That’s a cool vid of everyone’s lifts! One idea for you to try, if you feel inclined to do so, is when you DL, rather than having your head back looking straight ahead, keep your head in line with your spine with your eyes 6-8ft (2-3 meters 
) in front of you. It works for me and helps me feel “tighter”, fwiw.
Good luck with 5.3.1 if you go that route, it’s a great program.
LWI
[quote]nlmain wrote:
I must be feeling better alright
singlet pic for Inky since he so nicely obliged in his log.
small bewbs ftw!
edit: I was already told that titan is the geek brand but as I am proudly part of a geek lifting team I fully stand behind the choice. so deal.[/quote]
sonofabitch!!
Very sexy. Very, very…very…sexy. Very.
Damn N, I’m sure that singlet wasn’t intended to look as hawt as it does on you.
Can’t wait for you to start your prep for the next meet, how exciting!
Only the Frenchy could make a singlet sexy! Looking nomnom!!
yeah! Dexter is great!! feel better !! 
have you tried mad men? LUSH.
damn girl, you do make that singlet look hot!
hehe!
glad you guys like it 
took the time to make my tax crap last night - big fuckin grumble.
And then I calculated and wrote out a 5/3/1 plan for the next 4 weeks. The numbers do seem kinda light but I also haven’t been repping much near my maxes so this should force me to bite the bullet.
Tonight is groceries and I plan on hitting the gym wednesday or thursday. We’ll see how quickly the last leg of this flu crap goes.
cheers
N
LS - I haven’t read the Dexter books, have you?
Brute- I haven’t tried mad men but I’ve heard so much about it. I’m thinking of renting the first season to see how I like it.
woohoo…looking forward to following your progress!
Yay! Glad your on the upswing in the health department!
The singlet pic is very sexy, nice job Frenchie.
Good luck with the 5/3/1.
You should definitely rent Mad Men. That show rocks.
Mainy, re: 5/3/1 numbers seeming “light”, don’t up your weights, stick with what’s calculated and you’ll keep progressing for a really long time in small increments. Making big jumps because you think you “should” will only hinder your progress. Good luck with it!
[quote]nlmain wrote:
LS - I haven’t read the Dexter books, have you?
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I read the first book a couple of months ago (got it for Christmas). I really enjoyed it. It really dives into Dexter’s mind and his struggle with the Dark Passenger - obviously more than a tv show can. The story was quite a bit different than the first season too so there still was some suspense. I’d recommend it anyway.
I’ve been meaning to pick up the rest of the series to add to my ever increasing que of books to read.
i vote 5/3/1, and i tried to bite the monitor with your pic on it. did not go so well.
also, this is for u:
way to rock a singlet !!! yes, the bi’s are hawt !
Frenchie: I didn’t think it possible that an adult onesie could look so good.
Re: 5-3-1: You know I’m a huge proponent, and I’ve made steady and good gains with it , but it really is a 3 step back, 3 step forward program. If you do it right (start light, proceed slowly), you may not be hitting the weights you need/want to be by meet time. SInce you’re competing again in just a few months, I would do the 3-5-1 variation, with the heavy singles on your 5-3-1 day.
5-3-1, 3-5-1, I’m clueless.
But can’t wait to see those numbers going UP!–and they stay there!
Sorry, no more music before TN 0:-)
Well, whatever you do, 5/3/1, 1/3/5, 3/5/1, 1/5/3, 3/1/5, 5/1/3, can’t wait to see your progress!
Weren’t you always on the 5/3/1 bandwagon?
Anyways, whatever you decide the numbers are sure to follow! Slow and steady progress is good!
[quote]Mascherano wrote:
Weren’t you always on the 5/3/1 bandwagon?
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Nope - my attitude was basically hit the gym with atleast 1 big complex movement in mind be it squat/deads/bench.
-add on a couple of support movements such as GHR, RD, pullups ect…
-work out about 4 times a week for 5-8 hours.
-keep cardio low (trying to gain mass in legs).
it sounds like 5/3/1 without the planning and charting. similar in attitude.
This aloud me to be versatile in terms of want I wanted to do, what was available in the gym and focusing on what needed improvement. It worked for me basically because I’ve been at this for 6 years and I can hit the gym and right away figure out what it is I want to do. Someone who is unsure and wastes time at the gym planning should not follow this but if you can rattle off a bunch of exercises for legs, back shoulders ect… than all you need to know is today deads& back; lets kill them.
I also don’t skip around in my goals. I can spend months on bench, or squat or overall gaining or leaning. I use these parameters to focus my workouts.
I’ve had good results because I know how and when to push, but I at least wanted to give a program a good try and who knows, perhaps being more structured will improve the results, and hopefully won’t suck the joy out of it.
I like your training plan…
maybe cause thats mine too!
accept I haven’t been pushing the heavy reps/maxing out…soon.
It will be interesting to see how you do within parameters and calculations, etc…