27 Mar 2014
*Weight: *181.8
Weight is dropping. It's easier to bend down and pick up things off the floor. Strength seems to be ok. Definitely felt the impact most last session from the lack of eating. It all comes down to planning everything out, cooking included. Decided to hit the gym after work instead of super early in the AM.
Squats: 3x5xBar + 5x150 + 3x175 + 2x205 + 1x225 + 5x255
Loud exhalation on the 3rd rep. Couldn't rerack the bar properly the first time walking the bar back in on the top set. Made a point to only go down to parallel. Used a bit more quads with a slightly narrower stance. I was particularly determined to get 5 reps on these. Biggest difference between today and previous session's squat was that mind set.
Press: 5x5x60
These got hard. Shoulders fatigued very easily. Lock felt a bit queasy on the right shoulder especially when I was grinding it up. Bar was rolling back into my wrists. Used a false grip.
Deadlift: 5x135 + 3x175 + 2x205 + 1x235 + 5x265
These were good, no lower back strain. Alternating grip- pronated left, supinated right.
*Accessories:
*Dips: 12/7/5/4/4/3
Wide-Grip Pull-ups: 3/1/2/1/2
*Conditioning:
*Treadmill Intervals
2min warmup 3.0spd
2 x 1min 5.0 spd + 1min 3.0 rest
30 sec 5.5 spd + 30 sec 3.0 rest
30 sec 6.0 spd + 30 sec 3.0 rest
30 sec 6.5 spd + 30 sec 3.0 rest
30 sec 7.0 spd + 30 sec 3.0 rest
24 Mar 2014
Weight: ??
Squats: 3x5xBar + 5x150 + 3x195 + 2x225 + 3x255 (2)
Stalled again at 255 on the Squats. I immediately fell into grinding out the second and following third reps. Not sure what happened, but I felt a lot of forward lean. Stance may have been a bit too wide.
Bench: 3x5xBar + 5x75 + 3x95 + 2x115 + 5/4/4/3x135 (2)
Form felt very inconsistent. Tried shrugging the left shoulder more in an attempt to bring the load in line and not load my right arm and chest. I should certainly have rested and proceeded to do the 5th set, but gave up on it.
Rows: 5x135 + 3x135 + 2x135 + 3x3x165 (1)
The rows also didn't feel strong. There was a lot of jerking movement to get the bar up- my torso was rising substantially.
*Accessories:
*Dips: 12/7/4/5 (28)
Pull ups: 2/2/2/2 (8)
*Conditioning:
*Hill sprints 1xwalk 40 yards + 3xsprint 40 yards
Did some hill sprints right across the street from my apartment building. The last sprint really took the air out of my lungs, some lightheadedness followed. Definitely happy I got around to doing these. The hill is pretty steep and is approximately 36 yards.
21 Mar 2014
Weight: ??
It's been about...a week and a half since being in the gym. Getting acclimated to the new place and breaking my routine has cost me some gym time. I should be back into the swing of things moving forward. The time away from the gym was certainly refreshing. It happened at a good time since I was planning on taking a light week to rest myself relatively soon anyway. I dropped down 5lbs on the Squat from my last work weight, increased on the OHP- it's still light- and stayed at 265 on the Deadlift. I wanted to do some hill sprints right next to my building, but I was running short on time to get to work, so I skipped it.
Squats: 3x5xBar + 5x150 + 3x175 + 2x195 + 1x225 + 2x255 (1)
****Went for 255 on the top set, but managed a measly 2 reps. It felt as though there was significant forward lean on the Squat. Didn't feel up to rep'ing anymore than the two.
Press: 5x5x55
Pretty easy still. Wobbly.
Deadlift: 5x135 + 3x175 + 2x205 + 1x235 + 3x265 (1)
Grinding the shins pretty roughly on these. I seem to be banging my left knee cap on the way down.
*Accessories:
*Dips: 10/6/5/4/5
Wide-Grip Pull-ups: 2/2/2/2/2
Pull-ups were a bit better, I went for 2 reps on each set. The second was always not full ROM. The dips weren't bad, right chest was working a bit harder again.