meetch's log

[meetch]

Saw your latest video. You're not actually driving hips. What's happening actually is knee extension.

[meetch]

01/06/2014

Squat 275 x 3 x 5
Bench 235 x 3 x 5
RDL 205 x 3 x 5 with strrraaaaaps.

Felt real good. Worked on getting a bounce with le squat. Felt good. This will be the first week of training in a long ass time with at least a day in between sessions.

[meetch]

01/08/2014

Press 170 x 3 x 5 (3, 3, 3, 2, 2)
Rows 242 x 3 x 5 with straaaaaps
Chinups 10, 10, 6

I'm going to move to triples on my Press for the next little while, then I'll test myself to see how much closer I am to a BW Press. Rows are going well, I've noticed how much they help with the Bench. I continue to hate chinups, because a. i suck at them b. they're hard. ugh, any feed back to make them better is welcome. Possibly drop the reps? Maybe do 5 sets of 5 with em?

[elVarouza]

I'd bet you're not resting long enough between sets if you're going 10/10/6 on chins. Usually when I go to failure I get one fewer rep on each subsequent set, e.g. 10/9/8. When going to failure I'd take about 5 minutes between sets.

[meetch]

I think you're dead on with that. I'm gonna have to start timing my rest periods.

[melody]

I like to get some volume after I chin with chin up grip lat pull downs or supinated bb rows.

[meetch]

01/10/2014

Intensity Day
Squat 335 x 3
Bench 270 x 0
Deadlift 405 x 3

Went to a friend's gym to train today at one of the nearby colleges. Equipment was decent, but the scene, not exactly my mug of beer. I'll be a good boy and go back my Goodlife location (has 4 racks, 6 ivanko bars, 4 texas power bars) and train there. I feel kinda naked without my training partner, Daniel who is a Provincial (State) champion in Ontario and soon to be National champion.

The Squat was real easy; no problem there. Bench was just...weird. I did my last warmup with 255 for a single and it was...a struggle. It shouldn't have been. But I got it. 270 did not fly; it didn't even come off the chest. Pretty pissed off about this. Deadlift was feeling good up until the last warmup at 385. My problem in the Deadlift has always been back rounding. If it's hard off the floor, I've noticed that my back rounds. 405 was the same; had a friend record it and could see the rounding. It wasn't hard by any means. Anyways, next week, I'll type less because I'm going to get all lifts on Intensity Day.

[meetch]

I'm a little late...

01/13/2014

Volume Day
Squat 285 x 3 x 5
Bench 235 x 3 x5
RDL 215 x 3 x 5

Assistance Day
So let me preface this by saying I misloaded my own bar. Yep. I misloaded it by 10 pounds. Anyways , here's how it went:

Press 180 (2 doubles, 1 single)
170 (2 triples, 1 double)
Yeah, a massive screw up. I'll be back to 170 next week for 5 x 3
Rows 245 x 3 x 5 with straps
Dips 3 x 8 + 35lbs.

Tomorrow is Intensity Day.

[meetch]

01/17/2014
Intensity Day

Squat 345 x 3
Bench 270 x 2
Deadlift 415 x 3

I realized something today: I need music when I squat. Seeing as I train at the Canadian equivalent of a Globo gym, but with good Powerlifting equipment, I need to drown out the inordinate amount of noise from the vanity crowd. It really helped.

270 on the Bench beat me once again. Arrrrgh. 3rd rep came off the chest but just wouldn't go up. One more time, next week.

Deadlift felt awesome; again, the music helped. I'm not one to go nuts when approaching the bar, but I liked to be jazzed up a little. It worked. Yay.

[meetch]

01/20/2014
Volume Day

Squat 295 x 3 x 5
Bench 235 x 3 x 5

Didn't have enough time for RDLs; I was rushed to get home to sleep so that I'm rested enough for right now (as I type) at work.

Blew my shorts out on the 4th rep of the 3rd set. It was delightful.