MovingTarget's "It doesn't really matter so no pressure" Training Log
I'm a 37yr old male, weigh about 205lbs now up from ~195lbs and started lifting more seriously in late Feb of this year. I had been doing a 3x week routine I'd found at T-nation for about a year before that. A diet of way too many carbs and not nearly enough protein and meager equipment at the free "gym" near my workplace (bench, dumbbells to 75lbs and a chinup bar were the only notable things) was limiting my gains.
I'd been following SL 5x5 using a purchased 300lb Oly weight set and lifting in my basement for several months until the volume started wearing me out and then dropped down to 3x5 on the squat, Floor press and OHP.
The routine I'm doing now is sort of the advanced novice routine laid out on the startingstrength wiki (yea I know -- no affiliation to Rip etc). I don't have access to a reverse hyper so I've been doing GMs instead.
Anyhow, enough about me.
Saturday Aug.14/2010 Workout (Deadlift day)
Squat -- 2x5 @ 215lbs
Floorpress -- 3x5 @ 206lbs (Microloading)
Deadlift -- 1x5 @ 350lbs -- Hook grip and chalk
Squat: Light day and easy so no belt.
Floor press: I'm trying to keep my elbows tucked close to my sides since I suffered some rotator cuff pain in my past and it took a very long time for it to heal. I don't want a repeat of that kind of pain -- thank-you very much. My shoulders have never been 100% since but what's done is done.
Deadlift: I got the first 3 reps without much drama but had to catch my breath on the 4th and 5th. I seem to be lowering the bar around my knees and my back was rounding a bit as well. Will post form vid for critique/verbal abuse.
Rolf Lemke