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Session 26: 7 minute bike warm up
Squat: 45x2x5, 90x1x5, 140x1x3, 185x1x2, 235x3x5<PR>
Press: 45x2x5, 60x1x5, 80x1x3, 95x1x2, 117.5x3x5<PR>
Power Clean: 45x2x5, 70x1x5, 90x1x3, 110x1x2, 135x5x3<PR>
I wasn't too sure about going in and lifting today. Having a sore throat, cough, and runny nose while lifting SUCKS. My children seem to have infected me with their cold. I was also worried that I wasn't recovered enough as I was still sore from Monday's lifting. Then I decided to "man up" and get my ass in the gym. Things worked ok for me this time.
Squats were tough and there was one rep where the bar slowed to a crawl, but I managed to do what needed to be done with proper form. Presses were once again a bitch, but not unexpected. Power cleans were feeling a bit heavy. Still trying to get the movement down. I'll get there eventually.
Fuck this, I am hungry. Lunch time!
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It seems I might have underestimated the mighty cold. Either that or I have strep. Gonna see the doc tomorrow if things haven't improved. I was up all night last night coughing and blah blah blah.... no more bitching from me. So... no lifting today, just don't have the energy to do anything, let alone lift. Kinda frustrating since I missed a workout last week as well. However, I have added 150lbs to my squats in the two months since I started. My weight has remained within a few pounds of when I got going on SS as well (230). Not too shabby for a fattie who hadn't used a barbell before SS. Looking forward to keeping on the program and getting stronger.
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Session 27: 7 minutes on the bike.
Squat: 45x2x5, 95x1x5, 140x1x3, 190x1x2, 240x3x5<PR>
Bench: 45x2x5, 85x1x5, 115x1x3, 145x1x2, 167.5x3x5<PR>
Deadlift: 110x1x5, 170x1x3, 240x1x2, 285x1x5<PR>
Apparently, I just had a severe cold. Dosed myself with nyquil over the weekend and got some good rest in. Pretty good session for me today. Lifting on cold meds feels a bit wonky, but things progressed nicely.
Squats were hard, but not too hard. Still more in the tank on those. Should hit 250 on Friday. Bench was terribly difficult for me. I might need to drop the weight increases on those to 1.5lbs instead of 2.5. We'll just have to wait and see how things go next time.
I used hook grip on my deadlift work set. That really helped me get the weight up there and lock it out properly. Thumb started to slip on the last rep though. Of course, today of all days I forgot the chalk at home. This was the first time I actually felt that I could use it, and I stupidly left it behind!
Another thing you shouldn't forget when going to the gym is your socks... Lifting without them isn't very pleasant (for me at least). I was very glad to be back in the gym! Time to reread some sections in SS.
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Session 28: 7 minutes bike warm up
Squat: 45x2x5, 95x1x5, 145x1x3, 195x1x2, 245x3x5<PR>
Press: 45x2x5, 65x1x5, 75x1x3, 95x1x2, 120x2x5, 120x1x4
Power Clean: got my warm ups in and then had to leave (kid got sick)
So, I missed another training day this past Wednesday. No excuses from me. I can really tell a difference in training 3 days a week versus 2. I must get my shit together and get in there 3 days a week. Things feel much better for me when I get in there 3 times a week.
Squats were slow and very heavy for me. Still managed to get the sets/reps in with proper form. Press was really tough. Thanks to my fucking up the schedule I'm not getting enough pressing in. Will be sure to get back on track on Monday. I'm gonna repeat this workout.
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Late Post, this will be from Monday's session:
Session 29: 7 minutes bike warm up
Squat: 45x2x5, 100x1x5, 150x1x3, 200x1x2, 250x3x5<PR>
Press: 45x2x5, 65x1x5, 75x1x3, 95x1x2, 120x3x5<PR>
Power Clean: 45x2x5, 75x1x5, 95x1x3, 115x1x2, 14x5x3<PR>
Pretty good all things considered. Got some good rest in over the weekend and hit PR's on everything.
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Session 30: 7 minute bike warm up
Squat: 45x2x5, 100x1x5, 150x1x3, 200x1x2, 255x3x5<PR>
Bench: 45x2x5, 85x1x5, 115x1x3, 150x1x2, 170x1x3, 170x1x3, 170x1x2
Deadlift: 115x1x5, 175x1x3, 250x1x2, 295x1x5<PR>
Note to self: STOP playing video games til the wee hours of the morning. As much fun as Alan Wake and Red Dead Redemption are, I am not as young as I used to be. 
Squats were really tough but doable. It was a real grind it out affair for me. If i hit my reps on Friday I might need to consider programming in a light day on Wednesdays.
Bench went to shit. Not sure if it was my tiredness or my form or both. But I really struggled to get anything here. I'm probably gonna reset that and see how things go.
Deadlifts really took it out of me this time. Felt pretty wiped out after getting them in. Gonna switch to smaller jumps from here on. Still though, I am making progress.
