My I Swear This Isn't A Midlife Crisis Log

[George Christiansen]

Got 5 Reps of everything yesterday, but didn't feel right. My form was good enough, but I felt like I was pushing the envelope. I felt like I could have done sets of 3, so I am going to try that next week with the same gap between Volume and Intensity days. So it will look like this:

Volume Day:

Front Squat - 3 sets of 5

Alternating sets of:
Press - 3 sets of 5
Neutral Chin - 3 sets of 5

Romanian Deadlift - 3 sets of 5

Alternating sets of:
Pushdown 2 sets of 10
Barbbell Curl 2 sets of 10

Recovery Day:

Curcuit of:

BW Squats
TRX Push Ups
BW Squats
TRX Rows

Basically just a decent warm up to get the blood flowing and get some movement in without having to go to the gym.

Intensity Day:

Front Squat - 3 sets of 3

Alternating sets of:
Press - 3 sets of 3
Neutral Chin - 3 sets of 3

Deadlift - 1 set of 5

Alternating sets of:
Pushdown 2 sets of 10
Barbbell Curl 2 sets of 10

[George Christiansen]

After running this new schedule by Andy I am going to change the set/rep scheme a bit and do this instead:

Volume Day:

Front Squat - 5 sets of 3

Alternating sets of:
Press - 3 sets of 5
Neutral Chin - 3 sets of 5

Romanian Deadlift - 3 sets of 5

Alternating sets of:
Pushdown 2 sets of 10
Barbbell Curl 2 sets of 10

Recovery Day:

Curcuit of:

BW Squats
TRX Push Ups
BW Squats
TRX Rows

Basically just a decent warm up to get the blood flowing and get some movement in without having to go to the gym.

Intensity Day:

Front Squat - 2 sets of 3

Alternating sets of:
Press - 2 sets of 3
Neutral Chin - 2 sets of 3

Deadlift - 1 set of 5

Alternating sets of:
Pushdown 2 sets of 10
Barbbell Curl 2 sets of 10

[George Christiansen]

Today:

Volume Day:

Front Squat - 5 sets of 3 @ 210

Alternating sets of:
Press - 3 sets of 5 @ 130
Neutral Chin - 5/4+1/4+1 (15 second break before last rep)

Romanian Deadlift - 3 sets of 5 @ 210

Alternating sets of:
Pushdown 2 sets of 10 @ 70
Barbbell Curl 2 sets of 10 @ 70

I was feeling a bit fatigued. Probably a combination of switching from Tuesday to Monday session and the couple of PRs the wife and I set this weekend.

I liked the 5 sets of 3 on Front Squats.

The last rep of a 5 rep set is always a bitch to keep form, but 3 seemed solid. 1st set of RDLs had me wondering if I would make the reps on the next two, but the next two were just lovely.

Both Pushdowns and curls felt like somebody added 10lbs while I wasn't looking.

[George Christiansen]

Today:

Circuit of 10/8/6/4/2

Recovery Day:

Curcuit of:

BW Squats
TRX Push Ups
BW Squats
TRX Rows

[George Christiansen]

Today:

Intensity Day:

Front Squat - 2 sets of 3 @ 230

Alternating sets of:
Press - 2 sets of 3 @ 140
Neutral Chin - 2 sets of 3 @ +10

Deadlift - 1 set of 5 @ 345

Alternating sets of:
Pushdown 2 sets of 10 @ 70
Barbbell Curl 2 sets of 10 @ 70

Right erector felt tight the whole session, but didn't effect anything.