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Week 8 Day 2
Another busted workout. I'm definitely feeling like I'm into loading now. I spent all of last night aching everywhere and repeatedly passing out in front of the TV.
The light squats were fine except that walking out the bar was really aggravating my left arm. I must be using my arms too much to hold the weight. I checked that my elbows were well behind me and I definitely use arch and traps to lift the weight. I'll have to look into this at some stage.
After squats my lower back was cramped/pumped and I was massaging it out through the deadlift warmups. The first working set went awry in rep 4. I remember thinking "What was that?" as I grunted it up. The last rep I dumped at just below knee height. My back and form were completely out of position.
I'd managed this weight for 5 reps just fine 8 weeks ago before sticking synthetic hormones into myself and spending two months getting stronger. I decided to switch to triples and got myself up to five sets with long rests. On the last set I even had to squeeze to lock it out.
MP didn't go much better. I got the first two sets and then went into a decline. On the fifth set I only managed a single which was just silly. I tried again and got a double. I did 20 reps with just the bar to get some ache out of my shoulders and they seemed easier to finish than they did last week. I just looked back through my log book and it seems I've never gone over 75Kg for a set of five before. So, 77.5Kg x 5 PR
I guess that simplifies the decision on whether to deload next week. I felt drained when I left the gym and stayed that way until I went to bed.
I'll do this week's day 3 workout on Saturday and then start to manage my segue into an intensity phase and 'coming off'. Final dose on Saturday.
Total workout time around 2 hours.
Weight in Kilos. Last 2 weeks in orange
Light ATF Squat
20x10, 30x10, 60x5, 90x4, 110x5x5
20x10, 30x10, 60x5, 100x4, 115x5x5
20x10, 30x10, 60x5, 90x4, 120x5x5
Deadlift
60x8, 100x5, 135x3, 155x5x5
60x8, 100x5, 130x3, 150x2, 160x5x5
60x8, 100x5, 130x3, 150x2, 165 x 4,3,3,3,3
MP
20x10, 40x6, 60x3, 70x5x5
20x10, 40x5, 60x3, 70x1, 75x5x5, 20x20
20x10, 40x6, 60x3, 70x1, 77.5 x 5,5,4,3,1,2, 20x20
Edit:
I was just looking back through my log book again. The 165Kg deadlift is also a PR on 5x3. I think I might be scraping the barrel on this one but if I'd gone to the gym looking for five sets of triples I'd have been happy to exalt it as a PR.
Another busted workout. I'm definitely feeling like I'm into loading now. I spent all of last night aching everywhere and repeatedly passing out in front of the TV.
The light squats were fine except that walking out the bar was really aggravating my left arm. I must be using my arms too much to hold the weight. I checked that my elbows were well behind me and I definitely use arch and traps to lift the weight. I'll have to look into this at some stage.
After squats my lower back was cramped/pumped and I was massaging it out through the deadlift warmups. The first working set went awry in rep 4. I remember thinking "What was that?" as I grunted it up. The last rep I dumped at just below knee height. My back and form were completely out of position.
I'd managed this weight for 5 reps just fine 8 weeks ago before sticking synthetic hormones into myself and spending two months getting stronger. I decided to switch to triples and got myself up to five sets with long rests. On the last set I even had to squeeze to lock it out.
MP didn't go much better. I got the first two sets and then went into a decline. On the fifth set I only managed a single which was just silly. I tried again and got a double. I did 20 reps with just the bar to get some ache out of my shoulders and they seemed easier to finish than they did last week. I just looked back through my log book and it seems I've never gone over 75Kg for a set of five before. So, 77.5Kg x 5 PR
I guess that simplifies the decision on whether to deload next week. I felt drained when I left the gym and stayed that way until I went to bed.
I'll do this week's day 3 workout on Saturday and then start to manage my segue into an intensity phase and 'coming off'. Final dose on Saturday.
Total workout time around 2 hours.
