No more peppers. Carrot you see I'm training?

[Kregna]

History

• Started training February 2011, didn't get past novice stage
• Did SS seriously last year
• Jan - July 2013 I have been missing gym sessions and not handled anything heavier than December 2012.
• Now I'm finally taking it seriously again and am hoping for lots of harsh criticism because of this log to fuel my fire.

This is my second log here, first: http://startingstrength.com/resource...t=29103&page=1

Current Stats
Height: 6'2
Weight: 97-98kg
Age: 21

I'm on a 4DAW split now. My squats and deadlifts still need to catch up to pre-2013 but the upper body lifts match my 2012 PRs and (hopefully) soon will surpass them.

[Kregna]

Monday 12th August 2013

Bench 93.5kg: 5
Presses 50kg: 5, 5, 5, 5
Chins 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 6 (total 30)
Dips 5, 5, 5, 5, 7 (total 27)

[Kregna]

Tuesday 13th August 2013

Squats 140kg: 5
GMs 40kg: 10, 10, 10
Inverted rows 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 5.5



Squats This will turn into 5x5 soon but hoping to get it higher first

GMs Starting light. Didn't leave me sore

Inverted rows Doing these because I discovered I'm weak at them and think my upper back and/or arms are weak in a way that chin ups aren't addressing

[Kregna]

Thursday 15th August 2013

Presses 62.5kg: 5
Bench 77.5kg: 5, 5, 5, 5
Chins 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 (total 29)
Dips 5, 5, 5, 5, 9 (total 29)


Chins bit lower than last time. I'm guessing the sets of bench (rather than presses) affected it more

[Kregna]

Friday 16th August 2013

Squats 142.5kg: 5
Deadlifts 150kg: 5
Inverted rows 7, 8, 7, 7, 8, 11, iso hold at halfway (6 seconds?)


Squats I'm gonna go for 1x5 @ 145kg on Tuesday but if that fails I'll start the 5x5 the same day

Inverted rows Going to start isometric holds for this exercise because I find holding the top and mid postisions difficult. And I don't want this silly exercise to be difficult

[Kregna]

Monday 19th August 2013

Bench 95kg: 5
Presses 51kg: 5, 5, 5, 5
Chin ups 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 6 (total 31)
Dips 6, 6, 6, 6, 7 (total 31)


Bench First personal best for any lift in the whole year. So much time wasted. Could have gotten 7

Presses I'm doing a dodgy p.clean rather than use the rack. Fairly hard for back off sets

[Kregna]

Tuesday 20th August 2013

Squats 145kg: 5
Good Mornings 45kg: 10, 10, 10
Inverted rows 8, 8, 7, 8, 9, 8, (isometric hold) 15 seconds


Squats I think I'm going to continue linear progression with 5RMs and the day I fail I'll just drop the weight and do my 4/5x5 and then do a squat VD + ID.

Good Mornings Feel fine, ~1-1.5 min breaks. Think my knees could be straighter during some reps

Inverted rows I don't know what's going on with these. They seem easy and silly. I'll start putting my feet on a raised surface and continue pausing at the top

[Kregna]

Thursday 22nd August 2013

Presses 65kg: 5
Bench 80kg: 5, 5, 5, 5
Chin ups 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 7 (total 32)
Dips 6, 6, 6, 5, 6 (total 29)


Presses my second 2.5kg jump since starting the programme. Madness. I'll keep it up and hopefully I can get to 70kgx5 before microloading or dropping reps

Bench I'm thinking of microloading these while keeping bigger jumps on the main set to increase the discrepancy as these are feeling heavy for back off sets

Dips 1 less rep than last time. I think the benching tired me out. I'm going to do them weighted for 3x5 on my first Upper day of the week starting next week.

[Kregna]

Friday 23rd August 2013

Terrible workout. Skipped my last exercise as I was feeling demotivated after failing squats

Squats 147.5kg: 1
Deadlifts 155kg: 5


Squats I could have gotten more, you don't jump 2.5kg and lose 4 reps. But idk I just felt shitty. No workout partner today, an ingrown toenail that hurts when I squat and just generally feeling rubbish today. Not legit excuses

Time to move to 5x5 I think. Should have started today (or at least done back off sets) but I didn't.

Deadlifts Got what I was aiming for but nothing could salvage the workout after squats. Form was a bit odd. Used one of the thicker barbells in my gym and only got 3 DOH before changing to a mixed grip. The bar was moving away from my legs on some reps which is bizarre as this is never a form problem I have with deadlifts

[DRice311]

This log needs more peppers.