Jordan's Ridiculous Lack of Squatting Ability.

[Justin Jordan]

Eh, why the hell not put a log here.

Some stuff about me:

1. Mildly old (34)

2. Fat (6'1 265)

3. Bad Joints (Pretty much of all them, but right now my elbows)

4. I've been much stronger than I am right now.

5. I am Not Doing The Program

6. Diabeetus.

7. Coming off a back injury.

8. Ridiculously bad at squatting. No really. Look below.

Why I'm doing what I'm doing:

The machine rows and arm work is a concession to my medial tendonitis, which is improving but is aggravated by pulling, which is frustrating. The arm work is high rep to try and get some blood moving through the area.

Right now I've just been doing bench and machine rows - soonish I'm going to alternate them with seated press and pulldowns, but I have a random goal of getting back 185 for 5 by June 20 or thereabouts.

Squat

BW * 5

25 * 5

45 * 5

65 * 5

Pretty good, by my standards.

Bench

45 * 20

95 * 10

135 * 5

145 * 3

155 * 1

175 * 4,2,2

180 * 2

Again, pretty good. I think in general benching three times a week is too much for me unless I drastically reduce volume. We'll see.


Machine Rows

20 * 20

50 * 10

80 * 5

100 * 1

120 * 5,3,3

Pushdowns

40 * 9,9

Dumbbell Curls

35 * 9, 5

Gassed on second set there.

[JStrong]

Welcome!

At that weight you can squat everyday, for practice. Just saying.

[Justin Jordan]

Welcome!

At that weight you can squat everyday, for practice. Just saying.

You'd think, but that weight is indeed challenging for. My squat suck is actually perversely interesting to me - about three quarters of the squat is about as easy as you'd expect given the weight, but the last bit, where my upper body straigtens out, is where I struggle. And the thing is, I'm not a shitty deadlifter, even - I can, for instance, do a dead with decent form with 315 without lifting weights at all, much less DLing. So why I suck at that spot is a bit of mystery.

[Justin Jordan]

6/4/12 Workout

Squat

BW * 5

25 * 5

45 * 5

75 * 2

45 * 5

Well, that's just ridiculous.

Bench

45 * 20

95 * 10

135 * 5

145 * 3

155 * 1

180 * 3,2,2

185 * 2

Acceptable. No elbow pain.

Rows

45 * 20

95 * 10

135 * 5

Just trying these out to see if they aggravated yon elbows of death. They did not. Which is good, because I like rows.

Pushdowns

40 * 10, 10

Dumbbell Curls

35 * 10, 7

Rotator Rows

20 * 15, 15

Squats sucked, but the rest of workout was pretty good.

[Justin Jordan]

6/6/12 Workout

Squat

BW * 5

25 * 5

45 * 3,3,3

Grumble, grumble.


Bench

45 * 20

95 * 10

135 * 5

145 * 3

155 * 2

165 * 1

185 * 1

175 * 3

Not recovered from Monday, which is not especially surprising. Elbows felt good, though, which is nice.

Rows

45 * 20

95 * 10

135 * 5

145 * 5

Still easy, still no elbow pain.


Pushdowns

40 * 11, 11

Dumbbell Curls

35 * 11, 8

Arggggh, the pumpitude.

[skipbeat]

what the hell is going on with your squat?! are you eating ANYTHING?

[mwhities]

what the hell is going on with your squat?! are you eating ANYTHING?

I second this.

You say you are fat.... (265lbs?) at 6'1"? I doubt you ARE fat, just thick. I'm 6' 6" and 335lbs. People say I'm thick as well, not fat. (I think I'm a fat ass.)

You need to eat, even if you THINK you want to lose the weight. I started out at 335lbs (Started SS), went down to 325lbs, lifts stalled, felt weak. Started eating a LOT, gained back up to 335lbs and my lifts went up across the board.

My clothes fit the same (if not a little loser) at 335lbs as they did at 325lbs. I'm stronger for sure, lost fat for sure, weigh the same.

So eat up (clean) and make sure you rest well.

[Justin Jordan]

Well, I eat enough to maintain a 265 pound body, at least. But I am definitely fat. Lots of muscles in the back and shoulders, but relatively (and unsurprisingly) relative spindly legs and a fairly epic gut.

I'm bad at squats. I don't intend for this to be a permanent condition, but I can't justify eating my way to gains. If I were younger and not diabetic, yeah, but here I have to take what I can get. I have found that if I want to train a lift three days a week and progress, I need to try and avoid grinding, which is why I did the 45 pounds today (it's also why I did one rep with a weight I did for two after my work sets on Monday in the bench.)

After the next two weeks, I am going to switch up the routine slightly - alternating press and pulldowns with the bench and rows.

[Justin Jordan]

Incidentally, my fatness:


Me. by librarygorilla, on Flickr

[f4thpathway]

Meesotheeleeoma...

Diabeetus...

So many hotlines so little time.