In Squat We Trust

[John Watson]

Catch up, hell, you're ahead again on DL. My best is 355x4.

Edit: was planning on 350x5 tonight, but you motivated me. 355x5, with 5th rep hitched. Tied.

My 5th rep was pretty ugly too, video review shows I let the bar get too forward
got on my toes, and my heels came up, but I did lock it out. Definitely tied.

Tonight is 305x5 squat attempt, which you're way ahead with 3x5 programming.

[John Watson]

2016-10-19
Wednesday

intensity squat
45x10
135x5
185x3
225x2
255x1
305x4


Hard fail to the pins on rep 5. Just couldn't quite get out of the hole. Regardless it felt exhilarating for some reason. My vision got blurry with bloodshot eyes for a few minutes afterwards.

I'll try again Saturday.

[John Watson]

2016-10-20
Thursday

intensity bench
45x10
95x5
135x3
155x1
182x5

intensity press
45x10
65x5
95x1
120x5


Bench went rapid fire set of 5.
Press began as rapid fire with very little pause for breath. Last rep was a grind but locked it out.
I guess volume day was done right.

Eating is done right too, post dinner, post protein shake, post workout weight was 220. PR. Gonna keep bulking until ?huge gains wane? then I'll do a cut. Maybe. Need to squat beyond 315 first, maybe even 365.

2 scoops of whey concentrate at breakfast, a whole cup of whey isolate after lunch, and 2 scoops concentrate at workout. Kind of a lot, but I'm at PR levels on all 4 lifts.

[John Watson]

2016-10-22
Saturday

volume squat
45x10
135x5
185x3
225x2
265x1
305x3x2
265x5x2


Very minor twinge lower right spine near the sacrum. Noticed it when changing weights.

[John Watson]

2016-10-23
Sunday

5x5 press
45x10
65x5
95x1
120x4
105x5x4

3x8 bench
45x10
95x5
135x3
155x1
182x3
145x8x3


Sore elbows and after sets. 182 bench felt heavy after presses.

[John Watson]

2016-10-25
Tuesday

volume deadlift
145x5x2
235x2
305x1
360x3x2


Dropping down to triples for as long as possible, then singles, once I learn my maxes in those rep ranges I'll do rotating rep ranges weekly 5's, 3's, 1's and add 5lbs every 3 weeks. I think the 5lb weekly gains are mostly done.

[John Watson]

2016-10-26
Wednesday

intensity squat
45x10
135x5
185x3
225x2
265x1
305x3


I quit after 3 reps, set the clock for set 2 and decided to scrap it.
Deads were yesterday instead of the day before, so felt tired, also got off work 2 hrs later due to workload which is sucking through November.
Plus I did 305x3x2 on Saturday.
Plus my face and head felt like they were gonna pop by rep 3, last week on rep 4, I popped blood vessels in my right eye, which still has a red spot.

Maybe this volume day I'll do 90% of 305 (275) for 3-5 sets.

[John Watson]

2016-10-31
Monday

volume deadlift
145x5x2
235x2
305x1
365x3x2


Set 2 rep 3 was a slow one. Not a super grind, but just slow.


I missed 3 sessions this week; press/bench intensity, squat volume, and press/bench volume. Wednesday I'll resume with squat intensity.

[John Watson]

2016-11-02
Wednesday

intensity squat
45x10
135x5
185x3
225x2
265x1
300x5

Oh baby that was a grind at rep 5. All I was thinking was, "it'll make a good video whatever happens," as the reps got harder. Luckily it didn't turn into an episode of Jackass. 5 reps or bust.
I'll try to hit enough volume Saturday to hit 305x5 next week.

[John Watson]

2016-11-03
Thursday

intensity bench
45x10
95x5
135x3
155x1
175x5

intensity press
45x10
65x5
95x2
120x3x2