IWillLiveFreeOrDie's Starting Strength Log

[IWillLiveFreeOrDie]

Awesome, I look forward to hearing what you think of them. If you ordered last night I think they are sending free beanies out with every order. I just ordered a deadlift belt and straps from them a couple days ago.

[homerj742]

Awesome, I love free shit! lol

I need to get a good belt too. It will have to wait, slowly but surely!

[IWillLiveFreeOrDie]

February 8, 2010
Body Weight: 190 pounds

Squat

45X10X2
135X10
185X5
225X5
285X3
325X5

Press

45X10
95X5
110X5
125X5X2

I think lack of sleep is finally catching up to me. My wife and I had a baby boy on December 27th, and I have been living on 5-6 hours of interrupted sleep ever since. I'm hoping to return to a normal sleep schedule by March 1st.

I skipped Friday's workout, and last Wednesday's workout was cut short. Today after my first set of squats, which I backed off 10 pounds, I just didn't have the energy for 2 more sets. I decided to move on to presses, and was able to knock out 2 light work sets. My shoulders/elbows feel a lot better, and I should be able to get my press back over 145 soon.

I bought a new deadlift belt, and it feels good while pressing. We'll see on Wednesday how well it works for the deadlift. I may have gotten it too big, as it is velcro, and doesn't get as tight as my leather belt.

[homerj742]

I got the sleeves on monday and have used them in 2 training sessions. Like anything new into your training, they take some getting used to, and I have to be very aware of my form.

The results, however, are very positive. While my arms are still a bit beat up (I believe they're still healing), I'm not in excruciating pain after my workouts. In fact I've had no need for ibuprofen.

Elbow sleeves + stretching has been a very good combo. I say go for it if you can.

[IWillLiveFreeOrDie]

Thanks homer! I'm going to pick up a pair in a few weeks then.

[IWillLiveFreeOrDie]

I skipped Wednesday due to lack of sleep and recovery. This morning I woke up with a sore back, but decided to workout anyway. However, I changed things up with my workout. I wanted to try something a little new.

I decided to do sets of 10, and then do heavy walkouts. After I got to 405 on the walkouts I wanted to see what 325 felt like. It felt a lot lighter, and did 2 reps. I then did 5 easy reps with 275.

My back was still twitching so I just did a light set of presses and called it a day. My back is still complaining right now, but hopefully on Monday it will be good to go.

Squat

45X10
135X10
185X10
225X10

Heavy Walkouts

275X20 seconds
325X10 seconds
345X10 seconds
365X10 seconds
395X10 seconds
405X10 seconds

Squat

325X2
275X5

Press

45X10
95X5
115X5

[homerj742]

I saw a chiropractor about my arms. He said the brachii of the bicep is inflamed. He said it was definitely due to the way I was gripping the bar.

I was told to go back for a few more sessions to help with the inflammation and shoulder flexibility.

My lower back was feeling very tight too, he took care of that as well.

Just another suggestion for ya!

[IWillLiveFreeOrDie]

Did he adjust your back for the brachii, or some sort of massage?

I might look for a good chiro, but my last experience didn't go so well. I found a well-known sports chiro in Atlanta to treat my neck after I wrecked my bike on a practice day at the track. After a few weeks of it not helping I went to a neurologist, and the MRI showed my spinal column around C6 had narrowed from 12mm to 9mm. Anyways, a bad adjustment could have changed my life in a bad way.

[homerj742]

He did some sort of massage for the brachii, and told me to come back for a few more sessions. Also did an ultrasound (???) says it reduced the inflammation.

I asked him to adjust my back as my lower back was feeling very tight. Felt pretty good, but it's still not 100%. I will try it for a few more sessions...

[IWillLiveFreeOrDie]

February 15, 2010
Body Weight: 189 pounds

Squat

45X10
135X10
185X5
225X5
275X3
Walkout 325X10 seconds
Walkout 365X10 seconds
325X4
325X2
Pussy

Bench

45X10
95X5
135X5
185X5
185X5
185X5

Deadlift

135X5
225X3
275X1
325X5 PR

Chinups

BWX5X3

My bench is starting to feel a lot better. I think my shoulders/elbows are finally healing up. I wimped out on the squats. I just wasn't feeling it today. I did hit a PR with my deadlift. The straps and belt definitely aided me there.