LucSulla
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Someone asked if I would keep a log here, so I figured why not. In this post I am going to list my first 5 x5 workout back in June for a reference point and last Friday's to show where I currently am. I'm also tagging where I started and finished the other lifts for the week.
I am not doing the Madcow version specifically at the moment. I'm trying to work power cleans in, but I am learning proper form. Currently, I have some flexibility issues in my wrists, which is improving. So, at the moment, I do a straight set moderately weighted power cleans on Monday and ramped set of bar rows on Friday, increasing my weight 5 pounds each week. Each has both been progressing, so I am happy. If something stalls, I will reevaluate. I also have been doing incline bench instead of flat bench. I stalled on flat bench at 245, so I switched to incline for awhile. Once I hit 225 or stall (which ever comes first) on inclines, I am ramping back up to 245 on flat bench and seeing if I can't get those numbers to start ticking up again.
So...
4 JUNE 2008
Squat
5 x 105, 135, 155, 185, 205
Bench
5 x 90, 115, 135, 155, 160, 185
Row
5 x 70, 90, 110, 125, 145
Deadlift (6 June)
5 x 140, 170, 200, 225
Mil Press (6 June)
5 x 80, 95, 110, 125
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24 October 2008
Squat
5 x 160, 200, 240, 285
3 x 330
8 x 240
Incline Bench
5 x 95, 120, 145
3 x 200
8 x 145
Row
5 x 95, 120, 145, 170, 195
P. Cleans (20 October)
5 x 5- 140
Deadlift (22 October)
5 x 200, 240, 280, 325
Mil Press (22 October)
5 x 110, 130, 150, 175
I am not doing the Madcow version specifically at the moment. I'm trying to work power cleans in, but I am learning proper form. Currently, I have some flexibility issues in my wrists, which is improving. So, at the moment, I do a straight set moderately weighted power cleans on Monday and ramped set of bar rows on Friday, increasing my weight 5 pounds each week. Each has both been progressing, so I am happy. If something stalls, I will reevaluate. I also have been doing incline bench instead of flat bench. I stalled on flat bench at 245, so I switched to incline for awhile. Once I hit 225 or stall (which ever comes first) on inclines, I am ramping back up to 245 on flat bench and seeing if I can't get those numbers to start ticking up again.
So...
4 JUNE 2008
Squat
5 x 105, 135, 155, 185, 205
Bench
5 x 90, 115, 135, 155, 160, 185
Row
5 x 70, 90, 110, 125, 145
Deadlift (6 June)
5 x 140, 170, 200, 225
Mil Press (6 June)
5 x 80, 95, 110, 125
_________________________________________________________________
24 October 2008
Squat
5 x 160, 200, 240, 285
3 x 330
8 x 240
Incline Bench
5 x 95, 120, 145
3 x 200
8 x 145
Row
5 x 95, 120, 145, 170, 195
P. Cleans (20 October)
5 x 5- 140
Deadlift (22 October)
5 x 200, 240, 280, 325
Mil Press (22 October)
5 x 110, 130, 150, 175

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