Hey, so I just joined up, and this is my brand new shiny log. I’ll be updating it whenever I remember to, and of course feel free to point out areas where I can improve.
I’m looking to do some powerlifting competitions soon and possibly some figure competitions, but I like lifting heavy stuff more than standing around in a bikini so we’ll see on that last one. I am considering entering a bodybuilding competition in November though so who knows! I’m indecisive. Don’t have any specific powerlifting meets picked out yet, I’m just coming off a back injury that kept me from going heavy for six months so right now I’m just trying to get back to where I was previously.
On a slow cut right now, so we’ll see where that ends up.
Current stats:
5’6"
137 lbs
21% body fat
Training about one year (including the six months of injury/recovery time)
Mostly just doing my own thing training wise right now, my goal is to try to cut down to about 16% and get a one plate bench, two plate squat, and three plate deadlift. Just recently (as in, just last week lol) started a three day split of heavy compounds, legs and abs, and then accessory/bodyweight work.
As a lover of bench press, the log title grabbed my attention immediately. And this quote reeled me in further:
[quote]Beebopalooa wrote:
I like lifting heavy stuff more than standing around in a bikini so we’ll see on that last one. [/quote]
Great to have you on the sight, and smart decision to start a training log!
Haha thanks! Glad to be here, and hopefully keeping a log will help me progress. I’ve been too sporadic training-wise for the last while so I really need to buckle down and plan stuff/keep track of everything.
Benched a ramping set up to a 1RM of 130 lbs (new PR!)
Ironically given the title of this training log, my bench was my problem today. Went for 135 after I hit 130 and kept screwing up my form so I didn’t have any power out of the bottom, which messed up my shoulders and made doing any other lifts today a really bad idea. So I’m not sure if today was a good or bad day in the gym.
I don’t think that my post went through the other day… so here are the last two workouts.
4/15/13
Leg/Ab Day
3x5 Squats 115 lbs
2x10 GHR negatives
2x10 Hanging leg raises
2 sets of 30 second handstands
2x15 Box jumps
2x3 Half-assed dragon flags
4/17/13
Bodyweight/Accessory Day
2x5 pull-ups, went for a third set and only got three reps
3x15 bodyweight squats
5x5 Handstand push-ups
2x10 Hyper-extensions 25 lbs
2x12 bicep curls 40 lbs
2x12 seated cable rows 90 lbs
3x5 deadlift 185 lbs
3x5 bench 85 lbs (definitely needed to up weight… got ten reps on my last set and probably could have gotten more if there was someone to spot me)
3x5 OHP 60 lbs
2x5 pull-ups, went for a third set and got four reps this time
3x18 bodyweight squats
5x5 handstand push-ups
2x10 hyperextensions 30 lbs
2x10 seated cable rows 100 lbs
8 reps one set, only 5 reps next set bicep curls 50 lbs
3x3 deadlift 205 lbs, felt pretty easy so I went for 215 on the last set
3x5 bench 95 lbs
3x5 OHP 65 lbs, had to do a cheat rep at the end of the last two sets
I think the creatine is starting to kick in a bit, my lifts have been starting to go up nicely, though I’m also really enjoying this new program.
3x3 squats 135 lbs (I’m discovering that I much prefer to go a bit heavier and do fewer reps… I’m such an endurance-ophobe that even five reps feels like too much)
2x10 hanging leg raises
2x10 GHR negatives
2x7 half-assed dragon flags
3x12 box jumps 26"
2 sets 30 second handstands
Ugh. Shit workout today… but I’d been having so many good ones lately that I was about due for one. Decided to get off creatine since it’s been causing me to gain so much weight that it’s affecting me mentally (which is why today’s workout was so bad).
5/1/13
Bodyweight/Accessory Day
5x5 pull-ups, had to do assisted ones with 100 lbs counter-weight
3x20 bodyweight squats
2x12 hyperextensions 30 lbs
1x10 rows 100 lbs
2x10 tricep pushdowns 30 lbs
1x2 handstand push-ups (kind of gave up on these and the rows… was already pissed and not having a good workout by this point lol)
Ended up helping out a trainer with a boot camp on Saturday, so I gave myself a day off after that.
5/6/13
Leg/Ab Day
3x3 squats 140 lbs
2x10 hanging leg raises
2x10 GHR negatives
2x10 windmills (changed it up a bit… abs just aren’t strong enough yet for dragon flags to do anything)
3x12 box jumps 28"
2 sets 30 second handstands
I didn’t miss a gym day! I just ran out of time to post here.
5/8/13
Accessory/Bodyweight Day
5x5 pull-ups (bloat from the creatine has started to go down, so I’m not too fat for pull-ups anymore, hurray!)
2x10 assisted pistol squats
5x5 handstand push-ups
2x10 hyperextensions 35 lbs
2x12 rows 100 lbs
2x10 tricep pushdowns 30 lbs
Started my first serious cut yesterday, so we’ll see how that goes. The supplements I’m on are suppressing my appetite like crazy, so right now my biggest challenge is just making sure I’m eating enough to not disappear.
[quote]Beebopalooa wrote:
I didn’t miss a gym day! I just ran out of time to post here.
5/8/13
Accessory/Bodyweight Day
5x5 pull-ups (bloat from the creatine has started to go down, so I’m not too fat for pull-ups anymore, hurray!)
2x10 assisted pistol squats
5x5 handstand push-ups
2x10 hyperextensions 35 lbs
2x12 rows 100 lbs
2x10 tricep pushdowns 30 lbs
Started my first serious cut yesterday, so we’ll see how that goes. The supplements I’m on are suppressing my appetite like crazy, so right now my biggest challenge is just making sure I’m eating enough to not disappear.[/quote]
What supps are you taking?
[quote]krummdiddy wrote:
What supps are you taking?[/quote]
I’m on Adrenalize, Mega Shred and DR1, they had them all in a stack at Complete Nutrition. I’m liking them so far, the side-effects were a little shitty for the first day or two but they weren’t as bad today.
Yea the side effects on some stuff can really suck… I don’t take much just a pre-workout(jack3d) post workout(cell mass) protein(syntha-6) and a multi(animal paks) since I started taking the animal paks with the cell mass post workout my recovery has been much faster…