cmynhier's Intermediate Log

[Mr. Bingley]

I dropped 10 pounds to get the volume in.

i'd say you've dropped more than that, looking quite svelte my friend!

[Chad Mynhier]

i'd say you've dropped more than that, looking quite svelte my friend!

You're making me blush here, Mr. B.!

[Chad Mynhier]

Link to current programming.

Light squats:
255x3x5

I took a video of the last set to make sure my form was okay. (I've had the suspicion that I've been lazy with my form on the light squats recently.)

Deadlifts:
380x1
380x1
380x1

I failed the third single the last time I tried these, so this was a repeat. I tried to hold that last rep at the top for 10 seconds. Looks like I hit 13.

Chins:
10 minute EMOM

7x4
3x3

Rower:
2 minute warmup
6 x :30/1:30
2 minute cooldown
Avg HR: 152
Max HR: 174

[Mr. Bingley]

nice deads!

you're killing it

[Chad Mynhier]

nice deads!

you're killing it

I'm killing it, it's killing me, something like that.

[Chad Mynhier]

Link to current programming.

Bench ID:
242.5x1
242.5x1
242.5x1
242.5xf -- a failure as a rep, but a success as a grinding exercise

I may just try for a PR next week and call this progression done.

Press VD:
130x4+f
130x4
130x4
130x4
130x4
130x4

Not 5x5, but at least 6x4.

LTE:
95x12,11,9

BB curls:
75x10x3

I supersetted LTEs with curls, the first time I've tried something like this. The LTEs appear to have suffered from this, as I've done 95x12x3 previously.

[Chad Mynhier]

Link to current programming.

Squats:
315x4+f
315x5
315x5

I dive-bombed the last rep of my first set. I'll redo this weight next time around.

SLDL:
260x8x2

DB rows:
75x20x3

I managed to do these this week without dry-heaving, but I was riding the edge of that envelope.

Rower:
10 minute LISS
Avg HR: 136

[Chad Mynhier]

Link to current programming.

Press ID:
142.5x2+f
142.5x2
142.5x2

Well, I actually did a set of 1 before my last set of 2. I sat there for about a minute before I decided to try for another rep and ended up getting a double. I'm just going to ignore the single and call it 3x2. (Of course, I didn't video the last set, 'cause I wasn't expecting to get anything.) This does give me hope for hitting 150 in a few weeks.

Bench:
225x3
225x3
225x3

I did a "light" day to save something for Sunday, when I'll go for PRs. I'm shooting for singles at 245 and 250.

(I also checked to see where my face is with respect to the pins. The bar is about a finger's width away from my nose when it's sitting on the pins, so I should be safe if my arms just collapse during a heavy bench.)

Dips:
10-minute EMOM
10x4

[Chad Mynhier]

Link to current programming.

Bench:
245x1 -- PR
250xf
250x1 -- PR

Woohoo! I've achieved my next bench press goal. Now I have a 250 bench and a 350 squat. I'll get a 150 press sometime in the next few weeks, and then I'll get a 450 deadlift -- well, maybe sometime.

I didn't stay tight at the bottom of my first attempt at 250. I really wanted to get 250, so i gave it another shot and worked hard to stay tight. I need to figure out how to descend more quickly while staying tight. I imagine the 3-second descent is stealing a little bit from the ascent.

I'm going to reset my bench press programming now. I just need to figure out what I'm going to do.

Press VD:
132.5x4
132.5x4
132.5x4
132.5x4
132.5x4
132.5x4

LTE:
95x12x3

BB curls:
76x10x3

[Chad Mynhier]

Link to current programming.

Squats:
325x3
325x3
325x3

Squats have been in my head for a little while. I'm working on evicting them. It appears to be working, as I just kind of motored through these without thinking too much about them.

SLDL:
260x8x2

DB rows:
75x20x3

I did these slightly differently tonight. Instead of bringing it straight up towards my shoulder, I brought it up diagonally so that my hand ended up about waist level. Apparently this uses the lats more than the other way.

These are deceptive. After the first set, I thought, "You know these aren't too bad." After the last set, I was cursing Adam Skillin and wondering why I'd let him talk me into doing sets of 20.

Rower:
10 minutes LISS