Still on the Right Side of the Grass

[Browndog]

3/20/13

Just dickin' around prior to Squash...

Whip Snatches
eb x5, 65lbs 2x5, 85lbs x5, 90lbs 2x3, 95lbs 10x2

Felt comfortable enough to try 95lbs...no issues except for one set where let the bar get behind me a tad. Other than that I was able to get the bar in place fairly easily, which surprised me to no end.

Just a lot of fun throwing the bar over your head...

And then an hours worth of singles.

[Browndog]

3/20/13

Deadlift Day

Warmed up with Hanging Cleans eb 2x5, 75lbsx5, 95lbs x5, 115lbs x5, 125lbs x5, Power Cleans 135lbs 2x3
Deadlift:
135lbs x5, 225lbs x5, 275lbs x3
317.5lbs x5, 360lbs x3, 402.5lbs x1
360lbs x3, 317.5lbs x5
I'm not necessarily thrilled about my DL at the moment. I feel that 400+ should be moving a bit better than it is. The weight moved faster on the down side of the sets though.

Assistance Work:
Knees to Shoulders - 3x15, x5
Hip Thrusts - 265lbs 5x10
Whip Snatches - eb x5, 65lbs x5, 85lbs x5, 95lbs 5x2

[Browndog]

3/22/13

Press Day

eb x5, 60lbs x5, 80lbs x5, 95lbs x3
110lbs x5, 122.5lbs x3, 137.5lbs x1
122.5lbs x3, 110lbs x5
All good...

Assistance Work:
Single Arm Dumbbell Press - 35lbs L x21, x15, x12 R x26, x16, x8
Rows - 145lbs 5x10
Behind Neck Press - 82.5lbs 5x10
Straight Bar Curls - 47.5lbs 2x50
LTE - 45lbs 4x25

Basic session, just plowed on through it...More reps on the SADP. more weight on the BNP.

[Browndog]

3/24/13

Squat Day

eb 2x5, 95lbs x5, 145lbs x5, 175lbs x3
200lbs x5, 227.5lbs x3, 252.5lbs x1...275lbs x1
227.5lbs x3, 200lbs x5
Did the extra single @ 275 just to remember how it feels

Assistance Work:
Squat - 155lbs x20, x15, 10
Knees to Shoulders - x20, x15, x10, x10, x10

That's it for this cycle, de-load week next.

[Mark E. Hurling]

Did the extra single @ 275 just to remember how it feels

The stuff from which true grit is built.

[Oldman]

Solid work, Browndog. Get your rest and the keep building!

[Browndog]

4/3/13

So I've been off for more than a week tending to family health issues which have had me visiting every healthcare provider in my geographic area as well as turning my life upside down and inside out. Hopefully we're past the worst of things...for a little while at least. My mom is 91 y/o and is the classic case study of Sarcopenia...when your legs go, so does your quality of life.

Bench Day
eb 2x5, 95lbs x5, 125lbs x5,
145lbs x5, 165lbs x5, 185lbs x4, x1
165lbs x5, 145lbs x5
The last 10 days have done me no favors in terms of being tanned, rested and ready...for fucks sake I couldn't hit 185 for 5.

Assistance Work:
Single Arm Dumbbell - 55lbs 3x10
Row - 135lbs 3x10
Pull-Ups / Dips - BW 3x5 each

Played an hours worth of singles Squash between the working sets and the assistance work.

[Browndog]

4/6/13

I've lost my focus and I'm a bit discouraged with where I am at the moment regarding the "bar"...

Press:
eb x5, 75lbs x5, 95lbs x5, 115lbs x5, 125lbs x4, x3, x2, x2, x2, x2
125lbs 10x1 on the minute

Wide Grip Pull-ups:
BW 5x3, 10x1 every 30 sec

Squat:
eb x5, 95lbs x5, 145lbs x5, 195lbs x5, 245lbs 3x5
245lbs 10x1 on the minute

I needed to grind out some "heaver weight". Who knows what good it'll do me...

Pity Party should be over once the endorphins kick in...I hope!

[Browndog]

4/8/13

Bench -
eb x10, 95lbs x5, 135lbs x5, 165lbs x5
185lbs x4, x3, x2
175lbs 2x5
185lbs 5x1 on the minute
My right arm (racquet arm) is a little dead...

went and played an about an hour and a half's worth of singles

Deadlift-
135lbs x5, 225lbs x5, 315lbs x5
340lbs x5
Pretty snappy set at 340, especially considering that I was a wet mess from the Squash.

I just had a minor epiphany, and I'm sure if I look back over the years that I experience this very same revelation at some point during the late winter early spring:

I'm playing too much Squash and Paddle for the amount and type of lifting I want to do and accordingly my training suffers. I'm also too old to be trying to balance the two/three items and expecting massive gains in body weight, bar weight and well being. Though my racquets success (such as it is) is benefiting from the iron work.

The season is drawing to a close and once I'm past the last few tournys, I'll be able to focus on the bar as a number one priority.

Thank god for such revelations...I thought I was just getting too old...though that day will come all too soon.

[Oldman]

Sorry to hear about you mother, Browndog. But I was heartened to read about your epiphany, which are often hard to come by. I will look forward to the progress that comes with this new focus, and to the success next squash season, when you are jacked and fit from all the lifting. I think the focus issue is important, both in one's programming as a whole and on individual lifts. On the latter, that has been where I have struggled: losing focus and missing the reps.