ActivitiesGuy Log III: Now Contains Westside Conjugate Like Substance

Training Training Logs
762

Friday 6/16

Back Squat

2x135
2x185
2x225
2x275
2x315
2x365
2x385
1x405
1x405

763

Saturday 6/17

Bikram Yoga (90 Minutes)

764

Sunday 6/18

8AM: 2-Mile Run (20 Minutes)

11AM: Lifting

Deadlift

3x135
3x225
1x315
1x405
1x495
1x515
1x535
1x565 (PR)

This was surprisingly easy, and I think I might be good for 585 (or even 600?) now, but I decided to stay committed to the process. I’ll complete my intensive squat cycle and perhaps give that a shot at the end of July.

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765
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766

Monday 6/19

Back Squat

2x135
2x185
2x225
2x275
2x315
2x365
1x385
1x405

767

Tuesday 6/20

Deadlift

3x135
3x225
1x315
1x405
1x445
1x495
1x535
1x535
1x535

Three solid singles at 535. To be honest, they were a little harder than I would have liked, but there was no doubt on any of them that I’d complete the lift. Chalk another day up in the “just show up and do some work” category.

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768

Wednesday 6/21

Back Squat

2x135
2x185
2x225
2x275
2x315
2x345
2x345
2x345
2x345

769

Thursday 6/22

Deadlift

3x135
3x225
1x315
1x405
1x455
1x495
1x515
1x545
1x495
1x495
1x495

I think I can safely say that 545 is now in the “any time I want it” category.

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770

Friday 6/23

Back Squat

2x135
2x185
2x225
2x275
2x315
2x365
2x365
2x365

771

Saturday 6/24

8AM: 3-Mile Run (30 Minutes)

11AM: Lifting

Deadlift

3x135
3x225
1x315
1x405
1x455
1x495
1x515
1x545
1x515
1x495

Yep, 545 is an every-time weight for sure.

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772

Sunday 6/25

8AM: 2-Mile Run (20 Minutes)

11AM: Lifting

Back Squat

2x135
2x185
2x225
2x275
2x315
1x365
1x365
1x365
1x365
1x365

773

What’s up AG.

Curious about the two-mile runs. Are you looking to just maintain that time and distance, or do you ever push for a faster time or more distance. I thought I recalled somewhere in your log that you were shooting for 10 miles or something, but maybe that was when goals were different.

Congrats on the squat and deadlift progress. From the video, it appears you are well-suited for deadlifts. Seems like you have super long arms.

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Hey Serge, thanks for checking in.

Short answer: at present, I am just using a weekly run or two for general conditioning. Whether I run for 2, 3, 4 miles kinda depends on my energy level that day (my wife’s energy level and schedule, too; we usually run together). I did build up to 10 miles earlier this spring, and probably will run long every month or two, but it’s not a matter of any urgency.

Longer answer: awhile back, I was a hardcore distance runner, competing in several half-marathons (PR of 1:27, about 6:50 per mile for 13.1 miles) and piling up 40-50 miles per week of training. So I have a “history” of longer distance running. More recently, though, I’ve settled that lifting is what I really find sustainable and enjoyable, and just want to run enough that I know a “regular” run of 3 or 4 miles is within reach any old time.

You know, I’ve never really thought my arms were especially long, but something about me must be well-suited for deadlifts. I see other people squatting and deadlifting about the same weight, and all I can do is wonder “How is that possible?” Of course, others might wonder how someone that barely squats 400 can pull 600, so, um, I guess we’re all just special snowflakes, right?

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775

Did I miss you pulling 600? Congrats, that’s a helluva a lot of progress in a short period of time.

@Serge_A_Storms glad to see you posting again.

776

Ha, not yet. I’m getting there though. A couple posts above there’s a vid of me pulling 565 with nary a hitch or slowdown in sight. I think 600 is in the cards fairly soon, although moving may throw a bit of a wrench into that (I’m making arrangements to get all the stuff for a decent home-gym setup, but not sure I’ll actually have enough plates to lift 600 at first, lol).

Agreed, it’s good to have our favorite break-dancing, pink-dumbbell-using Master around here.

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777

Monday 6/26

Back Squat

2x135
2x185
2x225
2x275
2x315
2x365
2x365

778

Tuesday 6/27

Deadlift

3x135
3x225
1x315
1x405
1x455
1x495
1x515
1x545
1x495
1x495

779

Wednesday 6/28

Back Squat

2x135
2x185
2x225
2x275
2x315
2x365
2x365
2x365
2x315

780

Thursday 6/29

Deadlift

3x135
3x225
1x315
1x405
1x455
1x495
1x515
1x545
1x545

781

Friday 6/30

Back Squat

3x135
3x225
1x315
1x345
1x365
1x395
1x415 (PR)

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