Oso's total strength journal

[oso0690]

Thanks Blitz i agree with you on the force feeding and cutting thing and all that helps.

squat
100x5
130x5
160x5
160x5

deadlift
150x5
180x5
210x5
240x5

military
65x5
80x5
95x5
110x5

squats felt absolutely easy (even though it's an easy squat day, they felt easier than normal for that weight)
deadlift they were very easy though on the last set, I didn't feel like my technique was all that great. It was good and kept an arch in my back, but I felt it could've been much better.
military were easy, but I didn't quite feel the right 'groove' of the bar path going straight up, was a bit funky lol

my diet..I upped a few things to eat and came close to 5000 calories a day. I'm hoping it will make me gain and help greatly in recovery. Though...I don't have a job, and my diet is killing my parents' paycheck and we're pretty poor to begin with. Time for me to get a job to support a few things

 

[oso0690]

Squat
100x5
130x5
160x5
190x5
225x3
160x8

bench
85x5
105x5
125x5
145x5
165x3
I don't remember if I even did the 8 reps

row
65x5
80x5
95x5
110x5
135x3
95x8

Squat - easy until 225, then I went slowly and shot out of the hole easily
Bench - sucked ass. I had a bar without rings so it was hard to find out what was an even grip. last few sets were hard. on 170, I was thinking I was supposed to get 5, but remembered to only get 3 and was so happy because I wouldn't have been able to get past 3 .
Row - I think all of my sets before the last were 5lbs short. the last set was actually quite difficult. It's getting hard to not jerk the weight with the humping motion (though I am getting it without humping the air).

I'm thinking that I don't rest enough between the first exercise because on squats I rest as long as it takes to get the weights loaded on the bar and ready, up until the last set. Maybe it's draining me to not take as much rest? I'm going to give each set a good amount of rest until the last and see what happens.

I'm also feeling quite drained again.. I'm really starting to wonder if I'm going to hit any PRs on the upper body at all this time..

 

[oso0690]

squat
105x5
135x5
165x5
195x5
225x5

bench
90x5
110x5
130x5
150x5
170x5

row
75x5
90x5
105x5
120x5
135x5

abs

squat - I took the time to rest inbetween all sets rather than loading the bar and having a go at it. I didn't feel the best walking into the gym, so the first 4 sets were tough and the last set was probably just as easy as the 4th set
Bench - I don't know what happened here. I killed these. 170 went up pretty easily. I think the resting between squat sets was absolutely a great idea. Though, I also had a different way of setting up..I usually arch my back as much as I can THEN fix my feet to where they are as far underneath and wide as can be, but this time was opposite, and it seemed to feel much better.
rows actually kind of sucked. I humped 135 a little on the last couple of reps to get them in. What do you all think I should do with that? Stay at 135 until I can do it hump free and strict or move to 140?

I've actually been gaining weight now. Since I had a birthday last thursday, I had 3 cakes (one from g/f, mom, and dad) and ate a little before working out and a lot after working out. i now weigh a solid 195lbs upon waking up.

 

[oso0690]

Squat
105x5
135x5
165x5
165x5

deadlift
155x5
185x5
215x5
245x5

military
70x5
85x5
100x5
115x5

Deadlifts - I fucked up on 215, 2nd rep. I was repping the 1st and 2nd rep very quickly (deweighted of course) then as i locked out on the 2nd rep, i had to drop it because of this excruciating pain in my neck/back of the head. I waited and it was just a mild pain so i put on 135 to see how well i could do: perfect. Then I finished them.

Military easy, until the last set/rep, I was brining it down and lost a little balance, but it was all good.

I AM ACTUALLY GAINING NOW!!! My diet has been all right, except for the cakes I've been eating. Too bad they're all finished now . I need a little something to keep the weight going up like that, something calorie dense to throw in.

 

[oso0690]

squat
105x5
135x5
165x5
195x5
230x3
165x8

Bench
90x5
110x5
130x5
150x5
175x3
130x8

Row
75x5
90x5
105x5
120x5
140x3
105x8

SQUAT - still pretty easy, nothing more to say about them
BENCH - sets 1-4 shot up like nothing (like they should) and the last set of 175 was a 4/5 in difficulty
ROW - easy until the last set. Struggled just as much as bench

I didn't do any other assistance exercises, I just want to get as much rest as I can and keep gaining on these as much as possible. Since I've been reading about this a little on here, I should've made it so week 6 or 7 are PR weeks, but oh well.

 

[oso0690]

squat
110x5
140x5
170x5
200x5
230x5

bench
95x5
115x5
135x5
155x5
175x5

row
80x5
95x5
110x5
125x5
140x5


squats my hips hurt and needed to be stretched before going in the hole like that. Everything was easy, but hurt because of the hips. 230 on the last rep was a struggle as it barely got up.
Bench...well I don't know what the fuck happened with the nobody in the gym at 1:00, but I guess everybody had off. So it was very crowded and of course the benches were filled with people. So I got a great idea, put the bar on the lowest pins, got a bench, took out the squat helping bars and benched there. The bench was a bit low, so I think I got some extra leg drive with it. everything went up with extreme ease except 175 which went up sort of slowly towards the end
rows were easy up until 140. 140 nearly killed me. I thought I wasn't able to do it but actually got 5 reps (I leaned up to bring it up a little..so I guess that would be cheating)

 

[GSP]

Congrats on those lifts, 3 new PR's right??? Start making a note of those, it almost slipped by me until I remembered you were supposed to be on pace to break your previous 5RM this week!

Keep it up. Every pound from here on out is new territory!

 

[oso0690]

Haha, you're right! They slipped my mind too. I was just thinking ahh just 5 more pounds today..post the numbers up on here lol. Yup, 3 new PRs, thank you. The weights are getting pretty tough, but I hope to rack in many more PRs

 

[oso0690]

Damnit, I think I'm a little sick. It's just a little though, so I'm going to workout today and see how things go. I really hope it just comes and goes real quick and not affect my workouts. And I really hope that hitting the CNS isn't going to make me more sick or anything.

 

[oso0690]

squat
110x5
135x5
170x5
170x5

deadlift
155x5
190x5
220x5
250x5

military
75x5
90x5
105x5
120x5

Everything felt sort of hard and not stretched and yeah. bad feelings. My strength was still there so I definately got the weights moving