Daniel's NLP Log

[Daniel Jones]

Worked with Coach Carter today. Need to get a little more bounce out of the bottom of the squat. I tend to descend slowly into the bottom on my worksets getting little to no stretch reflex. Power Clean I need to "stand tall" and shrug at the top of the jump. I also tend to jump a little early when the bar is at my knees. Still a pretty good day. I tend to want to curl up in a ball and go to sleep on the days I do Power Cleans.

October 17, 2018
Squat: 325 x 5 x 3
Bench Press: 225 x 5 x 3
Power Clean: 175 x 3 x 5
BW: 206 lbs

[Eric Schexnayder]

I tend to want to curl up in a ball and go to sleep on the days I do Power Cleans.

Hey, at least you’re saying this in the context of someone with pretty decent power clean numbers. Keep it up!

[Daniel Jones]

Hey, at least you’re saying this in the context of someone with pretty decent power clean numbers. Keep it up!

Thanks for the encouragement Eric. Yeah I have a love/hate relationship with these things. I feel I ought to do them because I was an athlete of sorts, so doing them let's me pretend I still am. I told Coach Carter, once you see you have 5 sets in front of you to do after your warmup, it's like some kind of gauntlet or alley your going through. Deadlift day is definitely easier IMO.

[Daniel Jones]

Another tough day. Just glad it's over and the weekend is here. On my final rep of the squat, I was about a half inch above parallel. I really hate when I miss depth.

October 19, 2018
Squat: 330 x 5 x 3
Press: 142.5 x 5 x 3
Deadlift: 330 x 5
Chins: BW x 8,7,5
BW: 207 lbs

[j.r.]

Hi Daniel! Interesting background and impressive numbers (then and now)! Keep up the good work! I may have missed this in your log, but where do you train? Looking forward to following your progress.

[Daniel Jones]

Hi Daniel! Interesting background and impressive numbers (then and now)! Keep up the good work! I may have missed this in your log, but where do you train? Looking forward to following your progress.

Hi JR. Thanks for posting. I train at home. I have a small room in the house dedicated to weight lifting with a gym type composite rubber floor. EliteFTS collegiate half-rack, Rogue B&R bar, VTX grip plates as well as bumper plates. Works pretty well for my situation.

[misspelledgeoff]

I have no doubt you'll get there and pretty quickly. Look forward to following your progress.

Yes I most certainly did, but it was not a below parallel squat like we do in SS. If I was to venture a guess here, I would probably have done somewhere between 550-600 lb going to the SS type of depth at that time. According to Coach Rippetoe, if a kid can jump 35.5", I'm not sure it's all that remarkable that I worked myself up to that kind of squat.

I was 190 lbs @ just below 7% body fat. The Strength and Conditioning Coach at Baylor at the time was in love with all of us being really low body fat. When I got to Baylor I was 195 lbs at around 12%. Had I known better, I would've stayed at 12%. Many athletes had to have IV's during two-a-days in the heat of Waco Texas who were below 5% body fat.

I'd like to think that I can get back to a 500+ squat at 43 (about to be 44) years old.

Thanks for asking.

[Daniel Jones]

Okay it's Power Clean day. Anybody want to loan me a hammock? I hit depth on every squat today, and I felt pretty good about it. Bench was harder than usual I felt. And then on the Power Clean, I missed rep #2 on the 1st set, but I performed an extra pull to complete the set. I had to psyche myself up for the rest of the sets. That seemed to help. I think maybe I was just getting lazy on my rack position, because the height on the pull was fine.

A couple of other things I'd like to note. I've been struggling with a mild case of IT band/Bursitis discomfort on both legs just below the Greater Trochanter. I narrowed my stance some on the squat to exactly shoulder width (16.5 inches from joint to joint) and that seemed to help a little bit. Discomfort is more of a pain in the ass, and something I deal with post-workout more than anything.

I feel pretty beat up today after the workout. I think after this week, if I can get through it, is to move into a light squat Wednesday to give my body a little break, but I really want to finish up the week on a normal progression.

October 22, 2018
Squat: 335 x 5 x 3
Bench Press: 227.5 x 5 x 3
Power Clean: 177.5 x 3 x 5
BW: 207 lbs

[claywieczorek]

I think the light squat mid-week will certainly help, esp if that's the day you deadlift. Are you micro-loading bench? When I ran the LP earlier this year, my bench got up to 215; micro-loading seemed to help my press but not bench. This is an interesting article regarding pressing during LP:
Novice Bench and Press Plug-In - Barbell Medicine

[Daniel Jones]

I think the light squat mid-week will certainly help, esp if that's the day you deadlift. Are you micro-loading bench? When I ran the LP earlier this year, my bench got up to 215; micro-loading seemed to help my press but not bench. This is an interesting article regarding pressing during LP:
Novice Bench and Press Plug-In - Barbell Medicine

Yeah I'm using 2.5 lb jumps on the Press and Bench Press, but my Press numbers are low and I feel like the Squat is going to change before anything else does.