Better With Age

[fnet]

I'm still feeling my way back. Trying escalating sets to find a good starting weight. A couple of things: I've not been eating enough and I'm not having fun. I've lost a few pounds. 5'6", 185 LBS. I'm not sure if its depression or low testosterone or what. I'd go to my doctor but I was just there a couple weeks ago for my sinus shit. He told me I'm too heavy and my blood pressure was elevated. He blamed the weight gain. I told him I was on enough pseudoephedrine to start a meth lab.

Here's what I managed to eek out:
Squats: Bar 2x5, 95x5, 135x3, 165x2, 195x1,
225x5, 255x5, 275x5
I'm primarily just trying to work on getting my form back.

OHP: Bar 2x5, 75x5, 95x3, 115x5
125x5x3

Power Cleans: Bar 2x3, 95x3, 115x3, 125x3, 135x3
Form broke down on last set.

I'll get back to sets across, maybe at a lighter weight until my form and my will to live return. I will also try to start eating like a grown-ass man again.

[fnet]

Today was the first day in quite awhile that I felt rested and ready to go. My normal TM training had been sidelined due to illness and vacation. As I've noted the weight, particularly on the squat has felt exceedingly heavy the last few times. I'd been all over, ramping sets trying to feel my way back. I'm just going to be conservative and start back on sets across.

Squats: Bar 2x5, 95x5, 135x5, 185x3, 225x2, 255x1
Work Sets: 275x5x5
Took quite a bit of weight off and it still felt heavy at first. I've been feeling loose and wobbly. To correct this, I started looking down, like Rip says. I tend to hold my head in a neutural position and look out further. I made an "X" with chalk on the floor 5' out. I think it helped my back position. I started to feel like a coil spring on the last few sets. They felt light and I felt strong.

Bench: Bar 2x5, 95x5, 135x3, 165x2, 185x1
190x5,5,5,5,4
My bench had been suffering before my "meltdown" I'm thinking about going back to straight linear progression on my bench and press.

Deadlift: 135x5, 225x3, 275x2, 315x1, 335x5
Its been almost 3 weeks since I was able to complete all my reps on pulls. Again, I'm working conservatively here.

Overall, this is the best session I've had in several weeks. I think I may be on the road back.

[fnet]

Left elbow's killing me this morning. Not from lifting, but from pulling weeds. Had some monster ones on the side of the garage. Unfortunately, none were of the smokeable variety.

[fnet]

Should be 6/29/10
Finally feeling good about life (for now).

Front Squats: Bar 2x5, 95x5, 125x3, 145x2, 165x1
Work Sets: 185x5x2

OHP: Bar 2x5, 75x5, 95x3, 115x2
Work sets: 135x5x2

Glute-Ham raise: 10, 10, 8

Chin-ups: 8, 6, 5
Been reading the thread about Chin-ups v. Pull-ups. I'll go with chin-ups for a while.

[fnet]

Its been over a month since my last intensity day on TM. Sleep was okay. For some reason, I woke up with a sore ankle. Nothing a little Vitamin I couldn't fix.

Squats: Bar 2x5, 95x5, 135x5, 185x3, 225x2, 255x1, 295x1, 315x3
I thought I could get 5 out at this weight. I felt a little light headed after the last rep. That 335 I did for 5 seems so long ago.

Bench: Bar 2x5, 95x5, 135x3, 165x2, 195x1, 215x3
Again, I was thinking five, but I settled on a triple.

Power Cleans: Bar 2x5, 95x3, 115x2, 135x3x5
Form sucks again. I was finally starting to get the hang of these before I went down for the count. One thing I caught myself doing was tightening my arms trying to keep them straight instead of letting them hang like ropes and letting the momentum carry the bar up.

I did some curls today. Drop sets using bar and light band, bar only and finally, band only. No rest. 15, 7, 8. I can feel the pump on my gunz.

I hope to do better next week on all my lifts.

[fnet]

Did some BW exercises. Back extensions, Blast strap (homemade) push-ups and inverted rows. Probably shouldn't have done the blast strap stuff. the whole instability thing really bothered my elbow. Was going to do dips but decided to ice instead.

[fnet]

Took the family swimming yesterday. I managed to get a few laps. Though I know all the strokes, I've never been a gifted swimmer. No one will confuse me with Micheal Phelps. Anywhooo.....as I swam (freestyle, breaststroke, sidestroke, backstroke, etc.) I was amazed at how powerful and how fast I was moved across the water. All that quickly ended, however, as I exited the pool and pulled my adductor as I exited the pool. I gimped around a bit. Came home and did some foam rolling. I'll see if it affects my scheduled squatting later today.

[fnet]

Here are today's uninspiring numbers:

Squats: Bar 2x5, 95x5, 135x5, 185x3, 225x1
280x5, 4 Felt my knee buckle on last rep.
225x10 I wanted to get my volume in.

OHP: Bar 2x5, 75x5, 95x3, 115x3
135x4, 3
No energy, took weight off bar
115x8

Deads: 135x5, 225x5, 315x5

Still really struggling. Thinking about shutting this log down for a while. I'm not making any progress, I'm regressing. I'll be "working out" but probably not doing anything worth noting.

[Mr.City]

It might be low test. Geoff had a similar problem.

[fnet]

It might be low test. Geoff had a similar problem.

Could be. I need to find a new doctor.