My log of inconsistency

[Jimmy Tereyla]

I have decided to abandon my old alias of JT in MD in an effort to not hide behind my initials. I've also decided to share my training log so everyone can see nothing special at all... Every time I find myself progressing nicely, something happens or something changes which tends to set me back.

A little about me: 29 years old, 5'8"/195.

Best gym lifts:
Squat 405 x 1
Bench 300 x 1
Deadlift 455 x 1
OH Press 170 x 1

Best competition lifts (194.5 lbs):
3/31/12 @ USAPL Equniox Raw Open (Columbia, MD)
Squat 375 x 1
Bench 276 x 1
Deadlift 474 x 1

This put me 7/17 in the 198 weight class and 15th (still 198) out of the last 5 meets in MD.

Anyway, I work in Project Management (long hours) on a busy site with some manual labor involved. Add my 3 month old son and my very busy 2.5 year old son, and I find myself constantly exhausted.

With my schedule, I've been able to keep with Texas Method for Bench (Tu/Sat), 3x5 for OH Press (Thurs), and DL 1x/week (typically Tues). However, Squats are steadily regressing because I only seem to manage 1x/week. Based on that, I chose 5/3/1, which I am again disappointed with. On SS, I was at 330 x 5 x 3 but then started this job and needed to adjust because I couldn't consistently get in two hard Squat workouts/week. I am considering trying 3x5 just 1x/week to see if I can manage to progress. 5/3/1 just never has provided me with the volume I need to progress.

So here we are.. I hope to at least remain consistent with updating this log. When the next meet rolls around in Maryland, I'll hope to at least be at a point where I can improve upon my last meet numbers.

Tuesday 6/12/12
Bench 240 x 5 x 5

Thursday 6/14/12
OH Press 145 x 5 x 3
Deadlift 375 x 5

Saturday 6/16/12
Squat (5/3/1) 5 x 235, 270, 310 - last set was a grind for whatever reason
Bench 265 x 4, 225 x 10

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Wednesday 6/20/12
Bench 241.25 x 5 x 5 - these were actually easy. I had sustained 2.5 lb jumps for awhile, but based on the difficulty of last week's 240, I opted to move to smaller jumps.

Thursday 6/21/12
The plan was to Press and Power Clean. That was the plan... didn't happen. I'll keep my Saturday plan: Squat and Bench Press, and I'll add Power Cleans. Sunday will be a quick Press workout. Regarding Squats on Saturday... Squats have been my biggest disappointment in the past month after changing jobs. I tried 5/3/1 and maybe I'm impatient but it's just too slow and too little volume for me. I'm going to try 3x5 1x/week and see how that goes. Saturday I'll just put 300 on and work up from there... My last successful 3x5 was at 330 about 1.5 months ago, so in a few short weeks, hopefully I'll be back up there.

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Saturday 6/23/12
Squat 300 x 5 x 3 - these felt pretty good. Started light just to give myself a day to get used to the volume again.

Bench 275 x 2 - I missed my target on my chest on the third rep and couldn't recover from the crappy angle I gave myself. Otherwise, would've been easy.

Bodyweight is down to 190, which was not intentional and quite a surprise. I don't get to eat consistently at work and am constantly running around, so I'm sure that's the reason.

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Sunday 6/24/12

Press 147.5 x 5 x 3 - these were a piece of cake today.

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Tuesday 6/24/12

Bench 242.5 x 5 x 5.. last set was tough, but still fairly easy.

Deadlift 385 x 5, belt, alternate grip... pretty smooth. Last rep was shaky.

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Thursday 6/28/12

Squat 305 x 5 x 3 - these were mostly easy.. only made difficult because I had a long few days at work.. mostly on my feet.

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Wednesday 7/4/12

Squat 310 x 5 x 3 - again mostly easy. Not as easy as I'd like it to be.

Press 150 x 5 x 3 - last two sets I threw on a belt... helped keep everything tight.

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Tuesday 7/10/12

Weekend at the beach threw off my routine, but nevertheless:

Squat 315 x 5 x 3

Bench 242.5 x 5 x 3

Neither were particularly easy, but got 'em done.

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Sunday 7/15/12

Squat 320 x 5 x 3

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Monday 7/16/12

Bench 243.75 x 5 x 3

Deadlift 395 x 5 .. belt/alternate grip

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Saturday 7/21/12

Squat 325 x 5 x 3... ran out of time.. rest of the workout tomorrow.

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Sunday 7/22/12

Bench 245 x 5 x 3

Handful of chins/pull ups, weighted and unweighted.

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Tuesday 7/24/12

OH Press 150 x 5 x 3

They just announced the Maryland State PL Championship.. early November... Gotta determine if I'm going to enter, but leaning that way.

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Thursday 7/26/12

Deadlift 405 x 5, belt/alternate grip. Last 2 were tough, but overall easier than previous workouts.

Bench 247.5 x 5 x 3. No trouble here.

