Ignacio's Log

[cervicornis]

Damn, what I would give to be your age again. If you keep this up, you will be a very strong son of a bitch in 2-3 years time. So, keep it up.

If possible, re-post your squat check so that people don't have to break their necks to watch it.

You got greedy on the presses, and now you've dug yourself a hole. I'd recommend you deload to ~140 and ~85 and continue with 2.5 lb increases from there. Small jumps, but you want to extend your novice gains for as long as possible, and since you're 3-4 months into SS you might be getting towards the end of the novice period (at least for presses).

You might have stalled on the bench due to a technique problem, but it's far more likely that you stalled because you got greedy with the weight. Most people make this mistake at some point, the important thing is to learn from it.

[Ignacio Magana]

I didn't notice about the video being sideways since I upload it from my iPhone. But I'll repost it properly when I get home. Regarding what you said, I think it's a great Idea. Because the last reps on both presses were a bitch to complete. I'll deload to 140 on the bench and 85 on the press and go from there with small jumps to keep progress comming like you mentioned.

[cervicornis]

Sounds like a good plan. Those little 2.5 lb. jumps will quickly add up, especially when compared to being stalled for a few weeks.

[Ignacio Magana]

So ive been really busy these days, and didnt eat so well which kind of affected my recovery ability. It was such a shitty workout but who cares, ill be back on wednesday. Plus i played a lot of fucking football with my friends today haha kinda tired but still tried to lift

Squat
45x5x2
135x5
185x3
225x2
255x1 shit felt heavy
265x3,4
225x6

Press
45x5x2
65x5
95x2
95x2+2pushpressesx2
95x2+1PP

Chins
BWx4,4,2

[Ignacio Magana]

Squat
45x5x2
95x5
135x5
185x5
225x3
255x1
265x5,3,1

Squats felt fucking heavy specially the first set. Almost like a 5RM if you ask me. Im starting the advance novice program next week

Bench
45x5x2
95x5
115x2
135x1
145x5x3
2.5lbs jumps from now on. gotta think longterm

Deadlift
135x5
225x3
285x1
315x5 easy