlier having held better beliefs.
What can I do isn’t a problem, it isn’t said in desperation…it’s said looking up at the stars, thinking on the actions to take, doing them, and soaring.
Persistence & Tenacity