Joose's Log

[joosejpr]

Squat 245x5 (PR)
Press 160x4 (the new way) 160x5&4 (the old way)
Pull-ups@BW 9,9,8
DL 5x265, 1x300,315

I just blew through a DL PR! I stalled (again) on press, and it pissed me off, so I blasted through my DL PR of 265x5... and I got to thinking "I have never tried a single before on DL--why not?!"

So, I loaded 300 on the bar, thinking it'd be tough, and it FLEW off the floor! SO, I put on three big boy plates and killed it!! YEAH!

I have never tried for a heavy single before--can you guys do me a solid and critique my form, please? Thanks in advance!

Sorry about the quality--I wasn't planning the single before I went to the gym so I only had my camera phone. Also, for some reason, the audio is out.

[joosejpr]

Squatted 245 for 3 sets of 5--new PR.
Benched 250x 5,3,2. A stall, but also a new PR.
Rows 3x5x200 (PR)
Cleans kicked my butt, only had it in me for 3x3x170--this is less than last time.
Barbell Shrugs 235x10; 315x5; 405x2x5; 255x10 (grip started failing on last 2)

My workout kicked my butt today, but more importantly, I have been spending WAY too much time in the gym. With school, work, and family, my priorities are slacking a bit. I am going to be altering my workout to accommodate more important things, but I'll keep my log up as often as possible.

[Marcos]

Congrats on dead lifting 300, I hope to accomplish a 300 dead lift within the next 2 months or so. Keep up the hard work!

[joosejpr]

Thanks, Marcos. You can totally hit 300! I was dl'ing less than you are right now, and I've only been doing SS for 9ish months.

[joosejpr]

Yesterday I DL'd 275x5 and 325x1.
Did some shrugs too.


Squatted 250x5,5,2. Been a while since I've stalled on Squats, but it has also been a while since I moved up 5 lbs twice in one week--combined with the nice benchmark of 250, I am okay with the stall--I mean, as okay as one can be with a stall. On set one, I felt like my back might be going into flexion, so I asked a neighboring squatter to video me--and on set 2 I looked great, so that was a relief.

DBell Benched with 100s today too--that felt kinda cool.

OHP stall--AGAIN--at 165. I started at 162.5 and 5 reps felt so good, I thought I'd go back to 165. I got greedy. Set 2 was for 5 reps as well, but set 3 was for a REALLY tough 4 reps.

Did 10 dips @BW (225) and 5 more with a 25lb plate on a chain to make myself feel better.

[joosejpr]

Did chins 3x8@BW (225)
Barbell Curls 2x5x90, 1x5x100.

[joosejpr]

Squat 3x5x250--beat last week's stall. (PR!)
Stalled big time on Bench--attempted a 280 1RM (did 275 a few weeks ago and have improved a bit so I assumed I'd hit it--NOPE!) so I went down to the 250 work sets and only hit 4 on set one, so I deloaded to 225 and pumped out 7. I am going to stay at 225 for next week.

[joosejpr]

New Pull-up PR: 3 sets of 10@BW (225). Nothing else worth noting.

[joosejpr]

Yesterday: DL 285x5, 335x1.

[joosejpr]

Press: 180x1, 145x5,5,7
Dumbbell Bench: 90s x 5,5,7
Dips 10@BW, 6@BW+25lbs.