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A Fat Teenager's Texas Method Training Log
*posted this in the wrong section, so I'm gonna re-post it in the right one
17 year old ex-football player, ran an LP starting towards the end of the FB season last year (September-December,) then somehow lost all of my gains over the course of January 2018. Spent the next few months not knowing what the hell to do next. I jumped from program to program (ran another shitty LP for about a month, 5/3/1, The Bridge, then 5/3/1 again) and finally decided to do something about my problems. So now I'm running a 4 Day Texas Method Split (have been since May), and this is a log of me on a journey to get back to where I was last year, and then some.
Stats:
Male, 5'8", 275
Best Lifts:
420x1 Squat
270x1 Bench
445x1 Deadlift
205x4 Press
Last edited by Malik Washington; 06-12-2018 at 10:21 PM.
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6/11/2018
Press Volume
185x5x3, x4, x4, x1, x1
LTE (lying tricep extensions)
72x10x3
My press has been in a hole ever since I moved out of state for the summer. Figure the reason is b/c I didn't do a proper reset after missing a week the week after I left. Still gonna go & gun for a 200x5 press on Thursday, if I don't get it I suppose I'll just do an actual reset. Also wondering if there's something wrong with my technique. Also, the commercial gym I'm currently training at is always busy, so I feel like I'm not getting as long of rest times in between sets. All things I need to learn how to either adapt to or fix.
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6/14/18
Press Intensity
195x4, x2
Press Starts
205x3 (5 sec hold), 225x3 (5 sec hold) 245x3 (5 sec hold, 265x3 (5 sec hold)
Wanted 200x5 today, since I've done it before & am currently frustrasted as hell that I've dug myself in this hole. Could tell after I did 185 for a warmup that 200x5 was not happening. I fucked up on my first set with 195 (bar hit the rack) and I figure I didn't give myself enough rest between the two sets, as to why I only got 4. Good news is, I'm outta that shithole commercial gym & have found an amazing powerlifting gym as my new home. Squats & pulls tomorrow.
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6/15/18
Squat & Deadlift Intensity
340x5 - Squat
370x5
335x5x2 - Deadlift
1x10, 1x8, 1x5, 1x10 - Back Extension w/ 50lb chain
Deadlifts feel amazing. They have felt & looked so wrong for months and today I feel like I finally figured shit out. It isn't exactly the perfect 5 step routine, but nothing feels lose & out of line. Still think I'm too upright on squats, but considering I couldn't train my squat & pull volume this week, I'll take it. Gotta work on it though.
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6/18/18
Press Volume
175x5x5
LTE
77x3x10
First day of my press reset, looks like I won't be pressing 225 before my family goes on vacation. Oh well, I got time.
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6/19/18
Squat & Pull Volume
Squat:
325x4, x3
RDL:
165x5x3
Squats felt like absolute dog shit today. Don't know what's up with that.
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6/21/18
Press Intensity
190x5
Pin Press
170x5x2
Felt good to actually complete a 5RM again. Kinda funny because I train at a gym where the layback press is viewed as dangerous & wrong, so I'm always getting yelled at for it. Ready to squat & pull tomorrow though.
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6/22/18
Squat & Deadlift Intensity
Squat:
350x5
Deadlift:
380x5
345x5x2
Back Extensions:
5x8 - +50lbs
AM training sessions are great. As long as you're in the right gym it seems. Can't wait to be pulling on 405 again here in a couple weeks.
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6/26/18
Squat & Deadlift Volume
Squat:
335x5x4
SLD:
250x5x3
Back Extensions:
15lb x8x5
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6/28/18
Press Intensity
Press:
185x2, x4
175x4
165x5
135x5x3
LTE
72x10x3
Don't even know what the hell was going through my head today. Press 2.0 has been feeling like absolute dogshit so I decided to switch to a 1.0-ish. Probably not a good idea after missing Monday's volume session. Seems like all I do is make un-wise decisions nowadays.
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