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Week 14 - 5/3/1 - Day 52

Cycle #4

I need to eat more.  I've been resorting to only 4 eatages a day (eatages? dunno).  Some of which I'm not even finishing.

Deadlift:  5x115, 5x140, 3x170 + 3x200, 3x230, 8x260 Rep PR

I was a bit wary going into the lift.  The back of my head was telling me that I was probably going to do worse than wk1 considering the increase in weight.  NOPE.  I actually matched wk1 rep numbers; I was very happy about that.  I'm pretty psyched that my theoretical calculated 1 rep max is at 322.82.  I'll be that much more psyched when I actually get to pull that.  I'd eventually like to get that number to 360.  Double bodyweight deadlift is definitely an achievement milestone for me.

BBB **Deadlift:  **5x10x145

Used the belt on all the sets.  Was much easier than the previous BBB deadlift session.

Core:

10 x 10lb Weighted Situps 15 x Ab Wheel Rollouts 25 x 25lb Side Bends 5x10 x Lying Leg Raises

Week 14 - 5/3/1 - Day 51

Cycle #4

I did an assortment of other very light empty bar lifts while I waited for my brother.  Incline bench, 25lb incline db press, barbell rows.  Pretty fun workout to say the least, I got to horse around a bit.

Press:  5x45, 5x55, 3x65 + 3x80, 3x90, 4x100 Rep PR

Achieved a rep PR on the press.  I'm happy that I'm progressing on the press, even if it is a small amount.

BBB **Press:  **5x10x55

Surprisingly very easy compared to last session's BBB Pressing.

Chin-ups:  5/4/4/3/3

These felt very strong compared to the previous chin'ing session.

Week 13 - 5/3/1 - Day 50

Cycle #4

Today's Monday.  Three days since this workout and my legs are still sore.

Squat:  5x115, 5x140, 3x170 + 5x185, 5x210, 6x240

The work sets felt fairly heavy, I think I may have gotten myself a bit winded from the warm-up sets.  I really wanted to do much more on the last set, but I just couldn't crank out any more.

BBB **Squat:  **10-8-6-7-8x140

Pretty ridiculous.  This may as well have been a marathon run from the way my legs felt and how hard I was breathing after finishing each set.  I rested a bit longer for the latter two sets so I could do each set better than the last.

Ab Work:  

25 25lb Side Bends 15 Ab Wheel Roll Outs 10 10lb Weighted Situps

Conditioning:

10% incline 2min. warm-up 2.5spd 4x1min. sprint 5spd

These were pretty nightmarish after the squat workout.  Shirt was soaked after the workout.