Isis and the Barbell

[fnet]

Nice of the little one's to share. Happy Mother's Day!

[isis]

Squat
20 x 5 x 3

Bench Press
20 x 5 x 2
30 x 5
36 x 3
40.5 x 5 x 3

Power Clean
15 x 3 x 3
25 x 3
35 x 3
45 x 2
47 x 1
49 x 3 x 3
49 x 2
49 x 3

Chinups
BW + 2.25 kg x 5 x 2
BW + 2.25 kg x 4

My right quadriceps tendon has been bugging me since the last workout. Perhaps because of those heavy-feeling front squats. It has been improving but the squat warmups didn't feel very good so I decided to give it another few days off from squatting. My timing was off in the 4th set of cleans and I racked one late and torqued my wrist and then the next rep wouldn't go at all. A renewed focus on "slow off the floor" fixed the 5th set. The wrist seems to be fine now.

Based on my scale weight I guessed I could add more weight to my chinups, but I was a little too ambitious.

[isis]

Squat
20 x 5 x 2
50 x 5
70 x 3
85 x 5
83 x 5 x 3

Rack Pull
40 x 5
75 x 3
90 x 2
104 x 5

Press
8 x 5
15 x 5 x 2
22 x 3
28 x 5 x 5

Pullups
BW x 4 x 3

I am in love!!!!! with my new neoprene knee sleeves. I should have bought them ages ago--it's like having little knee saunas that I can take with me anywhere. That right quad tendon talked to me a little on the first warmup sets but I focused on jamming that knee out and had no pain at all for the work sets.

But I got the squat workout I deserved with 9 days since the last volume workout and no intensity workout...85 was too heavy, and the last rep at 83 was an ugly grinder. I stopped after 4 work sets because it is rack pull day and my family needs me to have some energy tomorrow and not be zombie mom. But then the rack pulls felt really light at 104.

Squats and pulls got done in the morning, but the upper body lifts had to wait until afternoon. Presses were significantly easier than last time but pullups were harder. If I had had more time to rest after the presses that would probably have helped.

[isis]

The non-training-related stress in my life has been off the charts, but it's looking like things will calm down later this week. I found a little time yesterday to spend with the barbell.

Power Clean
15 x 3 x 3
25 x 3
35 x 3
45 x 3 x 5

Bench Press
20 x 5 x 2
25 x 5
32 x 5 x 3

Overhead Squat
8 x 8
15 x 8
20 x 8
25 x 3
28 x 8 x 3

[2big2fail]

Life stress is a real workout killer for sure. Ironically enough, the best way to cope with said stress is working out ( at least for me ). Glad to see you got to spend some time smashing weights.

[isis]

Thanks 2big. Working out definitely helps my anxiety level.

[isis]

Squat
20 x 5 x 2
50 x 5
70 x 3
85 x 2
95 x 1 x 3

Press
8 x 5
15 x 5
20 x 5
26 x 3
31.5 x 1 x 5

Power Clean
15 x 3 x 2
25 x 3
35 x 3
45 x 1
47 x 3
48 x 2
47 x 3,3,2

Chins
BW + 2.75 kg x 5 x 3

My non-training issues have gotten a lot better, but I really didn't take very good care of my body this week. I felt that matching my previous 5RM was an iffy prospect, so I decided to load up 95 and see what I could do with it, which turned out to be 3 singles. I attempted a double on the first set and a fourth single and failed both of those.

The press has always been my slowest lift so it's good to see progress there, even if it's only half a kilo. Power cleans are starting to feel like they need some coaching.

[isis]

Power Clean
15 x 3 x 2
25 x 3
35 x 3
45 x 3 x 5

Bench Press
20 x 5 x 2
30 x 5
36 x 3
41 x 5 x 3

Halting Deadlift
40 x 5
70 x 5
90 x 3
102 x 8

Pullups
BW + 0.5 kg x 5 x 3

My right knee has been bugging me since the last workout. Today in my squat warmups it started out unhappy and got worse, and stretching and using the foam roller didn't help, so I decided to postpone squatting and use the time to do some power cleans, mostly because my head was full of anxiety and stress and if I couldn't use squats to clear it out then power cleans seemed like the next best thing.

Usually I land my jump in the same place or a little backwards, but there were a couple of reps where I landed forward on my toes, and that made my knee complain. Maybe that's what I did on Friday that got it irritated.

Haltings and bench press felt strong, although I'm sure that not being tired from squats helped a lot.

[isis]

Press
8 x 5
15 x 5
20 x 5
25 x 5 x 3

Goodmornings
8 x 5
15 x 5
20 x 8 x 3

Today I got my light presses done and tried flat-backed goodmornings for the first time, using a conservative weight. My knee is better but not 100% and since I'm going to be away from the weights until Tuesday I decided to wait until then to try to get back on my squatting program. Or some squatting program...since I have made 13kg of progress on the most basic texas method template, I've been thinking it's time to change it up a little.

[IlPrincipeBrutto]

Or some squatting program...since I have made 13kg of progress on the most basic texas method template, I've been thinking it's time to change it up a little.

I know it's a trivial question, but why ? if you are making progress with this program, why change it ?


IPB