Barry's "Get Stronger Until I Can't" Log

[BarryF]

Tuesday 1/24/2017

Squat:
w/u to 315x1x3. Took a little extra warmup today...legs were cranky...probably from 8's.
350x8@8.5
355x3x5

Hammer Curlzz
3x8 for the elbowz

[BarryF]

Thursday 1/26/2017

Press:
145x5x5

CGBP:
(185, 190, 195, 200, 205)x5
215x6,6,7 This is closer to the correct weight...been a while.

[BarryF]

Saturday 1/28/2017

Today I was supposed to squat, then deadlift, but I was extremely motivated to deadlift heavy, so I pulled first. Was still able to get in the prescribed squat workout. I feel as though I am fairly terrible at singles compared to what I can pull for reps, so I decided to pull a heavy single/max. I failed the lift, but still glad I tried. I would have gotten a 20 lb PR vs what I pulled in October at the fall classic, and I was quite sick earlier in January. I got it above my knees which is actually quite a good result considering. I'll attempt this again in 4-5 weeks when I test squat.

Deadlift:
225x5, 315x3, 405x1
455x1
495x1
545x fail


Any critique of form is welcome. I feel like if I had stayed with it and just kept pulling for all i was worth I might have gotten it. But maybe not. It looked better on film than it felt...actually didn't realize I had even gotten it above my knees.

Squat: surprisingly, i was able to complete my entire workout that i had scheduled here, although it got pretty tough for the last few sets.
355x8
345x3x8

[BarryF]

Monday 1/30/2017

Little wrecked from DL on Saturday. Bench felt kinda heavy.

Bench:
(225, 245, 265, 285)x1
245x5x3
230x5
225x5

Chins:
+45x5,6,6

Press:
(115, 125, 135, 140, 145, 150)x5

[BarryF]

Thursday 2/2/2017

Squat: Ended up being too beat up from Sat's DL max attempt, so just did a light day
135x5, 225x3
315x1x3 couple of extra singles here to try and get warmed up
345x1
380x3 bleh, this was going to be 3x5. I'll hit these again Sat or Sun
275x5x2

Press:
150x5x5 +5 lbs, this seems to be coming around nicely.

Chins:
45x6x2
BWx15

[BarryF]

Saturday 2/4/2017

Bench:
255x5x3 butt came up on last rep in order to complete, so does not count as PR, but would have been
235x5x2

Press:
135x5,5,5,6,8@8.5 Probably move up in weight next light day based on this

Squats and deads tomorrow.

[BarryF]

Well, my impromptu deadlift max attempt really screwed up my training. Last week was pretty much a bust for squats. Tried warming up yesterday(8 days later) to see how things felt...warmed up to a single @315(about 70%) and it felt rough. Unracked 315 for a second rep, then just re-racked it. I'm eager to resume squatting but may wait another day, then just get in some volume with whatever weight I can tolerate. Or I may just do that today..meh. It's not like I didn't know that maxing would disrupt training, but we all do stupid shit sometimes I suppose.

[BarryF]

Monday 2/6/2017

Bench:
235x5,5,5,5,8 haha probably a PR for 8's

Press:
140x5x5

[BarryF]

Tuesday 2/7/2017

Squat: Had to fight like hell with warmups in order to squat as I wanted to today. Still struggling a bit from previous deadlift max 10 days ago I think. But I was determined.
45x10x2, 135x5, 225x3
315x2
315x2
315x3 usually a single here is all that is needed. This set finally didn't feel like shit. 70% should not be painful.
335x1 all good!
355x1 warmed up, feeling good.
380x5x3 last set @ 9-9.5 Little harder than I wanted it to be, but training was really disrupted from the DL attempt.

Legs VERY fatigued going into deadlifts.

Deadlift:
445x5x3 +5 lb PR If I can make myself, I'm going to try to stay away from attempting rep maxes on a regular basis and just do sets across for volume on a 3 week cycle of 5/3/1. I'll hit/attempt a rep max periodically as I feel like it. My theory is that avoiding a top, max effort set will be less likely to interfere with squats as far as recovery goes, and the sets across with a lesser weight will provide enough volume for steady progress.

Here's my last set of deadlifts....I was really pretty damn worn out by this point:

[BarryF]

Thursday 2/9/2017

Press:
155x5x2@10
135x5,6,8@9

CGBP:
185x6
195x6
205x6x2