LipLog

[Chris Lippke]

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
Age: 32
Weight: 220 lb (100 kg)
Bodyfat: 26-27%

Occupation: design engineer

Background:
- high school: band, band, band
- college: road cycling
- post-college: sport rock climbing (indoor and outdoor), running
- recently: artistic roller skating, ballet

Reason for SS:
In ballet, specifically Nutcracker season, it became apparently that I had to get stronger to proficiently lift partners. I started with pressing a 70-lb bag of sand from Farm & Fleet for 3x10 in my garage. I later started some kettlebell swings and back-squatting the bag for 3x10, finding the sticking point on occasion. I noticed that even this little gain in strength helped to improve mobility during class. After watching a couple clips of Rip and Bret on Art of Manliness, I decided to get a squat rack and a barbell/plate set. While I did some resistance training for cycling and climbing, I've never done a serious barbell program.

This log begins with backdating my lifting history starting in December, 2015. There are periods of NDTP, and I own that. I wanted to keep dancing and skating while supplementing with squats, presses, and deadlifts. I didn't incorporate bench presses and power cleans until later. Nutrition was a guess. I've since realized that it's better to get as strong as possible as fast as possible than to try to do it all at the same time; and that strength comes quickest when you DTFP. I like to think that things are more on track now since having seen and been in contact with a local SSC, Karl Schudt, and undergoing private nutrition consultation with Jordan Feigenbaum, MD. I've taken a hiatus from ballet to eliminate it as a recovery sink. I want to get strong. I'm in this for the long game. No one else is going to do it for me. No one else cares. It's all on me. I own it.

Initial Working Weights:
Squat: 105 lb
Press: 65 lb
Bench Press: 120 lb (added later)
Deadlift: 175 lb
Power Clean: 85 lb (added later)

Key:
BS = Back Squat
OP = Overhead Press
BP = Bench Press
DL = Deadlift
PC = Power Clean
CU = Chin-up (BW = Bodyweight)

Weight abbr.:
__1 or __6: +1.25
__3 or __8: +2.5
__4 or __9: +2.5 + 1.25

[Chris Lippke]

2015-12-14 (M,A)

Weight: 192.4 lb

BS (ramp-up test)
105x5x3

OP (ramp-up test)
65x5x3

[Chris Lippke]

2015-12-16 (W,A)

BS
115x5x3

OP
70x5x3

DL (ramp-up test)
175x5

[Chris Lippke]

2015-12-18 (F,A)

BS
125x5x3

OP
75x5x3

DL
185x5

[Chris Lippke]

2015-12-21 (M,A)

Weight: 192.8 lb

BS
135x5x3

OP
80x5x3

DL
195x5

[Chris Lippke]

2015-12-23 (W,A)

Location: Powerhouse Gym, Thornton, CO

BS
145x5x3

OP
85x5x3

DL
205x5

[Chris Lippke]

(skipped 2015-12-15 - spent Christmas day with stomach flu)

2015-12-28 (M,A)

Location: Powerhouse Gym, Thornton, CO

BS
155x5x3

OP
90x(3,5,3)

DL
215x5

[Chris Lippke]

2015-12-30 (W,A)

BS
165x5x3

OP
90x(5,4,3)

DL
225x5

[Chris Lippke]

2016-01-02 (S,A)

BS
175x5x3

OP
90x5x3

DL
235x5

[Chris Lippke]

2016-01-04 (M,A)

BS
185x(4,4,4)

OP
95x(5,4,4)

DL
245x5