Sarge's Lifting Chronicles 2006-2007

[SgtSlaughter]

Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

I'm pretty familiar with how his body reacts to what foods & the like, so aside from giving him shit , I'm just trying to be a good friend & look out for him.

I am glad you post that second part It's hard to make the 'switch' but apparantly we see what good it has brought you eh? lol

Have a great workout Sarge!

Thank you

Fish in the eyeball back at cha

Here you Go... *Diet Log Updateage*

 

[al420]

Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

Sarge - you still taking the Amp02?

How many caps?

 

[SgtSlaughter]

Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

Sarge - you still taking the Amp02?
How many caps?

Negative.

On training days it's PureCEE... I don't need the stimulant, nor want them in my system anymore. If at all I will take a green tea cap in the am.

Start low...whatever you find works for ya, if it works great at 3 ... it'll last you a lot longer u know... at 10 when i was doing my old routine RIDICULOUS pumps.... I tried it with the 5x5... just doesn't work the same on this type of routine. I'll use it when i switch back at some point in the next 3-4 months.

 

[SgtSlaughter]

Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

*Today's Diet Entry Update*

Week 2 Day 1 of 5x5

Start Time: 6:15pm

OLY Squat
110x5
137x5
165x5
190x5 (had enough gas to explode out the last rep... got air)
225x5 (supposed to be 220...but couldn't resist NOT putting on 2 plates per side)

Bench
95x5
115x5
137x6? ... lol, lost count
166x5
185x5

(5th rep was a struggle enough to worry about stalling... too soon)

GP Rows
75x5
95x5
117x5
137x5
160x5

Back Hypers:
bodyweight x 8 ... 10lbs x8 x8

... WTF... my lower back gets so pumped it HURTS ..fine now, but in the gym... holy hell... and the ride home too. Why is that?

End Time: 7:08pm

 

[*Bunny*]

Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

Workout looks good to me ...

Newb 5 x 5 Questions:

(1) Are you suppose to increase your lifts (i.e. 5th set squat) if you feel you can go heavier? Or are you suppose just stick with the projected calculations on your spreadsheet?

(2) Re: Bench ... what happnes if you do stall out on your next bench day? Does it mess with your #'s since you typically increase in weight every workout? Or do you recalculate to compensate for the stall out?

I'm willing to bed those hypers are causing the lower back pump Seems you often remark about your back after doing them ... Unless it's that awesome way you sleep



This is funny :
(1) 20 oz Gatorade (swig)... splash of apple juice... funneled in 1.5 scoop of Whey... shaken not stirred

prefaced with...
- 1/4 pint of Hagaan Daas - Caramel Cone (My NEW FAVORITE... so damn good)
- 7 swedish fish

Nyyyce....

 

[SgtSlaughter]

Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

Workout looks good to me ...

Newb 5 x 5 Questions:

(1) Are you suppose to increase your lifts (i.e. 5th set squat) if you feel you can go heavier? Or are you suppose just stick with the projected calculations on your spreadsheet?

(2) Re: Bench ... what happnes if you do stall out on your next bench day? Does it mess with your #'s since you typically increase in weight every workout? Or do you recalculate to compensate for the stall out?

I'm willing to bet those hypers are causing the lower back pump Seems you often remark about your back after doing them ... Unless it's that awesome way you sleep



This is funny :
(1) 20 oz Gatorade (swig)... splash of apple juice... funneled in 1.5 scoop of Whey... shaken not stirred

prefaced with...
- 1/4 pint of Hagaan Daas - Caramel Cone (My NEW FAVORITE... so damn good)
- 7 swedish fish

Nyyyce....

Thanks!!

Hafta get to this tomorroa

I'm Baaaaaaaaaaack

Someone PLEASE chime in on these questions, lol:

Newb 5x5 Answers:
(1) Supposed to stick with the spreadsheet as far as I know... at least 1st time around.
(2)I think if one misses one week one trys to hit again next... if it's a huge problem, i dunno..... redo max for that lift?

lol... but WHY do lower back pumps HURT??... chest pumps don't hurt... bicep pumps don't hurt. That's what i'm curious about.

