Viking Strength....Let's hope

[caveman]

Nicely done!

[MattimusMaximus]

Nicely done!

Thanks iron brother! I'm trying!

[MattimusMaximus]

Squat: 320x5x3 New PR
Bench: 235x4,4,3
Chins: bw+30x5x3
LTE: 100x8x2 New PR

*looks like bench may have to be micro loaded soon if I want to keep going on the 5's
*Squats made me feel like hammered dog shit today so I may have to start using back off sets soon!

[MattimusMaximus]

Active Recovery Day

Squat: 260x5x3
Press: 145x5,5,4
P.Cleans: 180x1, 155x3x2 sets
BB Curls: 145x1, 125x2, later did 125x5x2 sets when tendinitis calmed down.

Tendinitis was severely aggravated during power clean warm-ups. This severely affected my power cleans and barbell curls.
*Misjudged the press reset...should have gone for 140 to work my way back up, think I'll start micro loading around 147.5
*Overall a very shitty workout for an easy day. Seems like I'm near the end of lp...

[TheOneWhoEats]

If you are having tendontis issues from low bar squats , i would say ditch the rippetoe style grip, get some solid wrist wraps and use a closer, bent wrist rack position. I used to have agonising tendontis but since doing this, i have absolutely none at all. Just my two cents. Other than that, good progress keep it up!

[MattimusMaximus]

If you are having tendontis issues from low bar squats , i would say ditch the rippetoe style grip, get some solid wrist wraps and use a closer, bent wrist rack position. I used to have agonising tendontis but since doing this, i have absolutely none at all. Just my two cents. Other than that, good progress keep it up!

Hey, I used to get tendinitis from squats this past winter but I corrected my grip form at the Starting Strength Seminar in March and haven't had issues with that since. The tendinitis flare up happened when I warmed up the power clean. I don't have much power and I suspect I have a terrible vertical so the power clean isn't much fun for me and if it gets too heavy I compensate by muscling it up with my arms (bad I know). I may just ditch the power cleans altogether since even Jordan Feigenbaum said he doesn't perform them anymore.

Someone reading this might think I'm just being a wimp but it hurts like hell and then spills over into other lifts like benching which negatively affects my training as a whole. It should also be noted that I no longer use a whippier bar like the one that was at the commercial gym I used to go to. Now I use a Rogue Ohio Power Bar which is very stiff, not much spin, and has quite aggressive knurling (with centre knurl too) so it makes for a less than optimal power clean, plus now catching a clean is murder to the skin on my neck lol.

[MattimusMaximus]

Squat: 325x5x3 PR
Bench: 235x4x3
Chins: Bodyweight+35x5,5,4
LTE: 102.5x8x2 PR

*Squat went better than I thought! Guess I don't need back off sets just yet.
*Bench improved by one rep but I definitely felt much stronger than last session.
*Will start unweighted chins alternated with weighted chins from now on.
*Lying Triceps Extensions keep going up so hopefully it will improve my bench too.

[John Hanley]

Nice squatting.

Also: I encourage you to ditch the power cleans.

[MattimusMaximus]

Nice squatting.

Also: I encourage you to ditch the power cleans.

Hey thanks for the advice John! I gave it an honest try (like 7 mths) but it never seemed to click for me.

[MattimusMaximus]

Bodyweight: 213.3 lbs

Squat: 330x5x3
Press: 145x5x3
Deadlift: 350x4
BB Curls: 130x5x2

*Everything went well except for deadlifts... guess I'll take Andy Baker's advice and start alternating doubles and 5's. Maybe I'll start my 5's on a reset of about 80-90% and then alternate the doubles starting at 350-355. I've never programmed like this before so it will be interesting to see what happens.