Sarge's Lifting Chronicles 2006-2007

[SgtSlaughter]

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

I agree with the ladies' (and al420's) verdict: you're looking lean and can definitely add some more quality pounds without fat getting out of control. Good call moving to the 34s; you'll just have to get used to being pissed off every time you go to shop for jeans because the waist:leg/glute ratios weren't determined with squatters in mind. Illuminati ranted about this rather amusingly a while ago.

LOVE the thread (bumped it ) thanks for linking that up for me!!

Yes, pissed off and hungry shopping... BAD News for me, i throw a BF like it's my job in "White Chicks"

...storm out of the store throwing tiny thigh circumference jeans everywhere sprinting to the closest food establishment, and when I'm THAT hungry, doesn't matter what it is... lol

Thanks bro... yes, i'm really looking forward to kicking some ass on this 5x5

looking big bro! keep up the eating!!!!!! think how awesome it's going to be when you start cutting again and you have all that added size to your frame!

Thanks homie!!! hehehe, ... I'll be a machine whenever I cut down again, cuz I KNOW what my body likes to cut on and I'll do it with avengence next time

nice definition broski,

abs are coming in real nice too bro

legs look big trust me they are growing...

sucks havign a 32inh waist and having to use 34's lol thats my situation, im not buying pants untill after winter, imma be buulking..

GREAT WORK SGT u can tell uve been dieting as well!

Thanks broseph!!

Pants fucking suck!! Least i'm still fitting into shorts from 5 years ago though ... cuz they don't taper like pants I guess is why, whatever... they fit, I wear 'em

I'm NOT dieting bro... lol, that's what's kinda crazy, i'm deff MUCH bloated from my cutting progress pics if u check the link in my sig... but it's cool, i can deal as long as i'm getting stronger and fat stays at bay

lol.... bro, invest in buying bulk sweat pants for when you bulk... dude, you'll blow up

 

[SgtSlaughter]

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

Week 2 Day 2 of Bill Star 5x5

Start Time: 6:30pm

5 minute incline walk on treadmill warm up... hoping the rack would be free when i walked back in the weight room...

Walk in... and the "Big Guy" ... friggin' huge... 6'5" like 400 lbs, not bashing, he's strong as HELL... was doing shrugs with like i dunno 1,000 pounds, lol... Rack was taken

BTN PP
75x5
90x5
105x5
120x5


Dead Lifts
135x8 (warm up this time )
215x5
257x1 (straped up) x 4
300x5
342x5 (over/under)

... those beat me up, toast...

Light Squat Day, Thank Jesus
115x5
137x5
165x5
165x5

End Time: 7:25pm


Erectors... SHOT fine now... but literally felt them throbbing on the drive home.

Workout Rating: Blah... during deads... pretty numb, just went through the motions... least I hit all the lifts I guess

 

[Cynical Simian]

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

Be careful with those squats after deads. Even with the very light weight, you're risking bad form and an injury by doing them after near-max deadlifts. Is there a way for you to squat outside the rack (i.e. pins at an appropriate height somewhere in the gym) if it's taken again? You wouldn't really need the safety bars since there's no chance of failure on day 2 squats.

 

[SgtSlaughter]

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

Be careful with those squats after deads. Even with the very light weight, you're risking bad form and an injury by doing them after near-max deadlifts. Is there a way for you to squat outside the rack (i.e. pins at an appropriate height somewhere in the gym) if it's taken again? You wouldn't really need the safety bars since there's no chance of failure on day 2 squats.

NFW... No F'n Way to do them anywhere else in my gym

I scanned the whole place... thinking OOOOUUU maybe I can do them in the military press station, lol... no way... wouldn't work.

I took a good break, and didn't rush them. I actually layed down on a flat bench for a minute after deads

Thanks for lookin' out man!! What about front squats on Day 2 if that happens again? ... i'm good with front squats, just don't have the flexiblity down tooooooootally yet enough to have elbows in the air, they're high but not high as I see them in OLY vids.

