1 Week later
Saturday - Bench (9 weeks out)
A. Pause Bench
2 x 3 w/ 95
135 x 3
185 x 2
215 x 1
245 x 1
270 x 2 (shitty rep, my technique really felt apart for some reason)
B. Speed Bench - 10 x 4 w/ 225 (these were pretty damn good this week)
C. Paused Hammer Grip DB Press
2 x 6 w/ 90
90 x 7
D. Neutral-Grip Chins - 3 x 8 w/ 20 lb chain
E. DB Flies - 4 x 15 w/ 30s
F. 3-Board Jm Press - 5 x 5 w/ 165
G. Trap Bar Rows - 4 x 15 w/ 100
Wow It’s been a long time since I have posted
6 weeks out
Squats - Worked up to 315 x 2
Bench - Hit 280 x 1 twice this week, both times missing the second rep
Deads
A. Sumo Deads
2 x 3 w/ 135
185 x 3
225 x 2
275 x 1
315 x 1
330 x 5
B. Sumo Matt Pulls (off yellow bumper and 2 mats)
330 x 3
2 x 3 w/ 350
C. Deficit Conv Deads
205 x 5
235 x 5
255 x 5
275 x 5
D. Barbell Shrugs - 3 x 12 w/ 245
E. Heavy DB Rows (straps, assuming db handle 15 lbs) - 100 x 10, 125 x 10, 2 x 10 w/ 100
F. Occluded Seated Band Leg Curls - 4 x 15 w/ doubled red band (30 sec rest)
G. Plate Farmers walk - 3 x 1 minute (1 minute rest)
5 weeks out - deads
A. Conv Deads
2 x 2 w/ 135
225 x 2
275 x 2
315 x 1
365 x 1
10 x 1 w/ 390
B. Front Squats
135 x 3
185 x 3
205 x 2
135 x 3 paused reps
3 x 3 paused reps w/ 155
C. Goodmornings - 95 x 10, 110 x 10, 130 x 10
D. Banded stiff Leg Deads - 3 x 8 w/ 165 and single red band
E. Occluded Band leg Extensions (single red) x 20, 20, 30, 40
Monday - Bench
A. Pause Bench
2 x 3 w/ 95
135 x 3
185 x 2
215 x 1
245 x 1
270 x 1
2 x 1 w/ 290 (wasn’t happy with the first sets pause so I took it again. Smoked both times)
B. Speed bench - 5 x 3 w/ 255
C. Wide-Grip Pause Bench - 2 x 6 w/ 200
D. Neutral grip chins (weighted) - 3 x 8 w/ 35
E. Plate flies - 4 x 10 w/ 35s
Tuesday - Squats
Warm
Wall squats - 2 x 10
Glute bridges x 12
Hip stretches
Band leg curls - doubled red x 10, 10, 10 w/ 15 partials
2a. Banded leg press - 290 x 1, 2, 3
2b. Band good mornings - 3 x 5
2c. Over and backs - 3 x 3
~all this was just activation and prepump work~
Real work
A. Squats
2 x 3 w/ 135
185 x 3
215 x 2
Added belt
250 x 1
280 x 1
310 x 1
Smoked all of these…than…
2 x 0 w/ 330 (god dammit back to this shit)
B. Speed Squats - 5 x 2 w/ 255
C. Oly pause squats - 205 x 3, 5
Thursday - Press assistance
A. Jump Squats - 5 x 5 w/ 65
B. Close-Grip Chain Bench (40 lbs of chains
Added chains
2 x 3 w/ 95
135 x 3
175 x 2
205 x 1
3 x 1 w/ 230, 230 x 2 (misgrooved the shit out of the third, prob could’ve gotten 4-5)
C. Military/ Push Press
155 x 2 Strict
155 x 3 Slight leg drive
155 x 6 Push press
D. Cambered Bar Head Supported Rows - 4 x 15 w/ 70
E. Barbell Front Raises - 4 x 10 w/ 80
F. Dicks Press - 4 x 4 w/ 135 (knee wraps on elbows)
G. Cross Body Chain extensions (one arm at a time) - 2 x 8 w/ 40 lbs of chains, 20-10-6 w/ 20 lbs of chains
Friday - Deads
A. Deads
135 x 2
225 x 2
275 x 1 added Belt
315 x 1
365 x 1
410 x 2
B. "Speed Deads*
2 x 3 w/ 365
2 x 1 w/ 365
2 x 3 w/ 315
these just never feel fast…
C. Single-Arm DB Shrugs - 3 x 8 w/ 140
D. Pendlay Rows - 3 x 5 w/ 185
E. Dead Squats (1/2 squat, conv stance) - 2 x 1 w/ 290, 4 x 1 w/ 290 standing on yellows
Thursday - Bench and assistance
A. Pause Bench
2 x 3 w/ 95
135 x 3
185 x 2
225 x 1
255 x 1
275 x 1
290 x 1
300 x miss
245 x 1, 2, 3
255 x 1, 2, 3
265 x 1, 2, 2
B. Close-Grip Floor Press - 3 x 3 w/ 205
C. Military Press - 5 x 5 w/ 115
D1. Cross body chain extensions - 4 x 8 w/ 40 lbs of chains
D2. Band Pull aparts - 4 x 15
Sunday - Hungover and forced Back into dust mode
I am not much of a drinking guy but when I do lets just say I have fun…but this drinking day made me realize that I am flat out in pain and miserable 24/7 because I am pushing myself beyond the brink of what I can handle right now because of emotional stress and still not being fully recovered from my squat accident and of course they great toe chopping of '13 lol
So here was me just playing around sunday not really being strong…
A. Squats
Bar x 3
2 x 3 w/ 95
135 x 3
175 x 3
205 x 3
2 x 5 w/ 225
B. Bench - 5 x 5 w/ 205 (60 sec rest)
C. Incline Tilt Bench - 6 x 6 (30-60 sec rest) w/ 185
D. Plate Squeeze press walk - 3 x 1 minute w/ 10s
Monday - Back and Thought I had a plan
A. Sumo Stiff Leg Deficit DLs
(using only 25s, 10s, and 5s, to increase the ROM)
105 x 10
120 x 10
135 x 10
150 x 10
120 x 10
B. Speed Sumo Deficit Deads
(using only 35s, 25s, 10s , 5s)
115 x 3
165 x 3
165 and 40 lbs of chains x 3
165 and 80 lbs of chains x 3
165 and 80 lbs of chains x 9
C. Band Shrugs - 4 x 12 (3 sec squeeze)
D. Chins
Wide-Overhand x 9, 12
Medium-Overhand x 11, 9
Close-Neutral x 6