Best feeling workout I've had in a long time.

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Had a messed up week and a half... First an ingrown toenail last weekend kept me from squatting, then I had a fever most of the week.

Took a little weight off:

Saturday 8/4/12
Squat 320 x 5 x 3

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Sunday 8/5/11
Bench 250 x 5,5,4.5

I'll attribute the missed rep to a crappy week of training. Oh well..

Handful of chins with varying grips.

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Monday 8/6/12

Press 150 x 5,5,4 ...

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Friday 8/10/12

Spent the week on a business trip.. got back into town early afternoon, and:

Squat 325 x 5 x 3 - these were tough.

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Sunday 8/12/12

Press 150 x 5 x 3


Thursday 8/16/12

Squat 330 x 5 x 3 .. matched a personal best here...

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Sunday 8/19/12

Didn't hit my bench reps


Monday 8/20/12

Press 152.5 x 5 x 3


Tuesday 8/21/12

Squat 335 x 5, 3 ... Could feel my form going to shit, so I didn't push it. Silver lining is that the first set was a 5rm.

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Wednesday 8/22/12

Bench 220 x 5 x 5 - dropped the weight and started back on TM

Deadlift 395 x 5 - these were not bad. Had been 3 weeks since my 405 x 5, so I dropped the weight down.

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Saturday 8/25/12

Had time this morning for a quick Bench TM-Intensity workout

Tuesday will start my TM programming for Squat

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Tuesday 8/28/12

Squat (TM Vol) 285 x 5 x 5 .. 5-6 minute rests between sets. Easy.

Wednesday 8/29/12 a.m.

Press 155 x 5 x 3

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Today, I mailed my entry form for the USAPL Maryland States. It's in November, so I guess I have a couple months to get myself in gear... I'll be competing raw/open/198. In March, I hit: 375/276/474 (1124). This time, I've set my goals right at 400/300/500, to get me to 1200.

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Tuesday 9/4/12

Squat 285 x 5 x 5

Bench 222.5 x 5 x 5

Easy...

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Friday 9/7/12

Squat 335 x 5 - tied a personal best here... fairly easy, too. I'm pleased because I've basically spent the past 1.5 weeks traveling and shifted this workout to today (instead of tomorrow).

Bench 252.5 x 5 - not too bad here, either.

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Tuesday 9/11/12

Squat 290 x 5 x 5

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Thursday 9/13/12

Bench 225 x 5 x 5
Chins, Pull ups


Saturday 9/15/12

Squat 340 x 5. - PR

[Ringer3]

Nice work and congratulations on the squat PR, Jimmy. Are you still located in Frederick, MD? I'm from Martinsburg, WV and a complete beginner to SS. I found you in the coach's directory and it looks like you are the closest coach in my area. Maybe someday I can drive out and get some coaching from you if you aren't too busy!

I'm subscribed to your thread. Good luck with your upcoming meets.

[Jimmy Tereyla]

Nice work and congratulations on the squat PR, Jimmy. Are you still located in Frederick, MD? I'm from Martinsburg, WV and a complete beginner to SS. I found you in the coach's directory and it looks like you are the closest coach in my area. Maybe someday I can drive out and get some coaching from you if you aren't too busy!

I'm subscribed to your thread. Good luck with your upcoming meets.

Hey, thanks for reading! I'll send you a private message regarding coaching.

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Tuesday 9/18/12

Squat 295 x 5 x 5

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Wednesday 9/19/12

Deadlift 405 x 5

OH Press 157.5 x 5 x 3

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Saturday 9/22/12

Squat 345 x 5 - another PR

Light bench workout

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Tuesday 9/2512

Squat 300 x 5 x 5

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Thursday 9/27/12

Bench 227.5 x 5 x 5

Chins

Light squat

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Saturday 9/29/12

Squat 350 x 5 PR

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Monday 10/1/12
Bad bench workout...

Wednesday 10/3/12

Deadlift 410 x 5

Bench 230 x 5 x 5

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Sunday 10/7/12

Bench 265 x 3, 265 x 1 paused (belt/wraps today)

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Monday 10/8/12

Squat 300 x 5 x 5

Took last week off from squatting.. feel very rested now.

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Tuesday 10/9/12

Bench 232.5 x 5 x 5

Rest of the week out of town on business... back at it on Friday.

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Less than a month until the Maryland States (USAPL).. 11/10/12. I'll be 198/raw/open. My weight actually has been hovering in the 192-194 range. As of now, my goals of 400/300/500 are attainable, but I don't realistically expect all three. The 300 bench is what I'm the farthest from. Still 1 month left.. we'll see how it goes!

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Monday 10/15/12

Squat 305 x 5 x 5

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Wednesday 10/17/12

Deadlift 430 x 3 PR

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Thursday 10/18/12

Bench 235 x 5 x 5

So damn busy these days... just squeezing in my training whenever I can. I don't like it, but at least I'm still progressing.

