Reply With QuoteWednesday 6 June 2012
TRAINING
Light Day
SSB Squat
2 x 95kg/209lb x 5
Press
3 x 56kg/123.5lb x 3
Weighted Chin Up
3 x 7.5kg/16.5lb x 5
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Dave's TM Log
Hello. The name's Dave and I live in Melbourne, Australia. I used to powerlift a couple years back, got back into it early last year then got injured (non lifting related) and didn't lift for the second half of 2011. Got back into training sometime in January.
I just took a week and a half off while i was on holiday. Now I'm starting back up on the Texas Method. I've been dropping weight the last couple months. I've been doing the 'Leangains' protocols and it's been going really well. DEXA scans confirm that I've lost about 6kg fat and no lean mass loss. My last scan on 23 May (pre holiday) had me at 84kg/185lb @13.7% (too skinny at 6' tall!). I'll probably continue for about another month then start gaining some weight again. I've adjusted the diet to include a pretty heavy carb up on volume day.
Training setup:
Mon: squat 4x5, bench 4x5, RDL 3x5, couple sets of ab work
Weds: SSB squat 2x5 @ 75% of Monday, press 3x3, weight chins 3x5
Fri: squat 5RM, bench 5RM, deadlift 5RM
Couple questions...
1 - is it okay what do you guys think about the extra day rest after light day? I can't lift on Tuesday for the time being and I do intensity day with a friend on Saturday. I'm guessing it will be fine.
2 - doing weighted chins on light day. Does this effect intensity day too much? In my case with the extra rest day I'm guessing it wont matter!
Recent PRs
Squat: 162.5kg x 4
Bench: 105kg x 5
Deadlift: had a bit of a bunt back, been taking it easy. But I'll be good to go now.
And without further ado:
Monday 4 June 2012
TRAINING
Volume Day
Squat
4 x 125kg/275lb x 5
Bench Press
4 x 85kg/187lb x 5
RDL
3 x 90kg/198lb x 5
Toes to Bar
2 x 5
Notes
First day back in 10 days. All lifts were a bit **** at first but improved each set. First time doing toes to the bar.
Last edited by BarbellJunkie; 06-06-2012 at 05:50 AM. Reason: Whoops
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Wednesday 6 June 2012
TRAINING
Light Day
SSB Squat
2 x 95kg/209lb x 5
Press
3 x 56kg/123.5lb x 3
Weighted Chin Up
3 x 7.5kg/16.5lb x 5
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Saturday 9 June 2012
TRAINING @1.00pm
Intensity Day
Squat
147.5kg/325lb x 5
Bench Press
97.5kg/215lb x 5
Deadlift
150kg/330lb x 5
Notes
Not feeling 100% back into the swing of things, strength is definitely down from pre-holiday. But I think I should be getting back to full steam soon enough.
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Thoughts re: TM progression
So I've been thinking about the 'Solutions to Observed Trends' chart on page 31 of Lascek's TM eBook which allows classification of intensity and volume days into categories of light/medium/hard/very hard.
I've decided to try to refine these classifications into something more concrete and consistent and have come up with this:
Volume day
Very hard = failure/0-1 reps left in the tank on the hardest set
Hard = 1-2 reps left on the hardest set
Medium = 3-4 reps left on the hardest set
Easy = 5+ reps left on the hardest set
Intensity day:
Very hard = failure/0 reps left
Hard = 1 rep left
Medium = 2 reps left
Easy = 3+ reps left
Do you guys think this sounds about right?
Applying this to this week's training
Squat
VD = easy-medium
ID = hard
Bench
VD = easy-medium (i'll make a proper note this week for VD)
ID = hard
Deadlift
ID = easy-medium
Progression: progress both VD and ID 2.5kg next week.
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Sounds about right to me. (I have only been doing TM for about 3 weeks though.)Originally Posted by BarbellJunkie
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I think it will vary a bit depending on the rep schemes, but with some common sense it should work.
Monday 11 June 2012
TRAINING @5.00PM
Volume Day
Squat
4 x 127.5kg/281lb x 5 (easy-medium)
Bench Press
4 x 87.5kg/193lb x 5 (medium-easy)
RDL
3 x 95kg/209lb x 5
Toes to Bar // Press
2 x (BW x 6 // 30kg x 10)
Notes
Squat form felt loose, but plenty in the tank. Bench was solid. I'm going to do light bench on recovery day instead of press as I want to focus on the powerlifts. For the sake of shoulder health I'll do some light press a couple times a week.
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Wednesday 13 June 2012
TRAINING
Light Day
SSB Squat
Started my workset at 97.5kg and had to stop due to knee pain.
Bench Press
2 x 80kg/176lb x 5
Chin Up
3 x 10kg x 5
Notes
Pissed off with this knee pain. I had the same thing in February. It's a actually inflammation/a tear of one of my quad muscled. Reallllllyyyyy need to do more mobility work...
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I should add that I'm 99% sure it's my rectus femoris... I had some hip pain that Came and went, the. A day later I get knee pain in the same leg. Conincidence? I think not.
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Friday 15 June 2012
Intensity Day
Squat
150kg/330lb x 5 - medium
Bench Press
100kg/220lb x 5 - medium
Deadlift
155kg/341lb x 5 - easy
Notes
Much improved session compared to last week. I will increase squat and bench volume and intensity by 2.5kg and deadlift by 5kg.
Last edited by BarbellJunkie; 06-15-2012 at 07:23 AM.
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Hey, Im in Melbourne to. What are those mats on your DL platform, and where did you get them? What kind of plywood did you get? I was going to get yellow tongue, but it's $40 for 3.6m by .9m, way too much for my 7ft bar.
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