Sarge's Lifting Chronicles 2006-2007

[SgtSlaughter]

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

^^ Got that right.
Nice job Sarge! Hope you feel better & have a great workout!

Thank you *B*

 

[Cynical Simian]

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

My damn spine is bothering me big time... i can't get it in place by myself.

Dude, I've said it before: go to a doctor, who'll probably put in an order for radiology work of some sort, rather than (or at least in addition to) a chiro. Paying $10 or 15 per visit to your chiro doesn't seem like a very good deal if you're buying ineffectual treatment over an interminate period of time. Spend some money now so this doesn't take a bigger chunk out of your wallet and/or lifting career later.

 

[SgtSlaughter]

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

I wish it was that easy bro...

while i'm still functioning fine... it's not painful just feels funny... I can't go in preventativly.

 

[Cynical Simian]

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

Buy an insurance plan then "mysteriously" develop the back problem.

 

[SgtSlaughter]

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

Buy an insurance plan then "mysteriously" develop the back problem.

lol

That may go on my list of things to do over the next 12 months

BTW: it's been exasterbated because of the shitty hotel bed I've slept in for 3 nights. Last night was the 1st night back in my glorious comfy bed

Quality meal in me... Off to the gym Biznatches

I'll be back with a BTN PP PR and a story of how I deadlifted until I collapsed, lol

 

[SgtSlaughter]

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

WEEK 9 DAY 2

Start Time: 7:20pm

Light Squat Day - pause reps... sat in the hole... aka let my balls get a nice cold chill on the floor for a few seconds then powered the weight up.
115x5
135x5
185x5
200x5
200x5

Push Presses - Behind the Neck (BTN)
Bar x 8
115x5
135x5
155x2 (transitional set)
175x4 (PR!) couldn't lock out the 5th rep.. that's what I get for trying to make a 10lb jump, lol... i dropped the weight in front and slammed it into the top pin... i was dooooone

Deadlifts - Week 2 Numbers attempted
135x8 (warmup)
225x5
265x5
300x5
340x3 (toast...)

End Time: 8:20pm

Why can't I pull anymore? Is my body burnt out?... 9 weeks in... even though I haven't been "pushing" pulling lifts... or am I just a gaping vag now lol

After set 2 on deads my lower back was SHOT... i felt it starting to get angry during squats... and I had to belt up for top 3 sets of Deadlifts... gat dang... that last set was a screamer too... took way too much effort than I think it shoudl have taken....chalk, straps and all...

Bodyweights not the problem either... i weighed in at a whopping 218-220 lbs at the gym, on the "medical like" scale (same style at in a Medical Doctor office...metal slider.. no clue wtf it's called) ... wasn't staying on too long to find that perfect balance, lol...hence the range I give

 

[Cynical Simian]

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

Why can't I pull anymore? Is my body burnt out?... 9 weeks in... even though I haven't been "pushing" pulling lifts... or am I just a gaping vag now lol

At 9 weeks, it's possible that you're starting to get into overreaching, but with the way your other lifts are going up you're not there yet.

I disagree with the pulling comment. You've been pushing rows pretty hard, and, as I recently found out when I started pushing them more, they take a lot out of you. Other possible culprits: recent back issues, addition of GMs, infrequency of deadlifting (not sure how likely this is since you've still been doing them every other week).

Anyway, nice PR (but WTF were you thinking with a 10-pound jump on an overhead lift ). As for deads, switching to triples could be a decent option, and the reduction in volume that would bring might allow you to keep pushing the rest of the lifts.

 

[SgtSlaughter]

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

You rock bro!

Thanks... great explanation ... i didn't think of rows, GM's ect having an impact...

So I should go much easier with my deads, huh... maybe aim for a top set of <= 320 lbs or so (with triples)? and then add a few lbs every week (or other) from there?
I remember tweaking them awhile back to fit in Power cleans... i'm going to cut them out for a few weeks and just dead (and lighter if need be but still get the workload in).

thanks for the PR props , hehe got a tad ambitious ... I was SOOOO fuggin' close... couldn't lock the phuckah out though.

 

[Cynical Simian]

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

I'm not sure you'd need to reduce both the weight and the number of reps. In other words, just taking the weight you were planning to do 5 reps with and doing 3 instead, then adding weight from there would be a reramp anyway. Maybe plug your 5x5 ramp into a 5x3 ramp and continue from there, deadlifting and adding weight each week (assuming your high relative deadlift doesn't bury you as it did with 5x5).

This might be a good time to put in a call to Coach T, since I'm sure he knows a ton about stalled but disproportionately high deadlifts.

 

[BiggT]

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

I'm not sure you'd need to reduce both the weight and the number of reps. In other words, just taking the weight you were planning to do 5 reps with and doing 3 instead, then adding weight from there would be a reramp anyway. Maybe plug your 5x5 ramp into a 5x3 ramp and continue from there, deadlifting and adding weight each week (assuming your high relative deadlift doesn't bury you as it did with 5x5).

This might be a good time to put in a call to Coach T, since I'm sure he knows a ton about stalled but disproportionately high deadlifts.

This is some good advice.

A disproportionately high deadlift really can wreak havoc on your body during a training cycle, I am the exact same way.....I don't think doing them every other week hurt you, if you did them weekly, I would bet money you'd be stalled by week 3 with your numbers.

Your push press, bench, and squat are going up....really, what's not to like about that?? I would keep going with them until they stall out.....if you want to continue the DL, I'd keep it every other week, maybe with a rep scheme like CS listed above...I'd suggest not deadlifting for 2 weeks and stopping the GMs and doing a mini deload like that, if you're like me, which I suspect you are, you'll pull a PR in 2 weeks........OR, you can bag it all together, and so long as you clean, olympic squat, and row, your DL shouldn't plummet, then train it in a 3 week intensity block.