Still on the Right Side of the Grass

[Browndog]

7/19/16

RD #2-5 (reps / sets)
Squat - eb 3x5, 60kg x5, 80kg x3, 100kg x2, 107kg x1
112.5kg 3x3

Press - eb 3x5, 30kg x5, 40kg x3, 50kg x2, 55kg x1
58.5kg 5x3

Chins - bw 6x6 every 90 seconds

Solid squats.

Decided to Clean the bar to start the Press. I'm of the opinion that just unracking the bar is not enough to get me "going". I feel like I'm behind the eight ball in terms of intensity. We'll see how it goes on ID, today was OK.

Chins - Just good work on short rest.

[Browndog]

7/21/16

ID #2-5
Squat - eb 3x5, 60kg x5, 80kg x4, 100kg x3, 120kg x2, 130kg x1
140kg x3

Bench - eb 3x5, 95lbs x5, 135lbs x4, 155lbs x3, 175lbs x2, 185lbs x1
195lbs x3

PC's - eb 3x3, 40kg 2x3, 50kg x3, 60kg x2, 65kg x1
70 kg 3x3

Good Squats, felt comfortable under the bar.

Bench was disappointing, as the "weak" right arm appeared out of nowhere?!? da fuq...

PC's were solid and 70kg is a PR...

[Browndog]

7/23/16

ID #2-6 (reps / sets)
Squat - eb 3x5, 60kg x5, 80kg x3, 100lg x2, 120kg x1
132.5kg 3x5

Press - eb 3x5, 30kg x5, 40kg x3, 50kg x2, 55kg x1
59kg 3x5

Deadlift - 70kg 5x2, 120kg x3, 140kg x2, 160kg x1
175kg x3

Good Squats, tired towards the end.

Cleaned the bar for the Press, again. Need to work on tightness on the first rep after cleaning. Otherwise, good triples.

Strong Deadlifts. That Ohio PB is a cheesegrater though...owww.

I'm liking Jordan's TM tweak #2. Hard work, but not so hard that it buries me. We'll see how weeks 7 & 8 go.

[Browndog]

7/26/16

RD #2-6 (reps / sets)
Squat - eb 5x3, 60kg x5, 80kg x3, 100kg x2, 110kg x1
115kg 3x3

Bench - eb 10x2, 140lbs x5, 160lbs x2, 170lbs x1
180lbs 3x3

Chins - bw 7x7 every two minutes.

Basic recovery day, no issues. Oohh, and I've gained five pounds since joining this new gym. I've been much better about eating a bit more at dinner and lunch, plus a before bed PB&J. Finally it's adding up...

[Browndog]

7/28/16

ID #2-6 (reps / sets)
Squat - eb 5x5, 60kg x5, 80kg x4, 100kg x3, 120kg x2, 132.5kg x1
142.5kg x3 PR

Press - eb 5x3, 30kg x5, 40kg x3, 51.5kg x2, 57.5kg x1
61.5kg x3

PC - the above for singles, plus 65kg x1, 70kg x1
72.5kg 3x3 PR

Pretty F'n good day. The Squats felt good, never a doubt in any of the reps. Cleaned the bar to start the Presses and the reps at 61.5kg were OK, there might have been a fourth, but three is better than the last go round. The Cleans were strong, good set up and made my mind up to just pull the damn bar like my life depended on it. All the cleans were well racked.
Can't decide which lift I'm happier with at the moment as both were rep PR's. Last cycle's attempt at 142.5kg was stapled to the pins on the first rep. So these three reps ROCK! As to the Cleans, they're fun and I feel like I'm getting the hang of them.

Onwards...

[Browndog]

7/30/16

VD #2-7 (reps / sets)
Squat - eb 5x5, 60kg x5, 80kg x4, 100kg x3, 120kg x2, 130kg x1
137.5kg 3x2, 135kg 3x2, 132.5kg x3

Bench - eb 10x3, 30kg x5, 40kg x3, 60kg x2, 75kg x1
85kg 3x2, 82.5kg 3x2, 80kg x3

Deadlift - 70kg 2x5, 110kg x3, 140kg x2, 160kg x1, 170kg x1
177.5kg x1

Yeccchhh...

For as good as last session was, this was as poor. Squats were tough and I went down the ladder with the weight to get them all in. At least the weight stayed at 90% of my last ID work. Bench was the same thing. Deads were dead. I'm gonna write this session off to it being "one of those days".

[Browndog]

8/1/16

RD #2-7 (reps / sets)
Squat - eb 5x5, 60kg x5, 80kg x4, 90kg x3, 100kg x2, 110kg x1
116kg 3x3

Press - eb 5x5, 30kg x5, 40kg x3, 50kg x1
60kg 3x3

Chins - bw 8x5 every two minutes

Moved the Rd up one day to get me on a schedule with two days between ID and VD. Otherwise, same ol' same ol'...

[Browndog]

8/3/16

ID #2-7 (reps / sets)
Squat - eb 5x5, 60kg x5, 80kg x4, 100kg x3, 120kg x2, 135kg x1
145kg 1x5

Bench - eb 3x10, 95lbs x5, 135lbs x3, 165lbs x2, 185lbs x1
197.5lbs 1x5

PC's - 30kg 3x2, 40kg x3, 50kg x2, 60kg x1, 65kg x1, 70kg x1
75kg 1x5

Good day's work. Strong Squats. Good Bench, which got better with each set. The PC's started out a little rough, but I got better with each set (she turned me into a newt...I got betta...).

Last week of this adventure coming up. Should be PRs on the Squat for singles. Everything else is still a ways away from PR territory.

[Browndog]

8/6/16

VD #2-8 (reps / sets)
Squat - eb 5x5, 60kg x5, 80kg x4, 100kg x3, 115kg x2, 125kg x1
135kg 3x4

Press - eb 3x5, 30kg x5, 40kg x3, 50kg x2, 55.5kg x1
60.5kg x3, x2, x2, x2

Deadlift - 70kg x5, 120kg x3, 160kg x1
180kg x1, 170kg x3

Solid Squat session, got the required reps without a struggle.

The Press was tough, just no third rep - got it to the top of the head and couldn't transition.

Deads were better. Decided to pull on at 180kg, which was pretty solid and not too grindy. I followed that up with a triple at 170, last rep took forrrrreverrrr.

Onto recovery...

[Browndog]

8/8/16

RD #2-8 (reps / sets)
Squat - eb 5x5, 60kg x5, 80kg x4, 90kg x3, 100kg x2, 110kg x1
117kg 3x3

Bench - eb 3x10, 95lbs x5, 165lbs x3, 185lb x2, 200lbs x1
182.5lbs 3x5

Chins - bw 9x4 every three minutes

Basic recovery day. Though I did see the gym owner Squat 270kg for 1 - that there was an eye opener.