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LOL my "muscle" ... Well buddy I gotta tell ya, I'll be the first to admit that I suck at pull-ups and chin-ups. But I'm improving -although the improvements are small- every day.
See, for me, I'm all about the thickness, you know? Specifically, I see all these dudes with HUGE biceps, triceps and delts, and in some cases HUGE pecs too, only they have puny, flimsy backs. It's like, other than arms, they're built like 15 year-olds. And I don't want to be that guy. I want a nice set of traps (and they're coming along), lats, and an all-around thick back, along with the pecs and the arms LOL I know that the chin-ups especially will help with that. So I'm working on it
Leonidas
Saturday's workout
08/20/2010
Squat (5x3)
250
Bench (5x3)
150
Power Clean (3x3)*
83.5
I did 3 sets of 3 in the p.clean, because the gym was closing, so I had to cut two sets. Form was not that good. My weight was 172.5 lbs, (2.5 lbs lighter than Thursday) b/c of dehydration being all day in the swimming pool in the sun.
The last set of the squats was a grinder, even though I rested for 12 mins. Let's see how it goes today.
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Good workout despite the early closure cutting your Power Cleans short. Good work on the squats as well. You have your momentum up, and do what you can to keep it up because it'll definitely feel grinding for a while now that you're passing the big 250. No worries though, you're strong, getting stronger AND you're doing light days in the middleKeep up the good work and you'll be at 300 before you know it!
Leonidas
Thanks for the encouragement man. Yestarday was another day of shitting 3 times a day. I don't know wtf is happening, but this is happening too often. Yesterday's workout:
08/23/2010
Squat (5x3)
255
Press (5x3)
114
Deadlift (5x1)
243
The last set of squats was again a grinder, and on the last rep, bar speed slowed a lot. Today I will have to eat much more, trying to add some weight after the food and water I lost yesterday - weight yesterday was 174 lbs. Yesterday I started microloading on the press, and did the deadlift with a mixed grip.
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LOL I remember when I was shitting 5 or 6 times per day...
Good work on the 255! You're keeping your momentum up and making it happen and that's great!! Nice press and deadlift too, by the way
As to the food, some extra lamb and some cheese should do you right ;D
Leonidas
Shitting 5 or 6 times a day? Damn, that's a lot man, you must have read a lot of newspapers back thenOriginally Posted by gamedog
LOL I remember when I was shitting 5 or 6 times per day...
Good work on the 255! You're keeping your momentum up and making it happen and that's great!! Nice press and deadlift too, by the way
As to the food, some extra lamb and some cheese should do you right ;D. The deadlift is my preferred exercise. And today I just ate some lamb
Leonidas
Wednesday's workout:
08/25/2010
Light Day
Squat (5x2)
205
Bench (5x3)
155
Chinup
6+4+5
Hanging Leg Raises
Weight 174.9 lbs.
I love Wednesday! Bench is begining to feel heavy, I'll probably start microloading. The chinups didn't go that well, I felt kind of tired after the bench press, and didn't do them with enough conviction - next time I'll try harder. Anyway, thank God for Light Day!
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LOL Light Wednesday is great, you're 100% right about that. You'll be good to go for another PR today, too
I suck at chin ups ... I'm just trying to take my time and eventually I'll get there
Leonidas
Take it easy with the chins. They are an accessory exercise and should be treated as such. Don't worry, just try your best every time you do them. Eventually you'll be smocking 'em!
Leonidas
Friday's workout:
08/27/2010
Squat (5x3)
260
Press (5x3)
117
Power Clean (3x5)
78
Squat felt heavy, especially the second set. On the third set I focused more on the tightness, and it went well. On P.Clean I deloaded a little bit b/c I wanted better form and I got it. Apparently I don't lower myself at all when I rack the bar, but I should so let's see how it goes next time.
On the weekend I screwed up recovery big time. I was by the beach for 2 days, spending a lot of calories and eating was very bad. So I decided to do a Light Squat on Monday. When I went to the gym, I realized I had lost 2 pounds of bodyweight, so it was a good decision.
Monday's workout (weight 173 lbs)
08/30/2010
Light Day
Squat (5x2)
210
Bench (5x3)
160.5
Deadlift (5x1)*
243
*I did a mistake on the Deadlift, b/c I did the same weight as the workout the last week. This is what happens when you don't take your log with you on the gym.
Today is EAT day!
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