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Awesome!! You're doing fantastic bro!! It's a PR fest up in here! 
Mercere's 3x5...The quest for a decent Squat
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Czar87 said:
Thanks Czar... This board really helped me understand that strength it not given, but earned. As long as you keep lifting hard and eating a lot, you're gonna put on weight. If you're 19 (born in 87) years old, I'm sure you'll do even better than I did.
I've never had much joint pain. Some minor aches here and there. As long as you keep your form in check in olympic squats, knees should be alright. Only real annoying aches were in my lower back. It gets pumped after a couple of hard PRs. Nothing to suggest and injury though.
19.10.06
Squat:
bar 1x8
135lbs 1x5
155lbs 2x5
Bench:
bar 1x8
125lbs 1x5
135lbs 1x5
145lbs 1x5 PR
Deadlift:
bar 1x8
135lbs 1x5
255lbs 1x5 PR
This was the first workout in 3.5 months that I didn't squat in PR territory. I've added a light squat day because tuesday's PR really ground me down. I forgot my microplates, so I had to do larger increments on bench and deadlifts today. I had no doubt on the deads but bench looked iffy, because the last time I struggled very hard with 140. Even though I ramped with 10lbs increments by mistake (used 15lbs before) I smashed it. I guess the bench was being affected by heavy squats the last couple of workouts.
Squat:
bar 1x8
135lbs 1x5
155lbs 2x5
Bench:
bar 1x8
125lbs 1x5
135lbs 1x5
145lbs 1x5 PR
Deadlift:
bar 1x8
135lbs 1x5
255lbs 1x5 PR
This was the first workout in 3.5 months that I didn't squat in PR territory. I've added a light squat day because tuesday's PR really ground me down. I forgot my microplates, so I had to do larger increments on bench and deadlifts today. I had no doubt on the deads but bench looked iffy, because the last time I struggled very hard with 140. Even though I ramped with 10lbs increments by mistake (used 15lbs before) I smashed it. I guess the bench was being affected by heavy squats the last couple of workouts.
workouts looking good man!
every time i switch up stuff i come here and someone's got a journal, gotta love it!
your progress is very encouraging.
i'm goin' for a 265 dead tonight, 140 on bench, and 165 for squats.
i add dips too though, and am at +45 for 2 sets of 8. after reading your journal, i think i'm going to leave them and pullups out for a while and try and shoot up the main lifts.
again, good work. seeing such progress is very motivating!
every time i switch up stuff i come here and someone's got a journal, gotta love it!
your progress is very encouraging.
i'm goin' for a 265 dead tonight, 140 on bench, and 165 for squats.
i add dips too though, and am at +45 for 2 sets of 8. after reading your journal, i think i'm going to leave them and pullups out for a while and try and shoot up the main lifts.
again, good work. seeing such progress is very motivating!
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dude you are rolling......i can't wait to see where you end up stalling out!! shit, if you do....lol
Vita said:workouts looking good man!
every time i switch up stuff i come here and someone's got a journal, gotta love it!
your progress is very encouraging.
i'm goin' for a 265 dead tonight, 140 on bench, and 165 for squats.
i add dips too though, and am at +45 for 2 sets of 8. after reading your journal, i think i'm going to leave them and pullups out for a while and try and shoot up the main lifts.
again, good work. seeing such progress is very motivating!
Thanks a lot man, your post is very encouraging to me too. It's probably a good idea to leave out pullups and dips when you're in that territory where PRs make you see stars
Good luck on your goals bro, don't forget to post your results at the end of your run.
Hey mercere,
Just checking in to see how you are going?
I am in the 2nd week of my 3 x 5 program, and all is going well, which it should be in these early stages. Just a quick question, why have you changed from the 'sets across' method (3 sets at set weight), to a ramping method?
Is it simply due to the difficulty of the program as the PR's become harder to attain, and the increments become much smaller?
Just checking in to see how you are going?
I am in the 2nd week of my 3 x 5 program, and all is going well, which it should be in these early stages. Just a quick question, why have you changed from the 'sets across' method (3 sets at set weight), to a ramping method?
Is it simply due to the difficulty of the program as the PR's become harder to attain, and the increments become much smaller?
