My Training Journal

[Andalite]

I hope your exams are going well. Whats the plan after GCSE?

 

[ExtraMile]

I hope your exams are going well. Whats the plan after GCSE?

staying on for sixth form to do A levels in P.E (sports), Biology, Psychology and I havnt sorted out a fourth choice yet. Im just negotiating whether I can do powerlifting for my sports choice as normally the only weightlifting they do is olympic lifting but hopefully they are going to make some exceptions for me

when I say Im doing A levels it doesnt mean Im just going to improve it to an A grade lol "A Levels" are the step before getting a degree in that subject. You have degree's over there right?

 

[ExtraMile]

Today - Bench day

slept only 4 hours last night, had an exam this afternoon and didnt eat all day until 1 hour pre workout apart from some blueberries which I managed in the morning. Wasnt expecting much today

Benchpress - very quick to get a pump
bar x 8 bit pumped already...
88 x 6
110 x 5
132 x 5
176 x 2
220 x 1 paused PR
231 x 0 touched the bar too high and it rolled back even further before I got chance to press it off my chest
231 x 1 PR (paused)
pause may have been slightly too short but rep wasnt too hard at all and the guys I was benching with said it shot up...
176 x 9 (close grip) PR
121 x 10
121 x 10
121 x 10
121 x 10
121 x 10

Seated Facepulls (no chest support this time)
60lbs x 12
60lbs x 12
60lbs x 12
60lbs x 12 PR damn these were feeling light
90lbs x 10 a little body english PR

45 Degree Hypers
2 sets of 20 with bodyweight

awesome!

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[Tblock1]

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Nice work on the paused reps man! You should video your shit up so you can tell if your pauses are long enough.

 

[ExtraMile]

I know but it was Monday and benching on Monday is mad lol too busy to film

Lifting in a group with some buddies from the gym was actually good fun and the original plan was to go 198x1 paused then 215x1 paused and call it a day and improve on that next week but they convinced my to push it haha and 220 went up easy. I was pissed I missed the 231 first time and the reason was I put my wrist wraps on but put them a little too high so I couldnt properly grip the bar and when I touched my chest the bar moved in my fingers and I lost all my tightness and the bar rolled up my chest. Guess I was lucky not to fuck my shoulder again. The main problem with all the sets over 220 was just stabilisation I think. Gotta remember to squeeze the bar too. Really attacked the second 231 set though and like I said they all told me it flew up.

Second attempt at 231 I left the wrist wraps off

Maybe since I stopped doing dips thats why I had a little trouble with my shoulder stabilisation?

 

[Andalite]

You have degree's over there right?

By "over there" are you talking about my third world country India or where I spent the last 4 years studying as in the US?

 

[miked8c]

I would lose wrist wraps all together man, at least until you get up into the late 3's early 4's.

 

[ExtraMile]

By "over there" are you talking about my third world country India or where I spent the last 4 years studying as in the US?

Oh, I meant in the USA

I would lose wrist wraps all together man, at least until you get up into the late 3's early 4's.

Yeah bro I dont wear them often, only on 1rm and stuff I put them on originally cause iv never handled more than 220 before. I want 248 paused...

 

[miked8c]

Ok I see, I thought you were using them regularly.

 

[Andalite]

Oh, I meant in the USA

I thought you were being an ignorant fuck. But...you're asking an honest question.

Hm....they don't have A Levels or O Levels in the US.

There are a few schools in India which offer A Levels.

But what is very predominant is the IB. I did the IB Diploma program in Bombay too, actually.

I didn't know a lot about the A Levels but thats very informative what you wrote. So you have to pick 4 subjects?

I think Psychology is a great idea, to be honest. Sports..meh..what do you want to do with your life?

In the IB, my Higher Level subjects were English (A1 - meaning native speaker), Biology and Chemistry. My Standard Level subjects were French Ab Initio, Math Methods and Business Studies.

I had a predicted score of 36 for the IB and thats what was sent in my transcript to the US. It's funny how the IB works on predicted scores...plus it was a huge rip off that I had to send in my scores to Georgia Tech University to convert IB levels to GPA. It cost me $150 lol.....

Anyway, I had a predicted score of 36, I got accepted to all my universities that I applied to except for 2 which I never heard from (probably because I sent in my apps 3 days late - what an idiot!).

I stopped studying for the IB Finals because I was accepted and guess what? I got fucked...
English: 6
Biology: 7
Chemistry: 4
French Ab Initio: 2 <<-- wtf I am retarded!!!
Business Studies: 5
Math Methods: 7

hahahaha...

Funny shit man..

But, thankfully my English, Biology, Business and Math grades all counted for extra credit in the US. Worked out well for me