Niks journal

[coldfire]

Good progress.

I believe you can now start increasing your squats and deadlifts by 10lbs from workout to workout.

[Brutorious]

Yeah thats the plan for now.

bench and OH press are going to be problems for me though soon, just from past experience.

but im staying optimistic. :P

[Brutorious]

Friday

Squat 3x3x285
Bench 3x3x245
Row 3x3x200

Added some decline sit ups, pull ups and dips at the end.

Everything felt great. I am loving this program and progress... L-O-V-I-N-G it

[coldfire]

Friday

Squat 3x3x285
Bench 3x3x245
Row 3x3x200

Added some decline sit ups, pull ups and dips at the end.

Everything felt great. I am loving this program and progress... L-O-V-I-N-G it

I hope you are eating A LOT now.

[Brutorious]

Im downing food like the cookie monster in a cookie store...

NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM...

[Brutorious]

Monday

Bench 250x3x3
Squat 295x3x3
Row 205x3x3

Added pull ups,dips and abs.

Bench I feel is getting close to stalling, I dont know how much longer I can keep going up 5lb's each workout...

Squats felt great again I still feel like I got some more left for those. didnt have too much trouble with the rows either. But like rippetoe says rows can go bad with form with just a slight increase in weight.

Coldfire, what would you recommend with bench? keep trying to add 5lb's each workout or try to progress every week instead?

[coldfire]

Monday

Bench 250x3x3
Squat 295x3x3
Row 205x3x3

Added pull ups,dips and abs.

Bench I feel is getting close to stalling, I dont know how much longer I can keep going up 5lb's each workout...

Squats felt great again I still feel like I got some more left for those. didnt have too much trouble with the rows either. But like rippetoe says rows can go bad with form with just a slight increase in weight.

Coldfire, what would you recommend with bench? keep trying to add 5lb's each workout or try to progress every week instead?

I think you can add weight every workout. It's only 4 weeks...

[Brutorious]

I also dont have a workout partner, so a spotter is actually starting to worry me if I get stuck.

I also work out late where there isnt much people in the gym.

Ill figure something out, thanks. try to find someone there to spot me if I can.

[coldfire]

I also dont have a workout partner, so a spotter is actually starting to worry me if I get stuck.

I also work out late where there isnt much people in the gym.

Ill figure something out, thanks. try to find someone there to spot me if I can.

If you don't have a spotter, then you need to learn to recognize the rep before failure. If you can't, don't push it. After all who gives a damn about bench press.

[Brutorious]

Wed. workout

Deadlift 1x3x 295, 335, 360

OH press 3x3x150

Pull ups + 25 lb's 3x3

Added dips, ab's and some light cleans to work on form.