Blut Wumps Another 25

[anotherbutters]

I didn't realise you were planning on carrying on, given that you were worried about injury in this workout. How come the big jump to 160kg on squats? That's another 10kg/20lb above yesterday's PR. Who do you think you are, G5.0?

 

[blut wump]

What you don't use, you lose.

I have to keep lifting heavy as I return to my own bodybrew hormones lest the corpus be lax in stepping up production. I'll be dropping volume significantly in moving to the intensity phase and I'll just have to keep a general eye on wear and tear.

The ache in my arm feels just muscular so I can expect the gear to have that healed by the time I need to row again. I just have to take care with tendons and joints.

160 is only 3.5 plates. It strikes me as a number I'd like to hit to be reasonably sure of being comfortable with four plates by the time I finish the intensity phase and I'm still prepared to dig my belt out if needs be. I'd also like to be able to do a single with 160Kg on bench when I get to doing singles.

 

[anotherbutters]

What you don't use, you lose.

I have to keep lifting heavy as I return to my own bodybrew hormones lest the corpus be lax in stepping up production. I'll be dropping volume significantly in moving to the intensity phase and I'll just have to keep a general eye on wear and tear.

Sorry, when I mentioned not carrying on, I was only referring to the volume phase. I thought now might be a good time to deload if you're feeling so achey you have to abort a workout, but then again, you also mentioned "early signs of loading", so I guess you're not as generally beat up as your arm is.

You're a trooper

 

[blut wump]

Sunday Weigh-In

126.0 Kg (277.2 lbs)


21st Feb 123.4 Kg - 271.5 lbs
26th Feb 124.4 Kg - 273.7 lbs
05th Mar 125.0 Kg - 275.0 lbs
12th Mar 126.8 Kg - 279.0 lbs
(19th Mar 125.2 Kg - 275.4 lbs)
27th Mar 126.8 Kg - 279.0 lbs
02nd Apr 126.4 Kg - 278.0 lbs
11th Apr 126.0 Kg - 277.2 lbs (today {Tuesday})

A couple of days late but I was away over the weekend and forgot to post it yesterday. I was up to 126.8 sometime over the past few days and it looks like I've been stable for a while except for fluctuations.

 

[Gymgurl]

Hey there! Just poping in to say hi and keep up the great work......

 

[blut wump]

Week 8 Day 1

I didn't make it to the gym yesterday, as expected, so this week's workouts are displaced by a day.

I'm definitely starting to feel loaded now. That feeling of fatigue that you have to ignore during sets is there. It's now just a matter of how long to ignore it for but I think I'm starting to view this week as being probably the last week of volume.

I'm also getting even more bust up. All of my warmups on the exercises were spent adjusting feet or hands or knee-flare or elbows to try to reduce strain on some joint or other. During my squat warmups I was thinking that I might not be able to do them due to an ache in my knee. I'd have put the neoprene knee-tube on but it was already in use on the other knee.

Squats went quite well. It's always hard to get the 5x5 weights just right. I finished on a toughish rep but I wouldn't call it an all-out effort. I guess so long as I keep progressing it's good to hold a shade in the tank. I had one very odd rep at the end of the second set. It was genuinely easy. I could neither understand why nor replicate it. The rep before it had been a solid effort. 145Kg x 5 x 5 PR

Bench was fine too. I kept getting a slight twinge in my left elbow but it was at a low enough level to ignore. I kind of psyched myself up for the last set and got it without any hassle and the spotter was well-behaved. I'm unsure whether I might have had another rep in me. 130Kg x 5 PR

When I got to rows I was ready to abort again but found that pulling my hands in slightly eased things. I finally got the weight I've been chasing these past few weeks 115Kg x 5 PR.

I finished off with some Needsize Abs 5x5 without extra weight. Again I struggled with them but did them all. I have to guess that the earlier lifts are taking enough out of my core to make the abs work harder than it used to be.

I noticed that I also had little inclination to do back-off sets. It was more a case of thinking that the exercise was over and let's get onto the next one and I put that down as another sign of loading. Maybe I should have spent another session deloading a couple of weeks back.

Total time around 1hr 40mins.

Weight in Kilos. Weeks 5 & 7 in orange.
ATF Squat
20x10, 30x10, 60x5, 90x3, 110x2, 125x1, 135x1, 135x5x5
20x10, 30x10, 60x5, 90x3, 110x3, 130x2, 140x5x5
20x10, 30x10, 60x5, 90x3, 120x3, 130x1, 145x5x5
Bench
20x10N, 40x8S, 60x5W, 85x5W, 95x5W, 105x5W, 115x5W, 125x5W, 85x10 for 2 sets NN
20x10N, 40x8S, 60x5W, 85x5W, 95x5W, 105x5W, 115x5W, 127.5x5W
20x10N, 40x8S, 60x5W, 85x5W, 100x5W, 110x5W, 120x5W, 130x5W
BB Row
20x10, 60x5, 75x5, 90x5, 105x5, 115x2 + bits
20x10, 60x5, 75x5, 90x5, 105x5, 112.5x5
20x10, 60x5, 75x5, 90x5, 105x5, 115x5

 

[Introspective]

PR City congrats, looks like your not far off a 3 plate bench.

 

[blut wump]

Thanks. I have a very long-held goal of three plates for a triple and it's looking very likely that I'll get it before this whole program has run its course. Getting three plates for five would be a nice bonus.

 

[blut wump]

Hey there! Just popping in to say hi and keep up the great work......

It's nice to see your face in here, GG.

 

[Jim Ouini]

I'd have put the neoprene knee-tube on but it was already in use on the other knee.

lol. I have the same problem with my elbow sleeve. Sucks when your bad elbow all of a sudden becomes your good elbow because your other one hurts worse

Anyway, congrats on pushing through 2 consecutive volume phases. I have a feeling you're going to blow up the next few weeks, should be fun to see.

BTW, I have no idea how you make it through the last week of volume in under 2hrs - a trooper indeed.