John's Log

[StrongJohn]

Friday 19th January @108.2kg bodyweight

Squat 80kgx5x3
Press 40kgx5x3
Deadlift 100kgx5

Definitely the last 5kg jump on squat. 2.5kg from now on. Maybe on deadlift too.

[StrongJohn]

Tuesday 23rd January @107.8kg bodyweight.

Squat 82.5kgx5x3
Bench 30kg DBs x5x3
Deadlift 102.5kg x5

Did squat and deadlift with my belt and felt really good. Could have done a 5kg jump on deadlift tbh.

Averaging 230g protein a day and bodyweight coming down nicely, but not feeling too hungry.

[StrongJohn]

I've also been thinking a bit about my goals. Ultimately it's about transforming myself from a fat, weak layabout to a strong, lean lifter.

So I need to keep doing NLP while eating in a way that enables me to recover and make gains but also lose a little bit of weight slowly early on.

Given I'm so close to 105kg, I'd like to get down to that level and be able to compete as a 105 lifter. Doing a competition would really inspire my lifting.

But I'll lose the o/s 3kgs really slowly over the next 3 months until end of April. Once I weigh <105kg I'll just focus on getting as strong as possible at that weight.

[StrongJohn]

26th January @108kg bodyweight

Squat 85kgx5x3
Press 42.5kgx5x3
Pull 105kgx5

Squats and pulls felt fine, although press was worryingly tough

[JT_]

Hey John, just creepin the log. You're doing great. BW is dropping a bit or maintaining and your lifts are going up! Keep at it. If the press hits the wall, the micro plates will be your best friend (so I've been told, haven't yet put it into practice). We have similar goals, to get strong and also lose weight. Too bad both can't be done simultaneously and optimally. I know I'm going to hit a wall at some point with NLP while attempting to maintain or lose weight. When that happens, so be it. I'll be a hell of a lot stronger than I was before and I'll just aim to maintain as much as I can while then focusing on cutting the fat.

[StrongJohn]

Thanks very much.

I just need to keep fighting the temptation to try to cut as it will stall my LP. But whenever I lose a bit of weight I find it tempting to chase a lower goal. Need to stay focused on getting stronger and eating to facilitate that. And if I lose a bit of weight that’s a nice side effect. I have had a heavy eating weekend so should be strong on Monday!

Never going above 110kg again though.

[StrongJohn]

Monday 29th January @108.7kg bodyweight (I said it was a heavy eating weekend)

Squat: 87.5kgx5x3
Bench: 32.5kg DBs x6x3
Pull: 107.5kg x5

All felt pretty fine. Much easier than my last press work out

[StrongJohn]

Wednesday 31st January @108.5kg:

Squat: 90kgx5x3
Press: 45kgx5x4
Deads: 110kgx5x3

Press was a real, real grind, so going to start micro loading. 46kg press next time. Disappointed to be doing this so early, but I’d never make a 2.5kg jump.

Squat felt fine, but pulls getting harder. Reckon I’ll need to add in power cleans once deadlift reaches 120kg.

[StrongJohn]

Friday 2nd February @108.3kg bodyweight:

- squat 92.5kgx5x3
- Bench 32.5kgx8x3
- Deadlift 112.5kg x5

All felt reasonable. It’s the 46kg press on Monday I’m worried about

[StrongJohn]

Good news - I now have two 0.5kg plates so I can micro load the press.

Deadlift is definitely feeling a bit easy, so I’m now going to be increasing it by either 3.5kg or 4kg each workout.