Reply With Quote130lb at 6'1"?? how did the water hit you in the shower lol
nice progress!
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HLM Week 3 M
5/13/17
195.8lb (major weight fluctuations)
4150 cals/day
Close-grip Bench - 155 3x5; 130x10/10
Deadlift - 335x2 (PR, but failed 3rd rep); 300x3
Squat - 275 3x5 (RPE 9 last set?)
Close-grip Bench - Felt solid, only took 3 minutes between sets.
Deadlift - I couldn't get the 3rd rep to budge off the ground. Not sure how to proceed from here...
Squat - Good depth, but was probably RPE 9. 275 is ~92% of 300, so we'll see if that helps push 300x5 Tuesday next week.
No time for accessory stuff. Took the family to Sea World after my workout.
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130lb at 6'1"?? how did the water hit you in the shower lol
nice progress!
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The real challenge was not getting washed down the drain!Originally Posted by Mr. Bingley
Accessory Day
5/14/17
Superset 1 (60s between sets):
- db lateral raise 8lbx12/12/12/12
- BB Rows (bent over, overhand narrow grip) 95lbx12/12/8/8
Superset 2 (60s between sets):
- Seated EZ tri-ext 40x10/10/10/10
- Inc db curl 10x12/12/12/12
Didn't have time for accessory stuff on Saturday. Haven't done BB Rows in probably 6 months, so took it easy to avoid debilitating DOMS. The bicep/tricep superset got my arms to 15 5/8" pumped. Maybe I'll hit 16" arms before the year is out...
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Training through pain
Got tagged on the knuckle (ring finger) by a paper wasp (red wasp) last night while grabbing my garden hose. The swelling was visible and rather painful. Didn't improve too much overnight, and made training today rather difficult, even though I was icing my finger between sets. Very distracting...
HLM Week 4 H
5/16/17
197.6lb
4200 cals/day
Bench - 187.5 x5/5 (5 rep PR); 177.5 3x5 (5 min rest between sets)
Superset (60s between sets):
- db flyes 10x15/15/15
- db front raises 10x12/12/12
Inc close-grip bench - 95x8/8/5 (60s between sets)
Squat - 300x3 (PR!); 285 4x3
Bench - Felt rather heavy, and almost got stuck half-way up on the last rep. The backoff sets felt good.
Accy stuff - couldn't do curls because of my finger.
Squat - I decided to work on triples going into this session, as a way to avoid grinding reps with bad form. Glad I did, because on the third rep at 300lb my finger was throbbing like crazy. Only rested 5 minutes between sets.
No deadlifting today. There wasn't any way I could hold the bar without intense pain in my finger. Going to continue icing it. I'm sure it will be fine by Saturday when I'm scheduled to deadlift again.
Blasted wasps, Kill 'Em All
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some of us saw it in a thee-ay-tur when it first came outFor those of you who are unaware because you never watched Star Wars on VHS, Han shot first
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That must have been a long time ago, in a galaxy not so far far away...some of us saw it in a thee-ay-tur when it first came out
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Finally got swelling under control...
I tried using Benadryl, other antihistamines, hyrdo cortisone cream, and motrin to get my finger/hand swelling down, but to no avail. 48 hours after getting stung by a red wasp my hand looked like a blown up latex glove. Used Arnica cream and the swelling visibly went down within 20 minutes. Used Tiger Balm to get the itching sensation to go away. I can finally clench my hand again, and can grab things with miminal pain. I hate wasps...
HLM Week 4 L
5/18/17
198.2lb (PR!)
OHP - 107.5 3x5; 102.5 x5/6 (4m rest)
Superset (60s rest):
- db front raise 10x12/13/14
- db lateral raise 10x12/13/14
Squat - 240 3x5
OHP - Felt very heavy today. My reset isn't going so well. I completed 115 3x5 on this lift 1 1/2 months ago...
Chinups - Skipped these because I've only had the swelling under control for 12 hours, and was feeling some pain in my finger/knuckles even while pressing.
Squat - Felt a lot heavier than 80%. But I was only resting 4 minutes between sets and rushed my warmup. Sick of super long training sessions.
Took the family to the zoo after today's training session. Overcast and mostly cloudy, which was nice for a change. For the first time since January, I'm going to end up eating more calories than I'm supposed to in a day. Normally I barely manage to hit my numbers, but I've actually felt hungry every 3 hours today so I'll go ahead and eat more since I'm feeling like it. 200lb should be right around the corner
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Big deadlift PR!
Finger swelling is almost all gone, but still can't get my ring on. No pain, so no distractions during today's session.
HLM Week 4 M
5/20/17
197.8lb
4200 cals/day
Close-grip Bench - 160 3x5 (RPE 8); 135x8/8 (RPE 8)
Deadlift (H) - 340x1, 365x1 (PR!); 305x3
Squat - 280 3x5 (RPE 9-9.5?)
Close-grip Bench - Felt good, another 5lb jump next week. Didn't feel like pushing the back-off sets to RPE 10, so left a couple reps in the tank.
Deadlift - 340x1 went up good, so I decided to go for a single PR. Randomly decided on 365. It got off the ground no problem, but about 1/4/ to 1/2 way up my abs caved in, which has never happened before. Not sure why that happened, but it got up just fine. Andy suggested cycling heavy day reps with 5/3/1 (3 week rotation) instead of trying to push triples every week like I was doing for the last couple months.
Squat - First set was solid, but was uber tired afterwards. Needed 7 minutes before the second set, which lacked sufficient depth. Nailed the depth on the 3rd set after taking 8 minutes rest.
Will probably do accessories tomorrow.
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Congrats on your deadlift PR. Keep pushing ahead!
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+1, Deadlifts Rule!!
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