Thanks Matthew! The 50th post, that’s right before TUBOW saved my lower back. Been better ever since.
Thanks Fred! Yes even with occasional tweaks I feel better all around.
Last edited by Richard Durbin; 07-01-2021 at 06:24 PM.
good stuff!!
Thanks Bingley!
Good workout day (by my definition)
Dumped my 4th rep of my first squat set again. I have video proof I can’t duck walk to save a past the toes CG, and that my rack works nicely.
(Took me and the boys to DQ for blizzards, then came back and did my deadlift)
I’m going to implement a light squat day mostly to work on form. A tempo, pause, pin squat. Slow down to the pins, pause staying tight, slow up. Working on balance , bar path and depth.
I’ve had sloppy bar path for some time, but could muscle through it. Not any more.
On the upside, the 3 reps I got, I felt something tiny in my hamstrings. That’s a first. So maybe I’m getting close to leaning over enough to involve them. That would be nice as it feels like my quads do most of the the up drive.
I did overhead press before squats again, which lets me save time while doing Horn stretching before starting squats. So I’m thinking to press first every workout.
Plus I’m going back to the office more, so I’m thinking to split my workouts to press & squat before work and alternate bench and chins, followed by deadlifts after work.
I ordered a 10kg bar, I may try power cleans with that. The 20kg just seems too heavy still.
Or I may decide I’m old and do Romanian deadlifts on clean day.
Oh, and I gotta say eating is the hardest part for me. At first I was happy to eat more, but it never ends. I need to redouble my efforts to get enough protein. Sigh, I can just hear Rip…
Summary
Sat 7-3-21
Body 219.0
Fat 29.4
Press 87.5
Squat 200 at 3,1
Deadlift 230
Last edited by Richard Durbin; 07-05-2021 at 12:06 PM.
get forward on your toes into the pins is a good wake up call
Yes it was Bingley. I watched the replay and am very thankful my instinct was to open my palms and get my fingers out of harms way.
Today I did 160 light squats focusing on bar path and butt back. Still getting out over my toes. At 160, I can muscle up up. But I’ve got a bad habit that is going to need work. This will be my quest for a while.
Today was my first press every workout day with press and squat in the AM and the remainder in the PM. It seems this will work.
I’ve upped my protein to 252 minimum each day. Protein drink with a shot of coffee, used to rinse down 2 eggs and a grilled chicken snack, 4 times a day. Doing this with my morning coffees seems to help. I have a skip breakfast habit.
Then I eat what my wife fixes to get some veggies, carbs, and more protein.
I was drinking a half gallon of 1% milk a day… but I’m always full…
Summary
Mon 7-5-21
Body 220.5
Fat 29.1
AM
Press 90
Light Squat 160 at 5,4,5
PM
Bench 112.5
Deadlift 235
Good workout day
Still getting my squats out over my toes.
Reached out to a Seattle SSC to see if I can get some hands on help.
Did my first Romanian deadlifts today, real light to start.
Summary
Wed 7-7-21
Body 223.9
Fat 29.1
AM
Press 92.5 x 5,5,5
Squat 180 x 5,5,3
PM
RDL 65 x 8,8,8
Nose ups 11,11,11 w/rubber band on hole 4
Last edited by Richard Durbin; 07-10-2021 at 10:52 PM.
Good workout day
Screwed up my math on the press, thought I loaded 95, but forgot to pull the 2.5s so had 100. Couldn’t hit rep 3, pulled off a pound because I thought maybe jumping from 92.5 to 95 was too much while pressing 3 times a week. Thought it was 94 and couldn’t hit the 3rd rep because it was 99. … then I redid my math, put an actual 95 on and got 3 reps, missed the 4th. Then went again and got 1 rep. Sigh, math hurts.
I have a session scheduled for next Saturday with an SSC in Seattle.
I did manage to keep my squats off my toes today…
Summary
Sat 7-10-21
Body 220.0
Fat 29.1
AM
Press 100 x 2, 99 x 2, 95 x 3,1
Squat 180 x 5,5,5
PM
Bench 115 x 5,5,5
Deadlift 240 x 5