Lifting Log

[Robert Callahan]

Another weeks worth of workouts coming up! I started school this week so had to cut back on assistance stuff a few days.

8/2 - Mon

Warm-up
700m Row

BS
95x5x2
135x3
165x2
185x1
Worksets
200x5
225x3
250x2

-Got only 1 extra rep, these were tough.

Pull-ups
-these got axed

Hill Sprints
-got 2 full hill sprints in, but then had to grab food and get to class.

[Robert Callahan]

8/3 - Tues

Warm-up
700m Row

Press
45x5x2
65x5
85x3
95x1
Worksets
105x5
120x3
132.5x2

-The jumps on the worksets on these were very large for me. Made them feel very heavy

Handstands
-4 sets to fail against the wall. Switched these with ring supports on bench day

Z-Press
75x8x3

-these are going very well, still move pretty easy.

[Robert Callahan]

8/5 - Thur

WU
700m Row

PC
95x3x2
135x3
155x3
165x3
175x1

DL
205x3
Worksets
225x5
255x3
285x2

-Very heavy pulls, but still got the extra rep

Chins
-6
-5
-4

-had to rush these to get to class so fatigue was high

Pendlay Row
150x6x1

-again was fatiguing bad and had to get to class so cut it short

[Robert Callahan]

8/6 - Fri

WU
700m Row

Bench
95x5x2
125x3
145x2
162.5x5
185x3
205x2

-First time these really felt heavy. Was a good feeling though

Ring Supports
-wrists turned out, started each one with a dip then held support to fail. Did 4 sets

Tabata Push-ups
1: 11
2: 9
3: 7
4: 5
5: 4
6: 4
7: 4
8: 4

-improved by 2 or so total from last week. Still suck though

[OITW]

Robert, I finally found this. You might find it easier if you put the date of the workout in the title, it stands out more clearly that way. I don't think you're looking too bad, not bad at all. You do need to master pushups, though, so keep working those. For any given semester, given your workload, you might want to focus on one lift, and cut the volume on the others. This is something I read in Starr, but damned if I know where. But otherwise, these are respectable numbers across the board.

[Robert Callahan]

Thanks

Yeah, only thing i don't like about 531 so far is that increases are slow and i could have easily done 4-6 weeks of linear gains first and been up to where i was a few months ago. but instead i have to do 531 and make the same progress in 4 months that I would have made in one. Oh well, not much i can do about it since i flat out don't have the time for a linear program.

Ok I am goign to post this last weeks workouts and stuff

[Robert Callahan]

This is the light week, so the numbers are really low and I am not going to mark work sets cause it is kind of silly

warm-up
800m Row

BS
45x10
85x5
105x5
135x5
160x5

Pull-ups
-ran out of time

Hill Sprints
x2 running short on time, plus i am a pussy when it comes to these. I need to do more running than once a week.

[Robert Callahan]

warm-up
800m Row

Press
45x5x2
55x5
70x5
85x5

Handstands
4xfail against wall

Z-press
75x8x3

[Robert Callahan]

Warm-up
800m Row

PC
65x3x2
95x3x2

DL
120x5
150x5
180x5

Chins
-7
-5
-4

Pendlay Row
150x8x3

[Robert Callahan]

Warm-up
600m Row

Bench
45x10x2
85x5
110x5
130x5

Ring Supports
3xfail (a couple dips with hands turned out thrown in there)

Tabata Push-ups
1: 10
2: 8
3: 6
4: 5
5: 5
6: 5
7: 3
8: 3

-suck