Waters' World: Beyond LP

[Dale Waters]

4/4/18
Advancing in LP

Squat: 300x5x3
Bench: 205x4, 200x4, 185x5
Chins: 6,4,4
Curlz: 65x13
Weight: 235

I'll figure the bench out someday.

[Dale Waters]

4/6/18
Deep enough

Squat: 305x5x3
Press: 152.5x5x3
Powerclean: 190x3x5
Chins: 6,5,4
Weight: 237

Link: YouTube

Need to work on synchronizing squat movement better. Improved press grip is improved.

[Dale Waters]

4/9/18
I don't want to hear it

Squat: 310x5x3
Bench: 200x5x3
Deadlift: 335x5
Curlz: 80x8
Weight: 239

Link: YouTube (but don't watch it!)

I was feeling under the weather, but there are no excuses. My squat form was trash. Technically, I was squatting high, but th real issue was that I had the weight too much in my heels. My bench was also trash, though I'm re-learning leg drive. My deadlift was also pretty trash; I need to warm up with my belt sooner. I'll be cutting curlz until I'm out of LP and probably out of the Texas Method. It's not like having massive gunzzzz helped my position with the women anyway. Maybe I'll luck out and find a nice girl through church once I start working. If not, I suppose being a eunich for God isn't a terrible life. That said, it's not really what I want to do and I don't think I'm one of the few people called to a lifetime of singleness. Then again, this is a fallen world and the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared to glory that is to be revealed to us. I think I'm gonna go the King David route, and petition God on the grounds that it looks bad when His people look bad. We'll see what I'm predestined to eventually, I suppose. SDG

[Dale Waters]

4/11/18
Getting less sicker

Squat: 250x5x3
Press: 155x3x5
Chins: 6,5,5
Weight: 239

Good news! I've added in a light-squat-Wednesday, so LP is nearing its filthy end once again! I will, however, be redoing this week's squat and deadlift weights next week due to the trash form and sickness of Monday. This Friday I'll do 305. I expect to transition to TM around 335, given that my form is better than before but I weigh 20lbs less than last time.

[Dale Waters]

4/13/18
Poverty bench

Squat: 305x5x3
Bench: 202.5x4x4
Powerclean: 195x3x5
Chins: 5,4,4,3
Weight: 240

Link: YouTube

Need to make squat less mechanical and bend over more. Having trouble with leg drive on bench, thus why I did 4x4 (hint: I failed to get 5).

[Dale Waters]

4/16/18
1 rep short of perfection

Squat: 310x5x3
Press: 155x5x3
Deadlift: 335x5
Weight: 240

Link:YouTube

Squats are getting better. Presses were good, but I need to stay tighter. Deadlifts were going excellent, but I let my hips get high on the last rep.

[Dale Waters]

4/18/18
Keeping my chin ups up

Squat: 245x5x3
Bench: 205x5x3
Chins: 7, 4, 5, 4
Weight: 239

Squats are going well; just need to focus on hips and knees at same time. Glad to see chins improving.

Bench breakthrough cue: feel the weight in your feet
I've had trouble with leg drive, and I may have figured something out. If I wanted to have a weaker bench, I would lift my feet off the floor. If I want a stronger bench, which I do, I should thus un-lift my feet off the floor and have more of my weight on them. I don't think I'm rocking forward per-se, but maybe. I used to try to totally load the back so that my shoulders would stay together, but maybe relying on my brain instead of frictional force would be helpful. Obviously, there is a limit to weight on feet, as it slowly becomes an incline or overhead. Assuming some kind of negative even function.

[Dale Waters]

4/20/18
Moral: Don't be a wuss!
Moral 2: RPE is not for me

Squat: 315x5x3
Press: 157.5x5x3
Powerclean: 200x3x5
Weight: 239

Link: YouTube

Squats were off: c'est la vi. Presses were awesome. I was feeling good so I thought I might skip the 5x3 and go straight to 3x5 this week. However, on rep 1 I wasn't even sure I'd get 3, but on rep 2, I knew I'd get 5 and they were all quite easy. So basically, facts don't care about my feelings. Powercleans were quesitonable, but I think I found the issue.

[Dale Waters]

4/23/18
"You ever heard of a guy named Mark Rippetoe? ... You have a squat that would make him proud." (Debateable)

Squat: 320x5x3
Bench: 207.5x4,2; 205x3x3
Deadlift: 345x5
Weight: 239

Link:YouTube

Too-much knee slide in squats. Improved bench midway through workout. Deadlift will be reset and increased @5lbs instead of 10.

Edit: Upon further thought and examination, I believe I will retry this weight but make sure to fix my setup.

[Dale Waters]

4/25/18
Walk of shame

Squat: 265x5x3
Press: 160x5,5,4,2
Chins: 7,4,5,5
Weight: 239

Links:YouTube

My last rep of the 2nd set of presses was about 10 seconds long, so I'm not super bummed about failing the last rep of the 3rd set.