Djeclipse's Intermediate 5x5 take 2.

[djeclipse]

Thanks for posting your diet.

I am not sure if all this dairy in the morning is agreeing with me, I may have to find another source of protien in the morning. Any suggestions? I was thinking chic peas or something?

i've been a little behind on my journal so here is fridays workout and monday W/O.

Week 1 Day 3 (friday)

Squat
110 x 5
135 x 5
160 x 5
190 x 5
225 x 3
160 x 8

bench
100 x 5
125 x 5
150 x 5
175 x 5
205 x 3
150 x 8

Rows
90 x 5
110 x 5
135 x 5
155 x 5
180 x 3
135 x 8

Dips
15 x 10
15 x 10
15 x 10

tricept extenson (dumbell, seated)
60 x 9
60 x 9
60 x 9

Curls, standing barbell (strict form)
70 x 9
70 x 9
70 x 9

 

[djeclipse]

Week 2 Day 1 (Mon)

Squat
110 x 5
140 x 5
170 x 5
195 x 5
225 x 5

Bench
100 x 5
130 x 5
155 x 5
180 x 5
205 x 5 Felt way too heavy, I hope I haven't lost strength.

Rows
90 x 5
115 x 5
140 x 5
160 x 5
180 x 5

Hypers
25 x 16
25 x 16
25 x 16

Sit ups
35 x 16
35 x 16
35 x 16
35 x 16

I am feeling pretty crappy lately, I am back on prednazone which sucks ass as it makes your face al bloated, and I feel week, tired and out of it all the time. Not to mention the almost daily headaches... I know, enough whining, lol

I think I may have to get rid of all that dairy in the morning as I'm not sure it agrees with me (U.C.), can anyone suggest what I can do for protein in the morning other then the chicken i’m eating 3x a day.

 

[anotherbutters]

Have you tried egg whites?

 

[djeclipse]

Have you tried egg whites?

Ya, I got those egg whites you suggested. I dropped the glas of milk today and went down to3 servings of egg whites andone full egg. Maybe i'll give it one more day before I try droping all the dairy.

 

[djeclipse]

Week 2 Day 2 (wed)

Felt like crap all day but for some reason when I got to the gym and started lifting I felt much better, seemed to have more energy then I've had in the past few workouts.

While doing the military press I noticed a few people started to watch as I added weight to each set. I must be the only person in the gym that does standing military press, lol

I just realized that I screwed up with the military press, I was only supposed to do 130 x 5 instead of 135 x 5. Not sure if I should just use 135 x 5 next week or move on to 140 x 5....

I decided to go a different rout with the chins and stay in the 5 rep range but add weight. I've been stuck on 3 sets of 7 (body weight) for a while now, wanted to change it up.

Squat
110 x 5
140 x 5
170 x 5
170 x 5

Military press
85 x 5
110 x 5
120 x 5
135 x 5

Deads
220 x 5
260 x 5
310 x 5
350 x 5

Chins
5 x 5
5 x 5
5 x 5

needsize crunches
bw x 5
bw x 5
bw x 5
bw x 5

I need to get a stop watch and hold for a full 5 seconds. I think I was cheating too much before. So I decided to drop the weight and start over again.

 

[BiggT]

You've got an excellent deadlift. I agree with you on the chins.....try adding 25-45 lbs to your chins and then give bodyweight a go again. Once you can do all of your sets with 12 + reps, just stick to the weighted variety.

 

[djeclipse]

You've got an excellent deadlift.

thanks, it is a little out of proportion to the rest of my lifts, especially squat. My personal best so far is 370 x 5 (the vid is posted here somewhere), I hope to go well beyond that this time around.

I agree with you on the chins.....try adding 25-45 lbs to your chins and then give bodyweight a go again. Once you can do all of your sets with 12 + reps, just stick to the weighted variety.

I hope that does work, the funny thing is I found an old journal from back when I used to lift in highschool and I was doing 20 reps of wide grip (overhand) chins no problem... the good old days. I only weighed like 135lbs though.

Can you give me any ideas of how to get my protein in the morning with out dairy? I was thinking chic peas or kidney beans? Any other ideas?

 

[djeclipse]

Also, I seem to have lost about 4-5lbs, I'm around 191-190 on the scale at the gym now...

I also bought a digital food scale for $20.00 (on sale), and I am getting used to this type of eating schedle, I don't crave the crap I used to eat before....

 

[xblitz44x]

I'm proud of you with this diet thing! I think you're finally locking down the missing piece.

 

[djeclipse]

I'm proud of you with this diet thing! I think you're finally locking down the missing piece.

Thanks, my diet still isn't perfect as far as calories, pritien go, but I am trying to stay at or under 50 carbs per meal and so far am getting away with only 5 meals.

Just need to change up the morning to get rid of the dairy (for now) and all looks good.