Beerdrinker's log

[beerdrinker]

I think you'll be right back on track once you start lifting heavy regularly again. 2 weeks off could have affected your neural adaptation, but you need those weeks off sometimes.

Thanks. I think you are right about that.

 

[beerdrinker]

Week 11 Day 2

Squats: 135x5,160x5,195x5

Deads: 195x5,235x5,275x5,315x5

OHP; 95x5,105x5,120x5,135x5


Decent workout. Light squats got me good and stretched out. I dropped the weight back down a bit on deads, and they felt really good. Two weeks off from deads did me some good, I think. OHP, I dropped it down, and it felt good. Keeping the OHP free of leg drive until I start needing it.

 

[beerdrinker]

Week 11, Day 3

Squats: 135x5,160x5,195x5,227.25x5,260x5

Bench: 110x5,135x5,160x5,190x5,220x3,160x8

Rows: 110x5,135x5,160x5,190x5,220x3,160x8


Back on track. Due to not getting all 5 squats on day 1, and treating it like a day 3, I am switching day 1 and day 3 around on squats. I don't think that will be a big deal. Squats felt strong. I'm pretty sure I had another rep in me. Next Monday I will be hitting a triple on a new PR.

Bench and rows went well. Hopefully I can get some momentum to make new PRs in a few weeks.

 

[beerdrinker]

Week 12, Day 1

Squats: 135x5,160x5,195x5,227.25x5,266.25x3,195x8

Bench: 115x5,140x5,165x5,195x5,220x5

Rows: none.


Motherfucker, does my left arm hurt. I'm pretty sure I have tendinitis in my left bicep tendons, both at the shoulder and at the elbow. I had been having the pain in the last couple of weeks before my little break, but it had gone away since I came back. Well, this weekend, the city made me trim my trees (or else get a fine), and working that manual pole saw up and down brought the pain back like no other. I had a hard enough time with bench, but my opening set of rows was just too much pain to bear. I hate this. If the pain calms down a bit, I may attempt rows later tonight or tomorrow.

On the plus side, I did get a 3 rep PR on squats! Admittedly not the prettiest 3rd rep, but at least the depth was there.

 

[beerdrinker]

Week 12, Day 2

Deads: 200x5,240x5,280x5,320x5

OHP: 95x5,110x5,125x5,140x5

Squats: 135x5,165x5,200x5,200x5


decent session. I think I'll be hitting new PRs on deads soon. Hopefully they will continue for a while, too. They felt really strong today.

 

[beerdrinker]

Week 12, Day 3

Squats: 140x5,170x5,200x5,232.5x5,266.25x5

Bench: 110x5,135x5,165x5,195x5,225x4,165x10

Rows: 110x5,135x5,165x5,195x5,230x3*,220x3,165x8


Squats were tough. Felt like my hams were going to snap, lol. Had a couple that almost went into a goodmorning. The worst rep was the first, I just wasn't set up right or something. I got all 5 reps, but I'm going to repeat this weight next week because I'm not happy with the form. I took video of it because I knew it might not go so well, and while it didn't look near as bad on video as it felt while doing it, there was plenty wrong. I'm pretty happy overall with how I'm coming with squats though, this ought to get me pretty damn close to 300 for a 1RM.

Went a little over my scheduled lifts on bench, I want to make sure I can break through my previous sticking point.

I'm back to rows again, my arm feels a lot better. *I accidentally did 10 lbs more on my triple than I was supposed to, and my form really reflected it. I took it back down to 220 and got them perfectly.

 

[beerdrinker]

Week 13, Day 1

Squats: 140x5,170x5,200x5,235x5,265x5

Bench: 115x5,140x5,170x5,200x5,225x5

Rows: 115x5,140x5,165x5,195x5,220x5


Friday is a weird day for a day one, but my schedule is all messed up lately.
Anyway, picked up where I left off.

Squats went great, no form issues this time around. Tuesday I will have a triple of 270. I was hoping to have 275x5 by Christmas, but shit happens.

Bench went OK. Kind of hard by rep 5. Should have no problem with 230x3 on Tuesday. I always feel really strong in the first three reps, it's the last two that get me.

Rows went fine.

 

[beerdrinker]

Week 13, Day 2

Squats: 140x5,170x5,200x5,200x5

Deads: 200x5,240x5,280x5,320x5

OHP: skipped

Arm hurt, and I had stuff to do, so I skipped OHP. Deads were surprisingly easy. Looking forward to the next few weeks on these.

 

[beerdrinker]

Week 13, Day 3

Squats: 140x5,170x5,200x5,235x5,270x3,200x8

Bench: 115x5,140x5,165x5,195x5,230x3,250x1

Rows: skipped


Got a PR tripple on squats today. Not completely happy with the form on them, but I will attempt 5 on my next session. I wouldn't be surprised if I am not able to get 5.

Decided to try for a PR single on Bench today after my working sets instead of a backoff set of 8. Just wanted to see if I could put up 250, and I did.

Ran out of time to do rows. Had Christmas stuff to do. I will do a "day 4" this week to get in OHP and rows since they got skipped.

 

[beerdrinker]

Week 13, Day 4

OHP: 95x5,115x5,125x5,145x3,115x8

Rows: 115x5,140x5,165x5,195x5,225x3,165x8

Just a catchup day for stuff I had to skip this week.