Sculelos Weight Log and Profile (with pics)

[Sculelos]

Workout #46 9-17-07

Another workout, everything went well today.

Weight: 209lbs

Squats: 45x5, 95x5, 135x5, 185x3, 180x4, 175x3, 175x5, First time ever doing 185 and it went quite well, probably need to spend some time so I can 5 rep before I do 190 though.

Military Press: 45x5, 75x5, 90x5, 90x3, 85x4, doing 90lb for 5 reps felt good, these I get fatigued on easily but am improving.

Barbell Rows: 135x5, 175x5, 165x5. About the same as last time on these, I did them a bit faster though, just didn't increase weight because I'm pretty sure if I went higher then 175lbs my form would breakdown.

 

[Sculelos]

Workout #47 9-19-07

Well todays workout went pretty damn well, improved on all my lifts so I'm happy.

Weight: 213lbs, my weight definitely likes to fluctuate, 31lb higher today then when I started though.

Squat: 45x5, 135x5, 165x5, 180x5, 185x4, yay got 180x5 and tried for 185 but my 4th rep was really slow so I stopped, will attempt 5 reps on 185 next time.

Bench: 45x10, 135x5, 150x5, 145x4, Well good thing is today I FINALLY got 150lbx5 but my last rep was super slow. Either way it drained my strength so much that I failed on getting my 5th 145 rep up and had to call for help. Next time if I'm that drained from a prior lift I will either lower the weight more or get someone to spot me.

Deadlift: 135x5, 185x5, 205x5, well I tried doing wide stance deadlifts and they feel so much more natural. Kept my back perfectly straight and didn't feel like I was in danger of ripping my shins off. So I think I'll keep doing them, also it's definitely worth mentioning that I got 205x5 for the first time ever, so deadlifts are progressing well.

So all in all, an excellent workout.

 

[Sculelos]

I uploaded some new pics, you can see them here at http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/p...llery/30lb-4-months-wow-i-got-fat-566034.html

 

[beerdrinker]

I uploaded some new pics, you can see them here at http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/p...llery/30lb-4-months-wow-i-got-fat-566034.html

Now THIS is something to be proud of!

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i149/Samuel101/sam3.jpg

TO

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i149/Samuel101/P1010101.jpg

Kicking ass bro!

 

[Sculelos]

Workout #48 9-21-07

Squats: 45x5, 135x5, 165x5, 185x5, 190x2, 185x3, 195x1, 185x3, these were kinda all over the place but I think they still went rather well, did 185x5 and might of been to aggressive going for heavy weights, but it will still make me stonger.

Military Press: 45x5, 65x5, 90x4, 90x2, 85x3, 75x2. These I didn't do very well on today, seemed like I suddedenly lost my strength on the failed 5th rep of 90 and didn't really get it back, I'm thinking maby my agressive benching tactics might be to blame, oh well these WILL increase in due time.

Barbell Rows: 135x5, 155x5, 175x5, 185x5. Hmmm managed to do 185x5 on these today, took me a decent amount of time to do it though. But still I wonder why I'm so strong on these but so weak on the military press.

All in all a good workout, hopefully when my other lifts go up a decent amount my press will follow suit.

 

[Sculelos]

Workout #49 9-24-07

Well decided to work on my press a little more and threw in some dumbell overhead presses to see if one side was weaker then the other, turns out my left arm is a little weaker, but still managed many more reps then last time and all my other lifts I set pr's so today was good.

Weight: 213lbs

Squat: 45x5, 135x5, 165x5, 185x5, 190x5, good nice progression.

Military Press: 45x5, 65x5, 90x4, 85x4x2, these were much better then last time as my arms didn't turn to jello after the first set, hopefully I can get to where I can reliably do 90lbs soon for 5 reps.

Dumbell Press: 60x5, 80x4, threw in some dumbells to see if one side is stronger and sure enough my right side is a bit stronger.

Bench: 45x10, 90x5, 115x5, didn't want to neglect these altogether today.

Deadlift: 135x5, 185x5, 215x5, did 10lb higher on the deadlift then before, although I definitely took my time on the last set.

So great workout overall, hopefully I Keep gaining for awhile.

 

[AEKDB]

Wow, Beerdrinker is right, that is a drastic improvement. By the looks of your erector muscles you are doing your deads. Keep up the good work. I noticed you took some of our advice and have started increasing the weight. Your increases are still coming way too fast, a clear sign that you are not pushing yourself even if it feels like you are. A ten pound increase for 5 reps in the dead is a huge leap. It may be a result of the change in style but, with your lack of prior training, unlikely.

You stated above that you struggled with traditional deads. The trick to proper form is to move your head before your hips. The way I have taught people is to try and put your head in the wall behind you as you lift. If you do this, you will always have proper form.

 

[Sculelos]

Yea, I wasn't really increasing the weight for awhile, and now I am.

Thanks for the deadlifting advice, I can do conventional but sumo is WAY easier for me to perform correctly and it inspires a lot more confidence in increasing the weight if I can hold completely correct form, conventional just never felt natural the way sumo does.

Anyways, I'm working on pushing myself and should try to increase maby a little more frequently.

 

[Sculelos]

Workout #50 9-26-07

Todays workout was intense, since I did both press and bench last time, I did them this time as well to balance, but next time I just do bench then keep to either doing bench or press. As for weights I managed to obtain my goal of squatting 200lbs by the end of September so thats definitely good.

Weight: 214lbs

Squat: 45x5, 135x5, 165x5, 195x5, 200x4, yay, I finally got 200lb up, more surprisingly I did it 4 times.

Bench: 45x5, 135x5, 155x3*, had a slight bit of help on the last rep of 155, won't press next workout day and hopefully my bench will be better.

Military Press: 45x5, 75x5, 85x5, 90x4, 95x2, 95x1, 85x4, 85x3, well I'm definitely getting so I don't get fatigued so easily on these... who knows maby I'll even start increasing soon.

Barbell Rows: 135x5, 175x5, my arms were kinda tired from the other stuff so I didn't push these.

All in all a good workout, seems like I'm still progressing at a decent rate and hopefully it will stay that way for awhile.

 

[Sculelos]

Workout #51 9-28-07

Awesome workout set new records on both deadlift and bench and did squats decently as well. Special thanks to AEKDB for his advice on the deadlift I believe that helped me quite a bit today.

Also I think I'm going to try to work up to some lifts a little more, seems like I lose my strength too fast if I try to go heavy to soon as seen in my squats today, I noticed it and worked up to Bench and Deadlift more though. I'm not doing as many reps per day on squats now though as I think that would slow down my recovery time too much.

Weight: 217lbs, the fat keeps pilling on me, pretty soon I'll just be a big fatty if I keep this up.

Squat: Bodyweightx10, 45x5, 135x5, 185x5, 200x4, 190x3, same weight as last time, I don't think I was fully recovered but still maintained so these are good, I'll probably see an increase of some kinda next week.

Bench: 45x10, 95x5, 135x5, 145x5, 150x5, 155x5*, *had a spotter help me on the 5th rep but I got a solid 4 reps in, so thats still a pr for me.

Deadlift: 135x5, 205x5, 225x5, Wow I'm suprised I was able to do 225 today, I guess I wasn't really pushing myself before, it was heavy but not to hard really, I'm betting I could probably up this even more next time.

So todays workout went surprisingly well and I can't wait until the next one.