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Can’t go 2 weeks without a bench video, amirite?

Tuesday

Bench
305x4, 340x4, 380x3, 395x2 (PR)
Had to make a decision today. Probably had 4 in me at 380, but it’s becoming apparent that I won’t be able to keep doing 4RMs anymore anyway. That in mind, I added 5 to last weeks double, nailed it, and am prepared for 400x2 now. I’d still love to hit 400x3 before school starts, but I’ll be happy with 405x2.

Incline
275x7, 320x6 (+1 assisted; PR)
Still feeling good. Triceps are still the weak link.

HS Seated Decline
3PPSx10, 4PPSx10, 4+25x11

Bent Lat Raises
45x12, 60x9; Seated: 40x10, 50x9

Rear Delt Mach
160x10, 180x10, 200x10

Prone Horiz Abd
5x10,12, 10x12

The young me would have pushed bench until I got somewhere around 390x4, then probably would have stalled and got hurt. Old me says the pec/delt tie-in is getting overly sore, and this means it’s time to set a nice, heavy goal, hit it, then back down to reps and narrow grip. Shoulder is still feeling good so I’m happy. Great workout. Also, my wrists felt terrible after trying a normal (not thumbless) squat grip, so I guess that experiment is over.

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dude you are a benching machine!

can i haz sum of ur benchez strngth pleeezzzzz? lol

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Wednesday

Pendlay Row
225x5, 245x5, 275x4, 275x7 (loose form)
If you happened to see my posts in the Powerlifting forum’s Pendlay Row thread, you know I like to keep these strict :). This will be a good substitute until my knee is better opr I can do some dl/oly lift variation.

NG Pullup
BWx8, +25x6, +45x6, +70x6
Weird how these fluctuate.

HS Pulldown
2PPSx8, 3PPSx6, 3+25x5
Need to lower the seat next time…had trouble staying in it. This machine was much harder than the one I used at Urban Active.

Wide Seated Face-pull
180x10, 210x10, 240x8

Strict DB Curl
50x6,6, 55x6
God I hate biceps.

Leaving for a family vacation in Virginia Beach tomorrow night, so I pushed this workout up and will be hitting tris tomorrow (maybe more biceps, too). Good workout. Should get a bench and squat in at least while I’m there, but probably won’t be heavy and I probably won’t lift more than 3x total. Should be a natural deload.

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Thursday

HS Shoulder Press
2PPSx10, 3PPSx10, 3+25x8, 4PPSx6 (PR), 3PPSx20 (PR)
Felt good.

OH Tri Bar Ext
70x12, 120x10, 130x10,9
Last set paused. Noticeably stronger this week.

OH Rope Press
140x12, 160x10, 180x9, 190x8

Machine Shoulder Press
Circuit: 8 neutral, 8 Standard
130, 150
170x8, 190x7
Standard grip on the last two. It’s better to do the neutral grip at the beginning of the circuit, apparently.

Prone Horiz Abd
5x12,12

Nice little workout to finish off the week. Leaving tonight for vacation. I plan on taking the next two days off, maybe hitting up the hotel gym on Sunday for fun, then getting 2-3 lifts in at a real gym. I’ll probably go to 405 on squat, 350 on bench. Might do some hang cleans. Don’t plan on going for max reps on anything keeping in spirit with a deload.

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Have fun on your vacation.

What’s your best deadlift? Is the back still getting in the way of it? How did you herniate the disc, anyway?

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Have fun on the vacation… Post some pics when you get back

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Thanks fellas, my plan is to remember very little of it. Per request, I’ll post whatever I can…just don’t get too overwhelmed when you see my giant gut, haha.

XJ-I’ve only ever pulled 505, though the day I did 490x3 I could have gone heavier than that. I have really poor mechanics on it even though my arms are pretty long. I think it’s a lack of flexibility, but I just can’t seem to ever keep my back flat and the bar close to me. The last DL video I have in this log is 465x5, and you can see that the form is just bad. I’m a better conventional puller, but it messes with my back a lot more, so I rarely do it. I herniated a disc almost 10 years ago squatting, but the culprit was most likely DL. Our powerlifting coach had us pulling from a deficit the entire season (spring semester), and we only went to normal pulls a couple of weeks before our meet. My back always felt bad, and I never had the flexibility to use my legs much in a deficit pull, and I think it just caught up over time. I have a family history of bad backs, as well, and my sister had already herniated a disc by 15 just from playing field hockey. I don’t plan on giving it up altogether, but at most I’ll be training it once a month or so. I’ll probably test it the week I get back. Sorry that was so long-winded, hope it cleared some things up.

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No worries man; I was actually hoping that I wouldn’t get a terse response, lol. Have you ever tried going full sumo?

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monster pressing as usual.

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Oh hai gaiz! Done getting my tan on in Virginia Beach, time to get back to heavy lifting.

Thanks Bug, trying to get my bench in the mid 4s while I feel good.

XJ, I’ve tried. I think my flexibility hurts that as well, because I stalled really quickly when I converted to full sumo from conventional. I didn’t start gaining until I narrowed my stance. Who knows, though? I will probably play around with several stances when I test it out, maybe this week.

Vacation training from what I can remember:

Monday

Bench
300, 325, 350x5
Some close calls with my shoulder here…the bench wasn’t great and my spotter at 350 basically forced me to lift 350 from behind my head. Ended up fine, though.

Bent Lat Raises
45x10, 60x9, Seated: 40x10, 50xdon’t remember, wasn’t 10

Rear delt machine, TRX band work, maybe some other stuff. Tried to incline but it was way worse than flat in how far behind my head the bar was, so I didn’t go past my first warmup. 350 wasn’t hard, so it should work as a deload.

