Azinine's get swole journal

[Azinine]

5/28/08, Week 7, Day 2

Hip pain wasn't too bad today but I had already decided not to squat until Friday at the very least. Probably shouldn't do that but I must say that I love to squat... Set a couple more PRs today.

Squats: none

OHP: 80x5, 95x5, 110x5, 125x5 (PR)

I can't wait till I can put a couple 45s on each side!


Deadlift: 145x5, 175x5, 205x5, 230x5 (PR)

Deads continue to be easy but were easier than normal today. I suppose the lack of squats beforehand had something to do with that.

 

[Azinine]

5/30/08, Week 7, Day 3

Three PRs today! The hip has been feeling ok this week so I decided to squat today. The pain came back on the heavy triple but has subsided pretty well since then. I'll see how it feels Monday, but I may have to force myself to take a week off from squatting.

Squats: 105x5, 130x5, 160x5, 185x5, 215x3 (PR), 160x8

The heavy triple was TOUGH. Before the hip pain started a couple of weeks ago I was adding weight to this lift with ease and felt like I had a lot left in me. I'm going to have to get rid of this pain if I'm going to make any real progress on this lift.

Bench: 100x5, 120x5, 145x5, 170x5, 200x3 (PR), 145x8

Pretty stoked to hit the 200 mark on the bench. I was nervous going into it as I had no spotter. Was looking around the gym for candidates but all I had to choose from was an old fat guy and a woman who probably didn't weigh more than 100lbs... Turns out the worry was unfounded because I had no real trouble completing the reps.

Pendlay Row: 75x5, 95x5, 115x5, 135x5, 155x5 (PR), 115x5

I don't know what it is about the rows but I always forget that I'm only supposed to do 3 reps on the heavy set... It was easy enough, though.

Assistance: 2x8, wide grip pull ups with 60lbs assistance

First time I've done pull ups but I think I'll start adding them in every Friday from here on out. I could really feel it in my biceps and lats.

 

[Azinine]

6/2/08, Week 8, Day 1

Can't believe I'm in week 8 already. Had a great workout today. Three PRs.

Squat: 110x5, 135x5, 160x5, 190x5, 215x5 (PR)

Squats felt great. Hip pain wasn't much of a factor. It was there, but not too bad. Hopefully the foam rolling and stretching I've been doing is starting to pay off.

Bench: 100x5, 125x5, 150x5, 175x5, 200x5 (PR)

As I've mentioned earlier, the bench is getting heavy enough to worry me a little since I usually have no spotter. The last set was tough but I wasn't in any real danger of failing on any of the reps. I'll just keep going as long as I can. I guess I can just dump the weight off of the sides if I have to.

Pendlay Row: 80x5, 100x5, 115x5, 135x5, 160x6 (PR)

The last set was a little tough. I think I may have rounded my back a little bit on a couple of the reps. It was tough to tell, though.

Assistance: 3x8, Assisted pullups (70lbs)

 

[ximor]

Great progress on your bench!

 

[coolcolj]

do you do any hip mobility work at all? Might help your hip along with foam rolling off course and stretching

 

[Azinine]

do you do any hip mobility work at all? Might help your hip along with foam rolling off course and stretching

No I don't. Not even sure what it means. Any examples you can point me to?

 

[DaveTSI]

great work dude! you made some serious progress in just over a month, keep it up.

 

[coolcolj]

No I don't. Not even sure what it means. Any examples you can point me to?

see the Get your butt into gear articles for some examples

http://www.ericcressey.com/articles.html

 

[Azinine]

6/4/08, Week 8, Day 2

Time for another installment of everyone's favorite journal.

Good workout today. Squats/hip felt good. Only the slightest twinge of pain today. Two more PRs.

Squat: 110x5, 135x5, 160x5, 160x5

Military Press: 80x5, 95x5, 110x5, 130x5 (PR)

Deadlift: 150x5, 185x5, 210x5, 240x5 (PR)

I'm going to start doing power cleans instead of barbell rows effective immediately. Since I haven't done them in years, I'm going to experiment with them during Friday's workout and try to establish an accurate 5 rep max to start working off of for the following weeks.

later.

 

[Azinine]

p.s. - Weighed in at 222lbs this morning. So, I've lost 8 lbs since starting this journal and 33lbs since the beginning of the year. All the while getting stronger. Progress!!