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johnnyrockit8665
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Congrats on breaking the PRs and good luck with that dead lift! That 5x5 seems to be treating you well! have a good day bro....
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Congrats on breaking the PRs and good luck with that dead lift! That 5x5 seems to be treating you well! have a good day bro....
coreygb
New member
Friday, 7.22.11
Squat
135x5
165x5
210x5
230x5
285x3
210x8
Bench
85x5
110x5
135x5
155x5
195x3 (3 rep PR)
135x8
Row
135x5
145x5
155x5
170x3 (PR)
140x8
Dips
0x10 (PR)
0x8
0x6
Chins
0x8
0x5
0x4
Great workout. I felt strong on the 195 bench. Dips are getting better. However, I can't seem to get past 8 chinups. Maybe it's because I'm gaining a bit of weight each week.
Squat
135x5
165x5
210x5
230x5
285x3
210x8
Bench
85x5
110x5
135x5
155x5
195x3 (3 rep PR)
135x8
Row
135x5
145x5
155x5
170x3 (PR)
140x8
Dips
0x10 (PR)
0x8
0x6
Chins
0x8
0x5
0x4
Great workout. I felt strong on the 195 bench. Dips are getting better. However, I can't seem to get past 8 chinups. Maybe it's because I'm gaining a bit of weight each week.
JDid23
New member
great work on the bench.
for chins, it would make sense that weight gain is holding you back. you could always do some lower rep weighted chins if you feel you really hit a plateau at 8... maybe something like 3-4 sets with 10-15 pounds for 2-4 reps on each set... a while back when my shoulder wasn't bad and my chins were much better, i did weighted chins with low reps up to 25 lbs and it drastically increased the amount of chinups i could do at a similar BW.
for chins, it would make sense that weight gain is holding you back. you could always do some lower rep weighted chins if you feel you really hit a plateau at 8... maybe something like 3-4 sets with 10-15 pounds for 2-4 reps on each set... a while back when my shoulder wasn't bad and my chins were much better, i did weighted chins with low reps up to 25 lbs and it drastically increased the amount of chinups i could do at a similar BW.
coreygb
New member
That sounds like a fine idea. I'll give that a shot next week. Thanks for the suggestion man.
johnnyrockit8665
New member
Lookin really good bro! Breaking PR's left and right 
That tricep must be feeling better 
Keep pushin hard bro you will get the results your looking for.
That tricep must be feeling better Keep pushin hard bro you will get the results your looking for.
coreygb
New member
Yeah, the tricep hasn't been any trouble lately. Thanks a lot, man.
7.27.11
Squat
135x5
165x5
225x5
225x5
Press
70x5
80x5
95x5
130x5 (PR)
Deadlift
135x5
190x5
230x5
275x5
330x5 (tied current PR)
330x5 deadlift felt quite a bit easier this time around, so I'm excited about 335x5 next week. The overhead press PR was hard on the last rep, but I think I've got it in me to keep going up in weight. I just want to overhead press a couple of 45's so bad, haha.
7.27.11
Squat
135x5
165x5
225x5
225x5
Press
70x5
80x5
95x5
130x5 (PR)
Deadlift
135x5
190x5
230x5
275x5
330x5 (tied current PR)
330x5 deadlift felt quite a bit easier this time around, so I'm excited about 335x5 next week. The overhead press PR was hard on the last rep, but I think I've got it in me to keep going up in weight. I just want to overhead press a couple of 45's so bad, haha.
Regarding the chins/pullups:
You should also take into account that you're doing them after you're also doing rows, which are using many of the same muscles, and you're pushing hard rows (going for PRs etc) since its a main movement for you. This is why most people stick chins/pullups on the Wednesday workout when doing this routine (not to say that you necessarily need to do that, just something to think about).
This is also probably the reason why your subsequent sets decrease by quite a few reps. You're probably pretty gassed by the time you get to the pullups/chinups. So I wouldn't be too discouraged by it. You're lats are obviously getting stronger, given that you're PRing on your rows.
All that said, jdid's suggestion is a good one. Some people have a hard time progressing on pullups/chinups by adding reps, while they can add weight at a good pace.
You should also take into account that you're doing them after you're also doing rows, which are using many of the same muscles, and you're pushing hard rows (going for PRs etc) since its a main movement for you. This is why most people stick chins/pullups on the Wednesday workout when doing this routine (not to say that you necessarily need to do that, just something to think about).
This is also probably the reason why your subsequent sets decrease by quite a few reps. You're probably pretty gassed by the time you get to the pullups/chinups. So I wouldn't be too discouraged by it. You're lats are obviously getting stronger, given that you're PRing on your rows.
All that said, jdid's suggestion is a good one. Some people have a hard time progressing on pullups/chinups by adding reps, while they can add weight at a good pace.
coreygb
New member
Yeah, I originally wanted to do pullups on wednesday after deadlifts, but after my last set of deadlifts, I'm absolutely gassed. I really don't have the energy to do them. I'll be trying the lower rep + weight method and see where that gets me. Thanks a lot for the input, man!
