[quote]scottgomez wrote:
Thanks. To be honest I love the pyramid benching. I usually wait about 30s each set and just band them out. Sorta like cardio session for me , haha.[/quote]
I know, and all the changing of plates should count as conditioning! I like to do a CMS pyramid whenever I visit a commercial gym. 20+ sets of BP and the (skinny) wannabe bodybuilders start to get restless 
Hahahaha . Isānt that what makes going to the gym so fun.
I was on vacation, but still managed to workout.
Ill post my stuff in a second. Not that you all are waiting haha.
Aug 1 (w4/d1)
T-bar row 5x5
bike 10 mins.
Deload bench 275x4x5 (75%)
Speed Full Squat 285x5x3
some tri-ext & tate presses 6 sets
Aug 3 (w4/d2)
chins 4x8
bike 10 mins
Sumo Deadlifts (80%) 395x3x3 (85%) 415x2x3 (90%) 440x2 (all felt fairly easy)
Pyramid Benching 185/225/275/305/275/225/185 (2sets x multiple reps)
Platform Sumo Deadlifts (4inches) 295x4x4 (nice and fast)
band pullthrus 3x6
Aug 5 (w4/d3)
bike 10mins - stare at 2 very cute Aussie woman
pullups 4x5
Anderson Squats (9th hole) 585x5x3
Speed Bench (banded) (52%) 185x9x3
Full Power Paused Squat (2-5s) 285x4x4
lying leg press 3x15
tri pulldowns 5x10
Good Workouts, considering they were early morning. Skipping the 4th day like last week, im too bushed fromt he drive back. Will test maxes this week I think.
Great work! As I read through the post, I almost fell out of my chair. Then realized that you didnāt do all of this in just one day.
Still a lot of great workā¦good weight and volume.
Speed squats with 285#? I can squat that much, but it aināt speedy
[quote]LittleStrick wrote:
Great work! As I read through the post, I almost fell out of my chair. Then realized that you didnāt do all of this in just one day.
Still a lot of great workā¦good weight and volume.
Speed squats with 285#? I can squat that much, but it aināt speedy :)[/quote]
Thanks. I can move the 285 fairly speedy and clean. I expect my squat to be the lift I improve in the most. Especially if I set up correctly.
Aug 8 (max day)
10 mins bike
chin-ups 4x8
Bench Press 135x5 225x4 275x3 315x1 335x1 355x1 365x1(pr) 370x1(pr) 315x3 (hit the bar on the 4th rep and it thru me off)
Squat 135x5 225x4 315x3 365x1 385x1 410x1(pr) 315x7
Working out at 8am was not the best idea. My allergies were killing me. The bench went well, though I was helped abit with the 370 at the end, but Ill still count it as a pr .
I should have saved the squatting for another, however I have been doing it this way since I started the program. I was spent, and knew this, yet went for it. Iām sure if I would have waited another day I would done better. But a pr is still good, though it was ugly.
Great PRs! To get them on 2 different lifts on the same day is even better.
Congratulations!
^^^x2
Man BIG lifts Gomez!
Nice PRsā¦ especially a bench AND squat PRā¦ Itās like kicking as at a PL meet!
Thanks guys, itās much appreciated. I just wish I woulda split them up on different days to see if i coulda done more with my squat. Thanks again.
Aug 10 (max-day)
bike 10mins
seated rows 6-7x5
Sumo Deads 145x5 235x4 325x3 375x1 415x1 465x1 485x1 505xf (up to knee, could not lockout) 325x10
some arm curls 6x8
I really thought Iād have gotten 505. I was nervous, but felt good. Next time itās mine. Now Iāll rest for the rest of the week.
Scott,
Very strong lifting. You should channel that nervous energy into some rage.
Iāll bet the bar will fly up next time.
[quote]Oldman Powers wrote:
Scott,
Very strong lifting. You should channel that nervous energy into some rage.
Iāll bet the bar will fly up next time.[/quote]
Youāre right. If I coulda/woulda done that, Iām sure I woulda had it up. I let my emotionsānervousness get the best of me sometimes, instead of using that energy and getting all psyched up.
Damn good lifts and PRs.
Big deads, dude
scottgomez: quietly strong.
Thanks for the congrats & such, itās much appreciated. Makes me very glad I joined this group (over 35).
I have taken the week of, since my deadlifting.
Next round of workouts, I may drop the 2 of my deadlifting exercises, to give it abit of a rest. Be it the speed, defecit or rack pulls. Of course it all depends on what the ego calls for while I am in the gym, but this is my plan.
Id drop the defecit deads.But that just me.
[quote]bulldog9899 wrote:
Id drop the defecit deads.But that just me.[/quote]
I may very well do this. Thanks
Aug15 (w1/d1)
1 Board Bench (80%) 305x5x3
Speed Full Power Squats (70%) 295x5x3
3 Board Bench (80%) 325x4x5
dmb flies 2x20
rollinā tri-ext 3x10
jm press 3x10
Time off made me abit sluggish in the gym. For awhile Iāve had a nagging pain in the outside of both of my legs (upper quads). Today it was really bad, made it very hard for me to get full depth. Anyone with any good suggestions, iād appreciate the help/ideas?
[quote]scottgomez wrote:
Time off made me abit sluggish in the gym. For awhile Iāve had a nagging pain in the outside of both of my legs (upper quads). Today it was really bad, made it very hard for me to get full depth. Anyone with any good suggestions, iād appreciate the help/ideas?[/quote]
If they are your ITBās, foam roll those suckers. Heck, foam roll whatever it is.
Stretching the hip flexors and ITBās is also helpful. Itās made a ton of difference for me.
[quote]Oldman Powers wrote:
[quote]scottgomez wrote:
Time off made me abit sluggish in the gym. For awhile Iāve had a nagging pain in the outside of both of my legs (upper quads). Today it was really bad, made it very hard for me to get full depth. Anyone with any good suggestions, iād appreciate the help/ideas?[/quote]
If they are your ITBās, foam roll those suckers. Heck, foam roll whatever it is.
Stretching the hip flexors and ITBās is also helpful. Itās made a ton of difference for me.[/quote]
Thank you I will certainly give it a try.