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Sculelos Weight Log and Profile (with pics)
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Workout #43 9-9-7
Felt pretty strong today and put good effort towards the weight, broke all of my previous lifts so I'm happy about that.
Weight: 207lbs, and my weight continues to go up...
Squat: BWx5x2, 45x5x2, 95x5, 135x5, 165x5, 165x4, super happy about doing 165 below parellel for 5 reps without any help, might do it again next time though cause my bar speed on the last reps was pretty slow.
Bench Press: 45x5, 135x5, 140x5, 150x5*, put the *by my last Bench because although I did the first 3 reps all by myself I had a tiny bit of help on the last two, still the last two reps I was definitely doing more weight then on my 140's.
Deadlift: 135x5, 175x5, 185x5, I upped my deadlift today quite a bit because I had considered that I haven't even tried heavier then 165 before today, surprisingly 175 wasn't much harder then 165 and 185 was still manageable, very happy about these.
Yep, I'm pretty sure I just broke through whatever barrier that was hindering my gains for the past month or so, and I should make some great progress now.
Felt pretty strong today and put good effort towards the weight, broke all of my previous lifts so I'm happy about that.
Weight: 207lbs, and my weight continues to go up...
Squat: BWx5x2, 45x5x2, 95x5, 135x5, 165x5, 165x4, super happy about doing 165 below parellel for 5 reps without any help, might do it again next time though cause my bar speed on the last reps was pretty slow.
Bench Press: 45x5, 135x5, 140x5, 150x5*, put the *by my last Bench because although I did the first 3 reps all by myself I had a tiny bit of help on the last two, still the last two reps I was definitely doing more weight then on my 140's.
Deadlift: 135x5, 175x5, 185x5, I upped my deadlift today quite a bit because I had considered that I haven't even tried heavier then 165 before today, surprisingly 175 wasn't much harder then 165 and 185 was still manageable, very happy about these.
Yep, I'm pretty sure I just broke through whatever barrier that was hindering my gains for the past month or so, and I should make some great progress now.
lightemup82
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Any pic updates?
lightemup82 said:
Those are comparison pics, first one was taken may 26th second was Augest 23rd.
For some pics from September 7th you could take a look at this thread also > http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/w...ing/22lb-progress-3-5-months-pics-564513.html
Although those pics arn't as good comparison shots as I had to crouch down a little in some of the shots.
I'll probably wait until December or so before I take any more pictures as I don't think my look will change to much between now and then.
Workout #44 9-11-07
Today everything well, seems like I improved in almost everything and had very little difficulty keeping my form really good on all the lifts. Overall amazing workout today and I'm quite sure I'm seeing a strength spike, hopefully I will be able to ride it for awhile.
Weight: 213lbs, wow am I really getting that fat?
Squat: 45x5, 95x5, 135x5, 160x5, 170x5, yay raised these 5lb and they were still easier then the squats last time... pretty strange...
Military Press: 45x5, 85x5, 90x3x2, 90x2, I tried hard in getting a 3rd rep on the last set but I took several seconds and still couldn't lockout so I lowered, still I would rather try and fail then not try at all.
Barbell Rows: 135x5, 155x5, 175x5, these increased again, although I admit it's strange that my rows are higher then my squats, that should change in a little while though as my squats are probably going to spike a little in the next few weeks.
Another day in my quest to become strong, just now I'm getting ever closer to being there.
Today everything well, seems like I improved in almost everything and had very little difficulty keeping my form really good on all the lifts. Overall amazing workout today and I'm quite sure I'm seeing a strength spike, hopefully I will be able to ride it for awhile.
Weight: 213lbs, wow am I really getting that fat?
Squat: 45x5, 95x5, 135x5, 160x5, 170x5, yay raised these 5lb and they were still easier then the squats last time... pretty strange...
Military Press: 45x5, 85x5, 90x3x2, 90x2, I tried hard in getting a 3rd rep on the last set but I took several seconds and still couldn't lockout so I lowered, still I would rather try and fail then not try at all.
Barbell Rows: 135x5, 155x5, 175x5, these increased again, although I admit it's strange that my rows are higher then my squats, that should change in a little while though as my squats are probably going to spike a little in the next few weeks.
Another day in my quest to become strong, just now I'm getting ever closer to being there.
Workout #45 9-14-07
Today's workout was good, took me awhile longer then normal to workout because when I got there they had all the weightlifting stuff in a different room because they cleaned the floor last night, but me a worker and 3 other lifters put the room back together fast.
Weight: 209lbs
Squat: 45x5, 95x5, 135x5, 165x5, 175x5, another 5lb raise, thing is since my bar speed on the last rep was good I think I'll be able to raise it another 5lb next time.
Bench: 45x5, 135x5, 145x5, 150x3, Well good news is I got 145lb up 5 times but bad news is I was to worn out to get 5 150lb reps up... maby next time.
Deadlift: 135x5, 185x5, 195x5, Woot another 10lb increase... wasn't to difficult but deadlifts are starting to feel heavy again, will probably just increase this in 5lb increments now.
All in all an excellent workout.
Today's workout was good, took me awhile longer then normal to workout because when I got there they had all the weightlifting stuff in a different room because they cleaned the floor last night, but me a worker and 3 other lifters put the room back together fast.
Weight: 209lbs
Squat: 45x5, 95x5, 135x5, 165x5, 175x5, another 5lb raise, thing is since my bar speed on the last rep was good I think I'll be able to raise it another 5lb next time.
Bench: 45x5, 135x5, 145x5, 150x3, Well good news is I got 145lb up 5 times but bad news is I was to worn out to get 5 150lb reps up... maby next time.
Deadlift: 135x5, 185x5, 195x5, Woot another 10lb increase... wasn't to difficult but deadlifts are starting to feel heavy again, will probably just increase this in 5lb increments now.
All in all an excellent workout.
beerdrinker
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StuWard said:
I agree. If there were a lift destined for microloading, the military press is it.
Sculelos, I think your sets may be too close together in weight. If your last "warm up" set is too close to your top working set, you may not have the strength to finish your top set. And the top set is what this is all about.
I would keep the increments 10 to 15% (I use 12.5% because that seems to be a reasonable number) from your top set. So if you plan on doing 150 x 5, the sets below should be something like 135, 115, and 105.
beerdrinker said:
I agree, I would start microloading if I had the plates... but maby chains would be a good alternative, I'll look into it anyways.
My military press is just really weak compared to my other lifts, I'll try better spacing next time and see if that helps, although I am still getting stronger in the lift, it's just taking awhile.
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