It's been five months since my last post in the forums (link below). During the autumn after England's first lockdown I did the programme (8 weeks LP, 5 weeks Vanilla TM) and ended up with the follwing lifts;
I was pleased with this but disappointed to be halted like that. This time round I'm hoping to do even better - I only gained 18lg going from 162lb to 180 in three months, at 6'3", so I know there are some easy gains to be made there... here's hoping for a long and fruitful run! :)
Squats felt very light (as they should), but my hamstrings were slightly crampy so I kept it light. Press was somewhat disappointing - though it is historically my worst lift (6'7" wingspan...). All that made up for though by a delightfully solid 2 plate deadlift. God-willing this is a sign of good things to come :)
Session completed a day late as my brilliant idea to finish last session with some hamstring curls left me unable to walk for two days - still very sore today but I could reach below the knee with a flat back so I decided to go in and see. Ended up going up nicely for the squat and deadlift and was very pleased with the day 1 protocol for bench - fives felt good all the way up to a full plate...sign of things to come I hope.
EDIT: I also bought micro plates yesterday - first time through my press stalled too fast from taking big jumps so I will be avoiding that this time.
And today was tough too... all three lifts noticeably harder than last week. Maybe it was training after work for the first time? Maybe I just forgot how hard barbell training is? I guess we'll see :)
Squats are starting to feel like they used to and deadlifts felt much easier today than Thursday. However, Bench remains a technical shitshow - easy but oh so messy.
Everything felt hard today - and a miss on the deadlift was the result. Totally avoidable too... my diet has NOT been good enough (quality or quantity) so I will be rectifying that immediately.