Stronger every day, week, month, year

[Sal Webber]

Monday
Sq 313 5x5 PR
BP 198 5x5 PR

Both were PRs for 5x5. Squat felt really, really solid. I found my groove and was bouncing out of the hole. In the zone, feeling the flow. I felt the weight in my entire hamstring as opposed to just the proximal attachment like I normally do. I think this has to do with the massage therapy sessions...my legs just feel more efficient with a load on them...Like I have more ability to generate force when I need it.

Recovery workout tonight
Sq 198 5x2
BP 132 5x2

Dude. I was sore. I felt a lot better after the workout and followed up with 4 beers, 3 chicken sandwiches 2 blueberry muffins and 1 ribeye. Goodnight

[Sal Webber]

Sq 357 5x1 PR
BP 228 5x1 PR

Squat felt solid. BP felt solid. I drank a cup of coffee 30 minutes prior to the workout and I think I felt a big difference in terms of being able to be psyched up for each lift. I was going to start working PC back in today but I got a huge hamstring cramp on the last bench rep. It didn't let go for about 4-5 minutes...so I just put them off until next week.

[Sal Webber]

Sq 318 5x5 PR
Press 132 5x5 PR

Tough one for sure. My legs are shot right now. I had trouble walking around for about ten minutes after the 5th set. The press was solid...no real trouble there.

[Sal Webber]

Sq 362 5x1 PR
PRess 154 5x1 PR

Felt good. I missed my recovery workout on Wed due to Golf League. I don't know what to say except that it seems that the Texas method is working for my 239.5 lb ass.

[Sal Webber]

Volume Day
Sq 323 5x5 PR
BP 203 5x5 PR

Another solid day. I felt very, very good on squat and bench. Drank some coffee before my workout and found my groove in the squat again. Maybe the Golf is working...although I did tweak my wrist and shoot a 50 (dang!) Vitamin I for the next week I guess. Tough time with my double prong belt though...I suspect I may be over 240 now and It took me about 1 min to get that thing off of me after each set.

[Sal Webber]

Intensity day
Sq 367 5x1 PR
BP 233 5x1 PR
C&J 184

Both felt ok today. I got a calf cramp on rep 2 and had to just grind it out. Not sure I was focusing on form too much just depth and survival. Bench went fine...deep breath, 4 reps then another breath before the last rep. I put the C&J back in today and worked my way back up to one heavy single. I tied a PR @184 so I just stopped there. I definitely had more in the tank but I didn't want to push it with my recent Golf induced wrist issue. I can tell I have gotten a lot stronger since the last time I tried the olympic lifts. BTW I missed the recovery workout again this week due to Golf League and my inability to get out of bed in the morning...to lift weights.

[Sal Webber]

Volume Day
Sq 328 5x5
Press 135 5x5

A rough workout for sure. I think I got behind on protein this week with strange work schedules and a lot of travel with Mother's Day. I'll focus more on protein and sleep for the next few days.

[Sal Webber]

Intensity Day

Sq 372 5x1 PR
Press 157 5x1 PR
PC&J 189 1x1 PR

Had trouble with the last rep in both the squat and the press. I made it but just barely. I worked 60 hours this week preceded by a lot of traveling the weekend before with Mother's day. I think I lost about 5 pounds this week. I'll focus on recovery over this weekend and next week. Still feels pretty damn good to be making this kind of progress though. I think my long term goal of a 400 lb squat is definitely in sight now. My form on the PC was a "C" but I got it up...

[Sal Webber]

Volume Day
Sq 333 5X5
BP 208 5x5

Oh man did I struggle with the squat today. I think I'm still recovering from the bump up in work hours from last week...I also spent most of yesterday out at the shooting range in the heat ~90. I had two reps that I know were high and the rest were pretty solid but I was shot by that fifth set. I had trouble walking afterward. I had to take 20 mins before I went to the bench...BP was no problem today btw. I wonder if I should repeat this weight next week or continue on to 338? I'm trying to add five pounds on Mon and five on Fri until I can't anymore but since I had some specific events that impacted my performance this week I wonder if I should just correct them and keep moving on...I did lose exactly 5.5 lbs from not paying attention to eating.

[Sal Webber]

Intensity Day
Sq 377 4x1 PR
BP 238 4x1 PR

I didn't feel recovered from Monday for this one. I ate better this week...BW back up to 240 but I was still about an hour and a half a night short on sleep. I'll keep up the eating and try to sleep but my schedule has been tough the last 3-4 weeks. I also have a weekend long shooting class and trip to the beach coming up next weekend. I may shift to sets of 3 for Friday until I can get back to a normal schedule. If I can keep adding 5 pounds I'm only 5 weeks away from my goal of 400lbs on Sq.