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Week 4 -- WEDNESDAY
Squat/DL day
Man, I need to sleep better. I planned to do this on Tues but I was tired all day. I 'carbed up' today with about 2 cups of brown rice (total) in my 2 lunches. Workout started at about 7:45 pm.
Oly Squat warmups, 365 for 8 triples
-I contemplated only doing five sets, but seeing as this is the last squat day of this cycle, I pushed on. I realized that I tend to get lazy with my form - my back was still fatigued from Saturday so I paid extra attention to keeping my abs tight and shoulder blades back. It made a big difference. I have a tendency to lean forward when squats get heavy and I noticed that I was able to stay more uprigth by paying attention to my form.
RDLs warmups, pyramidded up to 405x5, then 405x2
-I was going for broke on these. I was thinking I'd try 405x5x5, but on the second heavy set it just felt like I ought to call it quits. My ROM is fairly large on these - I go a few inches below my knees and round my back very little, if at all. I did a few work sets leading up to 405 so the workload was still there. BTW, if you want to see people to stare at you like you're crazy, go heavy on these
After my next upper body day and a deload, I am going to run WSB. I want to do some heavy singles even though I'm dieting
I can see visible improvements in my physique but the tape measure has hardly budged (about a half-inch at the gut). I wish I would have taken more thourough measurements - the area above my love handles looks noticably improved IMO, and my arms def. look better even though they measure almost exactly the same. Maybe a little recomping occurred??? I will take more detailed measurements before my next training cycle.
Squat/DL day
Man, I need to sleep better. I planned to do this on Tues but I was tired all day. I 'carbed up' today with about 2 cups of brown rice (total) in my 2 lunches. Workout started at about 7:45 pm.
Oly Squat warmups, 365 for 8 triples
-I contemplated only doing five sets, but seeing as this is the last squat day of this cycle, I pushed on. I realized that I tend to get lazy with my form - my back was still fatigued from Saturday so I paid extra attention to keeping my abs tight and shoulder blades back. It made a big difference. I have a tendency to lean forward when squats get heavy and I noticed that I was able to stay more uprigth by paying attention to my form.
RDLs warmups, pyramidded up to 405x5, then 405x2
-I was going for broke on these. I was thinking I'd try 405x5x5, but on the second heavy set it just felt like I ought to call it quits. My ROM is fairly large on these - I go a few inches below my knees and round my back very little, if at all. I did a few work sets leading up to 405 so the workload was still there. BTW, if you want to see people to stare at you like you're crazy, go heavy on these
After my next upper body day and a deload, I am going to run WSB. I want to do some heavy singles even though I'm dieting
I can see visible improvements in my physique but the tape measure has hardly budged (about a half-inch at the gut). I wish I would have taken more thourough measurements - the area above my love handles looks noticably improved IMO, and my arms def. look better even though they measure almost exactly the same. Maybe a little recomping occurred??? I will take more detailed measurements before my next training cycle.
Anway..
But my arms have actually grown a little.
