Quest for Fire

[Karl Schudt]

355x5x3--is that a volume PR?

[Erok]

335x5x3--is that a volume PR?

Wow. Yeah, it is! In fact, I've been squat PRing all over the place lately. Incorporating Any Baker's alternating rung method for ID (those 20 pound jumps are eye-opening), and just doing VD by the book, more or less.

[Erok]

Thurs., 11/12. 220.6#.

OHP: 45x11, 95 x 5, 115 x 5, 135 x 5, 155 x 2, 160 x 2, 165 x 1,-,-, 135 x 5,5. Feels like someone turned up the gravity. Ugh. Cutting my losses.

No benching today. Curlbro Corner is much too crowded, and I gotta go.


Open-face burrito: a burrito stuffed with so much diced ham, fried eggs, split pea mush, and salsa, it's not even wrappable.

[vanslix]

Is curl bro corner ever not crowded?

[Erok]

Fri., 11/13. Tired, tight hips, empty stomach. Let's do this.

Squats: 45x...,...,..., 135 x 5, 225 x 5, 275 x 3, 325 x 2, 365 x 3. Bam! Nailed it. Thanks be to Judas Priest! (lyrics below)

Deadlift: 135 x 8, 225 x 5, 315 x 2, 365 x 2. Oof. Tried for a third rep, but lost tightness on the way up the shins. Now my Left Gluteus Minimus is mad at me. Pain in the ass. I need to find a different day for deadlifts. Ugh. It never gets simpler, does it?


Lots of food & sleep this weekend.

[Erok]

There I was completely stalling, and the bar came crashing down
This plateau is so frustrating as I lift every plate in town
Feel as though nobody cares if I squat four-oh-five
So I might as well go heavy or just give up on my life

Bending the bar, bending the bar
Bending the bar, bending the bar
Bending the bar, bending the bar
Bending the bar, bending the bar

So much for the deadlift dropsets, I can’t even start
All my boxer shorts are broken, there’s iron in my heart
You’ve never broken parallel, you don’t have a clue
If you did you’d chase the numbers in your logbook like I do

Bending the bar, bending the bar
Bending the bar, bending the bar
Bending the bar, bending the bar
Bending the bar, bending the bar

You’ve never broken parallel

Bending the bar, bending the bar
Bending the bar, bending the bar
Bending the bar, bending the bar
Bending the bar, bending the bar

[Karl Schudt]

Have a melody in mind?

[Erok]

Have a melody in mind?

Oops - should have clarified!
To the Tune of: "Breaking the Law", Judas Priest.

[Flatlandman]

There I was completely stalling, and the bar came crashing down
This plateau is so frustrating as I lift every plate in town
Feel as though nobody cares if I squat four-oh-five
So I might as well go heavy or just give up on my life

Bending the bar, bending the bar
Bending the bar, bending the bar
Bending the bar, bending the bar
Bending the bar, bending the bar

So much for the deadlift dropsets, I can’t even start
All my boxer shorts are broken, there’s iron in my heart
You’ve never broken parallel, you don’t have a clue
If you did you’d chase the numbers in your logbook like I do

Bending the bar, bending the bar
Bending the bar, bending the bar
Bending the bar, bending the bar
Bending the bar, bending the bar

You’ve never broken parallel

Bending the bar, bending the bar
Bending the bar, bending the bar
Bending the bar, bending the bar
Bending the bar, bending the bar

10/10 would bang head to

[Erok]

Mon., 11/16. 223.2#.

Cleaned Presses: 75 x 5,5, 95 x 5, 115 x 5, 135 x 5, 152 x 5,4,3,3. First set: Press reps 4 & 5 were ugly, so I donned the belt. Second set: still ugly, and rep 5 was a non-starter, so ditched the belt and went for triples, so third & fourth sets went super fine.
All the cleans were nasty, though. That Left butt muscle is spitefully angry, and refuses to 'fire' when I jump. It's really weird: set stance, set grip, set back, start the pull up the shins, get to mid-thigh, ready to explode, and - where'd my ass go? I don't got no ass! Bar goes up somehow, though.

15 minute density: 145 x 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1. Cleans got better as I went along.

LTEs: 70 x 15,15,15. appropriately difficult.


pork tacooos!