Weight in Kilos. Last 2 weeks in orange
Light ATF Squat
20x10, 30x10, 60x5, 90x4, 110x5x5
20x10, 30x10, 60x5, 100x4, 115x5x5
20x10, 30x10, 60x5, 90x4, 120x5x5
Deadlift
60x8, 100x5, 135x3, 155x5x5
60x8, 100x5, 130x3, 150x2, 160x5x5
60x8, 100x5, 130x3, 150x2, 165 x 4,3,3,3,3
MP
20x10, 40x6, 60x3, 70x5x5
20x10, 40x5, 60x3, 70x1, 75x5x5, 20x20
20x10, 40x6, 60x3, 70x1, 77.5 x 5,5,4,3,1,2, 20x20
Edit:
I was just looking back through my log book again. The 165Kg deadlift is also a PR on 5x3. I think I might be scraping the barrel on this one but if I'd gone to the gym looking for five sets of triples I'd have been happy to exalt it as a PR.
anotherbutters
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Every PR is worth taking
Cynical Simian
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BiggT said:
I was glancing back through the journal, and it looks like BiggT was quite prophetic. Congrats on an impressive extended loading phase and on today's creatively defined PRs.
blut wump
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Week 8 Day 3
Another partial workout but I've no complaints.
My 1RM squat before I started this run was 160Kg with belt at the end of the Korte last October. As such, even a single today at 160Kg would be a PR. It was odd to be passing through weights that were PRs a couple of weeks ago but getting to 160 left me lacking some confidence. I blame AB for his negative comment last week. The fourth rep was a bit noisy but I really should have had the last rep. I just didn't push hard enough coming out of the bottom and stalled. I had to shrug the weight off onto the supports. I should have had it but just lacked faith when I started the rep.
Still, I had a PR but I knew I needed a new 1RM. I failed to get 170Kg out of the hooks on the first attempt. I use the top hooks and I kind of arch it out but have to use the balls of my feet to do it, I think. Second attempt I walked it out and the rep was a real grind all the way up. I wasn't able to rack it back into the same hooks and had to use the next ones down. 160Kg x 4 PR, 170Kg x 1 PR
I was especially pleased with the 170Kg since the last 1RM had been done after a succession of cute singles to work up to the weight. To do it straight after a 4-rep set at my old 1RM was just great. It made up for failing the fifth rep at 160. It also bodes very well for getting to four plates fairly soon and then it'll be time to do something about my cruddy deadlift.
My arms were aching again after the squats and the bench made them worse. I got my sets on bench but the very last rep was awfully slow. The spotter asked whether I was OK but stayed back. 125Kg x 5 x 5 PR
I didn't enjoy taking the weights off the bar and when I went over to where I'd row I started to unload that bar and decided it wasn't going to happen. I even had to be careful using the handbrake on the way home. Maybe I can go in on Monday and do my rows.
I finished off with some Needsize Abs without extra weight.
I'm really pleased with this workout. I think that at this stage in my training that squats are the most important lift and... Well, I'm chuffed.
I'm not sure whether to try for another PR volume workout next week or just accept that it's time to come back down and deload. It has to stop somewhere and today is the scheduled last dose. I've always been prepared to go one shot further but I'm not sure there's really any point.
Weights in Kilos, Last week in orange
ATF Squat
20x10, 30x10, 60x5, 90x5, 105x5, 120x5, 135x5, 150x5
20x10, 30x10, 60x5, 90x5, 110x5, 130x5, 145x5, 160x4, 170x1
Bench
20x10N, 40x10S, 60x5W, 80x3W, 100x2W, 110x2W, 122.5x5x5
20x10N, 40x8S, 60x5W, 80x3W, 100x2W, 115x2W, 125x5x5 W, 60x15 S
Another partial workout but I've no complaints.
My 1RM squat before I started this run was 160Kg with belt at the end of the Korte last October. As such, even a single today at 160Kg would be a PR. It was odd to be passing through weights that were PRs a couple of weeks ago but getting to 160 left me lacking some confidence. I blame AB for his negative comment last week. The fourth rep was a bit noisy but I really should have had the last rep. I just didn't push hard enough coming out of the bottom and stalled. I had to shrug the weight off onto the supports. I should have had it but just lacked faith when I started the rep.
Still, I had a PR but I knew I needed a new 1RM. I failed to get 170Kg out of the hooks on the first attempt. I use the top hooks and I kind of arch it out but have to use the balls of my feet to do it, I think. Second attempt I walked it out and the rep was a real grind all the way up. I wasn't able to rack it back into the same hooks and had to use the next ones down. 160Kg x 4 PR, 170Kg x 1 PR
I was especially pleased with the 170Kg since the last 1RM had been done after a succession of cute singles to work up to the weight. To do it straight after a 4-rep set at my old 1RM was just great. It made up for failing the fifth rep at 160. It also bodes very well for getting to four plates fairly soon and then it'll be time to do something about my cruddy deadlift.
