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blut wump
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The 4-plate squat along with the 3-plate bench triple are pretty much inevitable now, assuming no injury. I could probably go in tomorrow and get them if I were paranoid about either. With belt and wraps, I'd have no real concerns at trying for over 200Kg except, maybe, for unfamiliarity with the walkout.
I'm usually pretty pragmatic about this kind of stuff. At the appropriate stage of the program I'll do the lifts and move on.
Thanks to everyone. That 170 was pretty special to me after the volume work. I guess that had I hit the last rep of the 160, I almost certainly wouldn't have tried for 170 since I'd have been riding high on the 160x5 and would likely just have moved on to bench. I just felt that I had enough that it was worth a shot and didn't want to stop on a failure.
I think that had I failed it I might have gone for my belt and wraps and tried for 180. I'm that kind of a cuss when I get annoyed.
I'm usually pretty pragmatic about this kind of stuff. At the appropriate stage of the program I'll do the lifts and move on.
Thanks to everyone. That 170 was pretty special to me after the volume work. I guess that had I hit the last rep of the 160, I almost certainly wouldn't have tried for 170 since I'd have been riding high on the 160x5 and would likely just have moved on to bench. I just felt that I had enough that it was worth a shot and didn't want to stop on a failure.
I think that had I failed it I might have gone for my belt and wraps and tried for 180. I'm that kind of a cuss when I get annoyed.
blut wump
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Volume Phase Roundup
I've just been looking back through my logbook for old 1x5 and 5x5 PRs. Since I spent the later part of last year running different rep-ranges and ran the Korte before that, I've had to dig far back for some of them and others were for 7 sets rather than 5 etc. Still, these my past lifts rather than any estimates or extrapolations.
The BB Row has been a little short-changed these past two weeks since I've dropped the 5x5 from the Day 3 workout. I also couldn't find any old 5-set MP aside from attempts with a 5x5.
So,
Squat has gained 20Kg(44lbs) on the 1x5 and 30Kg(66lbs) on a 5x5
Bench 7.5Kg (16.5lbs) on 1x5 and 12.5Kg (27.5lbs) on a 5x5
BB Row 10Kg (22lbs) on 1x5 and 5Kg (11lbs) on 5x5
MP gained 5Kg on 5x5
Deads gained 20Kg (44lbs) on 5x5.
The old deads 5x5 value was from 7 sets of 5 reps and I'd mentally mark that increase down by 5Kg. The squat 1x5 increase I'd mark up, maybe 7.5Kg. Similarly, I reckon I'd get 135 this week on bench 1x5 so I'd mark that up too by 2.5Kg in terms of progress.
It's hard to judge the worth of these comparisons given that the timescale on some of them is almost a year. I'm more looking forward to 3-rep values and finally some fresh 1RMs. I'm also wondering how much I'm going to lose as the synthetic test gets used up and washed away.
I've just been looking back through my logbook for old 1x5 and 5x5 PRs. Since I spent the later part of last year running different rep-ranges and ran the Korte before that, I've had to dig far back for some of them and others were for 7 sets rather than 5 etc. Still, these my past lifts rather than any estimates or extrapolations.
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Old Records New Records
1x5 5x5 1x5 5x5
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Squat 130 115 150 145
Bench 122.5 112.5 130 125
BB Row 105 100 115 105
MP 70 70 77.5 75
Dead 165 140 --- 160[/b]The BB Row has been a little short-changed these past two weeks since I've dropped the 5x5 from the Day 3 workout. I also couldn't find any old 5-set MP aside from attempts with a 5x5.
So,
Squat has gained 20Kg(44lbs) on the 1x5 and 30Kg(66lbs) on a 5x5
Bench 7.5Kg (16.5lbs) on 1x5 and 12.5Kg (27.5lbs) on a 5x5
BB Row 10Kg (22lbs) on 1x5 and 5Kg (11lbs) on 5x5
MP gained 5Kg on 5x5
Deads gained 20Kg (44lbs) on 5x5.
The old deads 5x5 value was from 7 sets of 5 reps and I'd mentally mark that increase down by 5Kg. The squat 1x5 increase I'd mark up, maybe 7.5Kg. Similarly, I reckon I'd get 135 this week on bench 1x5 so I'd mark that up too by 2.5Kg in terms of progress.
It's hard to judge the worth of these comparisons given that the timescale on some of them is almost a year. I'm more looking forward to 3-rep values and finally some fresh 1RMs. I'm also wondering how much I'm going to lose as the synthetic test gets used up and washed away.
blut wump
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Sunday Weigh-In
126.6 Kg (278.5 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
16th Apr 126.6 Kg - 278.5 lbs (today)
My weight has been climbing a shade these past few days and I weighed in at 127Kg (279.4 lbs) yesterday. It's a bit scary to think that I'm just shy of 20 stone (280 lbs).
