Started lifting in my garage last night. Hilarious.

[patrickstahl]

I’ve wasted enough time on this forum. I might as well start a log to see if it will help with my consistency. I’ve been meaning to get my log into the forum for a while. I’m sure it says something about my personality and behavior that it’s taken so long, but I’m not sure what.

Brief training history:
Log entry from 17Dec11
Fun with kettlebells
Squat: 3x5 145 (off of cinderblocks and some rickety saw horses)
Press: 3x5 115
Clean 4x3 135
Dead 1x5 285

5Nov12 – started a program by Andy Baker. 3 times a week. One lift a day. Singles on Moday, triples on Wednesday, 5’s on Friday.

PR’s as of early 2013
1x1
Squat: 395
Dead: 400
Press: 195
Bench: 285
PC: 187

Didn’t do jack for the summer of 2013 because I was simultaneously busy and lazy.
Started back up on 24Aug13 with a monster squat of 3x5 275. Per the log, it was heavy.

Dinked around the rest of 2013 and most of 2014. Squatting enough to stay in the low 300’s and inconsistently enough to be sore. A lot. Did two training sessions with a former SSC, Grant M., in Iowa in the fall of 2013.
Summer of 2014, I found out my cholesterol was high. But I got over that scare because I haven’t done much about it. Weight loss, macro counting, and training has been inconsistent.

Goals: Add weight to the bar. Remove weight from the gut. Consistent conditioning. Consistent macro counting (I love carbs and they love me). Clean the garage. Spend more time with the kids. Finish War and Peace.

And I’m going to do it…Tomorrow.

[patrickstahl]

23Aug14 – Figure out where I’m at
Squat 4x2 345
High on last rep
Press 3x5 135

9Sep14
Squat 2x5 320
1x3 320
1x2 320
Keep chest up
Gassed – skip bench

17Sep14
Press 3x5 140
Squat 2x3 335
Chins 5x1

20Sep14
Bench 3x5 210
PC 1x3: 135,145,155
1x2 165
3x1 170
Dead work up to 1x1 365
Failed 385
1x1 345

And later that day, in workboots and jeans, without warming up, I pulled 345 again. It popped up so quick I took a couple steps back on the platform. Lucky I didn’t get hurt. But – with jeans, my regular belt, and weight lifting belt – getting into position was really tough. During my regular deads, I’m not getting tight enough. Hey – maybe I should remember that. Lack of conditioning is affecting (or is it effecting?) my squats.

[patrickstahl]

22Sep14

Restart KSC’s program

Singles

Press 2x1 185
1x1 175
5x1 165

Squat 1x5 325
1x5 315

50 push ups
24Sep14

Triples

Squat 1x3 350
2x3 345
1x3 315

55 push ups

26Sep14

5’s

Bench 2x5 225
1x5 205
1x5 215
1x5 220

1x6 elliptical intervals. Resistance ’10’. All out for 20 seconds. Slow for 1:40.


1Oct14
1’s and 3’s

Dead 1x1 345, 385
0x1 410
2x1 405
1x2 365
1x1 365

Press 1x3 170
1x2 170
1x1 170 (push)
1x3 155
1x3 160
1x1 160

4Oct14
5’s

Squat 2x5 330
2x5 315

Didn’t puke, but thought about it.
 

6Oct14

Patience conditioning
Sit in a combine 1x6 days

11Oct14

PC 1x3 135, 145, 155, 165
1x2 175
1x1 185, 190, 190

Squat 335 2x5 last rep high. A real grind.

16Oct14
Patience conditioning
Vacation with the wife to make up for taking vaction to combine
Inclined tread mill walk
Hike in Az. 3 miles turned into 12. Didn’t die. Conditioning slowly improving.

20Oct14

PC 1x3 135, 145, 155, 165
1x1 175, 185, 190
0x1 195

3’s
Dead 385 1x2, 1x1
345 1x3, 1x1, 2x1, 1x1

I don’t remember what was going on with these deads. Looks like it sucked.

24Oct14

Squat 335 2x5
305 1x5

5’s
Press 4x5 145
1x2 145. Hit the side of the rack. Quit.

Looks like I was cranky and didn’t bother to log some sessions.

29Oct
1’s
Squat 1x1 345, 365, 385, 405 – maybe. Could have been high. 385 was to depth – I hope
0x1 405
1x1 225 dead stop squat from pins. Was going to do more, but legs were jelly.
31Oct14
1’s
Bench 1x1 275
0x1 275
5x1 245
Pin press (8th hole from bottom)
1x1 225
1x1 205
1x5 155 (too light)

1Nov14
Dead 1x3 385

2Nov14

Bench 3x3 240
1x3 235

Dead 1x5 345

7Nov
Back to regular programming

1’s
Press 3x1 190
0x1 190
1x5 145

Pin press – lip level
5x1 165 – light, but can only do singles. Failed at doubles.

8Nov14
3’s
Squat 1x3 365
3x3 350

5’s
Bench 2x5 235
1x3 235 (hit the rack)
1x3 225 failed 4th rep.

9Nov14
Sore
PC 1x3 135, 145, 155
1x2 165, 175
1x1 185, 165
Sucked

10Nov14
Dead 1x1 345,365,385
0x3 415

WTF? Really thought I could grind this out.

Fun with KB’s

[patrickstahl]

12Nov
Conditioning 1x6 301; 1x6 cricket.

[patrickstahl]

14nov

Press 1x3 185
1x1 185
1x3 170
1x3 175
1x2 175
1x1 170

Last rep took 3 min. Had time to get As cup of coffee.

[Nick Klemetson]

You win for one of the better log titles in recent memory.

[Nate]

You win for one of the better log titles in recent memory.

I agree.

[Meshuggah]

Being a "Garage Gorilla" is the only way to go.

[patrickstahl]

15Nov14

Squat
1x5 340
1x5 340
1x5 315
1x5 325
1x5 325

[patrickstahl]

In honor of the thread that inspired this log’s title, I’ll offer up three stories.

#1. One of the dumber things I’ve done is squat off of saw horses propped up on cinder blocks. I knew this was a disaster waiting to happen, so I was always a little hesitant in my squats and was squatting high. When I got my rack, I really focused on shoving my knees out and making depth. First time I hit depth, I split my boxers in two.

#2. After a busy week, I was lifting at around midnight. I was tired, but I didn’t want to skip another workout. I had 225 on the bar. In my stupor, I pulled two plates off of one side. As I turned around, I watched the bar slowly pivot, dump the two remaining plates, then oscillate between smacking the top of the cage and the safety pin before the bar fell off and crashed into some shelving. I drank a beer and went to bed.

#3. I’m at the bottom of a squat, trying to grind out of the hole. Someone comes in and shows me a flower. I yelled at her and made her cry. Later, I felt bad since she was two, and my daughter. I found her to give her a hug and she asked “You nice now, or are you mean?”