Exhausting LP before I turn 30

[Crockett]

squat: 220 (5/5/5)
press: 137.5 (3/3/3)
deadlift: 286 (5)

One day I'll solve the mystery of why I'm a shitty squatter. Really had to grind these out. Sucks too, because I got sick right at the end of a deload when I was about to bust through the 225 plateau. I was out 10 days and now I've lost enough strength that it's looking like I'll stall again at 225. It's also pretty clear that I lost too much strength on the press to do 137.5. Right before the illness I did 135 with no problem. Deadlift was easy peasy.

[Crockett]

squat: 220 (5/5/5)
bench: 170 (3/4/4)
back ext: BW (10/10/10)
chins: (5/5/5)

Eh.

[Crockett]

squat: 225 (5/5/5)
press: 135 (5/4/5)
pwr cln: 176 (5/5/5)

Crushed the squat. PR! And I still have yet to stall on the power clean. They're getting tough, but I keep going up. It'd be awesome to get to 200 without stalling. We'll see. Not sure why I missed the fifth rep in the middle press set, but oh well. A great day.

[Crockett]

squat: 230 (5/5/5)
bench: 170 (4/4/4)
back ext: bw (10/10/10)
chins: bw (5/5/4)

Squat PR. They felt pretty good. On bench, I ALMOST got the fifth rep in each set, but had to bail. Even though I should technically deload, as this is a stall, I think I'll keep it at this weight, because I'm pretty sure I can get 5 reps next time. It was definitely easier this time than last. Chins felt heavy; maybe I gained weight. Haven't checked in a week or so.

[Crockett]

squat: 235 (5/5/5)
press: 135 (5/5/5)
deadlift: 297 (5)

Pizza is a terrible pre-workout food.

Bodyweight: 219 lbs.

[Crockett]

squat: 225 (5/5/5)
bench: 170 (4/4/4)
power clean: 181 (5/5/5)
chins: bw (4)

Back after almost two weeks off (end of the academic year bullshit). Lost a little strength on the squat, and also started holding the bar lower on my back. Bench felt the same as it did two weeks ago, which is nice, and I actually went up in weight on the power clean! I was eating and sleeping a lot during the break. My last workout I tweaked a back muscle, one that goes up to the neck. It's whatever one hurts when you rotate your head to either side. Bothering me again. Not a huge thing.

[Crockett]

squat: 230 (5/5/5)
press: 135 (5/5/5)
pwr cln: 187 (3/3)
deadlift: 308 (5)

Kind of a strange day. See, I only have one workout left in this fabulous gym before I head to Chicago for the summer. There, I will not be able to do power cleans. So, I had thought that I'd do cleans in my last three workouts. Midway through this workout, however, I decided to deadlift instead. So I did 2x3 power cleans at 187, and then warmed up to 308 on the deadlift. It worked fine, I guess. I'll lift Thursday, and that'll be my last. I guess I'll try to do 3x5 power cleans at 187.

[SoulySpoken]

Were you doing power cleans for 3 sets of 5? Impressive power clean by the way.

[Crockett]

Thanks! That's what I usually do, yes. Yeah for some reason, I have a lot of power in my legs. I just can't seem to figure out why I don't have more strength there. At 220 lbs., I have no excuse for squatting only 230. Though I'm hoping to get that up around 300 by the end of the summer.

[SoulySpoken]

Thanks! That's what I usually do, yes. Yeah for some reason, I have a lot of power in my legs. I just can't seem to figure out why I don't have more strength there. At 220 lbs., I have no excuse for squatting only 230. Though I'm hoping to get that up around 300 by the end of the summer.

My power clean progressed smoothly, but I dropped the lift and switched to rows when I reached a 100 lb PC. You're getting very close to a BW power clean which is pretty awesome to me. Maybe you have some form errors on your squat? I've made some minor adjustments since I started the program and that helped me get passed BW squats. I became more explosive at the bottom, I started calculating all my warm-up sets, I changed my grip on the bar - straight wrists... All these things really helped my progression for my squats.

Bench.. Now that's another story lol You're right where I'm at. I've got such long skinny arms, I think that's my problem. I just don't have that mechanical advantage.