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11-28-2018, 08:39 AM
#711
Past 2 days of training
HBBS (no belt + no wraps/sleeves): 290 x 1@8.5, 220 x 5, 215 x 5, 205 x 5, 5, 5 (rehab)
Strict Press (no belt): 187.5 x 0@fail, 135 x 5, 5, 5, 5, 5
Weighted Chin-ups: 90 x 0@fail, BW Chin-ups: 5, 5, 5, 5, 5
SLDL (no belt + mixed grip): 375 x 1@7.5-8 (can't remember) (rehab)
I don't know why my squat is lagging so much behind my SLDL. I am thinking it's a combination of 1) being afraid to push the weight up out of fear of tweaking my back 2) my weight loss has affected my squat more than my deadlift (probably a significant factor as well).
My schedule is going to pick up again and will be very busy for the forseeable future. I might drop the incline bench press, I don't know. Ultimately, I care only about my strict pressing strength so the incline is only a tool to help me improve that, not a goal in and of itself.
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12-01-2018, 11:42 PM
#712
I didn't log for a few days after the workout. I should have because I forgot the RPE's and some details concerning so I am just going to list the weights i remember.
Strict Press (no belt): 187.5 x 1, some volume work
HBBS (no belt + no wraps/sleeves): 295 x 1@8-9
SLDL (no belt + mixed grip): 385 x 0, 225 x 5, 5, 5, 5, 5
Weighted Chin-up: 85 x 1, 25 x 5, 5, 5, 5, 15 x 5
Edit: Youtube
Lifting starts at 1:50.
Last edited by BigA; 12-02-2018 at 10:24 PM.
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12-04-2018, 12:19 AM
#713
HBBS (no belt + no wraps/sleeves): 300 x 1@8, 225 x 5 x 5
Strict Press (no belt): 175 x 1@9.5, 135 x 5, 145 x 5, 5, 5, 5
Weighted Chin-ups: 85 x 1@10, 25 x 5, 5, 5, 5, 5
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12-05-2018, 09:05 AM
#714
Tuesday Late Night
SLDL (no belt): 380 x 1@9, 255 x 2, 225 x 5, 5, 5, 5 (rehab)
Very late night workout. I had enough energy for basically one heavy single and I was done. I stayed and did the volume though. If I did this when I was rested, I could have 100% done more. My back feels basically 100% now. I denoted rehab just because I am building up to my previous numbers but fingers crossed, I think I am completely with this injury.
Morning Bodyweight: 212.0 lbs
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12-07-2018, 10:31 PM
#715
2 workouts today.
HBBS (no belt + no wraps/sleeves): 305 x 1@9, 230 x 2, 205 x 5, 5, 185 x 5, 5
Strict Press (no belt): 190 x 1@10, 135 x 5, 5, 5, 5, 5
Weighted Chin-ups: 95 x 1@10, BW Chin-ups: 5, 5, 5, 5, 5
SLDL (no belt + mixed grip): 385 x 1@8.5
Morning Bodyweight: 211.0 lbs
Everything is moving. I haven't bolded my press in a while because it hasn't been an absolute weight PR but it absolutely is a big improvement. I am only 20ish pounds away from strict pressing my bodyweight beltless (I don't know if the beltless really means too much here, when I tried out the belt for the press, I didn't feel like it helped at all but y' know... it's cool ). I used to be almost 50 pounds away this summer so a huge improvement. This RPE training has been working quite well. Weighted chin-ups are also moving nicely. The youtube video with these lifts is coming soon.
The nicest part about all of this is that my weight is staying constant. No more being a fatass. This whole experience has taught me something. And I am just going to outright say it but it might be kind of unpopular here. Getting stronger whilst gaining decent amounts of bodyweight IS technically getting stronger but... after having gone through all of this myself, I am starting to think that it's a delusion that you should gain an appreciable amount of weight to get stronger, even in the novice phase. Unless you are grossly underweight, the long game is far more important and I think becoming a fatass (lets face it, that's what we all become in the beginning if we extend that LP too much) in the pursuit of getting 'stronger" is actually a detriment to your long term training and it doesn't really show how effective your programming is.
