Logan's SS Log

[Gatorwolf]

Background:

I'm 28 yrs old, 5'10", and 220lbs. As a wrestler and fighter in my late teens and early twenties I enjoyed a fairly good prime. Alas, I got married, took a desk job, and ballooned up to 260lbs in 4 short years. In Feb I finally had enough and decided to jump back on the horse. I got off the couch and started doing a combo of running and calisthenics. I dropped 40lbs rather quickly. I then put away my running shoes, laced up my Chuck's, and started lifting. I've been toying around with SS for the past month but finally bought the book a week ago and have decided to acctually "do the program". I'm curious to see what I can do.

Day 1

Squat:
2x5 45
1x5 95
1x5 135
1x2 205
3x5 240

Bench:
2x5 45
1x5 135
1x2 205
3x5 225

Deadlift:
2x5 135
1x5 225
1x1 275
1x5 295

[Gatorwolf]

Day 2

Squat:
2x5x45
1x5x95
1x3x145
1x2x195
1x5x245
2x5x240

Press:
2x5x45
1x5x70
1x3x90
1x2x110
3x5x135

Power Clean:
2x5x45
1x5x75
1x3x100
1x2x120
5x3x145

I missed my 5lb increase on my squat. My form broke down on 5th rep of my first set at 245. I reduced to 240 and finished the last two sets. I'm not sure what to chalk it up to, hopefully it was just a bad day. I'll try 245 again on Monday.

[Gatorwolf]

Day 3

Squat:
2x5 45
1x5 95
1x5 135
1x2 205
2x5 245
1X5 240

Bench:
2x5 45
1x5 135
1x2 205
3x5 225

Deadlift:
2x5 135
1x5 225
1x1 275
1x5 305

[Gatorwolf]

Day 4

Squat:
2x5x45
1x5x95
1x3x145
1x2x195
3x5x245

Press:
2x5x45
1x5x65
1x3x95
1x2x105
3x5x140

Power Clean:
2x5x45
1x5x95
1x1x135
5x3x155

I felt great this morning. I finally hit 245 on squats without any breakdown in form. I also jumped 5lbs in my press and 10lbs in my power clean. I attribute todays success to steak burittos and Ambein.

[Gatorwolf]

Day 5

Squat:
3x5 250

Bench:
3x5 230

Deadlift:
1x5 315

Didn't feel like it today but dragged my ass to the gym anyway. I felt strong and progressed all my lifts. As a side note I had some guy come behind me in the rack in the middle of my last set of squats. I had to yell at the dude to back the F*** off between reps and gave him an ear full afterwards. The reason he gave was someone squatting that kind of weight needs a spotter. The same guy and his workout buddy were half squatting 135 with a pad in the rack next to me. Goal for 2011 build a garage gym.

[Gatorwolf]

Saturday May 14th

Squat:
3x5 255

Press:
3x5 140

Power Clean:
5x3 155

[Gatorwolf]

Tuesday May 17th

Squat:
2x5 45
1x5 95
1x3 135
1x1 225
3x5 260

Bench:
2x5 45
1x5 95
1x3 135
1x2 185
3x5 235

Deadlift:
2x5 135
1x5 225
1x1 275
1x4 325

I think its about time I started chalking up seeing as how my grip failed and I couldn't get my last deadlift rep.

[Gatorwolf]

Thursday May 19th

Squat:
2x5 45
1x5 95
1x5 135
1x1 225
3x5 265

Press:
2x5 45
1x3 95
3x5 145

Power Clean:
1x5 45
1x5 95
1x1 135
5x3 160

[Gatorwolf]

Sunday May 22nd

Squat:
2x5 45
1x5 95
1x3 135
1x1 225
3x5 270

Bench:
2x5 45
1x5 95
1x3 135
1x2 185
3x5 245

Deadlift:
1x5 135
1x5 225
1x1 275
1x5 335

[Gatorwolf]

Thursday May 26th

Squat:
2x5 45
1x5 95
1x5 135
1x1 225
3x5 275

Press:
2x5 45
1x3 95
3x5 150

Power Clean:
1x5 45
1x5 95
5x3 135

I took a few days off after tweeking my lower back carrying something heavy up a couple flights of stairs. I probably could have worked through it but I thought it better to be safe then sorry. I reset my power cleans to 135 because my form was shit and I was muscling up the weight. I reread the PC chapter and watched the DVD again and felt my form was spot on this morning. I need to post a video and get some feedback.