Wednesday

Squat
365, 385, 405x5
Not hard in terms of the weight, but good god this had me wheezing…I am insanely out of shape.

Hang Clean
135, 155, 175, 185x3
Not hard, but stressed my knee a little more than I would have liked.

+A bunch of rope presses and machine curls. Knee was a lot better going in, not sure if it’s anything other than the same after. Don’t know when I’ll start doing cleans consistently again.

Friday

BB Row
275, 315, 355x10
Srong sets

Shrug
405, 455x10
Would have gone heavier but my setup was too high and I didn’t feel like adjusting it.

Ring Pullups
BWx8x3 sets
Loooved these…wish I had the rings at my gym. Towel pullups maybe?

Biceps stuff and machine lat stuff. Good workout, ready to be back in the gym.

To anyone who is ever in Va Beach and wants to lift, I strongly suggest Wareing’s Gym. The owner was a good dude and let me in free the first day, otherwise it’s 20 per or 50 for 3. A bit expensive, sure, but definitely worth it. The gym is very well equipped, with multiple squat racks, benches, oly bars, even a sparring ring. The owner and trainers seem to be into crossfit, so there’s that, but didn’t force it on me. The whole staff is very friendly as well. There were also some genuine hotties working out there. All in all, a great gym for a week.

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Monday

Squat
355x3, 385x3, 415x4
Totally pussed out on that last set and could have easily done 5. Still wasn’t back in my normal gym yet and the hooks were high, so I think I let that get in my head.

Tried some front squats again, and again it did a number on my knee. FML. Lost my motivation to do anything after that, plus it was Urban Active and didn’t have any machines of value for legs besides the leg press, which wasn’t happening. Can’t wait to get a good, heavy legs day in next week at the uni gym.

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Tuesday

Bench
335x2, 355x2, 375x2, 400x2, 405x2 (PR)
Toodaloo motha fuckaaaaaaaaaaaaas. Yea, don’t know what that means, but it felt right. I was happy with 400x2, but the cameraman goofed and didn’t save the video, so I got mad and did 405. Wasn’t too pretty, but still counts as “repping” it in my book :).

Incline
275x7, 320x7 (PR)
Another PR. Didn’t think I had any chance at 7 after the 5 mark, but my body disagreed.

HS Seated Decline
3PPSx12, 4x12,15
I think I earned a lighter few sets here.

Bent Lat Raise
45x12, 50x10, 55x10, 60x10
Got tired of feeling nauseous while doing these seated, so went to 4 sets of regular.

Rear Delt Mach
150x10, 180x10, 210x8

Prone Horiz Abd
5x12, 10x12

Great day for PRs, and I needed it after that bullshit squatting yesterday. Pec tie-in felt good, so I should be able to keep up with doubles for awhile longer. Also, I’m seeing the value of the deload provided the working sets are singles and doubles, otherwise I think it’s crap. So I’ll take another probably before summer ends when I feel I need it.

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Congrats on the bench PR and being able to do your whole workout four times over. LOL.

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[quote]xjusticex2013x wrote:
Congrats on the bench PR and being able to do your whole workout four times over. LOL.[/quote]

Haha, incredible work capacity, no? Here’s the video since it didn’t show any other time.

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Congrats on the 405x2! That’s a big-ass milestone.

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What up homie. Don’t forget to thank you’re spotter on those benches :slight_smile:

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HAHA should have known you’d come in with some gay name I don’t understand. I don’t know, man. That spotter looks like he’ll never bench 225.

Bug-much appreciated. Can’t wait until that weight feels like 365 does now.

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Thursday

Power Snatch
95x2, 115x1, 135x1, 155x1
Great power, will probably continue to stay with power snatches for awhile. No pain in the knee when I do them this way.

Conv DL
425, 445, 475, 495x2
No straps, knee felt good and the weight wasn’t too hard. Lesson learned: Piss and moan about DL for long enough and you’ll get better at them. I’ll see where I am next week. If they feel as light as these did, I’ll try 500/505. If not, speed pulls. That will be my format from here on as long as my back tolerates it.

Wide Seated FP
180, 210, 240x10
Getting better tat these.

Heavy Curl
50, 60x6, 70x5
Wasn’t too concerned with form here. Gonna see if heavy curls make my retarded biceps grow.

Row Machine
190x8, 230x6,10

Great followup to bench. Honestly, if I hadn’t been so lazy I would have attempted 500 on DL, but the bumper plates were stacked all the way out and I didn’t feel like unloading the bar.

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Friday

HS Shoulder Press
3PPSx10, 3+25x8, 4PPSx9 (PR), 3+10x13
Wow, thought I did 4x8 last time but apparently that was a 3R PR. Nice.

V-Squat Push Press
2PPSx10, 2+25x8, 3+5x8

OH Tri Bar Ext
70x10, 120x10, 130x10, 9 paused

OH Rope Press
150x10, 170x10, 190x7
Died.

Military Press
225x4
LOL. Not used to these, just wanted to see how they felt. Wasn’t awful, but not worth the risk.

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Monday

Squat
355x3, 385x3, 415x3(wraps), 435x4 (PR, wraps)
Broke in some knee wraps in an attempt to protect my injured one, and I have to see they were fantastic. Didn’t want to try for a 3RM just yet, but was perfectly happy with a 4RM. Knee was hurting for the first two sets, but I didn’t feel it at all with the wraps.

V-squat FS
4PPSx8, 5PPSx8
Felt good, just wore sleeves here. No real room left on the peg, though.

Standing Rope Crunch
100x10,10

Felt sick all day, so I scaled back after squat. Love the addition of wraps, but I’d like to think this is the last piece of gear I buy.