time to get hard and strong 5x5 style

[Buildingup24]

Wrap the bar with 2 small towels for your hands- sort of like towel chin-ups- get more forearm activation (to build grip strength) as well as avoid the sweat issue.

Knock out two birds with 1 stone.

 

[jdl508]

good stuff on the hand towells Ill try that next time - does double overhand or switch grip matter all that much for my purposes (work the lower back)

everything is moving in the right direction here - traveling for work today so diet could be sketchy

got home late last night and the OL had bought steaks in bulk from a traveling salesman

$300 for 12 cases of steaks and chicken breasts - i told her never again LOL who knows if the crap is any good but im gonna have steak and eggs for breakfast in a few minutes LOL

here is the work

Squats 5x5 145
Bench Press 4x12 120
Bent Over Rows 4x12 100
French Press 5x12 30

 

[Buildingup24]

Yeh those salespeople have markups lol because they gotta get paid.

And the grip doesn't really matter- people are stronger with a switched grip as opposed to double over.

 

[jdl508]

had a great workout yesterday but diet has been a little sketchy - weekends with the family kill me - its not that I dont have self control I just want to enjoy myself with the wife and kiddos
been doing p90x for cardio lately so thats plyometrics on tuesdays and kenpoX on thursday
plyo is a killer and kenpo is just a lame cardio kickboxing kind of workout
I'd like to start adding in pullups to the routine is this overkill? I'm doing high pulls and bent over rows 1 -2 times a week

 

[Buildingup24]

Nah work up to pull ups tho- ex I do anywhere from 30-60 BW pull-ups 6x a week. But I started with just like 10-15 every other day, then upped to like 30 every other day. Then added an extra day...etc

 

[jdl508]

i was feeling extra beastly this morning so I thought I'd add 3x5 on the pullups to my routine , I gave a 1 minute rest between sets to keep things moving and low and behold I cranked them out with no problem
I guess all those bent over rows are doing something LOL
I guess I will try and do pullups 2-3 times a week and work my way up to 5x5 then re assess as to whether I need to add weight
Everything else went well - pull ups - bench press - bent over rows and squats

 

[Buildingup24]

You need this good sir...

http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_article/most_recent/plp_the_60day_challenge

 

[jdl508]

by the way I grilled up some delicious tenderloin steaks the other day - maybe wifey did good ordering all those meats LOL

 

[jdl508]

did kenpoX today from the p90x series - nice little cardio kickboxing but not all that hard 45 min all total

bu24 made some nice looking eggs the other day so i followed in suite and here is what she looked like
2 eggs 2 egg whites
ground beef
4 cubes of jalepano cheese
and cant forget the texas pete!

mmmm mmmmm good

 

[Buildingup24]

Jalapeño cheese sounds good with eggs!