Sunday 11/5
Yoga Flow (30 Minutes)
Yard Work (2 Hours)
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Monday 11/6
Yoga Flow (15 Minutes)
Back Squat
2x135
2x165
2x195
2x225
2x255
2x285
2x315
2x340
2x340
2x340
2x315
2x315
Decided that I’m going to start doing a brief yoga sequence before each workout. Since moving to the ‘burbs, my wife and I have found it somewhat more difficult to make it to yoga classes, and I’ve typically felt better in the gym when I do at least a little yoga, so this is a reasonable compromise for now.
5 Likes
Tuesday 11/7
Yoga Flow (15 Minutes)
Back Squat
2x135
2x165
2x195
2x225
2x255
2x285
2x315
2x345
2x345
2x315
Wednesday 11/8
Back Squat
2x135
2x165
2x195
2x225
2x255
2x285
2x315
2x345
2x350
2x350
2 Likes
It really takes years of training experience to be able to make progress by feel, but I’m starting to understand it now.
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Thursday 11/9
Yoga Flow (15 Minutes)
Deadlift
5x135
2x225
1x315
1x405
1x435
1x465
1x500
1x535
1x555
1x555
This went really well, especially given the circumstances (long day at work, not much fuel in the tank). Both singles at 555 were clean and crisp, minimal grinding. On the right day I’m good for something north of 600, just a question of when I want to test that.
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Friday 11/10
Back Squat
2x135
2x165
2x195
2x225
2x255
2x285
2x315
2x345
2x355
2x355
1 Like
Saturday 11/11
Yard Work (3 Hours)
Traveling for work this weekend. Spent all morning cleaning up the yard - I filled seventeen 30-gallon lawn bags with leaves and whatnot - then ran the mower over the whole works to shred whatever was left. By the time I had finished all that I had to get ready & go to the airport.
I checked in and found a CrossFit gym near my hotel, and confirmed that I can lift at their open gym hours, so I’ll get some lifting in.
2 Likes
Sunday 11/12
Back Squat
5x155
2x200
2x220
2x245
2x285
2x315
2x335
Deadlift
5x155
1x265
1x375
1x440
1x465
1x510
1x510
1x510
1x510
Gym has a combo of KG and LB plates, hence the odd increments. But really nice stuff here. I’ll take this for a workout traveling on 4 hours’ sleep.
4 Likes
Monday 11/13
Back Squat
5x155
2x200
2x220
2x240
2x265
2x310
Deadlift
1x155
1x265
1x355
1x445
1x510
1x530
3 Likes
Tuesday 11/14
Back Squat
5x135
2x200
2x265
2x310
2x330
Deadlift
1x155
1x265
1x375
1x485
1x485
1x485
1x485
All done beltless today. I usually get the belt on around 315 for squats and 405 for deads, but it seems a good idea to do a little heavy work sans belt every so often. It’s honestly a little surprising how different it feels once you are accustomed to belted lifting.
1 Like
Wednesday 11/15
Back Squat
5x155
2x200
2x220
2x240
2x265
2x285
2x310
2x330
2x330
2x265
Thursday 11/16
Back Squat
2x135
2x165
2x195
2x225
2x255
2x285
2x315
2x345
2x360
2x315
2x315
2 Likes
Friday 11/17
Back Squat
2x135
2x165
2x195
2x225
2x255
2x285
2x315
2x345
2x365
2x315
1 Like
Saturday 11/18
Deadlift
5x135
2x225
1x315
1x405
1x435
Press
2x105
2x110
2x115
2x120
2x125
2x130
2x135
2x140
2x145
2x150
2x155
2x165
2x165
Felt my back tweak a little as I worked in my deadlift warmup, decided to change course and do something different. Just a little easy overhead pressing. Stuck with quick doubles, added five pounds each set, then finished with a pair of doubles at 165 pounds. Nothing too heavy, just a way to get something done after an early twinge in my back.
3 Likes
Sunday 11/19
Yard Work (2 Hours)
Monday 11/20
Deadlift
2x135
2x165
2x195
2x225
1x255
1x285
1x315
1x325
1x335
1x345
1x355
1x365
1x375
1x385
1x395
1x405
Took a much longer warmup and lots of baby jumps since my back is still not 100 percent, but this was a pleasant surprise, working up to 405 two days after the nasty tweak (this same thing has happened three or four times in my life over the past 15 years; I’m of the mind that deadlifting has built my core and surrounding musculature to the point that I recover from it much more quickly now than I used to; I used to be out of commission for a week, now I’m pulling at 65 percent two days later).
I’m planning to run the StrongFirst Daily Dose Deadlift routine, or something like it, from now through Christmas. It’s a stressful time, and I could use something simple and to the point for awhile. Most workouts will probably be 3-6 singles in the 405-465 range. Then I will work up to something heavy just before the holiday, probably pulling at 595 (as much as I can load with my setup at home) on Christmas Eve.
5 Likes
Tuesday 11/21
Deadlift
2x135
2x225
1x315
1x325
1x335
1x345
1x355
1x365
1x375
1x385
1x395
1x410
1 Like
Wednesday 11/22
Yoga Flow (15 Minutes)
Deadlift
2x135
2x225
1x315
1x325
1x335
1x345
1x355
1x365
1x375
1x385
1x395
1x415
2 Likes
So you’ve peobably been asked this before, and I think the answer is evident from your log, but you don’t do any upper body work?