Another Single Factor 5x5 Journal

[Guinness5.0]

Hopefully I can do a bit of a Guinness and recomp.

To be a true Guinness you can't do cardio

Ever thought about dropping the cleans to triples? I've been told numeroous times not to go over three reps on these and I'm pretty sold on it. IMO triples would net a better workout than sets of 5.

 

[anotherbutters]

To be a true Guinness you can't do cardio

Ever thought about dropping the cleans to triples? I've been told numeroous times not to go over three reps on these and I'm pretty sold on it. IMO triples would net a better workout than sets of 5.

I forgot to mention, I was thinking of dropping cleans to triples for the top 2 sets. Good call

 

[anotherbutters]

Maybe you ought to make sure you didn't sprout a vagina, or blossom some ovaries, hm, Nancy?

Chill out

 

[blut wump]

He could be partly right. It could be that I'm absorbing oestrogen transdermally from my harem.

 

[Jim Ouini]

 

[Anthrax Invasion]

Harems are radical.

Word.

 

[Introspective]

Hey I have been looking through your journal for past few days now and i think you have had great runs with the pr's, but i notice you do 5x on all days, thats just what i do.
I asked in 1 of my threads if there was a reason for cutting back to 4x 3x and djeclipse shed some light and cleared it up for me. So from now on im gonna try set pr's on 3x or 4x on fridays and then try match it on mondays but increase to 5x maybe you 2 should give this some thought, after he cleared it up it seems a great way to gain pr's each week.
check out this link to see his explanation http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/showthread.php?p=5603780#post5603780

Do you do any stretching before starting your lifts?

Good luck setting future pr's, ille be following more of your journal

 

[anotherbutters]

Thanks introspective. I've recently injured my back a little and I've skipped workouts here, there and everywhere. If I've done 5x5 on a Friday, it's not part of the single factor plan, it's probably just me trying to get some work in. If you look at my journal up to about week 14, on Fridays, I've done 4 sets of 5, then a triple, then a back off set of 8 reps, as per the single factor description. But thanks for the keen eye

 

[anotherbutters]

Just got back from the chiro. He said I was straight, which is good

I told him I only did 50kg on squat and he was like , but then I said I was going to do 60kg on Wed and 70kg on Fri and he gave me the old

I told him my right foot was still slightly more forward than my left when I squatted this morning, and I felt twisted when I put them level. He said I would actually have been straight with my feet level now, but the positional sensors in the muscles need to unlearn the old position and learn the new one. He said I'll be using the muscles in a slightly different line, so I ought to stick to 50kg for the rest of this week and build up slowly. It makes sense. I hate him

I didn't mention the 80kg deadlift I did on Wed

Oh, he also showed me how to do that stretching where you tense the muscle against someone else, then relax and let them stretch the muscle even further. I've got a really tight right hamstring and I could only just get my straight leg to 90' in the air with me lying on my back. He had me stretch, relax, stretch, relax, stretch, relax, then he said "make a wish" as he was about to push my straight leg to what looked like 110'. The bastard

 

[Guinness5.0]

Chill on the smiles bro.