Dave "Bull" Abdemoulaie's Heavy Ass Training Log

[David Abdemoulaie]

Hey, Dave - we met at the Lexington seminar. Congrats on the SSC cert.

Hey Manveer, I remember. Thanks for following. I hope your training is going well.

[David Abdemoulaie]

505x5 squat. I'm jealous.

Thanks! I'm equally jealous of your deadlift I'm sure.

[Karl Schudt]

I'm jealous of his hair.

[David Abdemoulaie]

Monday, Jan. 12

Bench: 5x5x285
Press: 3x8x170
Banded TPD: 3x18

Bench felt way easy again. Press felt good. Delts and triceps are on fire now.

[David Abdemoulaie]

Tuesday, Jan. 13

Squat: 5x5x465
P. Clean: 5x3x195
Chins: 8, 7, 9

Squats and cleans felt great today. Changed my breathing and tempo on the squats today; only one breath between each rep instead o

[Nick Klemetson]

I'm jealous of his hair.

Oh come on. Think of how much you save on haircuts and shampoo.

Changed my breathing and tempo on the squats today; only one breath between each rep instead o

Interesting. Does "one breath" mean: inhale - squat - exhale - inhale - squat? Or is it: inhale - squat - exhale - inhale - exhale - inhale - squat?

I recently switched from the former to the latter, and I think I prefer it.

[David Abdemoulaie]

Interesting. Does "one breath" mean: inhale - squat - exhale - inhale - squat? Or is it: inhale - squat - exhale - inhale - exhale - inhale - squat?

One breath means the former. I tried it because I felt like I was giving my 5x5 weights far more respect than they deserved. I would take "two breaths" (the latter) between each of the first four reps, and "three" breaths before the last one. My recent change resulted in a lot less time under the bar, less "thinking" (overthinking) about my form, and 5 incredibly fast and smooth reps.

I think I'm going to stick with it for a while, at least on the 5x5's and give it a try tomorrow on the 1x5. I felt a teeny bit more winded at the end of each set, but that was the only downside. I felt my "muscle memory" did a much better job of keeping my form consistent than my conscious thought process in a slower set.

[David Abdemoulaie]

Thursday, Jan. 15

Bench: 5x1x355
Press: 5x210
Dips: 3x15 (+10 lb.)

Bench started off slow, got faster on reps 3-5. Press felt great.

[David Abdemoulaie]

Friday, Jan. 16

Squat: 5x515
Deadlift: 5x475

No time for BB Rows. Squat felt good, stuck with my "one breath" here, took two before the 5th rep. Felt rather lightheaded and tingly coming out of that 5th rep, but it was fast. May go 5x520 instead of 5x525 next week. Deadlift was rushed, 5th rep slowed down a little, but still a fast pull.

[David Abdemoulaie]

Monday, Jan. 19

Bench: 5x5x290
Press: 3x8x175
Banded Tricep Push-downs: 3x20

Bench is still feeling easy. Press only got hard on the 23-24th reps, may not have locked out the 24th.