This is Coach Charlie!
I just got off a crappy cut where I lost a lot of weight but also lost a lot of strength and I have decided that it is time to get more serious about gaining strength. I am getting back on a Starting Strength like program. For now, I am avoiding the press and the bench press because of some shoulder issues that had been plaguing me.
Hopefully, I will be back to pressing soon, since I have been doing a pre-hab workout routine for the shoulders.
Squat:
130 x 5 reps
130 x 5 reps
130 x 5 reps
Cable Row:
Did not record
It was interesting how heavy the squats felt. I may need to be sure to set my back properly before I squat next time.
This is Coach Charlie!
Height: 6 foot 1 inch
Weight: 180.8 lbs
Today's workout:
- Defranco Agile 8 Warmup
- Squats
45 x 5
45 x 5
75 x 5
95 x 3
115 x 2
125 x 1
135 x 5 (Felt Heavy)
135 x 5 (Felt sort of heavy)
135 x 5 (Felt less heavy than previous set)
-Various Cable Rows
Squats started out today feeling very heavy. Also had less mobility than usual in my posterior chain when warming up. Interestingly, my lower back had been kind of bothering me today until i did the squats. After two heavy sets of squats my back pain totally went away.
Shot some video tonight of the squats so I can post then in the form section. Feel like I might be arching my lower back a bit too much. Maybe not though.
Tomorrow I am going to do deadlifts.
Last edited by BrianBram; 09-21-2013 at 08:02 PM.
Weight: 181
(Posting this log in almost real time as I complete the sets using the tapatalk app.)
- Defranco agile 8 warmup
- Deadlift
45 x 5
45 x 5
75 x 5 (felt crazy light)
95 x 3 (felt light)
Last edited by BrianBram; 09-22-2013 at 05:48 PM.
- Agile 8 warmup
- Squats
140lbs x 5 reps
140 x 5
140 x 5
Tried to work on hip drive but couldn't seem to engage it as much as before. Might be because of the lighter weights of the reset. Might get easier to engage hips once weight goes up.
-Agile 8 Warm Up
-Squats
145 x 5
145 x 5
145 x 5
Deadlift
130 x 5 (felt heavier than I was expecting)
-Agile 8 warmup
-Squats
150 x 5
150 x 5
150 x 5
-Deadlift
135 x 5
-Ring Pull ups with hooks
BW x 3
BW x 3
BW x 2
It was hard to workout since the gym was being dismantled around me. Owner had a disagreement with his landlord and is getting evicted. Going to need to find a new gym in DFW with bumper plates, etc.
- Agile 8 warmup
- Squats
155 x 5
155 x 5
155 x 5 (all felt heavy and didn't feel like I was generating hip drive).
- Deadlift
145 x 5 (didn't feel that heavy)
Had to workout at LA fitness tonight. Which sucked...
- Agile 8 warmup
- Squats
160 x 5
160 x 5
160 x 5
(Felt heavy but not killer heavy)
- Deadlift
150 x 5 (didn't feel to bad)
- Power Clean
Worked up to 75 x 3
- Part of the Agile 8 Warm Up (Need to do the whole thing next time).
-Squat
165 x 5 (Felt heavy, didn't feel as much hip drive)
165 x 5 (Didn't feel too bad but still not enough hip drive)
165 x 5 (Worked on hip drive but and felt it more. Still, felt like my upper body was too horizontal. Need to continue working on this.)
Overall, the squats are starting to feel heavy but they do not feel like I am about to fail them. Just feel like I am starting to have to work more for each set. Starting to think that the reason I failed to increase my squats the last time I was on Starting Strength is because I simply didn't push myself enough. Not going to let that happen this time.
-Deadlift
145 x 5 (Didn't feel heavy)
It was a decent workout overall. I didn't eat a lot today and I definitely saw a performance decrease because of that. I also got sore in my quads for the first time at the gym. Might have been because of the not eating enough.
Going to go to bed early tonight so I can get plenty of rest for Wednesdays workout!!
Notes:
Just realized I should have gone to 155 on my deadlift. Oh well, will do 155 next workout.
Need to be sure to buy some chalk.
Last edited by BrianBram; 10-06-2013 at 08:25 PM.