Hey great!
Another lifter to help keep my inspiration up. Looks like good work! Especially that press.
I have completed 89 workouts since Feb 9 '21 and there have been ups and downs. Lifting old sucks. Thought I would start a record.
5'9 @ 242lbs as of September 1.
Feb 9 2021
Squat: 185 5s x 3r
Bench: 150 3s x 5r
Press: 100 5s x 3r
DL: 190 1s x 5r
Aug 30 2021
Squat 220 3s x 3r - working through hamstring injury
Bench 215 - 220 - 225Fail - 215 - 215Fail
Press 155 - 157.5 - 157.5 - 155 - 155
Lat Pull Down 100lbs 2s x 10r, 110lbs 1s x 10. My coach thinks this will fix bicep tendonitus.
Sep 1 2021
Bench 205 x 3 - 205 x 3 - 205 x 3 - 205 x 2 & Fail - 205 x 2 & Fail. When I failed on the 3rd reps I dropped to 200 and did a rep on each set.
Rack Pull 250 2s x 3r
Last edited by William MG; 09-01-2021 at 06:04 PM. Reason: Typo
Hey great!
Another lifter to help keep my inspiration up. Looks like good work! Especially that press.
Last edited by Richard Durbin; 09-01-2021 at 10:21 PM.
Sep 3 2021
Squat: 100 2s x 8 reps.
Have a very stubborn injury in my hamstrings.
Press: 120 3s x 8r.
Trying to get some tendonitis sorted out.
Lat Pull: 120 s3 x 10r.
This has been added in attempt to deal with appears to be bicep tendonitis according to my coach.
Lots of problems to work through.
For any older gent following this thread some back ground detail is important.
On March 3 2021 I injured my left hamstring during the squat. I was programmed @ 220 3s x 5r. My coach programmed me down to 45lbs 3s x 25 reps for my next workout - March 5. I believe what he was doing was implementing the "Starr Protocol". We continued to let the leg heal gradually adding weight and by May 24 (about 12 weeks) I was at 245lbs 5s x 3r when I noticed extreme pain in my right hamstring and glute. I was nervous about repeating the injury to the left hamstring and requiring another 12 weeks of healing so my coach dropped the weight back down to 210lbs 3s x 3r for the May 26 workout and as the leg was not healing we dropped down to 190lbs 5s x 3r for the June 2 session. But unfortunately the leg was not responding so for my next workout - June 4 we found a weight that we felt we could rebuild from: 115lbs 3s x 5r. I should also note that my DL went down as well during these injuries.
Now the point of all this is that here on Sep 6 2021 the leg continues to cause trouble and seems to be stubbornly stuck which is why my routine is changing. After the Aug 30 workout, I commented to my coach that the leg was not coming along and pain was intensifying again. On that date I was back up to 220lbs on the squat.
Injuries are part of this I guess. Frustrating to be sure, but at this point all I can do is continue to press forward as best I can. My coach has moved me to a 4 day split routine. Another issue I am working through is what appears to be tendonitis in my shoulders and biceps.
Box Squat: 100lbs 3s x 3r
Rack Pull: 255lbs 1s x 3r
Hang in there. I don’t have enough experience to say much. Good you have a coach to work with.
No luckily, just I seem to tweak my ribs/torso real good with heavy squats. Into the recliner I go until I can sleep in the bed again.
2cnd day of 4 day split routine:
Bench
135lbs 3s x 8r
Lat Pulldown
125lbs 3s x 10r