Deload naps win man, take it easy, rest up and PR the shit out of your workout next week!
@Enders: naps are full of win 
Did a bunch of cleans, push presses, and front squats as a break from studying today. Definitely felt good. Ready to do some skwatting tomorrow.
Btw fruit punch flavored gatorade mixed with Power Drive tastes awesome.
Can’t wait to see you back at it hitting it hard. You must be pretty hungry for some skwats at this stage?
Bleh post didn’t seem to come through on my first attempt.
Squat - Week 1
Sunday 10/9/11
Decent session after the week off.
Squat
somex135, 155, 185, 205, 225
5x6x255 ~70%
Took some time to shake off some of the rust.
Squat (high bar)
6x3x250
Felt weak and hungry when I started these.
Ab wheel
3x10
GM
3x10x95
Geezus, hammies felt like they were being torn of bone.
Warning: vid is rather uneventful.
Bench press - Week 1
Monday 10/10/11
Bench press
somex135, 155, 185, 205
5x6x235 ~80%
Not bad. Forearms/wrists felt much better, but still a little pain in my right wrist. Wrapping it seemed to help. I’ll have to remember to be more conservative with the bench pressing.
Reverse band bench press
5x275
3x285
1x295
5x285
3x295
1x305
5x295
3x305
1x315
If I’m extremely tight, like tight like a tiger, wrist doesn’t have pain. The reverse band set up seemed to help with the pain, since I feel most of the pain at the bottom of the press.
Circuit:
Pendlay row
3x10x135
Rear delt flies (on incline bench)
3x15x10s
Band pull aparts
3x30
also staggered a bunch b/w pressing
<3 that circuit.
Was going to do some dead benching, but decided it’s probably better that I reduce the pressing and up the pulling, at least until my wrist/forearm is 100%.
Dunno if the pain in your forearms is the same as mine but might be worth trying some db pressing to make up for the lack of bb pressing? Mine kill when I press with a barbell but feel pretty good with dbs.
Still planning on maxing out on the big lifts?
@Getting Closer: I’m going to be giving DB pressing a shot this Friday, hopefully they’ll feel good. Thanks for sharing I don’t plan on maxing until late November/early December. Focusing on getting in quality work and building strength.
Deadlift - Week 1
Wednesday 10/12/11
Deficit DL (a little less than 4 inches)
somex135 (from the floor, these felt extra speedy)
3x135, 185, 225, 245, 275, 315
1x335, 365, 405 PR
5x4x315 ~75%
Holy shitake mushrooms!!! Wasn’t sure what I could pull from a deficit, so I decided to sorta get a feel for it. Initially thought I’d max at 365, needless to say 405 was ez money. I was so surprised I even checked to make sure 405 was on the bar lol. Feels great to hit a PR, especially since my pressing has been rather lackluster.
Decided to take a page from CT and just call it a day after hitting a huge PR. I was planning on doing some RDLs, T-bar rows, shrugs, and using the ab wheel. Anyways I’ve got a lab to finish and a fizziks exam.
Nice deadlift dude, 405 went up really smoothly. You sure they weren’t fake plates or something brah’? 
@phlegms: thanks man! Gahd I hope they aren’t fake plates 
Bench press - Week 1
Friday 10/14/11
Today was amazing in that lab ended early today and I bumped into bug. Gahd he looks sexier everytime I see him <3.
Military press
a bunch x 95
3x135, 155, 165, 185
1x195, 205
missx225
5x155, 135
205 felt rather easy, but forearms were a bit of a pain so probably shouldn’t have bothered to try 225. Was supposed to just get in some quality work with these, but obviously didn’t.
Bench press (paused)
somex135, 155, 185
5x4x205 ~75%
Minimal pain, which is great, but gahd the benches on campus suck.
DB bench
10x60, 70, 80
I suck at getting DBs into place. But no pain while pressing.
DB row
3x20x100 (lol twas cardio)
By the time I got to these I couldn’t access the heavier DBs. I’ll either have to do these earlier or really rep out 100.
