Sarge's Lifting Chronicles 2006-2007

[ck2006]

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

lol

I can't simply KNOW by just looking at the bar and seeing how many plates are on there (after the 100's), ect... i'll have to add and THINK, I don't want to do that

I can only multiply in 45's

LOL, you know it is a good thing when you have to actually write down all the weights to figure it out!

GO SARGE GO!

 

[*Bunny*]

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

Week 13 Day 3

Cardio session


5 minutes of walking on treadmill
10 minutes of heartattack HIIT on step mill
10 minutes of walking on treadmill

that's mah boi! Nice work pahtutie!

 

[sbt2082]

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


Morning Sarge!!! Hope ya have a good day!!!

 

[SgtSlaughter]

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

HiDn: See, you know what I mean

CK: lol, Nooo not a good thing, takes up precious lifting time

SBT: Goood afternoon! Thanks, you too

 

[SgtSlaughter]

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

that's mah boi! Nice work pahtutie!

Thanks *B*

That was so hard... and I only jacked up the levels for 4 intervals I think... the rest was just catching my breath... my aerobic conditioning sucks.

lol, what? Pahtutie? -pahtutie to you

 

[Cynical Simian]

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

The new gym sounds great. Good stuff.

GMs are your main compound movement for the day, so I don't see any reason not to do them first. I've only done GMs as an assistance lift, so I'm not sure how much heavy ones take out of you, but there's nothing else afterwards that requires much core strength/stability (which would change if you start squatting on that day), so it shouldn't be an issue.

 

[SgtSlaughter]

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

Yeah, it should be good... I'm going to go around the same time as yesterday and hope the business yesterday was a fluke, lol... i can't lift later than that, i was up far too late last night wound up from the cardio.

Sounds good. Rep/Set for GM's? ... 1x8 then 4x5 ...?

 

[Cynical Simian]

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

I'm not sure about reps/sets. Like I said, I've only done them as assistance/conditioning/active recovery, so the reps were higher than what I'd probably have done if they were a main lift.

5x5 or something similar (4x6, 6x4...) is good for most purposes. You might try ramping to a top set for the first week since you'll be feeling out the weights a bit. You could probably add more working sets since the weight isn't so high that it'll burn you out (as it would be with deads). But having said that, one top set seems to be working well on the rest of your lifts, so sticking with it here could be all the volume you need.

 

[SgtSlaughter]

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

Oh ok, good point... I'll have to go back through my journal and see what i've done with GM's before and use that for a "baseline" weight to use.

4x6 sounds good

I've never done the straight sets or a few top sets, I don't think... I dont' know how to set up for more than one working set, because the top sets I work up to usually i have nothing left or would need 10 minute break before if I had to do that same set again, if I could get the same reps at all.

Seems to be working ok though the way i'm doing it like you said, I'll have to toy with that after I read SS & PP and tweak my program again.

 

[SgtSlaughter]

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

Week 13 Day 4
sucked ass
2.13.2007
tuesday

Back at my current gym, the potiential new one won't give out free trials... cheap bastards, we'll see what I do with that.

9:00pm - exhausted, long day

I'm not even going to type directly from my journal.

BTN PP: barx8, 115x5, 135x5, 155x4*

fatigued, ZERO coordination... stopped before I hurt myself.

Seated DB OHP: 55's x 8, 60's x 5, 65's x 5, 70's x 5 , 30's x 12ish*

*did that set at the end

Fluffernutter... front raises, side, DB upright rows, cable... ridiculous.

I got the hyyygest delt pump ever though