the.gladiator1987's 12 week 5x5 log

[the.gladiator1987]

2 Questions:

-How heavy did that military pressing feel? I know you said earlier 185x5 was hard so just curious....

-Do you do your db military seated or standing?

The 195 was hard, Im surprised I got 5. Im goin for 205 next week. The goal is to get back to 225 like when I was on cycle.

For db military I do them seated, but Ill probably be switching to standing, alternating, and on a half ball for core/work. By the way Im doing the 5x5 but Tuesdays I do shoulders, Thursday I do wednesdays workout without shoulders.

 

[the.gladiator1987]

WEEK 4 DAY 4

Squats:
225x5
225x5
245x5
245x5

Deadlifts:
210x5
225x5
295x5
365x5
425x5
475x5 PR

Pullups:
8


***Good workout. Was only supposed to go to 425 for deadlifts but they were too easy. I took some Jack3d today for the first time in a month and that pushed me hard. Since i did this workout on thursday I might be doing fridays workout on saturday, well see how I feel tmr. Im glad my deadlifts are where they are at considering Ive been off cycle for 6 weeks. I need to start doing negatives with bench to get used to the heavy weight again

 

[jesse_01]

I got a routine that Future did up for me if you want to try it.

 

[ExtraMile]

post it up jesse

 

[the.gladiator1987]

I got a routine that Future did up for me if you want to try it.

post it up or send me a PM bro. im gonna stick with the 5x5 until i stall on everything

 

[the.gladiator1987]

WEEK 4 DAY 5

Bench:
135x5
285x5
225x5
255x5
305x3
225x8 MILITARY STYLE

***All I did today was bench, gonna do squats/cleans tmr with some assistance work. Tblock, military bench for 225x8 was easy but 225 is easy anyway for me so next week I will record it at 265x5. I forgot today lol sorry. Ill record my hang cleans tmr too so you can see how I do them. I have 225x3 for tmr, then 225x5 monday. When I stall on bench Im gonna start doing more chest work while keeping the 5x5 template for my deads/cleans/squats. I wanna work with som negatives to feel the heavy weight again. Post cycle I started the 5x5 so I immediately dropped 60lbs and that did not help me keep my strength for bench. Next time I am definetly going to wait 6 weeks after cycle before starting the 5x5. I still believe the 5x5 is the best way to keep strength after cycle.

 

[JDid23]

sick deadlifts the other day man!! have you ever hit 500? If not i think you definitely can

 

[Tblock1]

WEEK 4 DAY 5

Bench:
135x5
285x5
225x5
255x5
305x3
225x8 MILITARY STYLE

***All I did today was bench, gonna do squats/cleans tmr with some assistance work. Tblock, military bench for 225x8 was easy but 225 is easy anyway for me so next week I will record it at 265x5. I forgot today lol sorry. Ill record my hang cleans tmr too so you can see how I do them. I have 225x3 for tmr, then 225x5 monday. When I stall on bench Im gonna start doing more chest work while keeping the 5x5 template for my deads/cleans/squats. I wanna work with som negatives to feel the heavy weight again. Post cycle I started the 5x5 so I immediately dropped 60lbs and that did not help me keep my strength for bench. Next time I am definetly going to wait 6 weeks after cycle before starting the 5x5. I still believe the 5x5 is the best way to keep strength after cycle.

Thanks for trying it out glad 265x5 should be interesting because you are definitely an upper body strength person, so I doubt you use a ton of leg drive on benching anyway. Also your core is probably pretty strong from those leg raises, wouldn't be surprised if military bench wasn't very hard at all for you. Would love to see your hang clean from though, my clean form sucks lol

As for the 500 deadlift, shit you should be able to pull 500x2-3 easy

 

[the.gladiator1987]

Thanks jdid, I have hit 495 before but it was horrible form. Next week I am going to do 485x5 and videotape it. Im also videotaping my 350x5 squat and 305x5 bench. And videoptaping the military bench 265x5.

Tblockno problem, I might want to start doing that for core work. I know I dont use a lot of leg drive and I try but i still dont. I will video my cleans, I got 225x5 so well see how it goes. Im thinking I can get 500 for 2 or 3 easy too

 

[jesse_01]

I sent you guys a pm with the future work out. He gave it to me to use while I was in mid hockey season. 5x5 wore me down during hockey season. I'm thinking about starting it again. Its dirt bike season, and I hate being in recovery while riding.