My Training Journal

[the.gladiator1987]

Not been on here much lately as some of you may have noticed. I've started keeping a training log at home and Im not going to be updating this log anymore. Its been a hell of a ride and I've loved keeping my training log here. Thanks for all the motivation, nice comments and other stuff people have posted in here

RIP to 258 pages of the best training of my life. Feels kind of strange since I have kept this log from day 1 when I first started to train seriously at age 14...

who knows, maybe Ill come back and start it back up again some day.

lol wtf why are u gonna just stop posting a log here, is there a specific reason

 

[ghettostudmuffin]

Ya I was just wondering that myself.

 

[ExtraMile]

I dont mean this as an offence towards any of you guys but I just got bored of EF. It became a chore to log on here every day and I wasnt really leaning much from it. Ill keep this updated but for the moment I wont be posting each workout.

Some updates from the last week or so:

237 x 5 squat
215 x 3 paused bench press
330 x 2 deadlift
88 x 7 BB curl
55 x 6 weighted dip

squat is still sucking proportionally but its making progress.

Im sick today and fainted this morning so I doubt I will be able to workout this evening. I've started having some problems with my new diet too and it needs tweaking.

bodyweight is 173ish. Getting close to double bodyweight pulls...

Iv been working hard on glute activation and managing to get hips and glutes into my squats and deadlifts. My deadlift lockout had massively improved since doing this.

 

[ramnares]

Hey whatever works for you bro. I completely understand where you're coming from, that's why I don't post my workouts on here, it's easier to just log it on my book since that's something I've been doing forever. Either way, stay strong and hope to see you active on here again!

 

[ExtraMile]

Been sick all week. Was in hospital yesterday. Diet has sucked obviously and started to loose weight. Sucks...

 

[moya]

sorry to hear you wont be posting here as often... and about the hospital, hope you are feeling better quick...

 

[ramnares]

Feel better soon bro!

 

[ghettostudmuffin]

Is this the diet practically devoid of carbohydrates?

 

[ExtraMile]

diet has been shut down completely while ill. Just been using protein bars to get a little extra protein but other than that Iv just eaten "normal" people food like cereal, toast and sandwiches. I couldnt stomach the thought anything else especially not dozens of eggs or pounds of meat.

However today I am feeling much better and seem to be recovering. Saturday I may be able to hit up a light workout to get the blood going and this weekend Im going to start implementing the diet back in. At first Ill add in the foods - meat, veg etc but in smaller portions then just build it back up. Monday I should be back at it and back on the real lifting.

Im actually considering dropping the 5x5 - it is an OK progress. Ive progressed a little but its very restricting and very boring. One part of me says to ride it out to the 10 week point though and see what more progress I can make. If I was to stop the 5x5 Im pretty stuck as to how I would train.

On one hand Im thinking of going back to the legs/push/pull I did while cutting. On the other hand I want to train more for powerlifting but just find that hard to fit into a 3 day split which is what I always seem to do best on...

 

[ghettostudmuffin]

5x5 works best in the presence of a decent caloric intake. At 173lbs currently minus any weight lost recently it doesn't sound like you are bulking to me per se, but then I can't remember how long you have been bulking. How much weight have you gained since you started bulking and how long have you been bulking? 1lbs a week would be an excellent lean bulk imo.

Also it depends on which 5x5 you are using as far as how effective it will be. At this point in time you are no longer a newbie and have moved into the intermediate stage of lifting.

You probably need the higher volume 5x5 to get the training effect desired aka 5x5 with a set weight on monday and 1x5 with a heavier weight friday etc.

I mentioned practically zero carb because I remember when you where cutting you were as low as 40-50grams carbs a day at one point which would fucking kill damn near.