Merry Christmas to you too 
Thanks
Alrighty took most of December of then yesterday decided to do a mini meet in the basement with the guys.
Warmed up in squats and my knees and hips feel better from all the mobility work I’ve done, but my quads feel weak as hell. Only squatted 225 and missed 250 twice.
Bench: Warm up went fine, no shoulder pain. Did 160 and felt ok on it, not strong enough to push much more than that. Back can’t stay tight and I generally lack strength.
Deadlift: At this point my cousin is beating me as he squatted 250 and benched 180, but he only deadlifted 285. I did 365 and claimed the pathetic victory!
My total=750
Cody’s total=715
I start 5/3/1 again monday! Excited!
Do you plan on moving up in weight soon?
CS
I’m doing my best to gain weight yes. I’m fighting the flu right now which is pissing me off.
I hate to make excuses because we all know the secret to gaining weight=eat more, but it seems like something always undoes whatever progress I make. But I squared away my hips and knees and am ready to do some volume and gain some damn weight. My goal is to compete at 165 sometime this year… and actually weigh 165.
There he is! May your new year be filled with weight gains and 400+ deadlifts.
[quote]MightyMouse17 wrote:
There he is! May your new year be filled with weight gains and 400+ deadlifts.[/quote]
Haha glad to be back, and thanks man! Hope you can set that record this year!
I will not settle for anything less than a 300 squat, a 200 bench, and a 400 deadlift by this time next year.
Happy new year everyone!
Tonight I start 5/3/1 again after my December layoff.
I don’t do New Year’s resolutions, I find the whole concept sort of ironic. In my opinion if it meant a lot to you you wouldn’t need a special occasion to go do it.
Anyways, be safe everyone!
Dec 31st
Warm ups:
10 minute bike
foam roll
stretch
DB raise superset 10 lbs 10 reverse 10 side 2 sets
OHP
45x5
55x5
65x5
70x10
55x10
Pull ups with legs indian style
2 sets of 5. 1 of 7
Perfect push ups 5 sets of 10
DB rows 3 sets of 20 with 20#'s
10 minute bike
Deadlift day!
10 minute bike
Deadlift: 135x5 185x5 215x5 245x8 then 185x12
I did the set of 12 by taking a breath, do a triple, retake breath, repeat.
It was really shitty, but I could really feel bracing into my belt.
Front squat- 5x10 with 95 pounds. Felt good, got tired around 6 everytime.
Hex dumbbell hold- 20 pounds. In three tries I did 8,10,36 seconds. It was awkward learning how to hold it, and I had to use chalk to keep it from slipping. This will help a lot and my right hand would’ve been good for longer. Damn left hand!
3 one minute planks (gotta start somewhere!)
10 minute bike!
This year I plan to total over 900 in a meet. I am also going to go watch a strongman comp in May.
I want to compete in lightweight strongman either 2014 or 2015.
1/5 Bench
10 min bike
DB reverse and lateral raise superset 2x10
Bench: 45x5, 75x5, 95x5, 105x7, 75x15
DB rows- 3x20 20lbs
DB bench 3x20 20 lbs
Curls 3x10 20 lbs
10 min bike
Sucks to start so light, but my elbow was jacked up and this should allow smooth progress while adding volume and conditioning.
I’M NEW I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO!
1/6 Squat
10 min bike
Squat: 45x10, 65x5, 95x5, 115x5, 135x5, 155x7, 135x8
Good morning: 65x2x10 95x2x10
Plank: 3 1 minute planks 30 second rest
10 minute bike
I’m already up from 136 to 140 and I feel better. I like this style of training more!
When I put my belt on to squat I could actually brace out against it. 4 pounds down, 25 to go!
Hmm…this doesn’t look like 531 to me?
[quote]MightyMouse17 wrote:
Hmm…this doesn’t look like 531 to me?[/quote]
It is. I promise. I do (whatever day it is) set 1, sets 2, set 3 for reps, repeat set 1 for reps.
It just looks weird because I write down every goofy ass warm up set with me trying to get into position and get ready to go.
1/7 Press day
10 minute bike
Bradford press 2 sets of 10 with the bar to warm up.
Press 60x3, 65x3, 75x10, 60x10
3 sets of “Five and dimes” which is 5 pull ups and 10 push ups
Perfect push up 5x10
DB Row 4x20 with 20#'s
10 minute bike
Worked yesterday moving furniture at the hotel again. Last time I worked there 7 hours and got 50 dollars. This time I only worked 4 hours, but I basically ran the show for them and it was a legit 4 and a half hours with no breaks. So I got 42 dollars. They like me over there and I hope they have to move more stuff soon.
Then that evening I went to Great Wall buffet for dinner and ate 4 plates of food! Good stuff!
Deadlifts tonight.
1/9
Bike 10 mins
Deadlift-135x5, 185x3, 205x3, 230x3, 260x10, 205x10
Front squat- 45x10, 65x8, 95x8, 115x5, 137x3, 153x6, 95x12
Plank- 4 1 minute planks 30 sec rest
10 minute bike
Deadlifts were good. Called it at ten because it’s 3 week and fuck it.
Front squats are cool. 5x10 was boring so I decided to work up and see how I felt.
Feeling good. Recovering better than I used to.
1/11 Bench
Bike
DB reverse fly/lateral raise super set- 20#'s 3x20
Bench- 45x10, 80x3, 101x3, 115x10, 80x15
DB rows- 4x20 with 20’s
DB bench- 4x20 with 20’s
Curls- 4x10 withs 20’s
Bike
Volume is feelnig good. Going to move it up a little every week.
1/14
Squat and press
I had to combine days because I couldn’t make it to the gym this weekend. However I did get moved into my apartment and started class.
The bad news is I have 10 days to get the people at fedloan to do their job or I am out of school. Not bad for government work.
Squat-45x5, 95x5, 135x3, 145x3, 165x5, 135x8
Axle clean and press- Not really sure what the pipe weighed but-
10 on each side for 10
25 x3
35x3x
45x5
No idea what weights they actually were, but I liked how it felt and everyone was staring at me. Fuck it.
Snatch to good morning because I didnt want to hog the rack (people needed to curl)
65x10 for 4 sets then 80x12
Good day lifting. There were brotards everywhere. It smelled like new year’s resolution.
But there were 2 relative hot women staring at me doing good mornings. Then they started doing good mornings.
They obviously saw how essential GM’s are to having an iron ass like mine.
The ladies like to spank my ass when I’m doing GMs. I think they want me to return the favor?
[quote]MightyMouse17 wrote:
The ladies like to spank my ass when I’m doing GMs. I think they want me to return the favor?[/quote]
I would be surprised if they didn’t!