Here's my HST

[Jim Ouini]

Yeah I gotta get a cheat sheet going. Or bring one of my old calculators out there.

I've got some collars, they're the plastic husker spin collars, pretty nice if not a bit long. The Eleiko set comes with metal plates down to 0.5kg, and lets not forget I have the microplates from 1 to 0.25lbs. No excuse for not making progress.

Speaking of the home gym, I'm thinking about leaving 100kg on the bar and everytime I walk by it do one rep of squats just to grease the groove

 

[Jim Ouini]

Workout 1/6 (3 x 5)

Welp, I had some concerns since I 'maxed out' on some lifts on Sat, but just went ahead and went with the plan. Worked out at the Pro Club today, so weights are in lbs

Also, this is the first day of my split, I think the exercises were a little sparse so I have to think about it a little. Maybe add powershrugs or somesuch to this workout.

Squat

245 x 3 x 5

First 2 sets were alright, and then the last one was kinda easy. I did a pause squat on my last rep. Bunch of guys were squatting today - a group of 3 doing 95 lb super wide parallel squats with the manta ray - and one big dude doing quarter squats with 365 and a bench underneath him which he didn't come close to touching.

Bench
225 x 3 x 5

Not hard but I had to 'strain' a bit on my last reps. I really hate this poofy bench.

BB row
185 x 3 x 5

Easy. I was using the bar from the SLDL platform and moved it to the floor for my rows. In between my 1st and 2nd set, some guy asks me if I'm using the bar and I say yes. So he says 'I wanna use the platform' and I say sure no problem and move my bag.

Then he says 'are you going now?' and I said 'Well I'm resting between sets'. So he responds with 'I just wanna do 8 reps' so I say OK let me get a set in. So I do my 5 and he steps up to it like he's going to dead. He's getting in position and I can tell he's planning on squatting it up the way his body position was; He starts pulling the bar and it doesn't budge.

So he steps away and looks at the weight and realizes it's 185 and walks away without so much as a 'It's all yours'. Then I see him on the other platform doing 155 touch and go deads starting from the rack

Anyway, it felt good to be in 5's again I think I undershot this workout so I'll have to do some thinking about a good split; on Fri I plan on doing the following:

Front Squats 5 x 3
GM 3 x 5 (If my back holds up)
OHP 3 x 5
Chins 3 x 5

 

[Cynical Simian]

I'm starting a petition if you ever consider doing all of your workouts at home.

I never criticize the weights people talk about on here since my lifts are nothing compared to some of these guys' and were far less than that when I started. But seriously, a gym-attending adult male who can't manage 185 for a single? Did he appear to be malnourished or missing any appendages?

 

[Jim Ouini]

Well I'd say he weighed in at around 160-170lbs, no prosthetic limbs that I could see and an asian brother, actually, so I was trying to be nice. His form was all off too, but whatever, and then to see him tugging on the bar and then peer around the 45 only to see the 25 and then walk away with nary a word...lol.

Then again, this is the Pro Club, where I've never seen anyone bench 225, never seen anyone full squat 135 and never seen anyone dead more than 185.

I do like the amenities, though.

 

[carlsuen]

u just feel good being the bad ass there

 

[Guinness5.0]

u just feel good being the bad ass there

He's King Shit of Turd Mountain

 

[Jim Ouini]

Holy Shit I think you guys are right

 

[blut wump]

185 for a failed 1RM is a bit shoddy.

 

[nelmsjer]

Haters. All of you. We all started somewhere.

 

[djeclipse]

I'm starting a petition if you ever consider doing all of your workouts at home.

I'll be the first to sign, you seem to be a moron magnet or something, they are drawn to you, lol.

He must have beene so embarrassed that he couldn't even budge that bar after being an ass and forcing you to let him work in... just clasic.