Still on the Right Side of the Grass

[Browndog]

10/25/17

FMP #1-2 (reps/sets)

Bench - touch 'n go 75kg x8, 67.5kg 8x5
Wide Grip Bench - 62.5kg 10x4

Incline Dbl Bench - 35lbs 12x4
Press - 30kg 12x4
Lat Raise - 20lbs 12x4
Dmbl Press - 25lbs 12x4
Dips - bw 10x4 / Curls - 40kg 15x4

I am soooo sore from Monday...DOMS SQUARED.

Good Bench session, though the assistance work suffered from doing the major sets on shorter rest periods. Pretty good upper body pump by the end of the day.

Tomorrow is Deadlifts...top work is 3 sets of 6 @ 165kg - OMG, call the paramedics.

[Browndog]

I'm tired just thinking about those squats. I've never done volume work like that. Might have to give it a try at some point.

I'm not sure that this program is found in the BARBELL RX. The only way I'm entertaining this is because I'm ramping up for another meet. I need to pull on my big boy pants every session.

[codger]

More impressive volume work! How long did today's workout take you to complete?

[Browndog]

More impressive volume work! How long did today's workout take you to complete?

Not including warming up, about two hours. Squat day takes about 2 1/2 hours. We'll see how long tomorrow take. Hell, the top sets alone will take a half hour alone.

[Browndog]

10/26/17

FMP #1-3 (reps/sets)

Deadlift (no belt) - 165kg 6x3, 140kg 6x3
Deficit Deadlift - 125kg 6x3

Wide Grip Pulldowns - 50kg 12x4
Neutral Grip Pulldowns - 40kg 12x4
Cable Mid Rows - 45kg 12x4
RDLs - 70kg 12x4
Face Pulls - Green Band 12x4

That wasn't so bad. I need to tell my mind to shut up and just lift sometimes.

[Browndog]

10/28/17

FMP #1-4 (reps/sets)

Squat - 225lbs 10x4
Bench - 150lbs 8x6
Deadlift - 315lbs 6x3

Dumbbell OHP - 35lbs 10x5
Wide Grip Pulldowns - 35kg 25x2
Straight Bar Curls/Dips - 20/15x3
Dumbbell Lat Raises - 25lbs 10x5

Codger, you wanted to know how long my sessions take...Saturdays are like the Siege of Leningrad, today took 3 hours. I don't mind, I just need to accept the fact that I have to settle in for the long winter (so to speak).

The Squats were no fun, everything else was breezy.

[Oldster]

Isn't' t funny how different we all are. Squat and dead workouts take me only a few minutes to complete. If I were going very heavy, perhaps 20 minutes doing them both in a single workout. Individually they will take in the single digits.

Yet close grip bench work will take me an hour, minimum, IF I'm doing say five heavy working sets with three or four high(er) rep warmup sets.

On top of that, the foolish part is curls are the only thing to make me both breath hard and sweat. Nothing else does.

[Browndog]

10/30/17

FMP #1-5 (reps/sets)

Hi Bar Squat - 115kg x10, 102.5kg 10x4
Safety Bar Squat - 92.5kg 8x3

Belt Squat - 75kg 12x4
Split Squat - 12kg 10x4

Wide Grip Pulldowns - 52.5kg 12x4
Revs Flys - 20lbs 12x4

The top set was everything I had. 2.5kg jump next time, not 5kg. Everting else was OK.

[Browndog]

Isn't' t funny how different we all are. Squat and dead workouts take me only a few minutes to complete. If I were going very heavy, perhaps 20 minutes doing them both in a single workout. Individually they will take in the single digits.

Yet close grip bench work will take me an hour, minimum, IF I'm doing say five heavy working sets with three or four high(er) rep warmup sets.

On top of that, the foolish part is curls are the only thing to make me both breath hard and sweat. Nothing else does.

Curls...not in a million years would I have picked them to get you in a lather.

[Oldster]

Curls...not in a million years would I have picked them to get you in a lather.

Me either.

But when I'm doing 'em, I'm givin' 'er all I got, Cap'n!