Sculelos Weight Log and Profile (with pics)

[Sculelos]

Workout #58 10-17-07

Another great workout, upped the weights on some stuff, kept really good form and did all my assistance stuff I wanted to do. Great workout overall.

Weight: 216lbs... I've decided that I won't take more pics till 240, I'm so tall that minimal changes are hardly noticeable on me but I think when I'm 24lbs heavier then it will be worth a pic update. (that will make me 58lbs heavier then when I started)

Squats: 45x5, 65x5, 95x5, 135x5, 175x5x3, Upped these again and had excellent form.

Military Press: 45x5, 65x5, 85x5x2, 90x5, 95x3, 95x1, 95x5, woot set a pr of 95x5 today, just needed a little rest time after the failed attempts.

Barbell Rows: 135x5, 155x5, 175x5, Nothing to hard about these, I was probably pausing in between reps on 175 for too long though.

Assisted Pullups: -45x5, -30x5, -15x5, again the negative number is how much I was assisted.

Jumping Pullups: 5x3, only used one leg for these since I can only give myself a very small boost with one leg, it's mostly just for starting momentum I think.

Dips: Not sure how many I did of these around 15 I think.

Ab work: Did weighted sit-ups, hanging leg raises and back extensions, not sure how many though but I did several sets of each in the 5-10 rep range.

Anyways a great workout, getting stronger on the core stuff and the assist stuff hasn't seemed to hurt anything.

 

[Sculelos]

Workout #59 10-19-07

Pretty crappy workout today, I felt really sore all over so I decided to end it early. I think moving boxes at work yesterday really cut my recovery time down a lot. Especially since it was over 5,000lbs worth and took my like 2 1/2 hours.

Either way I'm sure I'll be a lot more recovered by next workout.

Weight: 216lbs

Bench: 45x5, 95x5, 135x5, 145x5x2
Deadlift: 135x5

Like I said, pretty crappy... I'm sure next time will be much better.

 

[Mercere]

I'm almost positive it was the work. You'll be back hitting those PRs in no time.

 

[Sculelos]

I'm almost positive it was the work. You'll be back hitting those PRs in no time.

Thanks for the encouragement.

 

[Sculelos]

I posted a few pics http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/p...igger-just-fatter-5month-progress-569837.html

There, keep in mind that they are going to be the last pics I take until I hit 240, so you might want to check cause it's going to be awhile before any new ones come up.

 

[Sculelos]

Workout #60 10-21-07

Today I was on fire, seemed like I was blasting through my lifts like they nothing for some reason, somehow I managed to set PR's on everything except for squats, which I was being careful since I have been having glute problems recently, I'm pretty sure it was caused by going atg though so today I just went slightly below parellel and kept really good form and had no problems whatsoever.

Besides that I also am also modifying the format of my journal slightly in that I will no longer be recording my warm-up sets, since I'm getting to the point where there's just to much to write down and remember for including them. Anyways...

Weight: 214lbs

Squats: 175x5, 180x5, 180x5, good first time I banged 180lbs out with good form, wasn't even to difficult.

Military Press: 70x5, 90x5, 100x4, 95x3, 90x3, 85x2, I tried for 100lbs today and managed to get 4 reps! Very surprising but awesome as well, completely burned me out though as I couldn't press anything after that.

Barbell Rows: 135x5, 155x5, 195x5, well I was on a roll from my Military press so I tried increasing these as well and it actually worked again! Still I find it annoying that these are STILL above my squats.

Bench Press: 135x5, 145x5, 165x5, 155x4, 155x3, I figured since I was on a roll that I would try breaking my pr on this and I did although I'm still shocked myself.

Deadlift: 135x3, 205x3, 225x1, 245x1, just wanted to see how much I could pull of the floor on these, did 245lbs and probably could of did it multiple times but figured I better save the deadlifting for deadlift day, still another pr is freaking amazing.

Pull-Ups: -60x5, -30x5, -15x5, Ab Work: 10x3 situps, 10x3 leg raises.

Today was probably my best workout ever in terms of how many PR's I set, I'm very happy with it and can't wait for the next workout.

 

[Sculelos]

here's a few new pics

 

[Sculelos]

Workout #61 10-23-07

Really great workout, I am changing my workout style so it's a little different from the original rippetoe format but I'm sure it will workout okay since I actually know what I'm doing in the gym now... Anyways...

Weight: 214lbs

Squats: 45x5, 95x5, 135x5, 185x3, 175x4, 155x5, 165x5x2, 155x5x3, I'm thinking more volume using perfect form will benefit me more at this point, all my squats were pretty much atg today, was experimenting with keeping my eyes fixated on a certain point on the wall and that was making it a lot easier to keep excellent form.

Bench Press: 45x10, 135x5, 155x4, 155x2, 155x4, 145x3, 145x2, no spotter today so I was taking short breaks when I thought I might fail.

Deadlift: 135x5, 185x15, 215x10, Deadlifting was quite tiring, I didn't count sets on them because I took various pauses in them, was just going for total amount of reps, which I think I actually did pretty damn well.

Pull-ups: Not sure how many I did altogether as I wasn't exactly counting but I did manage to do 3 unassisted pull-ups in a row so I'm pretty happy about that.

As for other stuff I tried doing some ab work but Deadlifting basically killed my abs anyways so I didn't really do anything on it, also tried pressing but my arms seemed dead as well, so I just decided that I did enough and left. Awesome workout though.

 

[Mercere]

Any particular reasons for the modification?

 

[Sculelos]

Any particular reasons for the modification?

Yes, the reason on squats is that with heavy weight I mess up my form and that absolutely murders my body, if I stick to a weight that I can manage smoothly then I feel great, but since I lowered the weight a little I am doing more volume to make up for the lack of weight. (Some days I will still go heavy though, just not everyday)

As for Deadlifts sometimes I stand and stretch between reps or whatnot so I thought it better to not count sets at all and just count the total amount of reps I do, provides me with better motivation as well.

All my other lifts will stay true to the 3x5 format for now though, only reason why I didn't do 5 reps / 3sets on my bench is that I didn't have a spotter and wanted to go heavy.

Really some of my modifications are just to help me be safer at the gym and not get injured which will allow me far greater strength in the long run as injurys are a bitch to recover from.