23 Apr 2014
Weight: 182 lbs
Didn't eat anything until after the workout. Felt a slight lack of energy because of this, but I still managed to crank reps out. In addition, Wednesday is also prescribed for light lifting so the session went by pretty quickly. The deadlifts were not so light. I tried to keep the bar close to the body, but not driving the bar into my shins. I did not think to belt up for the top set because of it being light day. BUT, presses and deadlifts are only worked once a week on Madcow so in actuality...it was not a light day for over head pressing and deadlifting. Don't think form was there on the top set, core probably couldn't take the load and so I may have rounded a bit. Sprinkled in a few sets of crunches in the end.
Squats: 5x115 + 5x145 + 5x175 + 5x175
Press: 5x45 + 5x45 + 5x65 + 5x65
Deadlift: 5x135 + 5x185 + 5x225 + 5x250
Crunches: 4x25
21 Apr 2014
Weight: 184 lbs
Belted up on the last set of the squat. I didn't go too deep and kept my torso fairly upright. Felt some load on the quads. Bench press was pretty light. Rows weren't bad either.
Squats: 5x120 + 5x145 + 5x175 + 5x205 + 5x235
Bench: 5x65 + 5x85 + 5x100 + 5x115 + 5x130
Rows: 5x75 + 5x95 + 5x115 + 5x130 + 5x150
Weighted Sit-ups: 3x8x10lbs
18 Apr 2014
Weight: 184 lbs
Did the heavy day today with heavy triples. It was pretty difficult. I didn't use the belt on the top set. The increase in volume is definitely throwing me off. I'm going to give myself another week to see if I can adjust to the volume before I drop the weights. I will most likely belt up starting on the 4th set, even, on the medium days.
Squats: 5x115 + 5x145 + 5x175 + 5x200 + 3x235 + 8x175
Bench: 5x65 + 5x80 + 5x95 + 5x110 + 3x130 + 8x95
Rows: 5x75 + 5x90 + 5x115 + 5x125 + 3x150 + 8x115
Tricep Extensions: 10x40 + 10x45 + 10x50
Bicep Curls: 3x8x50
Dips: 8/7/4
Conditioning: Incline treadmill @ 2.5 spd - 5 min.