OH... There were 2 smiths open to use... but I couldn't bring myself to use them ... I will next time, or fronts maybe... pending response

 

[sbt2082]

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

Well workout still looked good from here
Hope your having a good evening!!

 

[SgtSlaughter]

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

Well workout still looked good from here
Hope your having a good evening!!

Thanks!! Yeah i'm glad I hit all my lifts... the volume on DL's that i've never done before is ROUGH, lol

I'd be having a GREAT evening if someone would put away my laundry for me... it's all over my bed, and I fear that if I shove it on the floor it will stay for a week, lol


I hope you have a great rest of the evening as well Yellow Rubbery One

 

[Cynical Simian]

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

Eh, I don't think fronts would be any better, especially since you'd be near PR weight for fronts if you used the same weight as you would for back squats (people who sub fronts push them as another PR lift). I wasn't trying to scare you with the mention of injury; the combination of a break after deads and the very light weight makes it fairly unlikely. Just avoid doing deads first if at all possible (which you're already trying to do) and be careful not to get sloppy on your squats if you have to do them last...PR deads (obviously) take a lot out of you.

I've always squatted first, so I'd certainly defer to BiggT or others who've tried deads early in workouts if they disagree with the above.

EDIT: Did you mean doing fronts to start the workout or doing them in place of back squats after deads if this happens again? My response assumed you meant the latter.

 

[fortunatesun]

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

My reward for posting late- I get to echo what everyone else has already said.
Nice looking wheels for never having worked them out before. I think front squats are OK to substitute on light day. I find that they also really work to bring out definition, though of course nothing beats a good ATF for making people wonder if you've gotten calf implants.
Zercher squats are another solid substitute. Still definately a squat, although IMHO they're a bit further removed from a classic back squat than a front squat. Better carryover for strongman. When I'm genuinely fatigued though, (sore doesn't count) I can count on a good squat session using Zercher's for at least some of my reps without beating myself up.

 

[SgtSlaughter]

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

Eh, I don't think fronts would be any better, especially since you'd be near PR weight for fronts if you used the same weight as you would for back squats (people who sub fronts push them as another PR lift). I wasn't trying to scare you with the mention of injury; the combination of a break after deads and the very light weight makes it fairly unlikely. Just avoid doing deads first if at all possible (which you're already trying to do) and be careful not to get sloppy on your squats if you have to do them last...PR deads (obviously) take a lot out of you.

I've always squatted first, so I'd certainly defer to BiggT or others who've tried deads early in workouts if they disagree with the above.

EDIT: Did you mean doing fronts to start the workout or doing them in place of back squats after deads if this happens again? My response assumed you meant the latter.

I can hang clean to front squat weight out on the open floor was my idea as LAST resort if the only squat rack in my gym was taken again (in the begining). OR do smith squats at the end...or beggining.

Blah, lol... i'll just do Smith back squats if need be next time... first.

yeah it SUCKED doing deads (2nd) before squats.

My reward for posting late- I get to echo what everyone else has already said.
Nice looking wheels for never having worked them out before. I think front squats are OK to substitute on light day. I find that they also really work to bring out definition, though of course nothing beats a good ATF for making people wonder if you've gotten calf implants.
Zercher squats are another solid substitute. Still definately a squat, although IMHO they're a bit further removed from a classic back squat than a front squat. Better carryover for strongman. When I'm genuinely fatigued though, (sore doesn't count) I can count on a good squat session using Zercher's for at least some of my reps without beating myself up.

Thank broski! It's not that i've never worked them... i've never trained them like this

Does OLY = ATF ... just wondering if I can use the terminology interchangeably {I thought olympic squats went ATF (?)}

Zercher... never heard of that, googling shortly

Thanks bro for all the info!

 

[sbt2082]

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

GOOOOOOOD MOrning
HOpe those carbies finally let you get some rest