Oso's Log

[JDid23]

Day 3
Week 1

Squat
135 x 1
155 x 1
195 x 1
230 x 1
270 x 1
315 x 1

Bench
115 x 1
135 x 1
165 x 1
195 x 1
225 x 1

Row
95 x 1
115 x 1
135 x 1
155 x 1
185 x 1

Comments: Either really overreached or starting to overtrain...or maybe because I'm depriving my body of caffeine lol. No motivation whatsoever to lift, definitely no movitation to do assistance exercises. Insomnia, feeling shitty throughout the day, mild elbow and bicipital tendinitis in the left arm. Weights feel heavy although the reps are still very explosive. Also stressed with midterm exams this week so I haven't been on much. One more week until my vacation so I can't wait.

nice dude. has insomnia always been a problem combined with your training?

Good luck with mid terms and have a great vacation!! hopefully you'll come back ready to lift!

 

[the.gladiator1987]

I thought day 3 was supoosed to have a backoff set too? Anyway good workout dawgy

 

[oso0960]

Got trashed last night. Definitely not drinking for a long time.

JDid - No, I usually get a better sleep when I workout.

Glad - You're right, I just forgot to write it in. I did 230 x 3 on squat, 165 x 3 on bench, and 135 x 3 on row.

 

[oso0960]

Day 1
Week 2

Squat
135 x 3
155 x 1
195 x 1
235 x 1
275 x 1
315 x 2

Bench
115 x 3
145 x 1
165 x 1
195 x 1
225 x 2

Row
95 x 2
115 x 1
145 x 1
165 x 1
185 x 2

Dips
10, 10, 9

Abs
3 sets

Comments: Did better on dips than expected. Starting to get sick today. Constant sore throat and a need for plenty of water. No coughing, sneezing, etc., so I still decided to workout. Weights were actually very easy and all was light so it probably means that I'm rebounding from overreaching. Sorry bros I haven't been following journals lately, I've been busy with papers and midterms. I'll catch up this weekend.

 

[oso0960]

Day 2
Week 2

Squat
135 x 2
155 x 1
195 x 1
235 x 2

Press
95 x 1
115 x 1
135 x 1
155 x 1

Deadlift
245 x 1
285 x 1
335 x 1
385 x 1

Chins
8,8,6

Comments: Still sick but I killed my fuckin exams this week so no more stress . Everything was easy. Press was incredibly easy, went up very quickly.

 

[ExtraMile]

you'll kill the 500lb deadlift by the end of this year bro easy

 

[the.gladiator1987]

Where you at broski?? I start the 5x3 on Monday Hows the 5x1 goin?

 

[ExtraMile]

this journal is a great example of how well the KISS principle works!

 

[oso0960]

Bros! Don't worry Glad I'll definitely be following you and EM..fuck ya. Had a great spring break but you guys are gonna kill me..I changed my routine again lol. I'm skipping the 5x1 for now and moving back to the 5x5 as a diet. Afterwards I'll probably go back to the 5x1 and finish it up. I made a bet with a couple of friends to see who can get the leanest by mid June (3 months). We're around the same bodyfat and strength levels for most lifts. The beginning of the 5x1 was a great deload from the 5x3 and the break was nice to get away from everything but Ima kill this shit starting today. I'm putting my estimated 5rep maxes at week 12 and I'm going to allow 1 week of deloading. I figured that I may not be able to lift my current 5 rep maxes while weighing considerably less. I'll see if I can get pics soon..I really just look the same as before lol. Here's an outline of what I'm doing:

Workout
-Original Bill Starr 5x5 workout to a T. Hitting 5rep maxes at week 12.

Diet
-Carb meal in the morning and post workout. Fat meals during the rest...probably 2000-2500 Calories during the day.
-ECA stack - 200mg caffeine, 81mg aspirin, and 12.5mg Ephedrine HCl from Primatene tabs (I read that it's equivalent to 25mg of Ephedrine sulfate from Bronkaid). I'll take it 2x a day and maybe move up to 3x a day.

 

[the.gladiator1987]

Nice! And 20mg of what u have is equal to 25mg bronkaid, not 12.5mg

Good luck bro!

One more question. Im starting the 5x3 and u said to jump up 5% a week for all lifts, not 5lbs right? Wont this cause me to stall sooner?