AB's Keeling Over Reeling Through Exhaustion

[solarclimax]

How did you know what size shoes to buy ?

 

[anotherbutters]

There's a big 9 on the bottom of my old shoes. I suppose there was a 50/50 chance I'd be squeezing into a size 6

 

[anotherbutters]

Korte: Week 2, Day 3

Bodyweight: 183.4lb - up 3lb from last week and 1lb from 2 days ago. This whole milk stuff is dangerous.

Squats were easy enough today. They still haven't gotten to the 'moderately difficult' stage I was expecting, although I worked up a sweat again today. Bench was easy enough too. Not too easy, but not hard either. Deads were ok again.

No signs of loading yet. I'd still call these workouts somewhere in between easy and moderate. They haven't become a chore to get through yet. I was going to say I need to increase the weight on everything, but that's the plan for every workout from now anyway. After today's workout, I was hoping to be able to gauge how aggressively to increase the weights from now on, but I'm still not sure. I think I need to be more aggressive than the plan A I laid out the other day. I need to push myself, but I also don't want to blow it. I think I need to stop pussyfooting around.

Squats, set 8: http://uploadfile.putfile.com/videos/18016312240.mov
Deads, set 2: http://uploadfile.putfile.com/videos/18016461687.mov

Squats - I've spotted the tuck under at the bottom, but that's about it. Deads - I can't spot that I'm doing anything wrong, other than losing my arch a little at the end. Comments welcome .

All weights in kg, warmups excluded.

................Squat...................Bench...................................Deads...........
W1 D1: .... 67 x 6 x 5 reps ..... 48 x 6 x 6 reps (WSNWSN) ....... 87 x 6 x 5 reps ... (147lb/106lb/191lb)
W1 D2: .... 67 x 7 x 5 reps ..... 48 x 7 x 6 reps (NSWNSWN) ..... 87 x 7 x 5 reps
W1 D3: .... 69 x 7 x 5 reps ..... 50 x 7 x 6 reps (NSWNSWN) ..... 90 x 7 x 5 reps
W2 D1: .... 71 x 7 x 5 reps ..... 52 x 7 x 6 reps (NSWNSWN) ..... 92 x 7 x 5 reps
W2 D2: .... 71 x 8 x 5 reps ..... 54 x 7 x 6 reps (NSWNSWN) ..... 94 x 7 x 5 reps
TODAY: ... 73 x 8 x 5 reps ..... 56 x 7 x 6 reps (NSWNSWN) ..... 96 x 7 x 5 reps ... (161lb/123lb/211lb)

 

[blut wump]

You are looking fresh for set 8 of squats. Maybe it's appropriate to do some double-jumps from time to time or even start your sets and consider whether to make a second jump once they're under way.

These next two weeks should be fun.

 

[Cynical Simian]

Put some real weight on the bar...you looked like a dorky technical lifter. But seriously, if that form generally carries over to your maximal sets, you're fine.

 

[anotherbutters]

Korte: Week 3, Day 1

Squats were kind of easy again. I keep expecting them to get hard, but they're still comfortable. I'm going to bump them 3kg on Wednesday and see what happens.

Bench was a bit of a struggle for the first time. They weren't too bad on Friday, so I wasn't expecting them to be this hard all of a sudden. On the last couple of sets, the final reps were quite slow, but not in doubt. This isn't even 1 plate . I might start off at 59kg on Wednesday and jump to 60kg if I'm coping.

Deads were moderately hard today, for the first time. I'll go to 100kg on Wednesday (2 plates).

I had a good skinfull of booze on Saturday night and barely ate anything yesterday as a result. It doesn't appear to have affected this workout, but I regret doing it (the drinking, not the workout ). I rarely drink these days and when I do, I just don't enjoy it. Damn peer pressure. Next time, I'm saying "no".

Workout time: 54 mins.

All weights in kg, warmups excluded.

................Squat...................Bench...................................Deads...........
W1 D1: .... 67 x 6 x 5 reps ..... 48 x 6 x 6 reps (WSNWSN) ....... 87 x 6 x 5 reps ... (147lb/106lb/191lb)
W1 D2: .... 67 x 7 x 5 reps ..... 48 x 7 x 6 reps (NSWNSWN) ..... 87 x 7 x 5 reps
W1 D3: .... 69 x 7 x 5 reps ..... 50 x 7 x 6 reps (NSWNSWN) ..... 90 x 7 x 5 reps
W2 D1: .... 71 x 7 x 5 reps ..... 52 x 7 x 6 reps (NSWNSWN) ..... 92 x 7 x 5 reps
W2 D2: .... 71 x 8 x 5 reps ..... 54 x 7 x 6 reps (NSWNSWN) ..... 94 x 7 x 5 reps
W2 D3: .... 73 x 8 x 5 reps ..... 56 x 7 x 6 reps (NSWNSWN) ..... 96 x 7 x 5 reps
TODAY: ... 75 x 8 x 5 reps ..... 58 x 8 x 6 reps (NSWNSWNS) ... 98 x 7 x 5 reps ... (165lb/128lb/216lb)

EDIT: just looking at the increases since I've started, I've increased my squat by 8kg, bench by 10kg and dead by 11kg. I didn't realise my squat hadn't gone up that much. Must work it harder!

 

[Jim Ouini]

You're making it look easy. BTW I just saw your vids and everythings looking solid.

You look bigger than I remember, too.

 

[blut wump]

Looking at your plan A and plan B templates, your bench is flying. From now onwards, I'd suggest that if you find your squats feeling overly comfortable that a bump mid-workout is in order.

Careful with the bench. The 1Kg bump seems sensible. Also note that although your increments across the three lifts is climbing at the same rate, the percentage changes are much larger on the bench and less on the deads.

 

[anotherbutters]

I've now bumped my bench a couple of times over the planned increase as it felt too easy compared with squats and deads. From yesterday, I think it's more than in line now. I feel like I'm working with such tiny changes though (well, I suppose I am!).

I hadn't thought about percentages for deads - you're probably right. I'll stick to 1kg increases on bench. I'll definitely be pushing squats now, but I'm still a bit cautious about deads. I feel like they'll quickly bury me, but hey, this is the Korte, right?

Thanks Jim - I think I'm becoming more rotund than anything

 

[blut wump]

Just think of yourself as a more portly Adonis.