Pursuit of strength

[feebes]

03/01/2010

Squat: 225x5x3
Press: 90x5x3
Pullups: -55x7x3

I missed the last rep of the 2nd set of squats. I think it was mostly a form problem. I didnt get a good thrust out of the bottom and halted midway up. I got the last set okay.

[feebes]

03/06/2010

Squat: 235x5x3
Bench: 155x5x3 - goal weight
Deadlift: 275x5x1 - goal weight

[feebes]

03/12/2010

Squat: 245x5x2
Press: 95x5x3
Chinups: -50x7x3

I missed on the 3rd rep of the last set on squats. I'm going to bump up to 250 for next time and see how that goes. I will continue going up by 5 from here out.

[kittenSmash]

Good progress man, you've destroyed your squat goal, looks like it's time to make 3 plates the next goal.

[feebes]

Thanks for the kind words.

Hopefully this week I will knock out that last goal for the press and I will come up with a whole new set of goal numbers. 3 plates sounds good to me

[feebes]

Quick Update:

I am sick and running a fever. The fever is actually about 102, which is damn close to the weight I was going try to press this week. So it goes.

Edit: 03/24/10
This thing just won't go away so I went to the doctor. I've got pneumonia which is causing an abnormally low blood oxygen level. Hopefully it clears up soon.

[feebes]

I'm digging this thread up from the depths. It took a while to recover from that sick-spell and at that point I had lost my motivation to hit the gym. After getting tired of paying for a membership to a gym I wasn't using I went ahead and bought a power rack, a couple barbells and some weight on craigslist.

The past few weeks I've been getting my lifts back where they were before. This is the result of last nights workout. (I'm doing power cleans now instead of the pullups/chinups and I simply am terrible at them)

10/25/2010
Squat: 242x5x3
Bench: 154x5x3
Deadlift: 264x5x1

[feebes]

10/28/2010
Squat: 253x5x3
Press: 110x5x3*
Power Clean: 99x5x3

*4/5 on 2nd and 3rd sets

[feebes]

10/30/2010
Squat: 264x5x3
Bench: 160x5x3* 4/5 1st and 3rd sets
Deadlift: 286x5x1

I put the belt on today for the squats as they are starting to feel really heavy. It helped and I'll be continuing to use it.

[feebes]

My workout tonight just didn't seem to work. I did 2 sets of squats at 275 but this pain I've been having in my left knee got intense enough after the 2nd set to make me stop. After checking the board I think I have quad tendinitis. I really kind of ignored it for the past several workouts but its only been getting worse as the weights have gotten heavier. I'm okay to dealing with the pain, but the progression of pain with each workout is making me a little nervous.

I'm going to check the boards and see what I can do and decide on a course of action. If you have any advice let me know.

My feeling is this: If the pain is telling me I need to slow it down then I will. If the pain is simply something I need to deal with and I can move on without causing injury than I will.