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Djeclipse's Intermediate 5x5 take 2.
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Cynical Simian
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Belated congrats on the PRs, and very nice 5-week progress as well. I'm looking forward to following the journal.
djeclipse
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EDIT: Long post ahead, I swear it's worth the read... 
Week 6 Day 2
I started this Migraine medicine monday night and it seriously knocks me out, I am tired all day. Some of the side effects are drowsiness and Weakness ! WTF Anyway I made it to the gym and was feeling tired through the whole workout, I hope my body gets used to this shit because right now it sucks ass. And I'm supposed to up the dose next week... I'll probably end up falling asleep at work.
Luckily all my lifts went rather well and I made a PR on both Deads and military press.
For Military press I finally got a plate a side up for 5 reps, felt really good to make that lift for a set of 5 (it was my goal since I started). I have to say, there's nothing better then adding a plate a side for any lift.
I screwed up my deadlifts and started with my second set weight of 265 x 5 instead of 220 x 5. I don’t know what happened but was pissed about it. So in an attempt to keep volume the same I did my second set with 265 x 4
220 x 5 = 1100
265 x 4 = 1060
I hope I am figuring properly as far as the volume goes and I did the right thing in making up for my mistake...
Anyone?
I am a member of the YMCA and there are 3 gyms I can use in my area. Today I was at the one on campus, it's full of little "huge" guys that love to team bench, 1/8 squat etc. I guarantee no one has ever done a decent deadlift in there since it opened, lol.
So by my third set I had a few people looking over, trying to watch without looking like they're watching. By my final set of 352.5 x 5 there was a small crowd. It was kind of funny as I wasn't sure if they even knew what I was doing. I was just some random guy lifting 3 and some change, making noise, lol.
Squat
120 x 5
145 x 5
175 x 5
175 x 5
Standing Military Press
80 x 5
100 x 5
120 x 5
135 x 5....PR! A goal I thought I'd never reach.
Deadlift
220 x 5.. F’d up and missed this one.
265 x 5
265 x 4.... to make up for missing my first set.
305 x 5
352.5 x 5.....PR! it feels better then I thought it would.
Chins
7
7
6
Needsize crunches
20 x 5
20 x 5
20 x 5
20 x 5
20 x 5
I am really starting to hate these (which is good). There was a clock on the wall right in front of me so I tried to hold for 5 real seconds... I was seriously short changing my 5 second counts before, 5 seconds is a lot longer then I thought,
. these are hard.
I didn’t think reaching the 350 mark for deads would be a big deal for me but I am happy with it. Now I’m only 50lbs away form adding another plate.
Also I am glad I dropped the bie work on this day, it was just too much now that the lifts are getting heavy.
Week 6 Day 2
I started this Migraine medicine monday night and it seriously knocks me out, I am tired all day. Some of the side effects are drowsiness and Weakness ! WTF Anyway I made it to the gym and was feeling tired through the whole workout, I hope my body gets used to this shit because right now it sucks ass. And I'm supposed to up the dose next week... I'll probably end up falling asleep at work.
Luckily all my lifts went rather well and I made a PR on both Deads and military press.
For Military press I finally got a plate a side up for 5 reps, felt really good to make that lift for a set of 5 (it was my goal since I started). I have to say, there's nothing better then adding a plate a side for any lift.
I screwed up my deadlifts and started with my second set weight of 265 x 5 instead of 220 x 5. I don’t know what happened but was pissed about it. So in an attempt to keep volume the same I did my second set with 265 x 4
220 x 5 = 1100
265 x 4 = 1060
I hope I am figuring properly as far as the volume goes and I did the right thing in making up for my mistake...
Anyone?
I am a member of the YMCA and there are 3 gyms I can use in my area. Today I was at the one on campus, it's full of little "huge" guys that love to team bench, 1/8 squat etc. I guarantee no one has ever done a decent deadlift in there since it opened, lol.
So by my third set I had a few people looking over, trying to watch without looking like they're watching. By my final set of 352.5 x 5 there was a small crowd. It was kind of funny as I wasn't sure if they even knew what I was doing. I was just some random guy lifting 3 and some change, making noise, lol.
Squat
120 x 5
145 x 5
175 x 5
175 x 5
Standing Military Press
80 x 5
100 x 5
120 x 5
135 x 5....PR! A goal I thought I'd never reach.
Deadlift
220 x 5.. F’d up and missed this one.
265 x 5
265 x 4.... to make up for missing my first set.
