Still on the Right Side of the Grass

[Browndog]

5/14/16

VD #14
Squat - eb 3x5, 100lbs x5, 140lbs x4, 190lbs x3, 230lbs x2, 250lbs x1
270lbs 5x5

Press - eb 3x5, 70lbs x5, 90lbs x3, 100lbs x2, 110lbs x1
120lbs 5x5

Deadlift - 140lbs 3x5, 230lbs x2, 320lbs x1, 350lbs x1
380lbs x5

My reaction is starting to sound like a broken record, this shit is getting hard. I'm not close to missing reps - yet, but today was taxing mentally and physically. Most likely I'm fighting myself, not believing that I can keep this unbroken run going. Self belief is not my strong suit.

Anyway, Squats were taxing. I took seven minutes rest per set. Press was OK, but I was still feeling the effort on the Squats. Deadlift was surprisingly strong, but again, I took a lot of time between getting into the working set. All told today's session took an hour and forty five minutes, not counting warm-up.

[Browndog]

5/16/16

RD #14
Squat - eb 3x5, 95lbs x5, 135lbs x3, 185lbs x2, 205lbs x1
225lbs 2x5

Bench - eb 2x10, 95lbs x5, 135lbs x3, 145lbs x2, 155lbs x1
165lbs 3x5

Chins - +40lbs 5x4

Dips - +20lbs 3x10

Working on my attitude for ID coming up...

[Browndog]

5/18/16

ID #14
Squat - eb 3x5, 95lbs x5, 135lbs x4, 185lbs x3, 225lbs x2, 275lbs x1
295lbs x5 Rep PR

Press - eb 3x5, 70lbs x5, 90lbs x3, 110lbs x2, 120lbs x1
132.5lbs x4, x1

PC - 95lbs 2x3, 115lbs 2x3, 135lbs x3, 142.5lbs x1
147.5lbs 5x3

Ahhhh, a mixed bag today. Squats were solid, everything was beltless save the work set. The Press, the f'n Press..the bar got out of the proper path after the fourth rep. Had to rack it, take a breath and pressed it out for the fifth rep. Cleans were pretty good, only one bump of the sternum. Better attitude today.

[Browndog]

5/21/16

VD #15
Squat - eb 3x5, 95lbs x5, 135lbs x4, 185lbs x3, 225lbs x2, 255lbs x1
275lbs 5x5

Bench - eb 2x10, 95lbs x5, 135lbs x3, 145lbs x2, 155lbs x1
165lbs 5x5

Deadlift - 135lbs 2x5, 225lbs x3, 315lbs x1, 365lbs x1
385lbs x5

Got this session in on ZERO sleep, minimal food and spending over 6 hours at a full Ukrainian funeral service and wake. Spent about 40 minutes getting the Squats in. Bench was strong. Deads were good for the first few reps and then the last two were a little fugly, but not back snappingly bad.

[Browndog]

5/23/16

RD #15
Squat - eb 3x5, 100lbs x5, 140lbs x3, 190lbs x2, 210lbs x1
230lbs 2x5

Press - eb 2x10, 70lbs x5, 90lbs x3, 100lbs x2, 110lbs x1
122.5lbs 3x5

Chins - +40lbs 5x5

Dips - +25lbs 3x10

Normal recovery work...

[Browndog]

5/25/16

ID #15
Squat - eb 3x5, 100lbs x5, 140lbs x3, 190lbs x2, 230lbs x1, 270lbs x1
300lbs x5

Bench - eb 3x10, 95lbs x5, 135lbs x3, 155lbs x2, 175lbs x1
185lbs x5

PC's - 100lbs 2x3, 10lbs x3, 130lbs x2, 140lbs 2x1
150lbs 5x3

Today's Squats were a "100's" milestone, not a three plater (yet), but it wasn't that long ago that just Squatting 300 for one rep was, as Joe Biden would say, "a big fuckin' deal!". So color me happy, even if I lost form on the last rep.

Benching 185 for five was as easy as it's ever been. Can't tell if this is the product of the 5x5 on volume day, or the the weighted Dips. Whatever it is attributable to - I'll take it!

Cleans were hard. A couple of sternum bumps here and there. On the other hand, a few of the reps racked quite nicely.

With the holiday weekend approaching the gym is closing. Additionally, I have to attend a wedding on Saturday, I'm concerned how I'm going to get the next cycle started in a timely fashion. Might have to go to a Friday volume day again...oye, these days are long and hard now. I'd really like the extra day of rest.

[Browndog]

5/27/16

VD #16
Squat - eb 3x5, 100lbs x5, 140lbs x4, 190lbs x3, 230lbs x2, 260lbs x1
280lbs 5x5

Press - eb 1x10, 70lbs x5, 90lbs x3, 100lbs x2, 110lbs x1
122.5lbs 5x5

Deadlift - 140lbs 2x5, 230lbs x3, 320lbs x1, 360lbs x1
390lbs x1

Well, well, well...nights of no sleep and a short recovery from ID took its toll. The Squats were great, best set of 5's to date. Unfortunately they took a lot out of me. The Press got better as the sets went on, but again the effort was draining. I went into the Deads on fumes and I was happy to get one at 390.

There will be no RD as the gym is closed on Monday. I'll go straight into ID on Wednesday.

[Browndog]

5/31/16

RD #16
Squat - eb 3x5, 95lbs x5, 135lbs x3, 185lbs x1, 225lb x1
235lbs 2x5

Bench - eb 2x10, 100lbs x5, 140lbs x3, 150lbs x2, 160lbs x1
170lbs 3x5

Chins - +45lbs 3x5

Dips - +30lbs 3x5

Nice to be back in the gym - couldn't stay away.

[Browndog]

6/1/16

ID #16
Squat - eb 3x5, 95lbs x5, 135lbs x3, 185lbs x2, 225lbs x1, 275lbs x1
305lbs x5

Press - eb 1x10, 70lbs x5, 90lbs x3, 110lbs x2, 125lbs x1
132.5lbs x4

PC - 95lbs 2x3, 115lbs x3, 135lbs x2, 145lbs x1
152.5lbs x3, x3, X, X

Mixed bag today. Got the through the Squats, though the last one was high. Missed the Press by a hair at lock out, that makes two attempts now. By the time I got to the Cleans, I was tired. First two sets were OK, missed the pull badly to start the third set, waited a minute and tried again and pooched that as well. I called it a day right there. Food and sleep have been good, so I'll write this one off to doing RD yesterday and being at a max on the Squat.

[Oldster]

Oh yeah, the 'dog' is still gettin' it!