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NANM, W11D4
Squat: 325x3x4
Body says I needed this light day. First triple at 325 felt like my Tuesday triple at 375.
Deadlift: 420x3, 360x3x3
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NANM, W12D1
Press: 182.5x5x4
In my bleary-eyed state at 0430, I read this as sets of 5, so I did 20 reps. When I logged afterwards I realize coach had Rx'd four triples (12 reps). Wups. It came up though.
Bench: 265x5x4
Putting in work.
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NANM, W12D2
Squat: 380x3, 300x5x3
Deadlift: 395x5, 4, 3
RX for deadlifts was sets of 4 again, for 12 reps. I did 12 reps, but once again went 5/4/3. So I can count a new 5-rep post-surgery PR.
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NANM, W13D1
Bench: 270x9, 6, 5
20 reps was the Rx.
Press: 190x5, 4, 3
12 rep Rx.
Press (5:00 Density): 165x24
24 reps in 5 minutes, sets not greater than 5. Used to do density blocks often back in goody bodybuilding days, but this was the first time my coach has ever prescribed it. A fun one-time or occasional diversion that gets a buttload of volume stacked in short time.
Notes on that: Stripping wrist wraps and belt was a time consuming part of the density block.
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NANM, W13D2
Squat: 385x3, 305x5x3
Deadlift: 400x5, 4, 3
Got my new top triple on squat, and got 12 reps at 400 for DL. Good day.
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Great work Geoff! Consistency is admirable
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Thanks man! Consistency is about to take a (hopefully brief) dump, as I'll explain below.
NANM W13D3
Last week Thursday, forgot to log it.
Bench: 295x5, 4, 3
12 reps, and a new post-surgery top 5.
Press: 202.5x5, 175x5x3
New post-surgery top 5.
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NANM, W14D1
So ... missed day 4 last week. They closed the gym Friday, and we scrambled to find a location to lift. We found one, but then Friday morning I woke to my wife Julie sobbing with pain. The poor dear had been suffering for 7 hours, staying quiet to let me sleep. She's too good to me. Pain was acute; we had her transported by ambulance to GLWACH for evaluation. Won't get into the weeds except to say she's fine now after a 4-day stay split across 2 hospitals, and I spent the weekend sitting in hospital recliners. My parents flew in from Phoenix to watch the kids.
I'll only get 2 training days this week before we all take a 7-day vacation out further east. I'm grateful Julie's well enough to still do our planned trip; we haven't taken the kids anywhere in quite some time and she especially has been looking forward to it.
ANYHOO ... two training days followed by a week away, I hit top sets only this week, no backoffs, and will probably lose some ground but hey, I'm okay with it short-term. Monday and Tuesday below:
NANM, W14D1 and D2
Press: 205x5
Another post-surgery PR on that elbow ... and it's only 2.5lbs off of my lifetime best set of 5 presses. Woot.
Bench: 330x1
25lb PR on post-repair work.
Squat: 395x2
+10lbs over most I've had on my back in many months, and managed to ride it for a triple.
Deadlift: 455x1
+30lbs to post-surgery deadlift.
Okay. Got some new post-op bests posted; hoping the week away doesn't set me back too far (especially since I'm going to have an unavoidable 2-week layoff in late July).
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W15D1
Session 1 of 2 planned for this week. Just back from a 7-day layoff for vacation.
Squat: 335x5, 4, 3
RX was four triples (12 reps). Got my 12 reps in cheeky-style. A little wobbly and Bambi-legged after a week away and no real volume last week, but got it in.
Deadlift: 435x2, 370x6, 3
RX was 435x3. Couldn't get the last rep. Still managed to double my first backoff set to get done in "two touches."
Also, I'm off creatine for a week now. Need to build that back up in my system.
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W15D2
Late post. This happened 2 July 2021.
Bench: 300x5, 4, 3 Video of 5 at Login • Instagram
Prescribed 12 reps, wanted a new best-five post surgery.
Press: 205x3, 177.5x5x3
Putting in work.
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