GSP's Better late than never 3X5...

[GSP]

Congrats. The hits just keep on comin'.

BTW speaking of push/pull imbalance, I noticed that your BB row is about the same as your DB press (77.5 x 2 = 155). Is that by design or just the way it worked out?

Thanks Bro. No, the current equality between my DB Bench and Rows was not planned, though I suspect it might be at least a part of the reason I'm improving in the shoulder right now. By hitting DB press instead of BB, I inadvertantly choose an exercise that by nature wasn't going to progress as quickly as a barbell variety. Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good.

 

[GSP]

5/17 - Workout B

Squats (3X5) 145
Standing Press (3X5) 123 PR

Deadlift
1X5 - 195
1X5 - 230
1X5 - 253 PR

Comments: The Bar I ended up with in the power rack was bent towards one end. Didn't notice during squats (though my wife damn near tipped over during her last set), but on my last Standing press set , the bar shifted in my hand due to the bend when I was at full lockout, and I almost lost control of it. Only open bar so I used it for deads too, same problem almost stripped the bar out my hands halfway up my heavy set.

My gym has recently been acquired by another company, and I suspect we had some crap pawned off on our location, as I had never seen this particular bar before. I told 3 different people at the desk and stuck the bar in the hallway. I don't lose my temper easily, but if I ever see that bar in the rack again I'm going to go ape shit!

But I digress. 2 more PR's, a good day overall.

 

[GSP]

5/19 - Workout A

Squats (3X5) 195 PR

DB Bench
1X5 - 78.5's
1X5 - 78.5's
1X4 + Failed last rep - 78.5's

Pendlay Rows (3X5) 157 PR

Friday Weigh in: 183.5 lbs

Comments: Great squats. Next week I'm dropping to 1 PR attempt per week on these. Not sure if it will be Monday or Friday's yet.

DB Bench marks the first failed rep since I started the program, it was very demoralizing. I started getting the last rep up, but I realized my butt was coming off the bench so I aborted the attempt. I think I've been jumping up too quickly since around 70-72.5's. I will reset this back to 71 or 72 next week and proceed with smaller increments.

Rows went fine. Felt like crap because of the failed DB Bench attempt, but still got all 3 sets with little issue.

 

[Cynical Simian]

It's frustrating when the string of PRs stops, but, as you know, it's inevitable, and you've made great and steady progress so far. You might want to consider trying the same weights again next week on DB press and then increasing in smaller increments from there. Perhaps hold off on a reramp until you stall for a couple workouts in a row at the same weight.

Congrats on the PRs.

 

[GSP]

It's frustrating when the string of PRs stops, but, as you know, it's inevitable, and you've made great and steady progress so far. You might want to consider trying the same weights again next week on DB press and then increasing in smaller increments from there. Perhaps hold off on a reramp until you stall for a couple workouts in a row at the same weight.

Congrats on the PRs.

Yeah, I'm probably jumping the gun a bit by resetting so quickly. I'll give the same weight a go on Wed. That's also my light squat day now so I should be able to give it 100%. I am starting to find the PR squat days make most everything else I do a lot more difficult.

 

[GSP]

5/22 - Workout B

Squats (3X5) 200 PR
Standing Press (3X5) 125 PR
Pendlay Rows (3X5) 160 PR

Comments: Squats went fantastic today. I was actually a bit surprised, as every Friday I feel extremely fatigued and worry another 5 lbs. will stick me, but then the next Monday it goes up great. Even had me thinking about another jump on Friday, but I'll stick with my better judgement and stay at 1X PR attempts to try and get 4-6 more weeks out of the program. At this point, I've got my sights set on 2 plates on each side for the end of this run.

Standing press and Rows both went well. As crappy as I felt after failing on DB Bench last week, I felt that good after nailing the squats and it carried over into the rest of the workout.

 

[Jim Ouini]

Congrats on the PR's again. Seems like you'll hit 2 plates easily on your squat.

Also,your OHP seems pretty strong in relation to your bench. Is that true? Well it's closer to your bench than mine is

 

[GSP]

Congrats on the PR's again. Seems like you'll hit 2 plates easily on your squat.

Also,your OHP seems pretty strong in relation to your bench. Is that true? Well it's closer to your bench than mine is

Thanks man! Yeah, my OHP is closer to Bench than is typical. The big factor is that I'm using Dumbells instead of a BB right now, plus I've been using a 15 degree incline to help my shoulder. If I was using a flat BB Bench, the gap would be significantly wider right now.

My shoulder has been improving quite a bit lately, after I finish this run, I'm going to give BB Bench a try again.

 

[GSP]

5/24 - Workout A

Squats (3X5) 150
DB Bench (1X5) 78.5's Failed on 4th rep

Deadlifts
1X5 - 195
1X5 - 235
1X5 - 260 PR

Comments: I flat out got beaten by the DB's today. First few reps went fine, then I dropped the DB's too far down as I lowered the weights from my 3rd rep and I couldn't recover. I did a second set of 5 with the 75's and got all 5, but I was concerned that I wasn't going through the full ROM. It's hard for me to judge those without a bar to touch to my chest. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with these. If I reset, by the time I work back up I'll probably be wrapping up on everything else.

I'm going to do a light week next week. Maybe lift Tuesday and Thursday and try and let a bit of the fatigue I've been feeling subside. I may just switch over to BB Bench and be done with it. I still need to think about that one a bit.

At least Deads went real well. Hit 260 with no problems at all. I did switch to a mixed grip this week and it made a big difference. I think I should be able to ride this lift up to 285+ over the next 5-6 weeks.

 

[Jim Ouini]

Yeah I'd say you have plenty especially since you just switched to mixed grip. Wait til you strap up