Saturday 23rd August workout

[coolcolj]

Saturday 23rd August - Squat Intensive - Loading Cycle - Week 3 - Day 1 -

Low blood sugar
Vertical jump as same as normal, so not overeaching yet.

I did some olys, full lifts with bar for form work and warmup. Had an ex-competitive olylifter check my form. He said I had the basics down, except I'm muscling too much, and not using speed to get under the bar fast etc.

Workout Rating - 7/10
Workout time - 1.5 hours

Jumpsquats

Warmups - Olys as per above.

Rest - from 1.5 to 2mins

RockBottom Jumpsquats - BWx3 - 10sec iso bottom hold at start

Jumpsquats - BWx3 - 10sec iso bottom hold at start
+ 25lbsx3 - 10sec iso bottom hold at start
+ 25lbsx3
+ 25lbsx3 - 10sec iso bottom hold at start


Full Olympic Back Squats - RAW

Warmup sets - Bar x8, 95lbs x5, 135lbs x5, 185lbs 2x3,
210lbs 2x2, 240lbs x 1
Tempo 10X0 - Rest 4 mins

265lbs 5x5 WOot New PR!!

Getting closer to rep max, last rep was somewhat harder
Low blood sugar made it tougher.


Core, Other and Remedial Work

rest - 1min

Snatch Grip Behind the Neck Push Press
Warmup - bar x 5
95lbs x 5 - 5 sec lockout hold on last rep
115lbs 2x 5 - 5 sec lockout hold on last rep

Pushpress 115lbsx10 - 5 sec lockout hold on last rep

Front Squats 155lbsx10 - controlled

Archback GoodMorning onto toes - barx6, 95x10

Single Leg back Extension - BWx12 -> 6 reps each leg

Reverse Hypers - BWx15

 

[Tagio]

strong squats!

still battling low blood sugar? what have you tried to fix that? it seems pretty bad, considering you actually passed out from it

I had this problem too but I found out I can fix it by carbing up correctly before my workout. what worked the best was eating a box of lowfat waffles (about 100g carbs) with natty peanut butter about 1.5 hours before my workout. I felt like I could have kept going forever. but since I'm trying to keep fat levels down I use oatmeal or beans+meat now (like 80-90 g carbs) which works not quite as well but keeps me from yawning and wanting to leave.

is this your last week of loading?

 

[coolcolj]

Well I think I have another 20lbs in me so I could probably hit 285 for 5x5 in 2 weeks time, unless of course the loading hits me hard before then

no I just started loading....
first 2 weeks were base cycle, now I'm loading up for the next 3 weeks. I'll keep loading until I feel like crap, whichever comes first

Blood sugar is always a problem, the only time I ever felt good was when I only ate veges and meat. Cut out all the carbs etcs