126.6 Kg (278.5 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
16th Apr 126.6 Kg - 278.5 lbs (today)
My weight has been climbing a shade these past few days and I weighed in at 127Kg (279.4 lbs) yesterday. It's a bit scary to think that I'm just shy of 20 stone (280 lbs).
Guinness5.0
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Good stuff all around.
Any recomping going on? I know that's not a priority, but it sure can be a pleasant side effect
'Course if you're holding a lot of water it'll be hard to tell...
Any recomping going on? I know that's not a priority, but it sure can be a pleasant side effect
'Course if you're holding a lot of water it'll be hard to tell...
blut wump
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Week 9 Day 1 - Deload
Not much to report. I'm still feeling a bit beat up so I've gone into deload for this week.
Squats were uneventful. The final x3x3 was comfortable but not 'easy'.
Bench similarly. The numbers look a bit odd on bench since I had intended just to go 100/115/130 but shuffled the 115 up to 120 and then filled in the gap with a single at 110.
Rows were fine. My arms were still moaning but not so much that they got in the way.
I finished off with some decline sit-ups, idea shamelessly stolen frm BiggT. I haven't done these in much time so just aimed for 3 sets of 20. I was struggling in the second set and had to take my hands in from my head on the last two reps before aborting. I was accosted for a natter before the last set so had a longer rest and got all 20 again.
While I was doing my bench warmups I got up to find the guy on the next bench in the process of failing with three plates. I let him know I was on the way and had to negotiate the obstacle course to get behind him but he held on. I said that I'd spot him if he wanted to try again. He waited until I was on another set and then went for it anyway. Fortunately he got his single. Crazy guy.
I found another squat snob. I'd seen him doing his own squats which were nice and deep with sensible weight. We chatted about the pointlessness of people piling weight on the bar just to do quarter squats. I was impressed: he said he'd just had a short layoff and was planning on working back to where he was over a period of about four to six weeks. It never occurs to me to ask people whether they are on here at EF.
Weight in Kilos. Week 8 in orange.
ATF Squat
20x10, 30x10, 60x5, 90x3, 120x3, 130x1, 145x5x5
20x10, 30x10, 60x5, 90x3, 120x3, 130x1, 145x3x3
Bench
20x10N, 40x8S, 60x5W, 85x5W, 100x5W, 110x5W, 120x5W, 130x5W
20x10N, 40x8S, 60x5W, 80x5S, 100x3W, 110x1W, 120x3W, 130x3W
BB Row
20x10, 60x5, 75x5, 90x5, 105x5, 115x5
20x10, 60x5, 80x3, 100x3, 115x3
Decline Sit-Up
BW x 20, 18, 20
Not much to report. I'm still feeling a bit beat up so I've gone into deload for this week.
Squats were uneventful. The final x3x3 was comfortable but not 'easy'.
Bench similarly. The numbers look a bit odd on bench since I had intended just to go 100/115/130 but shuffled the 115 up to 120 and then filled in the gap with a single at 110.
Rows were fine. My arms were still moaning but not so much that they got in the way.
I finished off with some decline sit-ups, idea shamelessly stolen frm BiggT. I haven't done these in much time so just aimed for 3 sets of 20. I was struggling in the second set and had to take my hands in from my head on the last two reps before aborting. I was accosted for a natter before the last set so had a longer rest and got all 20 again.
While I was doing my bench warmups I got up to find the guy on the next bench in the process of failing with three plates. I let him know I was on the way and had to negotiate the obstacle course to get behind him but he held on. I said that I'd spot him if he wanted to try again. He waited until I was on another set and then went for it anyway. Fortunately he got his single. Crazy guy.
I found another squat snob. I'd seen him doing his own squats which were nice and deep with sensible weight. We chatted about the pointlessness of people piling weight on the bar just to do quarter squats. I was impressed: he said he'd just had a short layoff and was planning on working back to where he was over a period of about four to six weeks. It never occurs to me to ask people whether they are on here at EF.
Weight in Kilos. Week 8 in orange.
ATF Squat
20x10, 30x10, 60x5, 90x3, 120x3, 130x1, 145x5x5
20x10, 30x10, 60x5, 90x3, 120x3, 130x1, 145x3x3
Bench
20x10N, 40x8S, 60x5W, 85x5W, 100x5W, 110x5W, 120x5W, 130x5W
20x10N, 40x8S, 60x5W, 80x5S, 100x3W, 110x1W, 120x3W, 130x3W
BB Row
20x10, 60x5, 75x5, 90x5, 105x5, 115x5
20x10, 60x5, 80x3, 100x3, 115x3
Decline Sit-Up
BW x 20, 18, 20