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Late post, from Monday:
session 31: 7 minute bike warm up
Squat: 45x2x5, 100x1x5, 155x1x3, 205x1x2, 260x3x5<PR>
Press: 45x2x5, 65x1x5, 85x1x3, 100x1x2, 121.5x2x5, 121.5x1x3
Power Clean: Ran out of time before I could get these in, gym was closing.
Failed presses again. Gotta face the facts here: I am NDTP. Missing as many workouts as I have has limited my successes in the gym. I need to get back on track and get my ass in the gym and under the bar. Gonna reread SS and put a higher priority on getting to the gym and getting back on SS. That and emphasizing sleep should really help, especially the sleep part. Wife thinks I might have sleep apnea. Gonna make an appointment with the Doc and get a recommendation from him. Would help explain why my ass always feels as though it is dragging.
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Session 32: 12 minute bike warm up.
Squat: 45x2x5, 105x1x5, 155x1x3, 210x1x2, 265x3x5<PR>
Bench: 45x2x5, 75x1x5, 105x1x3, 135x1x2, 150x3x5 (reset)
Deadlift: 135x2x5, 180x1x3, 255x1x2, 300x1x5<PR>
Bicep curls: 45x2x5, 65x1x5, 75x3x5 <lol @ me>
Still waiting to hear back from the Doc on seeing a sleep specialist. The past couple of days I have managed to get to sleep before 11:30pm so that's been kinda nice.
Going into today's session I was feeling pretty wiped out. Spent a bit longer warming up and on my squat warm ups to see how I felt. Hell, even the last couple warm up reps felt heavy. I decided to just go for it and see how it went. Squats went well enough. A bit slow, but the form was where it needed to be.
I reset the bench after having so much trouble with it the past few times. Reread that section of SS and really paid attention to my form while doing these. I'll be making small jumps on this in an attempt to get past where I stalled out at.
Deadlifts were an exercise in patience for me. Some old guy was using the platform for jamming the barbel in the corner, weighting up one end of it, then grabbing it and pushing/pulling it up above his head. It took him forever to get done and when he finally left he didn't bother to wipe down all the fucking sweat he left all over the damn place. So I grabbed another towel and proceeded to clean up his shit while cursing at him for being such an inconsiderate bastard. Since he was on another exercise close to me I could tell he heard every word out of my mouth. 
Fucker better not do it again. Needless to say that was great motivation for me and deads were no problem. Good to be back on track.
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Session 33
Warm Up- 10 minutes on the bike
Squat- 45x2x5, 105x1x5, 160x1x3, 215x1x2, 270x3x5<PR>
Bench- 45x2x5, 75x1x5, 105x1x3, 135x1x2, 152.5x3x5
Deadlift- 120x2x5, 180x1x3, 255x1x2, 305x1x5<PR>
First week back after after a little vacation. I had to force myself into the gym today, lol.
Squats were tough. Warm ups went well enough, but the work sets were killer. I had to really go over a mental checklist when I was squatting today. Gotta make sure that I am staying tight through the whole movement. When I was finished with the sets I was feeling pretty lightheaded. Wonder if that's normal? I'd better go look that up, lol.
Bench was a bit off due to still feeling a bit lightheaded when I started the sets. Otherwise things progressed as expected.
Deadlifts were fine. I suppose I need to start lifting with a belt on these. Gonna have to figure that out.
After my week long furlough I think it's time to reread SS. Need to hammer that stuff home and back at it. I have a backpacking trip to Glacier N.P. scheduled at the end of this summer so I need to look into changing up the programming some. I still want focus on strength but I have to get my aerobic endurance up so I don't kill myself on the trip. So, really gotta look at what I need to do to prep for that. Maybe some running/sprinting/swimming followed by loaded pack hill climbing... we'll see. Screw the triple digit heat here in Texas, I really hate running here during the summer!
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Session 34
Warm Up- 7 minute bike ride
Squats- 45x2x5, 85x1x5, 125x1x3, 170x1x2, 215x3x5 (light day)
Press- 45x2x5, 65x1x5, 85x1x3, 100x1x2, 120x3x5
Power Clean- 45x2x5, 70x1x5, 90x1x3, 110x1x2, 135x5x3
SO.... I started a couch to 5K running program on Tuesday. Started off with a 5 minute warm up walk followed by 60 seconds of running and 90 seconds of walking alternating for 20 minutes, then a 5 minute cool down walk. It was awful, my aerobic capacity is complete shit.
Until I get my aerobic endurance up I might have to switch to a Monday/Thursday lifting schedule with running on Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday. Current schedule is going to be lifting on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday with running on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. I am afraid that this schedule might not give me enough recovery time though. Seems a bit much, but I'll give it a week or two and see.
Workout was OK overall. Redid the weights I used before as my training has been too sporadic to justify another weight increase.
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