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Monday 10/22/12

Bench 275 x 1 paused. Matches PR set at meet in March... sets the stage for (I hope) a new PR in a few weeks.


Tuesday 10/23/12

Squat 310 x 5 x 4 - starting to scale back volume... these were pretty easy.

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Thursday 10/25/12

Bench 237.5 x 5 x 4

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Sunday 10/28/12

Squat 380 x 2

Nothing like a PR squat to start off my Sunday.

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Monday 10/29/12

Bench 280 x 1 paused

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Tuesday 10/30/12

Squat 315 x 5 x 4
Last volume squats before meet.

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Thursday 11/1/12

Bench 240 x 5 x 4


Saturday 11/3/12

Squat 405 x 1

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Saturday 11/10/12

Maryland States - USAPL

Competed 198 - weighed in at 195. Afternoon session, so weigh-ins were at 1230. Ran late - didn't start Deads until 7:30 pm. For a morning/early afternoon lifter, this definitely affected me.

Squat - 363, 402, 407 (miss)
Bench - 265, 275, 280
Dead - 440, 460 (miss), 460 (miss)

Pleased with my Squat and Bench, but disappointed in my Dead. The first 460 came up to my knees but I couldn't lock it out and the second barely got off the floor. By the time Deadlift started, I just wasn't feeling it and was pretty much drained. The 402 Squat and 280 Bench were both meet PR's.

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Tuesday 12/4/12

Took 3.5 weeks off after the meet... starting very light to get back into it. Probably gonna run SS for a few weeks and then get back on Texas Method. I'm in no rush as I'm likely not doing another meet until next November.

Squat 275 x 5 x 3
Press 135 x 5 x 3

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Sore as crap. Amazing what 3 weeks off does.

Friday 12/7/12

Squat 285 x 5 x 3. Easy.. just real sore.

Saturday 12/8/12

Bench 225 x 5 x 3

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Monday 12/10/12

Squat 295 x 5 x 3
Press 140 x 5 x 3

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Friday 12/14/12

Squat 305 x 5 x 3

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Monday 12/17/12

Squat 315 x 5 x 3
Bench 230 x 5 x 3

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Thursday 12/20/12

Squat 325 x 5 x 3 - starting to get heavy, but feel pretty solid still
Press 145 x 5 x 3

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Friday 12/21/12

Deadlift 365 x 5

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12/24/12

Pre-festivities training session... very brief.

Squat 335 x 5 x 3 - these weren't particularly easy, but not too bad.

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12/28/12

Squat 345 x 5 x 3, new 3 x 5 PR

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12/29/12

Bench 230 x 5 x 3

1/4/13

Deadlift 375 x 5 - just the second time since the meet on 11/10, so starting off light
Shrugs 315 x 5 - too easy
Chins/fat bar chins

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1/7/13

Squat 350 x 5 x 3 - another 3x5 PR here.. these were very, very hard.

1/9/13

OH Press 150 x 5 x 3
GHR

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1/10/13

Deadlift 385 x 5

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1/12/13

Broke out the Prowler this morning with jedinmd

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Monday 1/14/13

Squat 295 x 5 x 5
Back on Texas Method. Sick the last few days, so did less weight than I planned.

Bench 225 x 5 x 3

[K.Diesel]

Small world. I was your head referee for deadlifts at the MD State meet, and I was on the wings for your squat and bench. If we both make it to the 2013 Equinox, I'll have to introduce myself. Looks like a 2 day event this year.

[Jimmy Tereyla]

Small world. I was your head referee for deadlifts at the MD State meet, and I was on the wings for your squat and bench. If we both make it to the 2013 Equinox, I'll have to introduce myself. Looks like a 2 day event this year.

No kidding.. small world is right!

I don't think I'm competing this year at the Equinox - did both Equinox and States last year - but I'll definitely show up for at least one of the days. Looks like the meet is getting a lot bigger though!

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1/18/13

Squat 350 x 5 - kept it conservative for my first TM/intensity workout

OH Press 152.5 x 5 x 3

[K.Diesel]

No kidding.. small world is right!

I don't think I'm competing this year at the Equinox - did both Equinox and States last year - but I'll definitely show up for at least one of the days. Looks like the meet is getting a lot bigger though!

Hope to see you there then. Last I checked, the info on the meet setup wasn't available yet. I'm guessing that the heavier lifters will be on day 2, and if so, that means I'll compete on Sunday. That meet did very well in its inaugural event last year. The more lifters who have a desire to compete, the better for powerlifting.

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Monday 1/21/13

Squat 300 x 5 x 5
Bench 230 x 5 x 3

Both were a piece of cake.

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Tuesday 1/29/13

Work exhausted me last week and the family came down with that damn stomach bug this past weekend... repeated last week's session, this time w/ OHPress.

Squat 300 x 5 x 5
OH Press 152.5 x 5 x 3

Not too bad.