Sometimes a Great Notion

[markthetwisted]

23/07/2014

Squats (light)
2x5 bar
1x5 60kg
1x5 100kg
2x5 120kg

Bench
2x5 bar
1x5 60kg
1x3 80kg
1x1 90kg
2x5 100kg 1x4 100kg work sets

Chins @bw
8, 8, 6.

My legs were very stiff and sore after Mondays session, and my right hamstring never felt right the whole time. Felt as though it could ping at any moment. Bench wise, I was very disappointed to miss the last rep of the third set. Chins were poor too, tho this gym has no pull up bars so had to do the chins on the smith. Improvisation. Other than that the new gym is ideal, close to home unpopulated and a bit like a garage gym. If it had chin bars it would be perfect!
Got home last night and watched the opening ceremony for the Commonwealth Games, and marvelled at how ugly my home nations tartans were. I thought the Welsh team looked like Virgin airlines Cabin crew, which maybe isn't a bad thing.

[markthetwisted]

26/07/2014

Squat
2x5 bar
1x5 60kg
1x3 100kg
1x1 130kg
2x3 152.5kg work sets
1x8 130kg back off set

Press
2x5 bar
1x5 30kg
1x3 50kg
1x1 60kg
3x5 72.5kg

Deadlifts
1x5 60kg
1x3 100kg
1x1 130kg
1x3, 1x1 150kg

Tonight the squats felt super ugly, real heavy. Not really happy with them.
Press was very hard, a bit of layback on a couple of reps. The bar was also thicker. All the bars in this gym seem to be thicker. Ill just need to adapt my small hands to this.
By the time I was at deadlifts I was gassed. Again the thicker bar hindered me.
All in all the last few weeks of not eating right, late nights and early mornings plus the time off training have caught me up. Overhaul is required. Ill need to read up jordans stuff again and get back on track.

[markthetwisted]

30/07/2014

Squat
2xbar
1x5 60kg
1x3 100kg
1x1 135kg
2x3 155kg work sets
1x5 140kg back off set

Bench
1x5 bar
1x5 60kg
1x3 80kg
1x1 90kg
3x3 102.5kg
Chins 10, 5
Press ups 20

Tonights squats felt good, 155 went down and up with a good plate rattle.
went for 3s tonight on bench,in light of last weeks fail at 4. I felt tired on it, but I usually squat light on bench day.
Chins I sacked cos I was tired.
It was a decent session tonight, especially since my sleep has been very broken by the arrival of a new baby. He was born on Sunday. He is awesome and square shaped. my poor wife.
Back to the iron on Saturday I think.

[Jsutt]

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[markthetwisted]

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[markthetwisted]

3/08/2014

Squat
2x5 bar
1x5 60kg
1x3 100kg
1x1 135kg
1x3 157.5kg work set
2x5 140kg back offs

Press
2x5 bar
1x5 40kg
1x3 50kg
1x1 60kg
1x2 75kg
1x3 72.5kg
1x5 72.5kg
1x4 72.5kg

Deadlifts

1x5 60kg
1x3 100kg
1x1 135kg
1x0 152.5kg

Tonight was supposed to be yesterday, but due to lots of visitors to see the new baby, I didn't make it, consequently I stupidly decided against it being a light squat day. It was a grindy hard slow work set.
mistake 2 forgot my plates for micro loading the press. So went heavier. Stupid greed.
Then I couldn't get the sets at a lower weigh
Deadlifting wasn't happening it was just a very pish session.
I woke up this morning with a vaguely sciatica type pain in my buttock. I hurt my back carrying my toddler 4 years ago walking on ice and was Damn near a cripple for 6 months. Sometimes if im real tired it seems to slightly appear not painfully, but like a ghost of an injury.
Anyway I seem to have aggravated it tonight. Hopefully it fades to memory.

[markthetwisted]

7/8/2014

Squat light
2x5 bar
1x5 60kg
1x5 100kg
2x5 130kg

Bench
2x5 bar
1x5 60kg
1x3 80kg
1x1 95kg
3x3 105kg

Chins
10, 8, 5.

Should have trained yesterday, ate something I shouldn't have at work. So went today before my nightshift. Squats felt heavy, but in the groove!
Bench was solid, last reps of 2nd and 3rd set were a bit grindy.
Chins on the the smith are beginning to fuck me off. I hate having to bend my knees up to stop my feet touching the floor.
Other than that happy, still being woken 3 times per night for the kids, so im expecting slowish progress. Progress is progress however.

[markthetwisted]

11/08/2014

Squat
2x5 bar
1x5 60kg
1x3 100kg
1x1 130kg
1x1 140kg
3x1 160kg work sets
2x5 140kg back off sets

Press
1x5 bar
1x5 40kg
1x3 50kg
1x1 60kg
3x5 70kg

Deadlift

1x5 60kg
1x3 100kg
1x5 140kg

Squatting tonight was exceptionally hard, not slept proper for weeks now, so its beginning to tell,
Pressing after my debacle with them last week was better. But again grindy.
Deadlifts, played safe. Went for what I could def get.
Overall im not sure, but think I should be thinking of intermediate style training.

[markthetwisted]

14/08/2014

Bench
2x5 bar
1x10 60kg
1x3 80kg
1x1 95kg
3x3 107.5kg

Light squat
2x5 bar
1x5 60kg
1x5 100kg
2x5 128kg

Chins
10, 6, 9.

21/08/2014

Squat
2x5 bar
1x5 60kg
1x3 100kg
1x1 125kg
1x1 145kg
1x1 162.5kg
1xfail 162.5kg
2x3 145kg
1x2 145kg

Sldl
2x8 60kg

Bent over db rows
3x12 17.5kg

22/08/2014

Bench
2x5 bar
1x5 60kg
1x3 80kg
1x1 95kg
1x2 110kg
2x3 110kg
1x15 60kg
1x10 60kg

Pull ups
10, 7, 5

LTE
3x10 20kg

[markthetwisted]

29/08/2014

Squat
2x5 bar
1x5 60kg
1x3 100kg
1x1 125kg
5x5 140kg

SLDL
2x8 60kg

30/8/2014

Bench
2x10 bar
1x5 60kg
1x3 70kg
1x1 80kg
5x5 92.5 kg

Pull ups
10, 8, 6

seated db press
3x12 with 2 13kg dbs

Press ups 3x20


So decided to change things a bit. Doing Andy Bakers one lift a day thing from PPST3, mostly for the shorter sessions than anything else.
im still trying to feel my way into the assistance stuff, it was all too light, tho the SLDL made my low back sore, so i was doing themwrong i think.
As far as sleep and recovery, my newborn is keeping me sleepless, he is worth it. But damn am I tired after 5 weeks of it. Foodwise I've been eating shite now for weeks. It has not been good and I really need to get a grip on it.
I like the one lift a day thing, although secretly I always wanted to eventually do the Texas method, I just don't think my situation is suited to it. All in all a wee period of transition. Ill see how things go.