Hammer curls
3x10x40s
Gahd I suck at curling. Didn’t feel like doing these cuz I didn’t want to stay in the campus gym any longer, but senor bugeisha talked me into it.
Basically tried to get a feel for how today’s session will run in the future weeks. With not being 100% able to press, I’ll be trying to hammer my squat and DL. Gotta get 405 and 455 come December.
Errrm why are you attempting 225 on military? It’s too much! You’ve got no video so I’m just gonna take it as a lie. Pretty sure I’ll feel better about my own pressing that way lol.
Glad to hear you’re pain free on the db pressing!
Dat military press… Gawd you’ll be repping out 225 in like a week at this rate. FML.
Lol uni gyms are the worst!
405 defect pull? I need to get to work! I remember when our pulls were even!
Now you feel my pain. Wish I was Richie Richerson and had a state-of-the-art home gym…
I watched the 225 attempt. It was very sexy, even though it was a miss. Went up a bout half way, sat there for a sec, then aborted.
Aqua is getting so big though, and his bench setup is flawless. I wanna be like him when i grow up.
Nice stuff in here. Putting 225 on the bar and moving it off your shoulders is no easy feat. My god. Seems to be the mans speciality. My campus gyms bars bend and platforms implode. It “looks” like it’s made for weightlifting but when any poundages are used things begin to fall apart quickly lol. A 700lb deadlifter who had graduated but came to check it out put the floor down about 2" but playing with 250kg/550lb… pretty sure that’s why they invested in platforms actually… normal floors = fail
[quote]bugeishaAD wrote:
Now you feel my pain. Wish I was Richie Richerson and had a state-of-the-art home gym…
I watched the 225 attempt. It was very sexy, even though it was a miss. Went up a bout half way, sat there for a sec, then aborted.
Aqua is getting so big though, and his bench setup is flawless. I wanna be like him when i grow up.[/quote]
Shhhh! Stop backing up Aqua, he’s making other people feel like they’re going backwards! Lol
@Getting Closer: lol in retrospect 225 was a bit of a stretch considering how the previous lifts felt, live and learn. Yeah, I’m glad the DB pressing is all good, I just need to get better at kicking them up and what not.
@phlegms: Well I need to get 225 for a single first. I will rep 2 plates soon enough.
@MAsteve: Uni gyms could step up their game lol. Well I have the advantage of being fatter than you, so yeah. And believe me, I’m probably as surprised as you that I got 405.
@luvbug: I do feel your pain, but then I remember that you’re gonna be tearing shit up in a legit PL gym. So die plz.
@jake_j_m: I appreciate it man Hahah I can only hope to be so strong as to cause architectural malfunctions.
Do something off day
Saturday 10/15/11
Took a long nap and was feeling a bit sluggish, so decided to go and lift something.
Did a bunch of band pull aparts and rear delt flies. Did lots of cleans and snatches until I felt that I lost my ‘explosiveness’.
Good stuff.
Acctually I’m not suprised at all!
You’ve out the work in and you’re reaping the rewards.
@MAsteve: thanks man I tend to feel like I could always put in more work, but it’s good to hear from others that it at least looks like I’m doing work lol.
Squat - Week 2
Sunday 10/16/11
Squat
somex135, 155, 185, 205, 225, 245
5x5x275 ~75%
Took awhile to get warmed up and loose, but it’s better to spend a bit more time warming up and having a decent session, than being hard headed and getting hurt. Technique was kinda meh. Felt light headed after these, water seemed to help. Need to drink moar water.
Squat (high bar)
8x3x245
Good stuff, felt light and fast.
GM
5x5x135
Rather than push for more reps w/ 135, say 10 reps, I’d rather get 5 good ones that rip my hammies off the bone.
Ab wheel
3x10
Overall good session, nothing exciting, just an attempt to put in quality work.
Boring vid is boring:
Looking solid dude, still jelly of the squat…
How are you finding the high frequency strength stuff? Found yourself longing for 5/3/1 yet?