Beerdrinker's log

[beerdrinker]

Week 8, Day 1

Squats: 135x5,160x5,195x5,227.5x5,260x3

Bench: 115x5,145x5,175x5,205x5,232.5x4

Rows: 115x5,145x5,175x5,205x5,232.5x4


Today progression came to a screeching halt. I've had a good run, it couldn't last forever.

After I racked the bar after 3 reps on squats, I thought maybe I pussed out on another rep, but I think it was a 70% chance of failure on that. And I still don't have my belt. I called Inzer today, and somehow my order didn't get to the right place or something. They shipped it out immediately, and I will have it tomorrow.

Bench, I failed on rep 5. Rows, rep 5 would have been with ridiculous form, so I did not attempt.

Friday, I will attempt to get all 5 reps with these weights instead of the triples normally scheduled.

Next week, I go out of town for Thanksgiving starting Wed, so I may only get Monday's workout in. Maybe I will attempt some 1 rep maxes. I need an answer for "hey man, how much you bench?", lol. The rest of the week will be a very nice and needed break. I need a rest.

 

[Mercere]

Won't you consider a mild deload, such as setting the weight back 10-15% and working your way up to the stalling point, before peaking for a max? Maybe you can squeeze out a couple of more PRs that way.

 

[beerdrinker]

Won't you consider a mild deload, such as setting the weight back 10-15% and working your way up to the stalling point, before peaking for a max? Maybe you can squeeze out a couple of more PRs that way.

Yeah, that's a good idea. I will do that when I come back from my holiday trip.

 

[Mercere]

Yeah, that's a good idea. I will do that when I come back from my holiday trip.

That would be a nice break. I know missing reps is demoralizing as s**t, but I still believe you have a couple of more in weeks you. Whatever the outcome, you've had a very good run. Congratulations!

 

[beerdrinker]

That would be a nice break. I know missing reps is demoralizing as s**t, but I still believe you have a couple of more in weeks you. Whatever the outcome, you've had a very good run. Congratulations!

Oh, I think I have a lot more weeks in me. . I'm going to hit walls, reset, hit more walls, reset, and see where I get from there. I'm hoping I can keep doing that until around April with some time off here and there.

I want to get as much in as possible until the end of April because at the end of April, I will be a new dad. My first child is due April 22. I know I will have to take a break from lifting for a while then. At least until life gets somewhat settled again.

 

[beerdrinker]

Week 8, Day 2

Squats: 135x5,160x5,195x5,195x5

Deads: 205x5,245x5,290x5,327.5x5

OHP: 110x5,125x5,140x5,155x3


I actually did the squats yesterday, but I just felt too tired to finish my workout so I did deads and OHP today. Yesterday wasn't the best day.

Anyway, Deads went well. The belt really helped on those. OHP, I'm still stuck at 155x3 so I will reset the weights. Actually, I will reset all the weights 10% when I come back from my week off next week.

 

[beerdrinker]

Week 8, Day 3

Squats: 135x5,160x5,195x5,227.5x5,260x5

Bench: 115x5,145x5,175x5,205x5,232.5x3

Rows: 115x5,145x5,175x5,205x5,232.5x5


My arms hurt. Really bad, lol. I see people complain that this program doesn't hit arms hard enough. Either they are way too advanced for this, or they aren't pushing themselves.

Squats kicked ass today. Put the belt on for 260 and got 5 reps. Not easily, no PR should be, but I actually think I had another rep in me. That felt great.

Bench and rows are definitely stuck, so when I come back, I will drop them back down. I've thought that I would drop everything down, but I might not do that for squats. I may have some more room to run with these after my week off. I'm not decided on deads yet.

I think I'm going to take some light dumbbells with me next week and do some rotator cuff "prehab" work.

 

[beerdrinker]

Week 9, REST


Week 10, Day 1


Squats: 135x5,160x5,195x5,227.5x5,260x5

Bench: 110x5,135x5,160x5,190x5,215x6

Rows: 110x5,135x5,160x5,190x5,215x6


Squats were hard. Almost didn't get the last rep. I was well above parallel when I started to stall, and my quads and hams were about to give out. I got it up though. Interesting that I was pretty strong deep in the hole, but at the "quarter squat" position I almost didn't get it.

Dropped down Bench and Rows as planned, put up 6 reps in the top set instead of 5. I'm going to try to do this until I get to my previous sticking point, so 5 reps hopefully wont be as difficult.

The week off was awesome for recovery. I felt great. No pain anywhere. It took me a little bit to get used to doing the movements again though.

 

[beerdrinker]

Week 11 Day 1

OK, so week 10 was a bust. Too much work BS. Hopefully that's over for now.

Squats: 135x5,160x5,195x5,227.5x5,260x3,195x8

Bench: 110x5,135x5,160x5,190x5,215x5

Rows: 110x5,135x5,160x5,190x5,215x5


OK. So I'm getting back into this after pretty much two weeks almost completely off. I HAVE to get this going again or else I will start going backwards. My squats have started a slight backward slide already. I only got 3 on 260 this time, so I did a backoff set of 8.

 

[Mercere]

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.