Cal's Training Journal

[super_rice]

will the straps not cause an eventual weakness/dependance?

played a good game in vball today. i'm on a team with 5 other people that have never played before and their total body weight is like 50. BUT we're in the second round of the playoffs!

my knee feels alright, just not feeling 100%, i'm doing minimal jumping, etc. it's just intramurals so i can get quite a lot of kills just doing roll shots to the corners.

i'm tutoring senoir chemistry for 20/hr now. man, this is some easy money!

 

[wnt2bBeast]

i really wouldnt use wrist wraps until you absolutely need them
they will create a dependency..if you have weak wrists TRAIN your wrists/forearms

having said that i use wrist wraps due to the extreme weights i use day in and day out but ive benched high 3's before using anything..
doing GM's then benching 2days later followed by squats with bands will wreak havoc on joints...if youre in tremendos pain rest it up and add equipment sparingly and recgnize that its a weakness..theres no shame in having a weakness there is shame in knowing about it and doing nothing to make it a strength!!!!!

id also recco the metal triple black line wraps..inzer;s are good as well but these are able to get super tight/support..yuo can get them at www.elitefts.com

 

[ghettostudmuffin]

The only lift I think they are really good for is bench. I only use them on my work sets. So they are getting stronger by themselves as my weights increase and my warmups increase.

 

[super_rice]

ok - i've spent the last week completely not touching any form of barbell. i have not trained since saturday, i'm feeling refreshed. i got in there for 30 minutes this afternoon and spent it doing snatches from hang and went up to 95lbs.

knees are fine, i played ad hour and a half of volleyball tuesday, wednesday, and yesterday, so lots of jumping. light stuff though, i didn't have any competition.

i also signed up for the track team on thursday, but it was retarded and i will have to speak with the coach further about what we will be doing about training.

i signed up for discuss, shot, and 50m. oh, javelin also because i'd like to throw some sticks around for fun

problem is - yesterday's 1 hour practice consisted of: 15 minutes of running laps, suicides, and endless cycle of jumping jacks, burpies, situps, pushups, then 1.234 x 10^5 calf raises, running stairs, and "feeling the burn."

i will attempt to convince them to leave the conditioning to me, and just teach me to throw the implements.

oh, and i think they fucked my deloading a bit making me run so much. as you can probably tell, i can't run distance for shits.

 

[super_rice]

starting the 5x5 from scratch. ideally, i'd want to take this week off too, but i'm choosing not to, since i've spent too much time away.

calc unit test tomorrow, plus night school, plus my thesis, plus bio test wednesday and tutoring (job) afterwards. man i got a lot of shit on my plate.

will post the weight selection i got set up in excel once i get home. i have a whole spreadsheet, just enter the weights in one table so you can plan it out in all 9 weeks, and it will automatically fill it in for every day for you. nice little tool.

time to get to work.

 

[Phaded]

school is no good drop out..

 

[Tom Treutlein]

Yeah, a lot of shit on your plate, but we've all done it before, and with the gusto you have I doubt it'll be a problem. Good luck, bor.

 

[super_rice]

5x5 Volume Phase - Week 1, Day 1
Monday, 4 April, 2005

5x5 layout for the next 9 weeks:
http://img237.exs.cx/img237/6324/5x5layout2yu.gif

weighed in at about 173 this morning. starting from scratch.

Bench Press
Set 1: Bar x 10
Set 2: 135 x 5
Set 3: 145 x 5
Set 4: 145 x 5
Set 5: 150 x 5
Set 6: 150 x 5
Set 7: 155 x 5
Set 8: 155 x 5
Set 9: 160 x 5

They said to keep the volume high, so i kept it high! Though somehow I don't think the bar counts as a set. Just doing lots to get the groove back, everything felt foreign today.

Full Olympic Backsquat
135 x 5, 155 x 5, 175 x 5
Set 1: 195 x 5
Set 2: 195 x 5
Set 3: 195 x 5
Set 4: 195 x 5
Set 5: 195 x 5

Bent Over Barbell Row
Set 1: Bar x 10
Set 2: 95 x 5
Set 3: 95 x 5
Set 4: 115 x 5
Set 5: 115 x 5
Set 6: 135 x 5

 

[super_rice]

5x5 Volume Phase - Week 1, Day 2
Wednesday, 6 April, 2005

Will have videos next week!

BW: 175
Training time: 1.5 hrs

Full Olympic Backsquat
Bar x 10, 135 2 x 5
Set 1: 155 x 5
Set 2: 155 x 5
Set 3: 155 x 5
Set 4: 155 x 5
Set 5: 155 x 5

Military Press
Bar x 10,
Set 1: 95 x 5
Set 2: 95 x 5
Set 3: 95 x 5
Set 4: 95 x 5
Set 5: 95 x 5

This is my first time doing overheads properly. It's hard! I'm having trouble unracking/racking it, that bottom position doesn't feel too great on the shoulders.

Cleangrip Deadlift
95 x 5, 135 x 5, 185 x 5, 225 x 1
Set 1: 245 x 5
Set 2: 245 x 5
Set 3: 245 x 5
Set 4: 245 x 5
Set 5: 245 x 5

Weighted Chinups
BW 5x5

 

[Phaded]

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