My LP Adventure Log #1 or: How I Learned to Stop Weakness and Love the Lifts

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Date: 8/15/16
BW: 195.4
SQ: 205
OHP: 95
PC: 80

Squats were solid. OHP was grindy as usual. PC was interesting. I may just do chins/back extensions instead. I'll give that some more thought.

[Nubygaines]

I'm doing chins in place of cleans... always liked them....will start doing weighted chins again when BW numbers get up there a bit again

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Date: 8/18/16
BW: 197.4
SQ: 215
BP: 140

Squats were solid. It's gratifying to use a warmup weight that was a working set weight just a couple of weeks ago. First and third sets of BP were good - my form was terrible in the second.

My recovery is garbage, so I'm moving to two nights a week - Wed/Sat. Wed will be SQ and BP. Sat will be SQ, OHP, and DL.

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Date: 8/20/16
BW: 197.4
SQ: 215
OHP: 95
DL: 215

Squats were solid. I recorded my work sets to review my depth. I'm going for convincing depth, which I got for the most part. One was iffy and one was too deep and I lost tightness, but the rest were good. OHP wasn't bad, but the app didn't increment it, so I did the same weight as last time. It's done this to me before. All well. DL was smooth. I really practiced dragging the bar up my legs. I held the last rep up as long as I could to work on my grip.

Had a massage this morning and asked for IT band release. Pretty painful stuff. I'll probably request if from now on.

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DT: 4/13/17
BW: 195.4
SQ: 180
BP: 120

Starting again after a long winter break.

DT: 4/19/17
BW: 195.4
SQ: 185
BP: 125
CHINS: 2 Unassist, 5 green band
1 Unassist, 4 green band

So good to be back. I haven't lost much progress, either. I couldn't say the same thing about cardio. I'd have to start all the over at the beginning. Will be back on Saturday to see what happened to my deads.

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DT: 4/22/17
BW: 195.4
SQ: 190
OHP: 90 - 5,5,4 and 85 - 1
DL: 200

SQ and DL went great - it's like I've done these weights before. I'm holding the last rep of DL for as long as I can to strengthen my grip. I missed 90 lb in OHP on the last rep of the last set. Went down 5 lb and got it. I bet if I had worn my belt that I would have had it. Will do 90 lb again next Sat and nail it.

My wife joined me again this time. Our youngest is now sleeping on his own in a crib. I'm glad that we can get stronger together.

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DT: 4/26/17
BW: 197.2
SQ: 195
BP: 130
CHINS: 2 Unassist, 7 green band
1 Unassist, 4 negatives

Wife worked out as well and added weight to all of her lifts.

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DT: 4/29/17
BW: 197.2
SQ: 200
OHP: 90
DL: 210

DT: 4/30/17
Curls: 50

Another good workout with the wife. Will be back on Wednesday.

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DT: 5/3/17
BW: 195.4
SQ: 205
BP: 135
CHINS: BW AMRAPx3, 7 green band
BW AMRAPx1, negatives @ 0,0,6-2X4
12 Inverse Rows

Will follow Niki's Chin-Up Training Phase II from now on. Wife worked out as well and added weight to all of her lifts. I won't be back until May 13 or 17. I will encourage the wife to continue without me, though.

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DT: 5/18/17
BW: 194
SQ: 210
BP: 140
CHINS: BW AMRAPx2, 8 green band
BW AMRAPx1, 6 green band

Man this workout was a tough one. My head wasn't in it and I felt weak, but I made it. My last squat was ugly and my last bench was a grind, but I got them up.

Also, I'm continuing to loose weight. Ugh. I think it's partly do to cutting out soda of my diet starting in late April, so I'm done by 250-500 calories a day, usually. I'm going to have to eat more.