Pyrosis's Starting Strength log

[pyrosis]

This afternoon I climbed, four pitches all 5.10 to 5.11.

Then I lifted. I tried to wear my new Rips but they are way too small. Have to send them back. Seriously, they are at least 1" shorter than Chucks of the same size (13).

Squats
45x5
65x5
95x5
125x3
155x2
195x5/5/5

no problems here. didnt video myself this time. Felt fine. Bar speed was good.

Bench
45x5
65x5
85x5
95x3
115x2
135x5/5/5

milestone for me: one plate! Pathetic that it is even a milestone, but so it goes.

Deadlift
45x5
95x5
115x5
135x3
185x2
215x5

felt good, felt hard. my face turned all red and veins popped out in my forehead. i might start wearing my new belt next workout, im starting to become afraid of herniating my small intestine through my inguinal canal during a deadlift attempt!

This workout felt as good as any in the past. I give credit to sleeping and eating. Apparently at this stage in the game I can still get away with climbing and not have my lifting suffer. Which is good. Because climbing is more important to me.

[pyrosis]

Lifted some weights...

squat
45x5
65x5
95x5
125x3
155x2
200x5/6(!)/6(!)

wtf? i cant count today. the last rep on the last two sets felt hard, didnt find out til i watched my video that i had done 6.. duh

bar speed on the first five of all three sets was good. will do 205 friday.

press
45x5
55x5
65x5
75x3
85x2
104x5/5/5

first time using fractional plates. they look funny, but they definitely weigh something. feeling a pinching pain in my left shoulder. was able to complete all reps but bar speed quite slow by the end. will try 107 next workout.

pulldowns
50x5
75x5
105x5
135x3
165x2
195x5/5/5

felt heavy, but felt doable. will go to bodyweight pullups for 3x5 next time they come up.

[pyrosis]

Lift

squat
45x5
75x5
105x5
135x3
165x2
205x5/5/5

while this felt do-able, my form felt shitty. Bringing the camera in next time. Also could be because its my second session squatting with a belt (work sets only). I still prefer without. Is there something wrong with me?

Bench
45x5
65x5
85x5
105x3
115x2
140x5/5/5

felt totally doable

deads

65x5 (used 10lb training plates from rogue.. ahhh so nice to pull warm up sets from the ground properly..!)
95x5
125x5
155x3
185x2
230x5

used a belt on this set too. my first rep i thought i blew something out but I think it was just the belt digging into the bottom of my ribcage. eh... cant say i like the damn belt yet. but it went ok. 245 next time.

[3PU]

Hey, how's the progression coming?