Jordan Mitchell-Love's Workout Blog: Physical Perfection Phase 1: All In

A new week, and a new workout plan. I'm so excited for this routine, because I believe it's going to give me the right balance of functional strength and flexibility, but also give me a good amount of size and sexy muscles.

First off, here are my stats today, to give you an idea of where I'm starting off at:

Height : 6'2
Weight: 166.5 pounds
Body Fat Percentage: 6%
Neck: 16 inches
Shoulders: 47.75 inches
Chest: 40.5 inches
Waist above navel: 31 inches
Waist at navel: 31.75 inches
Waist at widest hip: 39.25 inches
Right Leg at Widest Point: 23 inches
Left Leg at Widest Point: 23 inches
Right Calf at Widest Point: 15.5 inches
Left Calf at Widest Point: 15.5 inches
Right Bicep Unflexed: 13 inches
Right Bicep Flexed: 15 inches
Left Bicep Unflexed: 13 inches
Left Bicep Flexed: 15 inches
Right Forearm at Widest Point: 12.5 inches
Left Forearm at Widest Point: 12.5 inches

Ok, got all that? I'm gonna be monitoring these stats for the next six weeks, so that I can see if this is actually going to work!

Here's how the week is broken down:

6 days of working out, one day of rest/possible easy cardio or yoga
4 days of strength training (Mon/Tues/Thur/Fri)
2 days of cardio (Wed/Sat)
Mondays are Power Days, i.e. low weight, low rep exercises with a lot of rest
Tuesdays and Thursdays are circuit training days, with a combination of weight training and bodyweight exercises.
Fridays are working on anything I feel like I need work on, such as shoulders, arms, and calves.

That being said, here was my day one, or what I call my "All In" routine: a very simple 5x5 routine. For those of you who don't know, it's 5 exercises. Each exercise is done 5 times, with 5 repetitions. The rests were relatively long (about 2-3 minutes), but each time I worked on an exercise, I gave it 117% of my effort.

Here it is:

Bench Press: 5 sets of 5 reps: 165 pounds all
Deadlift: 5 sets of 5 reps: 195 pounds all
Pull Up: 5 sets of As Many As Possible: 8 all (last one I barely managed 8)
Squat: 5 sets of 5: 175 pounds all
Power Clean: 5 sets of 5 reps: 95 pounds all

In addition, I did some abdominal work, as well as some range of motion work to help strengthen my joints due to the severity of this routine.

Abdominals:

3x (Hanging Leg Raises x7, Hanging Knee Raises x5)
Plank(all rest was 30 seconds): 30 seconds; Back Plank: 30 seconds: Side Plank Right and Left: 30 seconds each; Leg Raise Plank: 30 seconds; Leg Raise Back Plank: 30 seconds; Leg Raise Side Plank Right and Left: 30 seconds each.

Joint integrity/bodyweight work: