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Cory Tries LP
Not sure if Cory's gonna stick with this, since it's so different from what he's done before, but he's two sessions deep so I'm gonna log it while he's with me.
Stats:
Male
Age 26
Height 71 inches
Weight 161 pounds
Cory is a Company Executive Officer whom I met awhile back when we were on the same battalion staff. He texted me a few days ago asking if I had room for him to lift with us. Since I'm on a 4-day split for me and for Seth (see "Seth Tries LP" log), I invited him to join us in the middle of the week. We got three sessions, and I royally F%^&ed the first one as a coach, as you'll see.
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4DLP, W1D1
Squat: 135x5, 5, 2
I'm used to a certain minimum level of strength for a Soldier and an officer. Cory's more the running type, though. He was a good sport learning the form model, and punched through two sets with relative ease, but Seth and I had to pull the third set off his back. Damn, damn, damn. The goal is always to hit a sure target for session one, and I jacked this up badly.
Deadlift: 165x5
No issues here.
4DLP, W1D2
Press: 85x5x3
Bench: 95x5x3
Cory had more to give on the upper body, as is typical of Soldiers.
4DLP, W1D3
Squat: 45x5x3
Hit this target. Cory was badly sore from the previous squat session. If I'd done it right, we'd have done 95 the first day, and be at 105 today. Instead, because of my screw-up, we're punching the empty bar.
Deadlift: 185x5
At least I got this one right.
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4DLP, W2D1 thru 4
Squat: 95x5x3
Squat: 105x5x3
Got these working correctly now.
Deadlift: 205x5
Deadlift: 225x5
Probably +10s on this starting next week.
Bench: 115x5x3
Bench: 135x5x3
I think Cory's got a week of +10s before we scale back to +5s.
Press: 95x5x3
Press: 105x5x3
Managed to squeak out a pair of +10s; going to +5s next week.
Bodyweight is at 162 now; gained a pound. Gonna be hard to get Cory to eat.
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4DLP, W3D1
Bench: 145x5x3
Press: 110x5x3
Thought Cory had another +10 in bench, and he did.
Went +5 on press, and it was the right move.
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4DLP, W3D2
Squat: 125x5x3
Deadlift: 230x5
+10, +5. Squats to +5 starting now-ish.
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4DLP, W3D3
Press: 115x5x3
Bench: 155x5x3
Took +5 on press, +10 on bench, and it worked out just fahne.
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4DLP, W4D1 and 2
D1: Bench 160x5x3
Press: 95x8x2
D2:
Squat 135x5x3 (Woohoo! Finally overcame that Day One error I made)
Deadlift 240x5
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4DLP, W4D3
Press: 120x5 (5PR!), 100x5x2
Moving to top-and-drop. But I can also see it's time to bring out the microplates.
Bench: 165x4, 135x5x2
Cory didn't have it for 5. We'll try 162.5 next bench, and carry on.
I'm waiting for a couple things on Cory:
1) Weight Gain. It's starting: He clocked in at 170 this week.
2) Belt and shoes. Ordered, awaiting ship.
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4DLP, W4D4
Squat: 140x5x3 (5PR!)
Lifetime PR set of 5. Cory hasn't squatted much, and he reports his best squat single as 185.
Deadlift: 250x5
Another +10. Cory reports a lifetime best single at 315. He's never trained sets of 5 though, so he is certain this is a PR set of 5.
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4DLP, W5D1
Press: 122.5x5 (5PR!), 100x5x2
Bench: 162.5x5 (5PR!), 135x5x2
So we're moving ahead nicely now. Here's the big PR though:
Bodyweight: 172 (+2 this week, +11 since start)
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