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My new years journal-Single factor 5x5

This is about the 9th straight week,this is a continuation of an old journal.I hope I can squeeze more milage out of it yet.
 
Good deal. I've noticed you saying more frequently that you feel tired. It could be the program, but it could also be sleep, diet, stress issues. If you want to milk it for all it's got, make sure everything else is in order. I attribute part of my success on my 5x5 gain with 8-9 hours of sleep every night, and of course TONS of food. The combo really kicks the recovery mechanisms into overdrive.

Good luck, and keep us posted. Great job so far!
 
nelmsjer said:
Good deal. I've noticed you saying more frequently that you feel tired. It could be the program, but it could also be sleep, diet, stress issues. If you want to milk it for all it's got, make sure everything else is in order. I attribute part of my success on my 5x5 gain with 8-9 hours of sleep every night, and of course TONS of food. The combo really kicks the recovery mechanisms into overdrive.

Good luck, and keep us posted. Great job so far!

Thanks for the encouragement Nelmsjer,I checked out your journal and I must say you are quite a strong lifter,hopefully I reach that level someday.I attribute the tiredness to CNS fatigue as I sleep 8-10hours a day and eats lots.It is very minor however and nowhere near full-blown overtraining so I am not all that concerned.At worst I deload for a few weeks no big deal,I am 19 I have years of lifting ahead.

Thanks for stopping by :) .
 
Wow...19. You WILL reach that level and surpass it. Keep at it and do it intelligently. You have so much ahead of you, and you're learning "young". Awesome.

Thanks for the compliment!
 
Friday 20/1/06 week ''9'' bodyweight 195lb

Squats
135x5
165x5
195x5
230x5
260x3PR(just barely made it)
Squats have definatly slowed down,the 260lb felt like a million tons on my back lol.The reps were rough and not as good as usual,every single one a grind to the top.I have decided to reset squats back to 240lb and reramp come monday as I have increased from 215lb nine weeks ago so it was only a matter of time before things stalled.

Bench
100x5
110x5
120x5
135x5
147.5x3PR
This was the light at the end of the dark tunnel of squats.The bench is still increasing fast and the 5lb PR was fairly easy.

Rows
95x5
105x5
115x5
127.5x5
142.5x3PR
Nothing exciting here,the extra 2.5lb was somewhat difficult but managable.

Overall it sucks that the squats had to slow down,but thats life.Hopefully I will be able to reramp to a new PR,then perhaps switch to a new rep range.If anyone has suggestions please feel free to share them.
 
Congrats on all your PRs. Get some good rest in this weekend and try for 260 on Monday...you may surprise yourself.
 
Thing is,I dont have the luxury of a power-rack in a gym.I workout at home with a set of squat stands,if I go down I aint coming back up again.I would rather be conservative then go too far and get pinned to the floor and badly hurt.I am definately happy with my progress so far and dont want to risk myself under a weight that has a good chance of crushing me if I am not confident of getting it.
 
Yeah, I was going to say give 260 a go on Monday too, but forgot you don't have a squat rack. It sucks not be be able to really push yourself on squats, but congrats on getting through the grinders and setting a PR anyway.

Back-off sets?
 
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