Like my pre workout concoction, aye

...time to find some doof. I'm so hungry I said "doof" ... it's food backwards

 

[SgtSlaughter]

Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

bump for questions ^^^

 

[jpt]

Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

for me personally on the last set....if i can get 1 or 2 more i do it....otherwise i feel like i had an incomplete workout....i don't know the right answer to this and not sure if there really is one...i say go on how you feel bro...your doing a great job and doing that extra rep on the last set if your feeling it is not going to hurt you....my 2c

 

[mm107]

Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

*Today's Diet Entry Update*

Week 2 Day 1 of 5x5

Start Time: 6:15pm

OLY Squat
110x5
137x5
165x5
190x5 (had enough gas to explode out the last rep... got air)
225x5 (supposed to be 220...but couldn't resist NOT putting on 2 plates per side)

Goodjob SGT, remember the Claculations are just ESTIMATES. If you feel u can do the extra 5lbs DO IT. But dont jump too much at once....
I was doing 300x5, but realized i was too low w/ my sqaut #'s now its up to 360x5. Its just a program, it cant tell how good ur doing, it can just give u estimates, so if you feel u can handle it then do it. but still remember u dont want to over train, this program NEEDS rest to go up on lifts...
225x5 is nice bro, keep it up!

Bench
95x5
115x5
137x6? ... lol, lost count
166x5
185x5

(5th rep was a struggle enough to worry about stalling... too soon)

Bench will always stall first, WHY? because we train our chest preety much our entire lives. Think about it, have u sqauted like this ever in the past? most answers are NO. BUT i bet you did train chest reguardless at the gym. So basically ur chest has adapted to the stress.. Oh and another note, the LEGS and BACK are huge muscle groups, the bench muscles are the tris, pecs, shoulders and some lats. Not really a big muscle groupe such as your legs..

GP Rows
75x5
95x5
117x5
137x5
160x5

Back Hypers:
bodyweight x 8 ... 10lbs x8 x8

... WTF... my lower back gets so pumped it HURTS ..fine now, but in the gym... holy hell... and the ride home too. Why is that?

Your just unconditioned big boy lol eventually when ur lower back catches up iit wont be too bad...mine still swells up when i work it directly, especially w/ pull throughs....

End Time: 7:08pm

answers in red =]

 

[mm107]

Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

Workout looks good to me ...

Newb 5 x 5 Questions:

(1) Are you suppose to increase your lifts (i.e. 5th set squat) if you feel you can go heavier? Or are you suppose just stick with the projected calculations on your spreadsheet?

Bunny, like i posted above, i have asked the same questions because i wondered as well, but from all the replies i got it preery much is like this: If you can handle it, then you can do it. The program just estimates where he should be at, no way to actually PROVE where he should be at unless he tries for it. 5-10lbs incremements are ok, BUT if u felt like adding 20lbs and he actually mustered enough energy for 5, i bet he wouldnt be able to hit the same weight for the next workout. 5-10 increments build 'real' muscle as i would say. BUT honestly, this 5x5 plan you need to rest/build. So if you can handle the extra 20, should you completely drain yourself doing the extra 20? No, he should aim for the extra 10, so he will be able to recover for the next w/o.

(2) Re: Bench ... what happnes if you do stall out on your next bench day? Does it mess with your #'s since you typically increase in weight every workout? Or do you recalculate to compensate for the stall out?

If he stalls (maybe only gets 4 reps instead of 5) then next workout, he sticks with the same numbers....so instead of jumping weight on friday for the last set of 3, try to get the 5 reps of the missed weight, then come back on monday and do monday's last w/o again and proceed to jump weight up on friday. But since bench is the hardest lift to improve, you might have to bench the same numbers untill u NAIL the lift.


I'm willing to bed those hypers are causing the lower back pump Seems you often remark about your back after doing them ... Unless it's that awesome way you sleep



This is funny :
(1) 20 oz Gatorade (swig)... splash of apple juice... funneled in 1.5 scoop of Whey... shaken not stirred

prefaced with...
- 1/4 pint of Hagaan Daas - Caramel Cone (My NEW FAVORITE... so damn good)
- 7 swedish fish

Nyyyce....

answers in red bunnz