Blut Wumps Another 25

[blut wump]

During early weeks I can be in and out in 40-50 minutes. As the sets take more out of me, the resting time goes up. I sometimes think that part of the time is just convincing myself that I really can get another set in.

Warmups take time out, too. If I count the warmups in, I did over 30 sets.

 

[Introspective]

I just go by feel for how long i take between sets, If im going for a pr and i think it's gunna be tough i will sometimes take around 5 mins before attempting the lift. the rest of the time it's usually around the 2 or 3 minute mark.

 

[36drew]

I just go by feel for how long i take between sets, If im going for a pr and i think it's gunna be tough i will sometimes take around 5 mins before attempting the lift. the rest of the time it's usually around the 2 or 3 minute mark.

I think a combination of being impatient and not having a tonne of time to workout has lead me to not taking longer rest periods.

 

[blut wump]

Week 5 Day 2

Firstly, apologies to anyone here looking for another slew of PRs. There are none today.

I felt a little apprehensive about this workout before I reached the gym and I'm not unhappy that it turned into a deload workout. Friday will be deload too and then I'll see what next week brings.

I got to 100Kg on front squats and it felt hard. I decided to do a single at 120 just to bridge the gap to 125 which was my intended weight and it just wasn't happening. As I went down I could feel that I couldn't hold stance and dumped the bar. A second attempt was aborted even sooner. On switching to normal squats at 120Kg and finding them hard I decided it was time to deload.

Nothing much else to report about the workout. I could probably have used more weight on the deads but I reckoned getting 3x3 in was adequate.

I finally went for chins in place of pulldowns. The second two reps of each set were more along the lines of waggling my chin in the region of the bar but at least they were chins rather than pulldowns.

When I'd finished, I had no feelings of "I could do all of that again". I think it'd be silly not to deload now.


Weight in Kilos.
ATF Squat
20x10, 30x10
Front Squat
30x6, 60x5, 80x3, 100x2, 120x0, 120x0
ATF Squat
120x3x3
Deadlift
60x8, 100x5, 140x3, 155x3x3
MP
20x10, 40x6, 60x3, 75x3x3
Chins
BWx3x3

 

[Jim Ouini]

Good stuff. It's nice to be able to know your own tolerance and when to load and deload. Or course having to dump the bar on a squat is a good indicator too

 

[blut wump]

I think Monday's workout buried the hatchet and scraped the barrel. Even now, a couple of hours after that half-workout, I'm feeling drained.

I'll just look on Monday as a bonus and get back to my original plan, whichever one that was.

 

[Guinness5.0]

Well, you oughtta have a helluva rebound once the fatigue dissipates.

 

[blut wump]

Week 5 Day 3 - Deload

Another deload day. I was looking forward to the workout again which I took as a good sign. I felt pretty good but kept things light and easy. I managed to sneak a PR in there which, while unimpressive, was pleasing.

Squats were ok. My knee felt better than it has for a while so I didn't wear my neoprene support. I reckon the Wednesday Front Squats do my knees no favours and I might drop them. I finished on 140x5 last week which I realised was not only a x5 PR but also either equalled or exceeded my x3 PR. As such I went for 145x3 rather than just 140x3 and grabbed a PR. No real biggie.

Similarly with bench, I went to 120x3x3 rather than 117.5x3x3. I couldn't be bothered searching for the small plates. No PR there since my best is 130x3 for 5 sets. Since I got 85x10 for 2 sets last week on the backoff I bumped it to 90x8 and got the two sets without any hitch. It'll likely be harder next week after some more-reasonable volume.

BB row nothing to report. I felt fine after my last set so banged out a 60x20

DB side bends. I repeated my last one from two weeks ago.

With the rows and side-bends this almost felt like a cardio workout. My wife said I was looking a lot better than I did on Wednesday when I got home. She mentioned that I'd looked very tired on Weds.

I'll give some thought over the weekend on how to pitch the next volume phase. I think I'll take it reasonably easy next week (ie not aim for new PRs) and then hope for three consecutive weeks of PRs before needing to deload again. I'm happy to extend my cycle by one injection if I'm able to run four weeks of volume else I'll end after week8, giving me three weeks of volume. I want to ensure that I deload while still enhanced.

I've put on a little bit of weight this week (I think I was on 125.8=276.8 this morning) but when I look in the mirror there's this big guy there glaring back at me making me feel small. I'm definitely firming up all over.


Weights in Kilos
ATF Squat
20x10, 30x10, 60x5, 80x3, 100x3, 120x3, 130x3, 145x3
Bench
20x10N, 40x10S, 60x5W, 80x3S, 105x3W, 115x1W, 120x3x3 W, 90x8 for 2 sets N
BB Row
20x10, 60x5, 85x5, 105x3x3, 60x20
DB Side Bend
55x8, 70x8 for 3 sets

 

[Guinness5.0]

Sounds good. Just a couple deload days and you already feel better? Good sign IMO. This is gonna get really fun really soon

 

[nelmsjer]

Congrats on your squat PR and for feeling better. How different does this feel, compared to non-juice?