My Training Journal

[ExtraMile]

today - managed to get a decent quick workout in this morning... i hate training mornings but the gym closed early so it was this or nothing

Standing BB Military
bar x 8
66 x 6
88 x 3
110 x 5
99 x 9.5
-strength seems to be going backwards on this and Im weaker than last time so switching to a differant shoulder press now...

Wide Grip Chins
(bw 186)
bw x 8 PR
bw x 6
bw x 5

Deep Weighted Dips
bw x 5
bw + 27.5lbs x 9 PR
bw + 27.5lbs x 6
bw x 13+4+2 PR (rest pauses)

Seated Calf Machine
60 x 8 (warmup)
105 x 8 PR
85 x 12 PR
65 x 30 PR

100 x 9 PR dropset-
80 x 10 -dropset
60 x 15 -dropset
40 x 50 -dropset

Seated Lateral Raise
17lb Db's x 12
17lb Db'x x 9

wow eating shit for the last 2 days really showed! even though I didnt pr on much I still enjoyed it...

gained some lbs of bodyweight I think its both fat and muscle, probably some fat from the 300g or so of fast digesting carbs iv eaten on the 25th and 26th haha

 

[JDid23]

which press are you going to switch to?

 

[the.gladiator1987]

DUDE EM how long has your presses been going down? Just because it doesnt go up every session doesnt mean you have to switch it! Im on cycle and my presseswent down a rep from the last week, because I probably had a shitty workout/pre workout meal. There are a lot of factors. BUT if youre gonna switch it up try doing heavy bb push presses and focusing on the negative part. So goslower on the negative part, explode up, repeat. Or switch to db's

 

[ExtraMile]

which press are you going to switch to?

my OHP day will look like
Weighted Dips 2-3 sets
Wide Chins 3-4 sets
Smith Behind Neck Press 3 sets
Curls 1-4 sets
Seated Lateral Raise 3 sets
Decline Skullcrushers 2 sets


hey I also got a video of my military presses but didnt have time to upload it, here it is:
YouTube - military presses

gladiator - my military press has never increased 5lbs each workout, usually i can manage 5lbs extra and 1 rep less, now it has been stuck for 2 workouts so im switching, I PR on pretty much everything each workout so no reason why my shoulder press shouldnt...

 

[moya]

just a suggestion: maybe instead of switching presses, increase your rom... nothing wrong with how you do them, but maybe if you went down further, like how you rack a clean on your chest, took off maybe 5lbs or so and work up from there...
then when you stall that way, go back to how you do them in the video, looks like about down to the chin?...

 

[ExtraMile]

just a suggestion: maybe instead of switching presses, increase your rom... nothing wrong with how you do them, but maybe if you went down further, like how you rack a clean on your chest, took off maybe 5lbs or so and work up from there...
then when you stall that way, go back to how you do them in the video, looks like about down to the chin?...

I used to do them pretty much that way like 1 inch from my upper chest and stalled just the same so I switched slightly to how I do them now and my lbs went up a little but stalled again, the only thing that got them going for a month or so was when I hAd been doing seated db presses for a while...

 

[moya]

i stall more on ohp more than any other lift myself... very frustrating...

 

[SaiBoT]

I will hook you up with a specialized overhead strength program...

 

[ExtraMile]

i stall more on ohp more than any other lift myself... very frustrating...

Sucks doesn't it bro?

@ saibot- I'll pm you...

 

[Andalite]

Congrats on the PRs...I hate training in the morning as well.