Like of course you will have weekly linear progression on TM if you gain weight. That's pretty obvious. Try stopping gaining body weight and see how many times you can go through that shit. My bet is probably not more than once. Like if your squat is 405 x 5 at 220 and you get it up to 450 x 5 at 235-240, did you really get appreciably stronger having to gain all that weight to increase on the bar in a few months? I guess I am ranting about this just because I am thinking, wow what if I had been doing this all along? I wasted so much time with poor press programming and I could have been doing this all along and maybe would have had a 225+ press. Who knows? Plus, I am not fat now and it looks great. And, I don't feel beat up anymore despite not always getting the best sleep.
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12-10-2018, 10:54 PM
#716
HBBS (no belt + no wraps/sleeves): 310 x 1@9, 230 x 5, 5, 5, 5, 5
Strict Press (no belt): 180 x 0 (way overshot it), 135 x 5, 5, 5, 5, 5
Weighted Chin-ups: 85 x 1@10, 25 x 5, 5, 5, 5, 5
A woman working at a restaurant I frequent said I look skinny, probably as a compliment. Little did she know I am a lifter. Now I have to stress eat back up to 250 because nobody calls me skinny on my watch. I prefer the term "lean" even though the reality is that at 6 ft 1, 210 pounds is skinny haha.
Morning bodyweight: 210.2 lbs
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12-18-2018, 11:18 PM
#717
Tuesday Last Week: SLDL (no belt + mixed grip): lightweight, didn't have it.
Skipped 2 workouts to do some very important stuff.
Monday (This Week): HBBS (no belt + no wraps/sleeves): 310 x 1@9.5, 225 x 5, 225 x 4, 205 x 5, 200 x 5, 5
Strict Press (no belt): 185 x 1@10, 135 x 5, 5, 5, 5, 5
Weighted Chin-ups: 80 x 1@9, BW Chin-ups: 5, 5, 5, 5, 5
Today (Tuesday): SLDL (no belt + mixed grip): 385 x 1@9, 225 x 5, 5, 5, 5, 5
My strength is intact after a week layoff. The volume, however, was not.
Youtube
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12-24-2018, 07:04 PM
#718
Guess who said they were going to get their flu shot, but didn't? This guy.
Got the flu. Thankfully, it was nowhere near as bad as last year. So, I did some moderately heavy singles today. This didn't really set me back very far and the trek to my previous numbers continue.
HBBS (no belt + no wraps/sleeves): 265 x 1@8.5
Strict Press (no belt): 160 x 1@8
Weighted Chin-up: 65 x 1@8
SLDL (no belt + mixed grip): 350 x 1@8.5
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12-28-2018, 10:36 PM
#719
HBBS (no belt + no wraps/sleeves): 290 x 1@8, 200 x 5, 5, 5, 5, 5
Strict Press (no belt): 170 x 1@9, 135 x 5, 5, 5, 5, 5
Weighted Chin-ups: 80 x 1@9, BW Chin-ups: 5, 5, 5, 5, 5
SLDL (no belt + mixed grip): 355 x 1@8, 385 x 0, 225 x 5, 5, 5, 5, 5
Working back up again. Thankfully, the flu didn't take too much out of me this time. One or 2 more workouts and I should be back to normal. Back is pretty much healed at this point. I don't even get little spasms in the morning.
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12-31-2018, 06:15 PM
#720
HBBS (no belt + no wraps/sleeves): 305 x 1@8.5, 225 x 5, 5, 5, 5, 5
Strict Press (no belt): 180 x 0, 0, 135 x 5, 5, 5, 4, 2 (very short rest times, ran out of time)
Weighted Chin-ups: 85 x 0.9-1 (don't know if I should count it or not) @10, BW Chin-ups: 5, 5, 5, 4, 4 (very short rest times, ran out of time)
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