Well as much as i liked it, this whole adding 5lbs a week im not sure its really what i should be doing. After reading up about the single, double, triple progression from an article Andalite gave me i thought it was great. I thought that was what i should be doing, so andalite made a routine for me. The whole adding 5lbs seems just to plain and old...
andalite's idea's on progression may work well. You might do really well on it and yeah he backs up all his ideas with countless articles but you cant get away from the fact that this basic progressive overload training has worked for millions and especially when your a beginner it will work well, andalite even admits a beginner can do well with linear progression of 5lbs or a certain percentage of the 1rm being added each week.
but to each his own. I just think you should choose a routine and stick with it
andalite's idea's on progression may work well. You might do really well on it and yeah he backs up all his ideas with countless articles but you cant get away from the fact that this basic progressive overload training has worked for millions and especially when your a beginner it will work well, andalite even admits a beginner can do well with linear progression of 5lbs or a certain percentage of the 1rm being added each week.
but to each his own. I just think you should choose a routine and stick with it
I really do have to choose a routine now to stick with. I had rippetoes for a good 5months, and i now know im going to do the sdt progressions for atleast another 5months i believe.
Oh and that was a great post mike!! thanks for that, and i loved the comparison of the batteries and the bodybuilders haha! props on that
Andalite i think your right there, my CNS isn't really tired. i just found it was an off today.
Alright finally im back on this! My last exam was yesterday, and now im done for the SUMMER!!! Finally holy shit lol
Before i get to my workout, funny story to tell!
So when i get to the YMCA i normally walk through the weights floor, check how busy it is then head on my way down to do mobility. Today it was pretty busy upstairs but like normal nobody should be in the room downstairs where you stretch, or do shit with medicine balls. So i get down the stairs, and i open the door to see 2 chicks in their. I walk in and im like FUCK this is retarded. I hate doing mobility with other people around. Anyways, the one chick was pretty large, the other had a pretty nice body lol. So i decide not to do hip thrusts till the end cause i know it was going to spark something, i do everything else and their still not gone. WTF!
So i go down onto the ground, and start doing hip thrusts. I paused my music for this part lmao cause i knew something was going to be said. So they start giggling and i wanted to stop but kept on going and was just saying to myself why me, why fucking me! The chick with the nice body comes over, and she's like, "Excuse, what exactly are you doing?". I lay for and think for a second, try to say something other than hip thrusts cause it would sound like sex practice lol. So im like, "Uh, hip mobility?". She's like, "Oh, okay cause it looks like your practicing having sex." I sit there and think in my head fuck. So i just respond, "Yeah, i normally come to the Y and bone the air for fun..." I wasn't really in the mood for a conversation lol i just wanted to get to working out, but after that they left thank god lol.
Okay, onto my workout. I injured my back during my workout on the 1RM Back Squat 200lb attempt. I got into the hole great, just came out a little weird, after looking at my video there was a slight GM and i felt a SHARP pain in my lower back right after that. I have a video of the lift, and where my pain was. Today i don't have that pain though
BACK SQUAT & BENCH PRESS 1RMS
Back Squat
1/5 - 45
1/5 - 95
1/3 - 125
1/3 - 135
1/2 - 155
1/1 - 175 (got the biggest pump ever!)
1/1 - 200 (i got it up, but suffering in coming out of the hole)
1/0 - 205 (watch the video.. i backed out. to much back pain)
On the bench press, after attempting 165 i knew i could do 175. Weird thing though, i didn't get back pain until after i got up off the bench after every set. During the bench nothing... :S
I had a guy i know come and spot me in case, and i got down fine. On the way up i sort of paused in the sticky point, and it was going up but very slowly. His hands started to come down, but before i told him not to give me a spot unless i shout for one. His hands came down, sort of under the bar but he wasn't touching the bar at all, and i just exploded the bar up. He told me he gave no spot whatsoever, and that as soon as his hands went down it was like i didn't want him to touch the fucking bar lol so i exploded up.
Laying Leg Raises
3/20
(still no back pain, only when i got up)
Also, it wasn't worth going for 200- should have gone straight to 205. I was the same way when i squatted 265 almost with ease, and got stuck in the hole at 275 when i was in the ATG position. I hit 275 the 2nd try after about an 8 minute rest + belt, but the moral of the story is that if you're going 5 pounds below your 1RM that you will absolutely be more fatigued for your next attempt at 5-10 pounds heavier.
Dude....you could have gotten with those girls if you had said something different....never allude to having sex with the air. You should've asked them to join you and feel the exercise for themselves....Atleast thats what I've done at my university...but then again chicks at university are different from high school girls so what do I know...
Dude....you could have gotten with those girls if you had said something different....never allude to having sex with the air. You should've asked them to join you and feel the exercise for themselves....Atleast thats what I've done at my university...but then again chicks at university are different from high school girls so what do I know...
Nah andalite lol i wasn't in the mood for anything lol. I know i could have said something different
I just felt like being a dick because she had a nice body but grosssss face lol
Nah andalite lol i wasn't in the mood for anything lol. I know i could have said something different
I just felt like being a dick because she had a nice body but grosssss face lol
I know what you mean....thats fine. I'm just saying...never feel awkward. NGirls giving you attention is GOOD....just as long as they don't think you're silly...unless you're silly in a funny way lol
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