305 x 5
352.5 x 5.....PR! it feels better then I thought it would.
Chins
7
7
6
Needsize crunches
20 x 5
20 x 5
20 x 5
20 x 5
20 x 5
I am really starting to hate these (which is good). There was a clock on the wall right in front of me so I tried to hold for 5 real seconds... I was seriously short changing my 5 second counts before, 5 seconds is a lot longer then I thought,
. these are hard. I didn’t think reaching the 350 mark for deads would be a big deal for me but I am happy with it. Now I’m only 50lbs away form adding another plate.
Also I am glad I dropped the bie work on this day, it was just too much now that the lifts are getting heavy.
djeclipse
New member
nelmsjer said:
lol, I just noticed that, I thought somethign was up...
As for the groupies, not exactly what I'd want as groupies, they were mostly guys and a few older chicks. I want the young college chicks for my groupies. or at least one of them could have helped me load the bar, lol.
She's a hot, bar loading machine!!!
blut wump
New member
It's good to see your new journal up and running. Congrats on your PRs.
I remember deadlifting at the last gym I attended. About half the time I'd do it someone would wander over and want to reminisce about how they used to deadlift before the war. Of course, they all lifted more than I was using until they slipped a disc, broke their knee, put their back out, tore a fingernail, etc.
I remember deadlifting at the last gym I attended. About half the time I'd do it someone would wander over and want to reminisce about how they used to deadlift before the war. Of course, they all lifted more than I was using until they slipped a disc, broke their knee, put their back out, tore a fingernail, etc.
WannaBeBig72
New member
djeclipse said:EDIT: Long post ahead, I swear it's worth the read...
Week 6 Day 2
I started this Migraine medicine monday night and it seriously knocks me out, I am tired all day. Some of the side effects are drowsiness and Weakness ! WTF Anyway I made it to the gym and was feeling tired through the whole workout, I hope my body gets used to this shit because right now it sucks ass. And I'm supposed to up the dose next week... I'll probably end up falling asleep at work.
Luckily all my lifts went rather well and I made a PR on both Deads and military press.
For Military press I finally got a plate a side up for 5 reps, felt really good to make that lift for a set of 5 (it was my goal since I started). I have to say, there's nothing better then adding a plate a side for any lift.
I screwed up my deadlifts and started with my second set weight of 265 x 5 instead of 220 x 5. I don’t know what happened but was pissed about it. So in an attempt to keep volume the same I did my second set with 265 x 4
220 x 5 = 1100
265 x 4 = 1060
I hope I am figuring properly as far as the volume goes and I did the right thing in making up for my mistake...
Anyone?
I am a member of the YMCA and there are 3 gyms I can use in my area. Today I was at the one on campus, it's full of little "huge" guys that love to team bench, 1/8 squat etc. I guarantee no one has ever done a decent deadlift in there since it opened, lol.
So by my third set I had a few people looking over, trying to watch without looking like they're watching. By my final set of 352.5 x 5 there was a small crowd. It was kind of funny as I wasn't sure if they even knew what I was doing. I was just some random guy lifting 3 and some change, making noise, lol.
Squat
120 x 5
145 x 5
175 x 5
175 x 5
Standing Military Press
80 x 5
100 x 5
120 x 5
135 x 5....PR! A goal I thought I'd never reach.
Deadlift
220 x 5.. F’d up and missed this one.
265 x 5
265 x 4.... to make up for missing my first set.
305 x 5
352.5 x 5.....PR! it feels better then I thought it would.
Chins
7
7
6
Needsize crunches
20 x 5
20 x 5
20 x 5
20 x 5
20 x 5
I am really starting to hate these (which is good). There was a clock on the wall right in front of me so I tried to hold for 5 real seconds... I was seriously short changing my 5 second counts before, 5 seconds is a lot longer then I thought,
I didn’t think reaching the 350 mark for deads would be a big deal for me but I am happy with it. Now I’m only 50lbs away form adding another plate.
Also I am glad I dropped the bie work on this day, it was just too much now that the lifts are getting heavy.
You know it's funny. I never see anyone doing deadlifts at the gym. The 3 years I've been going I don't recall ever seeing anyone do them (maybe they were I just didn't notice). I saw some guy who wasn't that big doing them the other day and wanted to go over and congratulate him. You also never see anyone doing real squats (hell alot of peole don't even do pussy squats either). Even bent over row I really hardly see people doing. I mean alot of guys in the gym are much bigger then me, so hopefully eventually all this core compound olympic lift crap pays off.
