carlsuen's SF 5x5 journal

[anotherbutters]

ok my friend just told me something and i'll prolly look like the biggest idiot ever..

i didn't know that on thursday everything is only 4sets.. i actually have been doing 5 set of MP and DL for half a year now.. although i know it might not have much of a difference, but i always thought squats were only 4 sets and others were 5 as usual.. i need to find a hole and just squeeze my head into it right now.. -_-"

lol. I did that too. Don't worry about it. It's progress on the bar that counts and that's what you've been getting. Congrats!

For your deads, I'd try to add a little to the 135 rather than repeating it. Your lifts are very similar to mine.

 

[carlsuen]

week 5 day 3 (saturday) 19/8/06

squats
10x60
5x80
5x100
3x117.5kg
8x80

bench
10x40
5x50
5x60
3x77.5kg
8x60

bent rows
10x40
5x50
5x60
3x72.5kg

power cleans for fun at 60kgx5

dips

curls..

squat is getting fun as the weight climbs but i find that i can really handle the weight.. am really happy on this... bench will stall next week or the week after.. have been procrastinating on buying the half kg weights.. increasing 2.5 kg a week i too much for me.. sigh, what a weak upper body.. rows are not a prob.. got alot of room for improvement..

 

[carlsuen]

lol. I did that too. Don't worry about it. It's progress on the bar that counts and that's what you've been getting. Congrats!

For your deads, I'd try to add a little to the 135 rather than repeating it. Your lifts are very similar to mine.

lol.. thx AB.. but i think i'll be doing 4x5 from now on.. haha!!

your lifts are similiar to mine? then i think i should go kill myself now..

 

[Protobuilder]

Things look like they're going great. Rows usually have some room to grow, b/c most people haven't trained them much going into the 5x5. I found that they were very reliable. Even when other stuff was stalling, rows could be counted on to go up.

Nice job on the squats as well. Slow and steady . . .you've got a lot of room to go up.

 

[carlsuen]

thx! now i just gotta get them mircro weights for my bench..

 

[Protobuilder]

You can make your own you know using chain link and washers, etc. I bought little 1.25 pound plates for like $8 w/ shipping. I can find the link if you remind me. It was from Paragon sports.

 

[carlsuen]

lol.. i don't live in the US.. but i'll look out for it.. thx!

 

[carlsuen]

i'll give today's bench a go.. but i highly doubt that i'll be able to get it up.. the increase was just too fast.. and according to the template i'm like 5.5kg ahead.. i'm supposed to be pushing 72kg's today.. but instead i had to go 77.5kg.. guess i'll lower it to 72.5kg.. and climb from there..

 

[carlsuen]

another thing.. there's supposed to be a template for this 5x5 but i'm not following it as it tells me to increase 2kg.. and the minimal increase in FF is only 2.5kg.. so i think at week 6, even tho my progress is much more than the template, i'll lower it according to the template.. i'd like to keep it running as long as possible.. but first i gotta get those tiny plates first.. or get something as a sub..

 

[carlsuen]

i'll be missing saturday's workout as i'll be heading to jakarta till monday.. do u think it'll be ok if i continued on thursday and lifted on friday as well? or should i just forgo saturday's workout.. even tho jakarta has FF but only one.. and getting there might be a prob.. plus time schedule and all that shit..