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    Week 9/15 - 02/23 - Volume day

    Squat
    320x5x5

    Bench press
    242x5x5

    Wide grip bench press
    200x7

    Deadlift
    428x5


    Barbell curl
    66x10x3

    LTE
    88x10, 10, 4

    Bodyweight fasted: 197.3

    The meet got postponed 5 weeks due to this corona crap. Increased squat volume, the goal is to ramp to a new 5x5 PR and then a new 3x5 PR. For the bench I'm trying to improve my set-up and pause the first rep of each set. Got a new deadlift PR today. I'll give the halting/rack pull/power clean/shrug program a try, let's see how the next 6 weeks go.

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    02/25 - Light day

    Front squat
    240x5x3

    Press
    155x5x5

    Weighted chin-up
    35x5x3

    Back ext.
    35x10x5

    Sit-up, hips 90°
    48x10x5

    Bodyweight fasted: 197.1

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    02/27 - Intensity day (should probably call this Volume day II)

    Squat
    385x1x3
    365x5

    Bench press
    275x1x3
    260x3x2

    Close grip bench press
    230x5x3

    Power clean
    175x3x5

    Press
    168x1x7

    Bodyweight fasted: 197.8

    So, we just got lockdowned again. Funny how the governor got money from the federal government to better prepare the health care system, instead he used it to pay all his civil servants, now the ICUs are all packed and obviously lockdowns are the answer... Thank God I have the keys to the gym, it was rather nice to train by myself, listening to some Lynyrd Skynyrd, instead of the usual crowded place with crapy loud music.

    On another note, I read This a couple of weeks ago when it got reposted and it got me thinking today during the second half of the workout. The closest to playing football I ever did was getting my nose broken playing rugby when I was a 135 pound weakling, and I'm not even close to lifting numbers worth noticing, but I'm glad to know stories like this, and maybe become a link in the chain of this lifting weights thing.

    Also, Thursday was my fiancee's birthday, I took advantage of the situation and upped my carbs for a couple of days, gained ALMOST one full pound in three days
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    Week 10/willthemeetevenhappen? - 03/02 - Volume day

    Squat
    330x5x5

    Bench press
    245x5x5

    Wide grip bench press
    220x8

    Block pull
    440x3, 2

    Barbell curl
    57x10x5

    LTE
    80x10x3

    Bodyweight: 196.4

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    03/04 - Light day

    Front squat
    245x5x3

    Press
    160x5x5

    Weighted chin-up
    37x5x3

    Back ext.
    40x10, 10, 10, 10, 5

    Sit-up, hips 90°
    53x10x5

    Rear delt. shenanigans

    Bodyweight: 197.3

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    03/06 - Intensity day, part I

    Bench press
    275x1x3
    258x3x2

    Close grip bench press
    235x5x3

    Press
    172x1x7

    Bodyweight: 197.8

    Went for 258x5 on bench, had to settle for 2x3. Probably still tired from Thursday's workout.

    This lockdown bull*** will go on for at least another two weeks. The meet will probably be postponed again or canceled. I'm switching back to a 4-day split.

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    03/07 - Intensity day, part II

    Squat
    390x1x3
    350x3

    Shrug
    190x2x6

    Bodyweight: 196.0

    I was even more tired than the day before. Not sure what happened to the bodyweight or the strength... Failed my first set of power cleans, the mood just wasn't there. Did the assigned volume with shrugs and called it a day...

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    03-09, 4-day split, day 1

    Bench press
    245x5
    240x5
    235x5

    Press
    145x5x3

    Dumbbell bench press + Dumbbell fly + LTE

    Bodyweight: 197.3

    Funny thing about Starting Strength stuff, no matter how many times you read or watch, you can always go back and learn something new. Whilst perusing through some articles and videos, I got some ideas for my upper body lifts that I'll implement in this new training split.

    The template is simple
    Day 1: bench + press
    Day 2: squat + deadlift
    Day 3: press + bench
    Day 4: squat + power clean

    Squats will follow the plan as usual, work up to a new 5x5 PR and then a 3x5 PR on day 2. I'll probably do a couple of 1's and a five-rep set back-off on day 4 while I'm on the 5x5, and a couple os 1's and 1-2 three-rep sets when I switch to the 3x5. I may do some extra light squats after power-cleans, let's see though...

    I'll stick to the current plan for deadlifts too: ramp up to a new 5RM, switch to block pulls until a new 5RM, repeat. For power cleans I'll probably do 3's one week, 2's the other and shrugs on the third week. I'll make sure that the deadlift workout the week after shrugs is the lightest of the run, either from the floor or from blocks.

    For the bench and the press, I changed my form a little bit: press 1.0, lowered the arch on the bench and I'll pause the first rep of each set. I'll run a pseudo-LP for them, going from 3x5 to 5x3, to 15 reps total no matter how, to a TM template doing 5x5 for volume, initially sets across and as the weight gets heavier, within a 10-20 pound range, and for intensity, probably sets of 1-3 reps for 5-7 total reps done as a cluster, initially for sets across and eventually within a range. The pseudo-LP will give me a starting point to titrate volume, fatigue and loads.

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    03-10, 4-day split, day 2

    Squat
    340x5x5

    Block pull
    455x5


    Weighted chin-up
    40x5x3

    Barbell curl
    62x10x4

    Bodyweight: 197.8

    Five pound block pull PR, after almost-volume day PR squats, I'll take it! Also, forgot to mention, while I won't actively try to gain bodyweight, I won't hold it down anymore.

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    03-12, 4-day split, day 3

    Press
    147x5x3

    Bench press
    245x5
    240x5x2

    Dumbbell press + lateral raise + JM press

    Bodyweight: 196.8

    Had to press with a 15 kg semi-bent bar today. The good bar was available for bench.

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