200/300/400/500

[jwt708]

Thanks!

I miss Oldster. I wrote him awhile back after he stopped posting and he was doing well.

I hope he comes back to the forums.

Me too. I met him in person once and I credit much of my "success" with benching from what he taught me - it was more than form tweaks too but those were helpful. He's a great guy.

[hector_garza]

Me too. I met him in person once and I credit much of my "success" with benching from what he taught me - it was more than form tweaks too but those were helpful. He's a great guy.

I'm a bit jealous. That's cool you got to meet him.

[hector_garza]

6/2/2015

B Squat: 330 x 3s x 5r
Bench: 230 x 3s x 3r
Bench: 210 x 2s x 5r
Bent Over Rows: 215 x 3s x 5r
Barbell Curls: 90lb x 4s x 10r
Tricep Pushdown: 85lb x 4s x 10r


Back squats felt stupidly easy. Which was awesome.

I'm hoping the arm work will help me break through some plateaus in my bench and overhead press.

[jwt708]

What does the "r" mean?

[hector_garza]

What does the "r" mean?

"r" = reps
"s" = sets

I do it in a different order than a lot of people, so I specify reps and sets.

[jwt708]

I do it the same way as you. Odd, because I didn't notice the "s" when I asked.

[hector_garza]

B Squat: 335 x 3s x 5r
Bench: 230 x 3s x 3r
Bench: 210 x 3s x 5r
P Clean: 185 x 1s x 2r
Good Mornings: 280 x 3s x 5r
Barbell Curl: 90 x 4s x 10r
Barbell Curl: 100 x 1s x 5r
Tricep Pushdown: 85 x 4s x 10r
Tricep Pushdown: 100 x 1s x 5r


Wanted to get 3s x 3r on the Power Clean. Stopped because I wasn't that explosive. Maybe this is because I haven't done power cleans in awhile. Maybe it's because I worked out around 6pm and hadn't eaten yet.

Squats felt good. Benching 230 felt easier than it has in a long time. Not sure why. Maybe my arms were such a weak link that introducing arm work a week ago is already making a difference.

[hector_garza]

Deadlift: 505 x 1 x 1 (NEW PR)
Bench: 245 x 1 x 1

Today was technically an off day. Was just going to do some squats and bench for junk volume. Both Squat racks were taken though so I decided to go for a new deadlift PR instead.

Excited to hit it.

Bench, obviously, still has a disproportionate amount of room for improvement relative to other lifts.

[hector_garza]

B Squat: 275 x 3s x 5r

75 minutes Vinyasa Yoga


The yoga is a lot harder than you'd think it would be.

[Meshuggah]

Deadlift: 505 x 1 x 1 (NEW PR)

Congrats on this PR !! I'm gonna have to get busy, you are 10 pounds away from my best !!