Deadlift: 1x5-135, 175lbs, 195lbs, 1x1-205lbs; 1x5-225lbs, 1x3-245lbs, 1x3- 265lbs!!!; 4x5-225bls (I bribed myself with less sets if I could get more than a double)
Lying leg raises: 5x12
Snatch grip DL: 3x8-135lbs
Deadbugs: 4x12/side
Good mornings: 3x9-95lbs
Goblet squats: 3x(30-10-30) with 30lb DB
holy crap that was a hard workout. took forever even though didn’t do that much work, very happy w/ the triple at 265lbs. My deadlift seems to be holding up quite well.
One of the gyms has a ski erg (yes there are multiple)
Ski erg: 8x(1min hard+30sec rest); 4x(1000m easy+30 alt lunges+12 lying leg raises)
8min incline treadmill walk
still quite sore but felt better, the ski erg is fun, got HR up. The only negative is that my neck got stiff
I don’t feel ready to squat tomorrow. My knees are sore and something feels out of place where my spine meets the pelvis on the left side. I think I jumped into heavy work a bit too aggressively
I did my first set and quickly realized that squats weren’t going to happen.
I still hit the “1+” single at the prescribed weight, but it felt maximal, grinded it out for 3-4 sec. Skipped the back off squats and replaced with good mornings
Idk what’s happening with my squat. Ig it’s typical body cycles. My deadlift wasn’t doing well last cycle while squat was. Now deadlift is doing fine, squat is sucking
I’m happy Sven chipped in before I did because I too do not know what to say except for "I had covid last week, I also died for a while when I was younger due to pneumonia, but I still chose to follow the plan. I am not the right person to ask "
However reading this I would have said “Don’t go off plan but maybe take the day off” because joint pain and spinal issues are sometimes a warning sign of injury to occur.
But I think there is an issue. Because this is your first cycle of 5/3/1 (correct?), you are doing + sets and are also not getting much higher than 5 reps… This is ALARMING because if you were doing 5s pro’s (which is lowered intensity to + sets) you would have had to hit 5 reps with your + sets and still had some left in the tank.
Perhaps you overestimated your training max and did not use 85/90% of your real max to base your %s on?
Squat; 1x5-135, 155, 1x3-175lbs; 1x1-195, 205, 215
Good mornings: 4x6-135lbs
Lying leg raises: 5x12
Front squats: 1x4,5,6-135lbs
Kbs: 4x8-28kg, 3x10/side-12kg
Death March: 3x12steps/leg-2 12kg kbs
Overhead carry: 3x15m- 2 12kg kbs
Play with handstands
one of the hardest workouts I’ve ever done, everything felt crappy and the 215 felt like a max , rest of it felt heavy and hard, the heavy swings felt amazing, had a rough night with soreness and cramps but woke up feeling surprisingly good, went overboard on diet, but not in an out of control way
I’ve noticed that my squat and deadlift alternate. Squat will be great for a while, then suck, same for deadlift
If I push too hard in workouts, I get really anxious does anyone else experience this?
I really really really want to drink chocolate milk.
(Not lifting related) I don’t think one of my advisors thinks particularly highly of me. Maybe I’m off base, but I really want her to think highly of me bc I want to work with her former advisor (rec letter)
, rest of it felt heavy and hard, the heavy swings felt amazing, had a rough night with soreness and cramps but woke up feeling surprisingly good, went overboard on diet, but not in an out of control way