My Training Journal

[ExtraMile]

Today - Chest, Shoulders, Triceps

Flat DB Press
27.5's x 12
39's x 8
50's x 5
72's x 7 +1 w/ a little assistance

the set with 72's could be an all time DB Press pr for me, Im not quite sure though. Its def a pr while cutting.

Seated DB Press
27'5's x 10
50's x 8 + 2 w/ a little assistance

Dips
20 PR

hell yeah Iv wanted to get 20 dips for a long time and never even been close up until the last 2 weeks

Cardio
10mins stationary bike
10mins incline treadmill
20mins outdoor walking

 

[Tblock1]

sweet man glad to see your strength is still going good? So........when is the 300 bench?

 

[the.gladiator1987]

damn, really cut down the volume, nice. I have honestly always grown on less volume and im more "dense" rather than when i do high rep volume.

 

[ExtraMile]

sweet man glad to see your strength is still going good? So........when is the 300 bench?

Strength is alright bro yeah. Not 100% but not too bad. Iv tweaked my carbs a little and my strength has gone up. I'll just have to wait till the weekend to see if I've lost any weight too. If not I'll have to drop them down again.

I have 3 days to decide if I should enter this upcoming powerlifting meet or not, entrances has to be in by the 14th and the meet is on the 28th. It's just regionals though not British championships or anything...

Glad: yeah bro iv always done pretty low volume. Not this low though...

 

[ExtraMile]

fuck guys competition has been moved and I have to let them know by tomorrow if Im going to do it or not!!

And the meet will be on 20th November instead of 28th so basically I would only have 2 training sessions before now and then! I would pull this friday and squat and bench on monday. Then carb up and compete on Saturday. I could eat macdonalds before the lifts which always gives me some extra strength since I would be lifting in the 182's so no chance of over weighing...

not sure if it will just turn out a dissapointment

if I total 781lbs then I qualify for British Championships in March 2011 and by then Im pretty certain Ill be done cutting and back up to strength...

for 781 I would need something like 248 squat (parallel), 226 bench, 308 deadlift... Not sure what would happen. Recently with some moderate carb intake's on the days of training Iv hit 226x2 ATG Squat, 286x3 deadlift and well I havnt benched in a long time so Im not sure?

fuck guys idk what to do.

If I total less than 781 it wont count for anything since I will have to compete again sometime in 2011 in another effort to qualify...

 

[Tblock1]

Go for it man! Those lifts dont sound too hard, the bench would probably be hardest

 

[ramnares]

Like T said, go for it. Sounds like you'll have no probs blasting through the squat and dead portion of the meet so bench will be the only issue, don't let that hold you back though!

 

[ExtraMile]

whats up guys got some good news

There are 3 other upcoming qualification meets that I can do instead, so Ill enter one of those and qualify then instead. One if on 12th December, so still not that long away. One is on 22nd of January but its like 4-5 hour drive from my house. And finally there is one on 29th and 30th of January, so its spread over a whole weekend meaning I probably wont have to squat on the same day as I deadlift! Its also about 3.5 hours drive away, but my grandparents live about 45mins away from the gym it is being held in! Sounds all good to me and even though I might not be done cutting by then I will still be able to spend a while preparing for it. I might be into the 165's by then anyway...

Oh yeah and I just ate a whole packet (389g) of cod fish, thats 72g of top quality, super lean protein

 

[ExtraMile]

Today - back

Deadlifts
132 x 5
132 x 5
198 x 5
231 x 2
264 x 8 (pr while cutting)
165 x 20

Wide Grip Chins all quality controlled reps w/ chin over the bar
bw x 3
bw + 11lbs x 3
bw + 17.5lbs x 8 PR
bw + 22lbs x 5 PR

DB Pullover
77lb DB x 12 PR

10 mins hiit on stationary bike
15 mins Outdoor running! I could never have done this at 200+! Feels awesome!

 

[the.gladiator1987]

good job on everything dude! running and deadlifts are solid