MisspelledGeoff's Log

[misspelledgeoff]

Squats

260 x 5 x 3

Felt heavy but good. I think I'm FINALLy understanding what a proper squat feels like. Chest up, knees out, bounce out of hole with hip drive.

Press

135 x 1 x1

I'm not surprised I couldn't get my set here. I had my first ever grappling tourny yesterday and my shoulders were wiped--not much of a recovery. plus my works set have been feeling super heavy for awhile now. I'll go for same weight next time and start microloading afterwards.

Power Clean

165 x 3 x 5
165 x 2 x 1

Could not rack the last rep. Fatigued and left bicep started hurting again--badly.

[misspelledgeoff]

Squats (light day)
205 X 5 x 1
225 x 5 x 1

Bench Press
195 x 5 x 3

Didnt' exactly feel light, but wouldn't say I struggled either

Chins
BW x 2 x 3

ooffph.

Left bicep flared up some but was very manageable.

[misspelledgeoff]

Here are some 4 week out goals.

Week of October 5th - 9th Goal

Squat - 315 x 5 x 3 workset [lifetime PR]
Bench Press - 225 x 5 x 3 workset
Deadlift - 380 x 5 x 1 workset

[misspelledgeoff]

hmmm...interesting past two days. after work i noticed both my legs were extremely swollen from the knees down to my feet. This happened today and yesterday.

I tried to work out today, but I physically couldn't get into a full squat because of the swelling. Two warmup sets and I just called it quits.

[K.Diesel]

Geoff, do you think the swelling is from your job or something else? Curious because I spend most of my workday on my feet.

[misspelledgeoff]

Geoff, do you think the swelling is from your job or something else? Curious because I spend most of my workday on my feet.

Diesel, I think my job is contributing to it. I sit on my ass all day in front of spreadsheets and databases. Different kind of 'stress' than yours, but still contributes to swelling.

But I think the main thing is that I've just gained a massive amount of weight in the past 4 weeks and my body is protesting--August 14 I weighed 215 and now I'm over 240. At 39, my body is not able to convert all this food to muscle like it could 20 years ago! As much as I love the strength gains I've been making, I've got to cut back on the food and my weight a bit.

[misspelledgeoff]

so i took a week off and cut back on the food in the hopes this would help my leg swelling. seemed to work well. going forward i will be upping the cardio (met-con stuff) and watching food intake more closely. first day back in a week felt good.

squat 275 X 5 X 3. This felt extra heavy but what the hell did I expect? I went for a 15 # increase over my last workout and have been cutting calories for a week.

press 115 x 5 x 3. reset. trying closer grip in hopes of not aggravating right shoulder pain. seems fine but my triceps are protesting

deadlift 335 x 5 x 1. last two were very heavy and form broke down a bit.

[misspelledgeoff]

squats 280 x 5 x 3

even though it's only a 5 # increase, I still felt very good about this work set as last workout was a 15# increase

bench press 205 x 5 x 3

10 # increase because my warmups felt light. the weight flew off my chest. i could have gone 210 easily.

chins BW x 3 x 3

very, very pleased that i added a rep to my chins on all three sets.

[misspelledgeoff]

squats (light day)
235 x 5 x 1
245 x 5 x 1
255 x 5 x 1

low back still very sore from deadlift form break down nearly two weeks ago

press
125 x 5 x 1
125 x 3 x 1
115 x 5 x 1

there's something about pressing 135 (45 # plates on the bar) that really strokes my ego. i need to tell my ego to STFU. i'm pushing weight too aggressively here and it's causing me to stall

powerclean
165 x 3 x 5

started out with 175 but couldnt' rack rep 1 of set 1.

[misspelledgeoff]

squats

290 x 5 x 3

felt good. went up 10# becasue warmups felt good. note--dont' wear cargo shorts while squatting heavy. see attached photo.

bench press

210 x 5 x 3

left bicep aggravated during squats got really painful during bench. 5th rep was hard on each set.

chins

couldn't do them due to left bicep pain.