Seti's Training Log

[Róbert Kovács]

05/22

BW:103kg

Press - 20kg 1x10, 40kg 1x5, 50kg 1x5, 60kg 1x3, 70kg 1x1, 82.5kg 3x5@9,9.5,9 (PR) - still going strong
Chins - 12,9,8,4 - probably didn't rest enough between set 1 & 2
DB seated press - 22kgsx17

[bustermonkey2]

Nice work. Our press is still pretty close in terms of weight, but you definitely did better with chins than me today.

[Róbert Kovács]

Thanks! What helped for me was chinning 3 times a week alternating bw and weighted. It seems to be stalling a bit, but it was working extremely well for the first few weeks. I'll just start microloading them, see how it goes.

[Róbert Kovács]

05/24

Bw: 103.5kg

Bench press - 20kg 1x10, 60kg 1x5, 80kg 1x3, 100kg 1x1, 120kg 1x1, 130kgx2,1,1@9.5,10,10 (PR and absolute PR) - second and third set got stuck under 2nd reps. Either getting to the limit of my sets across PRS for now, or the BJJ class I had 2 days ago took out of me just enough.
Weighted Chins - bwx2, +17kg 3x5 - was alright
Squat - 20kg 1x10, 60kg 1x5, 80kg 1x5, 100kg 1x5, 120kg 1x5, 135kg 1x3 - no pain. Pussied out due to fatigue and being protective of my SI.
RDL - 60kg 1x5, 85kg 1x5, 100kg 1x5 - 7.5cm belt, no pain.
Curls - 50kg 1x6, 40kg 2x10
LTE - 58kg 1x4, 48k 10,8 - overshot the weight a bit

[Róbert Kovács]

05/26

Press - 20kg 1x10, 40kg 1x5, 50kg 1x5, 60kg 1x3, 70kg 1x1, 80kg 1x1, 92.5kg 2,2,1@9.5,9.3,10 (2RM PR) - edge of my strength definitely. Second set was the best, third set I didn't get under the bar
Chins -12,9,8 (short rest) then 2
DB Seated press - 22.5kgsx17

[bustermonkey2]

Nice Bench and Press PRs! Kick-ass!

[Róbert Kovács]

Thanks!

[Róbert Kovács]

05/28

Bench press - 20kg 1x15, 60kg 1x5, 80kg 1x3, 100kg 1x1, 110kg 8,8,6@9,10,9 (PR) - hard, probably could have done 7 on the last set, but after the grinder in the second set I was a bit spent.
Weigthed Chins - BWx2, 17.5kg 5,4,4 - had some half rep 5th attempts in this, also tried different grip chinup bars for set 2&3. I have a slight irritation in my left wrist because of the wide-ish grip chins on the thick bar of the smith machine I'm normally using.
Rack pull (on 25kg+2x5kg bumpers) - 60kg 1x5, 80kg 1x5, 100kg 1x5, 120kg 1x5 - 7.5cm belt, no pain. I have to set the squat stands pin to the lowest and stand on some bumpers to get the bar below my knees, hence the weird formula in the brackets.

Using chucks for all lifts, see how my SI feels. I've started lifting in them 5 years ago, then switched to Do-Wins like 1.5 years ago. For me it wasn't a no-turning-back moment. I haven't noticed a significant improvement in squats. Early on, do-wins caused some hip irritation. My best post injury squat progress was done in chucks, so I'll use them for a month or so, and see how it feels.

[Róbert Kovács]

05/29

Squat - 20kg 2x10, 60kg 1x5, 80kg 1x5, 100kg 1x3, 120kg 1x1, 135kg 1x5@11, 120kg 1x5 - f-in hard, but no pain, slight tightness in overall lower back, but felt unrelated to the movement. Did it in chucks.

Seems like I'm either de-training in squats, or the slow descent I'm doing these days makes it that much harder, maybe it kills the bounce, but this weight felt like 160kg. On the backoff I was hoping to get like 8, but the weight felt so hard.

[bustermonkey2]

You've probably just detrained a bit due to SI issues. You'll bounce back quick if the chucks switch is enough to keep si issues in check. On the plus side you've made good progress on your bench and press while your back sidelined your squat and deadlift progress. I actually think that maybe it's easiest after intermediate stage to just focus on one lift and trying to maintain on the others.