Sculelos Weight Log and Profile (with pics)

[Sculelos]

Workout #22 7-17-07

Todays workout went well, don't think I recovered as well as I would of liked but I still was in better condition then last time so thats good.

Weight: 195lbs

Squat: 45x5, 95x5, 120x5x2, 125x5, today I managed to do 125x5 with a good paced last set and did 2 120s as well, so I'm definitely happy that my squat is increasing so well.

Military Press: 45x5, 65x5, 70x5, 65x5, I guess this excercise progresses really slowly... but no matter still a good excercise and I'm sure I'll gain in it soon enough.

Barbell Rows: 95x4x4, I do think I am getting stronger in these, they still don't stress my arms much but their making my back much stronger.

Overall another good workout, I've already made nice progress but still have a long ways to go.

 

[Sculelos]

Workout #23 7-19-07

I did an excellent workout today, increased all weights and it still felt easier then last time, I think my body is recovering much, much faster then when I started probably due to me getting used to the extra excercise and also my diet improvements have helped a lot as well.

Weight: 194lbs

Squat: 45x5, 95x5, 125x5, 130x5x2, not only did I do more weight on the squats then I ever did before I also managed to do 5 reps of 2 sets, my body's starting to see that I'm serious about this and finally adapting.

Bench: 45x5, 95x5, 115x5, 120x4. just went though the standard with bench, I'm betting this will get better as my back strength improves, can't really get a big chest or arms without a strong back.

Deadlift: 95x5, 115x5, 120x5, 125x5: My dead lift is catching up to my squat, probably will overtake it soon.

I'm still really happy about my workout though, and I'm really enjoying my workouts. People speak about it likes it's unpleasant but it feels great to me.

 

[s8nlilhlpr2]

lol, only people that don't LIKE working out find it unpleasant. Its almost always my favorite place to be.

Your deadlifts look like they are spaced REALLY close together, is this intentional? Does 125 feel heavy for you? Just wonderin, 'cause it seems to me you should be able to pull 95/115/135 fairly easy @ 3 reps, and that would get you to the correct bar height @ 135.

 

[Sculelos]

lol, only people that don't LIKE working out find it unpleasant. Its almost always my favorite place to be.

Your deadlifts look like they are spaced REALLY close together, is this intentional? Does 125 feel heavy for you? Just wonderin, 'cause it seems to me you should be able to pull 95/115/135 fairly easy @ 3 reps, and that would get you to the correct bar height @ 135.

Yea, my dead lift spacing was intentional, I could have done more weight but I wanted to make sure my form was staying good. next time I'll probably increase it further. Really the bar height doesn't make much difference to me anymore, I'm sure it will when I do heavier weights but then I'll be using 45's anyways so it shouldn't be a problem.

I'll try doing 135 next time, if I can keep good form then I'll do 15 reps with however many sets is required.

 

[s8nlilhlpr2]

sounds like a good plan. I simply prefer using 45's so that the bar is at a consistent height. if you want, take a vid of your dl and we can critique it on here for you. seems like a straightforward lift but I've seen a lot of guys at my gym fugg it up.

 

[Sculelos]

Well this mourning I woke up and my neck was really sore, I think it was probably from sleeping wrong or possibly minor dehydration, anyways I'm going to wait a couple hours and if the soreness doesn't subside probably put off working out 'till tomorrow.

 

[Sculelos]

Workout #24 7-21-07

Well my neck was getting less sore as the day progressed so I said screw it, and I went to the gym, don't use my neck on any lift anyways, right now it's still a tiny bit sore but isn't bothering me.

As for the workout I did my regular plus two extra's since I haven't increased some areas recently and maby if I hit them harder they will respond better.

Weight: 197lbs, I'm either getting fatter, adding muscle mass or gaining tons of water/glucose weight, maby doing all of them.

Warm-up: 15 minutes of intense biking.

Squat: BWx10, 45x10, 95x5, 115x5, 135x3, 130x4, 125x4 I was getting fatigued faster on squats then normal, still managed to do okay although I wasn't hitting my target reps of 5 on the last 3 sets.

Overhead Press: 45x5, 65x5, 70x5, 75x4, 65x5: These are getting easier although it's definitely progressing slowly.

Barbell Rows: 95x5x3, These were good as well, I should add some weight to these next time.

Deadlift: 135x3x5, Yeah, last time I skimped on deadlifts so this time I added weight, no problems with 'em.

Bench Press: 45x10, 125x5, 130x5, 135x5, I'm actually going to try increasing on these now.

Overall I just wanted to hit everything pretty hard since I have 2 days off in a row from lifting, and felt like I'm not doing enough on some of the lifts. I'm pretty sure my squat should be a little stronger when my next gym day comes although I will see.

 

[Sculelos]

Workout #25 7-24-07

It was a good day today, increased previous weights and did nothing wrong, I'm pretty happy about it.

Weight: 197lbs, same as last time.

Squat: 45x5, 115x5, 135x5, 140x5, nice I managed to increase this quite abit from last time, held good form although I'm paying a lot more attention to breathing as the weights are getting heavier.

Bench: 45x10, 115x5, 125x5, 130x4, probably could of done that last rep but I didn't have a spotter and didn't want to chance it.

Deadlift: 135x4x5, 140x2, tried 140 to see how hard and it and I couldn't do it very smoothly, well probably do 135 next deadlift day then maby increase to 140 next week.

All in all a good workout, I'm getting ever closer to my squatting goal of 200x5 which as promised is when I will post update pics.

 

[Sculelos]

Workout #26 7-26-07

Well I'm pretty excited today, If it wasn't enough that I've been lifting for two months now, I am also going to be changing to a different job with much less walking, similar pay and less time involved which will let me do some high intensity cardio to keep my lung and heart capacity up but also will probably speed up my muscle gain and leave me with a lot more energy to put into other things that I stopped doing due to the physical drain of my job.

Anyways on to todays workout...

Weight: 197lbs, I think I'm losing water weight but still gaining muscle it's not going down though so I'm good.

Squat: 45x5, 115x5, 135x4, 135x5, Missed that one rep, today my legs were still kinda tired so I didn't push my squats.

Military Press: 45x5, 75x5, 75x4, 75x3, I figure since me ramping down to lower weight on these isn't bringing any big gains maby keeping the same weight but doing fewer reps might help.

Pendley Rows: 115x3x5, thought I should try doing these higher weight as I haven't really even tried to increase these in the past, they were actually surprisingly successful so I'm definitely going to keep doing these, hopefully can get my reps up to 5 with these as these are still the most blood pumping excercise for me.

Anyways like I said I'm happy with the workout and might start increasing at a faster rate very soon.

 

[Sculelos]

Today I think it's probably in my best interest to not workout, I've been hammering myself pretty hard lately at work and have been increasing at the gym, but my body is showing signs that I need rest... so I'm deliberately skipping today and will be back in the gym on Tuesday.

It's very tempting to go to the gym and workout today, but I'm pretty sure I will progress much better if I take a deload period every 7-9 weeks.