a Cranky Professor has a log

[TryHarder]

It's a pretty good start, Doc. Don't give up. You're supposed to work out every 2-3 days.

[Cranky Professor]

Tues 6/7 - very mixed day

Squat
45x5x2
135x5
185x3 <-- this was a mistake! I meant 160
190x5x2
190x2x1 (failure on 3 - I was leaning forward too far, I guess)

Bench Press
45x5x2
65x5
75x3
80x5x3 - much better today

Deadlift
65x65
105x5
155x3
175x1
205x5 - tough, but doable!

[Cranky Professor]

Sat 6/11 - called down South for Elderly Parent Patrol.* Picked up 3 week pass for the YMCA.

Squat - OMG I have to start taking plate math more seriously
45x5x2
135x5
I THOUGHT I next did 165x3, but it was 195*
195 x 3
195x 5 x 2 +5

Bench Press
45x5x2
65x5
75x5
85x5x3 +5

Deadlift
65x5
115x5
155x3
175x1
210x5 +5

*Elderly Parent Patrol - coming home for 6-8 weeks to help while the parent(s) couldn't drive due to broken bits and physical therapy - is why I bought a copy of SS:BBT and started the program. I decided that I wanted to get stronger and more stable.
**I MEANTto do 165x3, but instead of loading 15 on each side I loaded 30 on each. Once I realized I had just done 195x3 I did 195x5x2, since 195 had been my end goal. Plate math is hard.

[Cranky Professor]

Wed 6/15 - not as bad as LAST time!

Squat
45x5x2
135x5
165x5
185x3
200x5x2 +5
200x3 -- FAIL - I could tell after 3 I shouldn't try for 5. Ugh.

Bench Press*
45x5x2
65x5
75x3
90x5x3 - +5

Dead lift
65x5
115x5
155x3
185x1
215x5 -- +5, and it wasn't bad!

*I started to Press and got stabby feelings in my R shoulder. We'll see - the Bench Press was no problem.

[Cranky Professor]

Friday 6/24
Yeah that was too long a gap - tell it to the 2 nieces and aged parent I've been dealing with all week while my sister is out of town.
So I repeated the last day but did it BETTER.

Squat
45x5x2
135x5
165x5
185x3
200x5x3 - see, better. I failed on set three last time.

Bench Press (again*)
45x5x2
65x5
75x3
90x5x3 - +0

Dead lift**
65x5
115x5
155x3
185x1
215x5 +0

*someone else wanted the only rack, so I gave it to him and went to over to the benches. He proceeded to do barbell curls. At least it was barbell and not dumbbell.
**I have to go to a different room to deadlift. What a Y.

[Cranky Professor]

Monday 6/27

Squat
45x5x2
135x5
165x5
185x3
205x5x3 +5 - kinda tough

Press
45x5x2
65x5
75x5x3 - rough - been awhile since I did an overhead press

dead Lift
65x5
115x5
155x3
185x1 - this was pretty easy
220x5 - this was pretty tough - more like 220x4+1, but at least it wasn't just x3

[Cranky Professor]

Family travel + Our Nation's Birthday gets in the way! And then Lax Bros. *SIGH*

Tuesday 7/5 - first gym since 6/27
Squat
45x5x2
135x5
165x5 <--should I do fewer here?
185x3
205x5, x4, x3 <--because this was just awful Maybe de-load the work weight for Friday.

Bench Press
45x5x2
65x5
75x3
90x5x3

No Deadlift today - see above. I'll try to get in tomorrow a.m.

[Cranky Professor]

7/8/16 - Friday - abruptly ended workout

Squat - 45x5x2
135x5
165x3
185x3
205x5x3 -- YAY! Really no problem after some huffing and puffing on the first set

Press - repeating 6/27, last time I pressed
45x5x2
65x5
75x5x3

Deadlift
65x5
115x5
165x3
And then the siren went off. The latest Lawyer-Driven Paranoid Response on campus is the installation of a siren warning system. The Field House (where the weight room is) not only has a siren INSIDE but 2 outside, pointing towards different parts of campus. They were testing the installation today - and the tests started during my rest break at 165. I could not stay. In fact, I grabbed my clothes and went home unshowered. For folks my age, think Cold War air raid warnings.

[Cranky Professor]

7/26/16 - Tuesday - yes, I laid off for awhile. It's because I shouldn't be allowed to use sharp knives to cut bread. 4 stitches and 2 weeks later....

Squat - 45x5x2
135x5
165x3
185x5x3 - tough - didn't push on

Bench Press - 45x5x2
65x5
75x3
85x5x3 - that's only a 5 pound back-off, but I thought it was a 10 pound back off. Not too hard.

Dead Lift - 65x5
115x5
165x5
185x5 - felt good

[Cranky Professor]

Tuesday 8/2
Squat
45x5x2
135x5
165x3
175x3
190x5x3 -- creeping back up to where I was at 205

Bench
45x5x2
65x5
75x3
90x5x3

Deadlift
65x5
115x5
165x3
190x5x3