following the trend, 3 new prs

[Lee]

5x5 owns me.

old pr on shrugs for 245 2 sets of 8
new pr for 255 2 sets of 8
10 pound pr!

t-bar row old pr of 95 for 5x5
new pr of 100 for 5x5

single arm db preacher curls old pr of 40 for 3 sets of 8 (old workout method)
new pr of 50 for 2 sets of 8
1 less set, but 10 more pounds!

all in all today was an excellent workout, really felt i got my back and bis great today.

 

[Lord_Suston]

Nice!!!! Keep going up in strength Lee... All you should do now is add some dealifts ... Steady progression that's the key....

 

[Lee]

deadlifts really fuck my lower back up though. im trying to strengthen it before i start deads.

 

[Lord_Suston]

deadlifts really fuck my lower back up though. im trying to strengthen it before i start deads.

just go easy with the weight and slowly build up. Work on form is paramount. As much as you can do lower back excercises it really doesn't correlate with deadlifting. I think if you just work on form and do it intelligenttly you can make some nice gains and strengthen your back at the same time....

 

[revexrevex]

Nice preacher curling. What dumbell weights do you use for standing dumbell curl? 55?

 

[Lee]

45 for standing db

 

[ghee]

I started deadlifting 130 lbs to get form down, and moved up 5 lbs per week for maybe a month. After that I blew up through the weights quicker, and didn't have to deal with an unusual amount of back pain. Might be worth a shot to try, if you haven't gone down that low for that long already.

 

[Lee]

well i can deadlift 350 for a irm with perfect form, but no matter what weight i use, it could be 135, it still hurts my lower back a lot.

 

[Lee]

and holy crap, i just thought of the injury that could be causing this. when i was like 13 i was tryin to learn backflips on my trampoline and i stuck on perfectly, got over zealous and went for another, but got freaked and bailed, landing right on the side of my head and neck, and it really tweaked me neck and back badly. i seriosuly couldnt move for 10 minutes. and for a week after that it hurt to move my back in any way, even sitting down was very very painful. i wonder if that could have caused some long term damage i dont know about.

 

[Zander1983]

5x5 doesn't own you. You own 5x5.