Pre-juice 5x5: Darkness on the Horizon

[Guinness5.0]

It was 335 BTW, but after today, I really don't care.....

Week 6 -- SATURDAY

Well I finally went in for my fourth day workout (remember, I had intended on doing M/T/Th/Sa but the last three weeks I haven't gone in a Saturday. Glad I finally did

Squat warmups, 315x5, 335x3, 355x3, 375x3, 405x1, 405x4(PR)
-Hells fuggin' yeah! Stayihg back on my heels was the difference, no doubt about it! No vid though, got caught up in how well things were going and just forgot to film it. Today was supposed to be a form tweak session but I was damn comfortable with it by my second or third warmup, so I just kept putting more and more weight on until I realized that 4 plates was gonna happen. I did the single without a spot and got semi-stuck but powered it out. I must have a HUGE strength impbalance b/t my hams and quads, b/c after the sticking point I FLEW the fuck up - jostled the bar quite a bit at the top . I figured I might be able to do more if I had a spotter, so I grabbed a buddy and had him spot me. My other buddy, the guy who pointed out my hip shift initially (remember, the vid I posted was after fixing it quite a bit - it was def. worse before) was also watching. He said they looked a ton better. He tries to talk me into not going as deep so I can put more weight on, but I don't wanna. For reference, I've done a triple w/ 405, but I was wearing wraps and a belt, so this is pretty damn good progress IMO. I can tell that performing squats this way recruited my hamstrings quite a bit more. Perhaps over the years I've taught myself to circumvent my hams in squats/deads and now that I'm changing my form I hope to make some big fuggin' jumps in the future.

Standing OHP warmup to 185x5x2(PR), 185x3
-Took a long time squatting so I had to rush these.

Pullups BWx5x3
-Rushed


Awesome day. Thanks to all who helped in my other thread, esp. MC2. ALL the fucking difference.

 

[Madcow2]

Hopefully I don't jinx you but when you make a change like that it generally is hard at first but the body adapts (as does the nervous system to coordinating the changed movement) so I'm thinking you'll have at least some modest momentum over the next few weeks in the lift aside from anything else. Just so you know, I almost didn't catch the heel. I had to watch several times to make absolutely sure it wasn't just your ankle making the shoe flex and that your heel was actually rising due to weight distribution being forward. Not to pat myself on the back but to let you know it wasn't obvious or clear. Try to get yourself from different angles too. Back, front, sides, 45 degrees to one side of forward. Not all at once or to post but you can tell a lot from different angles (almost make sure your shot includes the feet - from behind or unobscured side is best for that).

 

[blut wump]

Congrats, G5. You've definitely gone up a level. Doing them without belt and wraps is huge and presumably without the equipment you went lower.

Sorry about the lost 10lbs in my last post but I was just reading from the title of the vid "1-2-06 Squat 325x5 Fifth set".

 

[Guinness5.0]

BW - just bustin' your balls - shoulda put a smilie in there

Week 7 -- MONDAY

Abbreviated workout. I had a ton of stuff to do in the a.m before work and barely squeezed in what I was able to do.

Squat warmups to 365x5x2(PR), 355x4,
-My hams/ass were too beat up from Saturday. I was starting to rock forward on my toes again due obviously to fatigue in those areas, so I called it quits. I imagine that my ham/glute strength is gonna jump rapidly, so I should be able to hit squats hard for both sessions without issue.

Bench 1x5 135x12, 185x5, 225x5, 275x5, 315x3, 335x4(PR), 225x18
-Well I got a little greedy, but still - I'm very pleased with this. And the 18 repper was just to see how many I could do - my spotter said that I couldn't get 20, but then he backtracked and said he didn't think I could do 17. So I did 18

That was all I had time for. I'm going to switch back to M/W/F workouts, with front squats on weds. It's just too much to hit squats heavy saturday, then with volume on monday.

 

[blut wump]

You did. I was just being careful.

Impressive new PR and back-off. I'm starting to get envious now.

 

[Guinness5.0]

I'm starting to get envious now.

If what I've been reading about tren ED vs EOD is right, you're gonna be a lovely shade of green in no time

 

[blut wump]

I'm looking forward to it. I've been thinking of re-doing my room, anyway.

 

[Jim Ouini]

BW - just bustin' your balls - shoulda put a smilie in there

Week 7 -- MONDAY

Abbreviated workout. I had a ton of stuff to do in the a.m before work and barely squeezed in what I was able to do.

Squat warmups to 365x5x2(PR), 355x4,
-My hams/ass were too beat up from Saturday. I was starting to rock forward on my toes again due obviously to fatigue in those areas, so I called it quits. I imagine that my ham/glute strength is gonna jump rapidly, so I should be able to hit squats hard for both sessions without issue.

Bench 1x5 135x12, 185x5, 225x5, 275x5, 315x3, 335x4(PR), 225x18
-Well I got a little greedy, but still - I'm very pleased with this. And the 18 repper was just to see how many I could do - my spotter said that I couldn't get 20, but then he backtracked and said he didn't think I could do 17. So I did 18

That was all I had time for. I'm going to switch back to M/W/F workouts, with front squats on weds. It's just too much to hit squats heavy saturday, then with volume on monday.

I don't think I want to lift with you anymore. I'll be over in the aerobics area taking a body pump class or pilates or something.

 

[Phaded]

hey whats your bodyweight..

 

[Guinness5.0]

hey whats your bodyweight..

Just woke up and it's 251. If I was lean it'd probaly be ~225 or thereabouts. So my numbers really aren't that good. Yet....