My arms were aching again after the squats and the bench made them worse. I got my sets on bench but the very last rep was awfully slow. The spotter asked whether I was OK but stayed back. 125Kg x 5 x 5 PR
I didn't enjoy taking the weights off the bar and when I went over to where I'd row I started to unload that bar and decided it wasn't going to happen. I even had to be careful using the handbrake on the way home. Maybe I can go in on Monday and do my rows.
I finished off with some Needsize Abs without extra weight.
I'm really pleased with this workout. I think that at this stage in my training that squats are the most important lift and... Well, I'm chuffed.
I'm not sure whether to try for another PR volume workout next week or just accept that it's time to come back down and deload. It has to stop somewhere and today is the scheduled last dose. I've always been prepared to go one shot further but I'm not sure there's really any point.
Weights in Kilos, Last week in orange
ATF Squat
20x10, 30x10, 60x5, 90x5, 105x5, 120x5, 135x5, 150x5
20x10, 30x10, 60x5, 90x5, 110x5, 130x5, 145x5, 160x4, 170x1
Bench
20x10N, 40x10S, 60x5W, 80x3W, 100x2W, 110x2W, 122.5x5x5
20x10N, 40x8S, 60x5W, 80x3W, 100x2W, 115x2W, 125x5x5 W, 60x15 S
anotherbutters
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Crap, sorry, but what negative comment? As far as I was concerned, you'd just done 150kg x 5 for a PR, so 160x5 seemded like a big jump. I can't remember your priors, so maybe my comments were out of context.
BTW, is this a good time to mention the 14 year old kid in the movie clips posted by asdf the other day (originally edited by coolcolj), in which it was said that the 14 yr old kid back squatted 170kg?
BTW, is this a good time to mention the 14 year old kid in the movie clips posted by asdf the other day (originally edited by coolcolj), in which it was said that the 14 yr old kid back squatted 170kg?
blut wump
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It was a big jump, once you'd pointed it out.
It's been an odd few weeks regarding the numbers. I keep having to put the actual value that's on the bar out of my mind and just lift it else I'll convince myself that it's too much.
I know that on some PRs I could likely have gone a shade higher but slow, steady progress really does work and you have to reckon that eventually you'll pick up any slack. The 150 felt that way and I reckoned that 160 was a stretch but doable. When I stopped to think that I was deep-squatting 160, it became 160 again and I let it beat me.
Fantastic on the 14yo. It's like we've said before: how incredible it must be to get proper training information when you're starting out rather than decades later.
BiggT, thanks. You always seem to put things in perspective. I'm feeling annoyed about my arms and working around them and you just dump them off as 'little annoying shit'. Much appreciated.
I also only just spotted your log. I'm looking forward to catching up on that tomorrow.
It's been an odd few weeks regarding the numbers. I keep having to put the actual value that's on the bar out of my mind and just lift it else I'll convince myself that it's too much.
I know that on some PRs I could likely have gone a shade higher but slow, steady progress really does work and you have to reckon that eventually you'll pick up any slack. The 150 felt that way and I reckoned that 160 was a stretch but doable. When I stopped to think that I was deep-squatting 160, it became 160 again and I let it beat me.
Fantastic on the 14yo. It's like we've said before: how incredible it must be to get proper training information when you're starting out rather than decades later.
BiggT, thanks. You always seem to put things in perspective. I'm feeling annoyed about my arms and working around them and you just dump them off as 'little annoying shit'. Much appreciated.
I also only just spotted your log. I'm looking forward to catching up on that tomorrow.
I
Introspective
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Congrats on PR's, i bet the 170 squat felt good.
Here's link to that 14 yo 50kg chinese kid that squats 170 lol, kids these days, they call him a world champ in the making, it doesn't show him back squating, just shows him doing some oly lifts with heavey weight, but mentions that he can back squat 170... dayam
http://youtube.com/watch?v=jcPpTNHSqfc
Here's link to that 14 yo 50kg chinese kid that squats 170 lol, kids these days, they call him a world champ in the making, it doesn't show him back squating, just shows him doing some oly lifts with heavey weight, but mentions that he can back squat 170... dayam
http://youtube.com/watch?v=jcPpTNHSqfc
