hamburgerfan's log chapter 2: histories of gluttony and diligence

[hamburgerfan]

Recovery Day
Squat: 2x5 @ 255 lbs
Bench Press: 3x5 @ 150 lbs
Chinups: 8/3/3

I'm sick today. I may have been better off just resting, but I gain no joy from missing a workout.

[hamburgerfan]

Intensity Day
Squat: 1x5 @ 355 lbs
Press: 1x5 @ 117.5 lbs
Power Clean: 5x3 @ 140 lbs

Squat and press felt heavy, which I guess means intensity day is doing its job. I didn't feel like I was going particularly low on my squats, but according to video evidence I was several inches below parallel.

[hamburgerfan]

Volume Day
Squat: 5x5 @ 325 lbs
Too goodmorningish. Made my back hurt pretty bad after set 5. It was bugging me a lot while I benched, but I took long rests and it seems to be okay now.

Bench Press: 5x5 @ 157.5 lbs
Turns out I've basically been close grip benching this whole time. I widened my grip for these today.


Deadlift: 1x5 @ 290 lbs
Form wasn't very good.

[hamburgerfan]

Recovery Day
Squat: 2x5 @ 260 lbs
Press: 3x5 @ 105 lbs
Chinups: 8/5/5

[hamburgerfan]

Intensity Day
Squat: 1x5 @ 360 lbs
Bench Press: 1x5 @ 175 lbs
Power Clean: 5x3 @ 145 lbs

I love intensity day. Bench and power clean were easy. I did my entire bench set on one breath, and the weights seemed to fly up today.

Estimated Squat 1RM: 405
Current Squat 1RM: 392.5
Goal Squat 1RM: 500

Estimated Progress: 11.6%

[hamburgerfan]

Volume Day

Squat: 5x5 @ 327.5 lbs
I'm increasing the weight for intensity day 5 lbs/week and keeping volume day at 90% of that. This means that occasionally volume day will increase of 2.5 lbs instead of 5. I had some form difficulties, probably because I was squatting too deep.

Press: 5/5/5/3/4 @ 110 lbs
I think I need to make 2.5 lb jumps on the press from now on.

Deadlift: 1x5 @ 300 lbs
Form was a little better. My back rounded a little during the last rep, but it's still an improvement.

[hamburgerfan]

Recovery Day

Squat: 2x5 @ 262.5 lbs
I did experimenting with stance width. I'm trying to find a way to cut my squats off just below parallel. Friday's squats were damn near ass to grass.

Bench Press: 3x5 @ 150 lbs

Chinups: 7/7/5
First set was cut short by a cramp in my hamstring.

[hamburgerfan]

Intensity Day

Squat: 1x5 @ 365 lbs
Press: 1x5 @ 122.5 lbs
Power Clean: 5x3 @ 150 lbs
These were hard. At many points I didn't pull high enough, and so I failed the rep and had to try again.

[hamburgerfan]

Volume Day

Squat: 5x5 @ 332.5 lbs
Bench Press: 5x5 @ 162.5 lbs
Deadlift: 1x5 @ 310 lbs

This was a great workout. The weights felt easy, especially on the bench press.

[hamburgerfan]

Recovery Day

Squat: 2x5 @ 265 lbs
Press: 3x5 @ 105 lbs
Chinups: 9/7/4

My left bicep/elbow is bugging me for some reason.