The Wandering Freak

[The Emancipated Freak]

With a new program I leave my Starting Strength days behind me.

Bodyweight: 150 lbs. And I intend to change that!

I started the Bill Starr 5x5 today and was more winded and sweaty then tired. Vision began to fade at some points, merely a sign of too little oxygen and quickly remedied.

Squat: 120 lbs @ 1x5.
150 lbs @ 1x5.
180 lbs @ 1x5.
210 lbs @ 1x5.
240 lbs @ 1x5

Bench press: 65 lbs @ 1x5.
80 lbs @ 1x5.
95 lbs @ 1x5.
105 lbs @ 1x5.
125 lbs @ 1x5

Power clean:55 lbs @ 1x5.
65 lbs @ 1x5.
75 lbs @ 1x5.
85 lbs @ 1x5.
95 lbs @ 1x5.

Hope this is readable.

[The Emancipated Freak]

Wednesday; light day.

Squat: 120 lbs @ 1x5.
150 lbs @ 1x5.
180 lbs @ 2x5.

Easily done.

Press: 55 lbs @ 1x5.
65 lbs @ 1x5.
75 lbs @ 1x5.
85 lbs @ 1x5.

Once again, quite easy.

Deadlift: 170 lbs @ 1x5.
200 lbs @ 1x5.
230 lbs @ 1x5.
260 lbs @ 1x4.

Should have known better and started lower.

[The Emancipated Freak]

Squat: 125 lbs @ 1x5.
155 lbs @ 1x5.
185 lbs @ 1x5.
215 lbs @ 1x5.
245 lbs @ 1x3.
215 lbs @ 1x8.

Bench press: 70 lbs @ 1x5.
80 lbs @ 1x5.
90 lbs @ 1x5.
115 lbs @ 1x5.
130 lbs @ 1x5.
90 lbs @ 1x8.

Power clean: 95 lbs @ 4x5.
100 lbs @ 1x5.
85 lbs @ 1x8.

I made a very stupid mistake, I should have ramped up to the power clean on Friday.

[hamburgerfan]

You don't bump up the weight for all your sets on friday, just the top one, which will be a triple. You will then hit friday's triple for a set of 5 on monday, as well as bumping up your other sets. Also, you don't do the set of 8 for power cleans.

[The Emancipated Freak]

You don't bump up the weight for all your sets on friday, just the top one, which will be a triple. You will then hit friday's triple for a set of 5 on monday, as well as bumping up your other sets. Also, you don't do the set of 8 for power cleans.

Just goes to show you I'm an idiot.

Squat: 130 lbs @ 1x5.
160 lbs @ 1x5.
190 lbs @ 1x5.
220 lbs @ 1x5.
250 lbs @ 1x5.

Bench press: 75 lbs @ 1x5.
85 lbs @ 1x5.
95 lbs @ 1x5.
115 lbs @ 1x5.
135 lbs @ 1x5.
This was too easy, I felt, almost suspiciously easy.

Power clean: 65 lbs @ 1x5.
75 lbs @ 1x5.
85 lbs @ 1x5.
95 lbs @ 1x5.
105 lbs @ 1x5.


I had the most trouble with the lighter weights, I kept expecting a difficult jump and it didn't come until at least 95, and at some points during power cleans I almost lost control of the bar because of the excess force.

[The Emancipated Freak]

Well, because I'm a damned fool I set the press weight to 102.5 and failed the first rep on the first try and the last rep on the second.

Squat: 130 lbs @ 1x5.
160 lbs @ 1x5.
190 lbs @ 2x5.

Press: 57.5 lbs @ 1x5.
77.5 lbs @ 1x5.
87.5 lbs @ 1x5.
102.5 lbs @ 1x5.

Deadlift: 155 lbs @ 1x5.
185 lbs @ 1x5.
215 lbs @ 1x5.
245 lbs @ 1x5.

I really have to sort out this wrong weight crap right now.

[The Emancipated Freak]

I was helping a friend of hamburgerfan's with his power clean technique and I ended up with a new power clean PR of 120 lbs.

[The Emancipated Freak]

Squat: 130 lbs @ 1x5.
160 lbs @ 1x5.
190 lbs @ 1x5.
220 lbs @ 1x5.
255 lbs @ 1x3.
190 lbs @ 1x8.

Bench press: 75 lbs @ 1x5.
85 lbs @ 1x5.
105 lbs @ 1x5.
120 lbs @ 1x5.
137.5 lbs @ 1x5.
105 lbs @ 1x8.

Power clean: 65 lbs @ 1x5.
75 lbs @ 1x5.
85 lbs @ 1x5.
95 lbs @ 1x5.
110 lbs @ 1x3.

I'm pretty happy with how this session turned out, nothing is as difficult as last time around.

[The Emancipated Freak]

Squat: 135 lbs @ 1x5.
165 lbs @ 1x5.
195 lbs @ 1x5.
225 lbs @ 1x5.
255 lbs @ 1x5.

Bench press: 77.5 lbs @ 1x5.
87.5 lbs @ 1x5.
97.5 lbs @ 1x5.
112.5 lbs @ 1x5.
137.5 lbs @ 1x5.

Power clean: 65 lbs @ 1x5.
75 lbs @ 1x5.
85 lbs @ 1x5.
95 lbs @ 1x5.
110 lbs @ 1x5.

[The Emancipated Freak]

I now weigh 153 lbs, so apparently I'm doing something right.