Dave "Bull" Abdemoulaie's Heavy Ass Training Log

[David Abdemoulaie]

Thursday, May 14

CGBP: 5x315
Press: 8x185 (easy)

Friday, May 15

Squat: 5x540 (+5 PR, felt good)
Power Clean: 3x3x220

[David Abdemoulaie]

Monday, May 18

Bench: 3x5x295
Dips: 3x10x300 (+55)

[David Abdemoulaie]

Tuesday, May 19

Squat: 3x5x400
Halting Dead: 8x485

Really slow 6th & 7th reps on deads. Failed to pull 8th and laid down on floor for 10 seconds. Realized I was being a pussy, stood back up and pulled the 8th rep.

[David Abdemoulaie]

Thursday, May 21

CGBP: 3x5x290
Press: 3x8x180

Press felt good today. Only struggled on 24th rep.

Friday, May 22

Squat: 3x5x450
P. Clean: 5x3x185

Squats felt great. Just kinda felt lazy and decided to stick with 185 on cleans.

[David Abdemoulaie]

Monday, May 25

Bench: 5x5x320
Dips: 4x10x300 (+55)

Finally! I've failed my 25th rep at 320 at least 3x prior. Nailed it today, and it wasn't even a grind.

[Nick Klemetson]

Monday, May 25

Bench: 5x5x320
Dips: 4x10x300 (+55)

Finally! I've failed my 25th rep at 320 at least 3x prior. Nailed it today, and it wasn't even a grind.

Days like this are awesome. Nice job.

[David Abdemoulaie]

Thanks Nick!

Tuesday, May 26

Squat: 3x5x405
Rack Pull: 5x525

Rack pull felt great. Tweaked my form and deemphasized lumbar extension a bit. Bar moved fast and violently.

[David Abdemoulaie]

Thursday, May 28

CGBP: 4x5x290
Press: 4x8x180

Bench felt heavy during warmup. Got much better at work sets. Still feeling the vestiges of 5x5x320 I think.
Press felt super uncomfortable on left shoulder. Popped some Advil and iced it immediately after. Feels fine now.

[David Abdemoulaie]

Friday, May 29

Squat: 5x5x500 (+5 PR)

Boom. This was hard. Gym was 80° with no A/C. Felt like I was going to puke for 20 minutes after I was done. The reps themselves were good though: fast and consistent.

[Nick Klemetson]

Had my first really warm day training in the garage last week. Nice work gutting through it, and that's one hell of a milestone.