Operation Move the Big Thing

[Pawn]

May 20, 2018

Getting ready for Austin... feeling pretty shitty about my performance in the gym today...

Press: 75 [5], 95 [5], 115 [5], 135 [1], 155 [1], 175 [1], 185 [x,x]
Squat: 315 [5,5,5]
Deadlift: 195 [5], 245 [5], 295 [10]
Bench: 165 [5,5,5,5,5]
Row: 355 [5,5,5,5,5]

Salty about the press... decently happy with the rest.

[Pawn]

May 23, 2018

I dropped in at Gym One in Austin -- Gym One | The Domain | Gym in Austin 78758
The place is awesome... the gear is amazing. I never realized how shit the powerbars were at my regular gym... I do not have enough nice things to say.

I brought a colleague who doesn't lift seriously with me so my rests and sets were a little off normal time.

Squats: 310 [5], 355 [5], 405 [5]
Bench: 160 [5], 185 [5], 210 [5], 165 [5,5,5]
Press: 120 [5,5,5,5,5]
Row: 185 [5,5,5,5,5]
DE Deadlift: 315 [3,3,3,3,3]

Squatting with the good bar felt amazing... very solid. Form felt good. There was more in the tank but the night was young.
I was less a fan of the bench due to the placement of the overhead lights... staring into the bulbs sucks for focus.
Press went well.
The row weight was dictated by my buddies working deadlift weight... I had assumed he had more in the tank... but we were getting some form issues creeping in.
The dynamic effort deadlifts moved well and felt good in sets of 3 as opposed to 5. Shorter rests.

[Pawn]

May 26, 2018

Still stiff from the plane... sore shoulders and back.

Press: 115 [5], 135 [5], 155 [5], 120 [5,5,5]
Bench: 165 [5,5,5]
CGB: 165 [5,5,5]

I really had issue with all the volume sets... the last rep of 155 was also a bit sketchy.

[Pawn]

May 28, 2018

Squat: 315 [5,5,5,5,5]
Deadlift: 320 [5], 370 [5], 410 [8]
Row: 225 [5,5,5]

Hot as balls... getting it done.

Quite happy with the workout.

[Pawn]

Weight: 341 lbs
Diet: 2889 Cal, 251 P, 109 F, 228 C


May 30, 2018

Soccer: 45 minutes

Outdoors again... super hot.


May 31, 2018

Bench: 170 [3], 195 [3], 220 [3], 165 [5,5,5,5,5]
CGB: 165 [5,5,5,5,5]
Press: 120 [5,5,5,5,5]


June 1, 2018

Squat: 330 [3], 380 [3], 425 [3]
Zercher Squat: 225 [3,3,3]
Row: 185 [8,8,8,8,8]

Squat went not too bad... I had an allergic reaction previously (swollen eye and belly issues). So it felt pretty good.
Zercher squat was trying to look at something that hits the quads a bit more... I'm limited by my pain threshold in the arms so I'll probably try front squats (with crossed arms as opposed to front rack) next time.
Rows were very strict body building style.

[Pawn]

June 3, 2018

My eye is still swollen. (I think it is being irritated by a nearby cyst.) First pressing workout in a few weeks that felt really good. I made two adjustments. First was using my squat shoes instead of the chucks... I felt super stable. Second was loosening by belt by a single notch... this let me grind out an extra couple of reps by getting some back in there.

Currently feeling like a truck... a truck made out of meat.

Press: 125 [3], 145 [3], 160 [5], 120 [5,5,5,5,5]
Bench: 165 [5,5,5,5,5]
CGB: 165 [5,5,5,5,5]

[Pawn]

June 4, 2018

This workout felt awesome... squats awesome, deads awesome, hack squats less so...

Squats: 315 [5,5,5,5,5]
Deadlift: 345 [3], 395 [3], 440 [5]
Hack Squat: 335 [5,5,5]

Focused heavily on form for the squats... felt great. Very little fatigue.

Deadlifts moved very quickly and easily. There were easily 2 or 3 more in the tank in the top set.

Hack squat thing was 'meant' to hit the legs more. I currently feel it in my knees and glutes. Not my intent... so far trapbar deadlifts and light weight / high volume squats appear to do what I want the best. The negative of the trapbar deadlifts is the grip fatigue. The negative of the light weight / high volume squats is that they dork with my 'proper squat' form (stupid little animal brain). Front squats, pin squats, pause squats, and squat safety bar (don't access) are still on my investigation list.

[Pawn]

Weight: 341 lbs
Diet: 2897 Cal, 251 P, 97 F, 256 F


June 6, 2018

Outdoors... a nice cool day. Decent running in. A sore achilles the next day.

Soccer - 75 min


June 7, 2018

Why so busy?? Why you steal bench when I'm drinking water? Why? Also minimal rest periods due to wife based time pressure.

Bench: 185 [5], 210 [3], 230 [3], 165 [5,5,5,5,5]
Press: 120 [5,5,5,5,5]
Inclined Bench: 135 [8], 135 [5], 95 [13]


June 8, 2018

Happy with the squats. Rack pulls from below the knee. I learned a lesson about foot placement on the trapbar when using the lowhandles... watch your feet.

Squat: 355 [5], 405 [3], 450 [2,1]
Rack Pull: 495 [5]
Trapbar Deadlift (low handles): 335 [5,5,5,5,5]

[Pawn]

June 10, 2018

Feels pretty good, still a little stiff from Friday.

Press: 135 [5], 155 [3], 170 [2], 120 [5,5,5,5,5]
Bench: 165 [5,5,5,5,5]
CGB: 165 [5,5,5,5,5]

[Pawn]

June 12, 2018

Felt really good going in. I cut a couple of sets of squats to keep myself fresh for the deadlift top set... 25lbs PR on the set of 5... also happens to be a 5lbs 3 rep PR.

Squat: 315 [5,5,5]
Deadlift: 370 [5], 415 [3], 465 [5]
Row: 225 [5,5,5]