Sarah's Wreck-xas Method Log

[SarahBeth]

I was a little lazy today and stayed home to workout in my garage since we are off of work instead of driving the whole five minutes to my gym. As a result, I didn't have my belt (it's actually the gym owner's belt) and my wood platform is more slippery than I'm used to, so I couldn't make triples on squat, bench, or deadlift. On the plus side though, my badass husband taught me the right way to set up for bench to maintain back tightness and arch.
Squat: 45x5x2, 85x5, 105x3, 135x3, 155x2, 175x1, 182.5(1+f, 1+f)
-I'll still increase these next week and hope this was just a beltless fluke.
Bench: 45x5x2, 65x5, 85x3, 95x2, 105x1, 112.5(2+1 assisted, 1+1a, 1+1a)
-I'll probably go for 114 next week. Gotta push these to get my max up for the meet!
Deadlift: 95x3, 135x2, 185x1, 240x0 (couldn't get tight enough with no belt), 235x3x2 (repeat of last week's max)
http://youtu.be/1mhPfjsxtNo
-2nd set

[kessg]

Gotta push these to get my max up for the meet!

Nice work!

When is your meet?

[SarahBeth]

Thanks kessg! I'm happy to see that you've been able to start lifting again! I'll be following along on your log. My meet is on February 21st, so that's really not much time as far as training cycles are concerned!
Today I tried bringing in my hands on my squat grip to see if it will help me maintain back tightness. I felt some spinal pain just below where the bar sits after Friday's beltless experiment, which I suspect put more pressure on my vertebrae since I was losing muscle tightness. Hopefully it goes away. Also, I'm working on my new bench setup, maintaining arch and shoulder tightness by pinching my shoulder blades together and pulling the bar apart with my hands. Felt really strong today.
Volume Day:
Squat: 45x5x2, 75x5, 105x5, 135x3, 155x1, 167x3x6 (90%x185)
Bench: 45x5x2, 65x5, 85x3, 95x3, 103x3x6 (90%x114)
-All bench reps paused
RH: 3x15

[SarahBeth]

Training at home today again. Back feels a little better, ibuprofen helps. Thinking about adding in some extra press, LTEs, and chin-ups on Saturdays (if I feel like it). Nothing too strenuous.
Recovery Day:
Light Squats: 45x5x3, 85x5, 115x3, 147.5x3x3 (80%x185)
Press: 45x5x2, 65x5, 75x3, 85(3,4,4,4)
Chin-ups: 2, then 8 singles
-trying to add 1 rep per attempt on these. Next goal is to get 3 in a row.

[SarahBeth]

I've been pretty freaked out about my home-gym failures from last Friday, as if I already hit a wall after a whole 4 weeks on TM, so I made damn sure to beast out today under my normal lifting conditions. Video proof below!
Intensity Day:
Squat: 45x5x2, 75x5, 105x3, 135x3, 155x2, 175x1, 185x3 PR like buttah
Bench: 45x5x2, 65x5, 85x3, 95x2, 105x1, 114x3 (TnG) PR
DL: 135x3, 185x2, 240x3 PR, 235x3x2
http://youtu.be/pn7q4JFTHOk

[SarahBeth]

How's everybody doing today? It's the new year, time to get after it! These damn weights aren't gonna lift themselves! I had to really pump myself up to get it done today. Something about it being Monday after vacation.
Volume Day:
Squat: 45x5x2, 75x5, 105x3, 135x3, 155x2, 168x3x6 (90%x187.5)
Paused Bench: 45x5x2, 65x5, 85x3, 95x2, 105x3x6 (90%x116)

[BarryF]

Some good work in here! Keep it up.

[SarahBeth]

Thanks Got2squat! I'm happy you're starting to feel better. Everyone in my family has a cold or something, but we got a snow day today so naps were in order!

[SarahBeth]

I have some sort of a cold, but I don't really feel too bad so I chose to workout anyway. At this point I would have to be injured or on my deathbed to wuss out.
Recovery Day:
Squat: 45x5x2, 75x5, 105x3, 135x3, 150x3x3 (80%x187.5)
Press: 33x8, 45x5x2, 55x5, 65x3, 75x2, 85x3x5
-I tried for 3 sets of 5 on these, but could only get 3 on the 1st set, so I decided to do 5x3. I think I'll just stick with triples on press and increase weight once I can get 5x3.
Chin-ups: BWx2x6 PR

[SarahBeth]

Yep, I definitely have a sinus infection, but it seems to be confined to my nasal passages, so it's pretty much business as usual. I treat these myself with pseudophedrine and saline rinses unless it spreads to my throat/lungs. The only drawback is that the pseudo keeps me up at night. No wonder they make meth from this shit, haha! Today's workout went really well, and I just cut the DLs down to 2 sets instead of 3 to hopefully give my CNS/immune system a tiny break.
Intensity Day:
Squats: 45x5x2, 75x5, 105x5, 135x3, 155x2, 175x1, 187.5x3 PR
Bench: 45x5x2, 65x5, 85x3, 95x2, 106x1, 116x3 (tng) PR
DL: 135x3, 185x2, 245x3 PR, 240x3