Mondy's Log

March 7th (DAY 2)

After reading the advice from Personal pr thread rawelite, I realized I need more hip extension on my deadlift. I’ll work on it tomorrow and see how it goes.

Today’s Workout:

Warmups
135x5
185x3
225x2

Worksets
275x1
285x 3x1
290x NL
285x1
280x 2x1
275x 4x1

*11 Singles in total.

Did one set of light chins, and two sets of light incline dumbbell bench presses.

Today I am eating about 24grams of fish oil. I’m bumping up the protein, eating as much meat as possible. I’ll also be supplementing some greens+/Superfood to balance the acid out. I was amazed that my workset weights did not drop that much from the previous day. Oh I workout in two gyms, one uses KG, the other uses pounds. I usually just count the 20kg plate as 45 instead of 44, so my kg to pound conversion could be +/-5 off.

March 8th (DAY 3)

Today’s Workout:

Worksets
275x1
285x1
295x1 Weights went up?
305, 300 NL
285x1
290x1
295x1
300,290 NL
275x 3x1

*9 Singles in total

Deficit deadlifts on 2-3inch platform
225x3
250x1
260x 2x1

Finished up the day with some light ab circuit. Overtraining is way tougher than I expected.

Some lifts/ fails from today (Day 2):

- YouTube (FAIL) it come up about an inch and I just couldn’t get it. Dont you just love the guy curling in the background hahaha

*I think my lumbar spine is rounding a bit?

March 9th (DAY 4)

Today’s Workout:

Worksets
120kg x1
130kgx 2x1
125kgx 2x1
130x NL
120x x5x1

*10 Singles in total

Rack Pulls
225x3
130kgx1
135kgx NL
130kgx1

Next week after I max out on deadlifts I’m going back to the basics.

Starting strength routine:

Workout A
3x5 Front Squat
3x5 Bench Press
3x3 Deadlift

Modification :

  • 3x3 instead of 1x5 for deadlifts
  • Front squat to minimize lower back fatigue

Workout B
3x5 Back Squat
3x5 Standing military press
3x5 Pendlay Rows

March 12th (Thursday)

Front Squat
135x5
155x5
165x5

Bench Press
135x5
145x5
155x5

Deficit DL
90kgx3
100x3
105x3

Dips
+40x8
+45x8

March 16th (Monday)

Back Squat
180x5
200x5
200x5

Military Press
110x5
110x5
110x5

Pendlay Rows
135x5
155x5
155x5

Chinups
Bwx8
+20x7

March 19th (Thursday)

Front Squat
165x5
165x5
169x5

Bench Press
160x5
160x5
160x5

Deficit DL
115kgx
105x2
105x2

March 21st (Saturday)

Front Squat
176x5
176x5
176x5

Military Press
115x5
115x4
115x4
*Push Pressed 1-2 reps for the last two sets
I was definitely not fully recovered from the jetlag.

Pendlay Rows
165x4.5
155x5
155x5
*This gym didn’t have 2.5lb plates

Did some light deadlifts, pullups, incline bench presses and DB swings

March 23rd (Monday)

Back Squat
202x4
192x5
192x5

  • I just cant get the back squat groove right, maybe I’ll replace it with front squats, less compression, less torsion, I love front squatting.

Bench Press
145x5
165x4
155x6

Regular Deadlift
275 NL
225x3
225x2
193x3

*The deadlift sucked balls, my back wasn’t recovered from last time and the bar at that gym would scrap this spot on my shin which somehow causes a sharp pain.

Pullups
x13, x8, x8, x7

Cable Rows
65kgx13, 55kgx10

Incline crunches/situps
x25/x10

Light Incline DB Flies

March 26st (Thursday)

Zercher Squat
185x5
185x5
185x5

Military Press
117x5
117x5
117x5

Pendlay Rows
155x5
160x5
160x5

Pullups x12
Leg raises x20 superset with swiss ball crunches x12
Leg press calf raises

March 29th (Sunday)

Bench Press
165x5
165x4
165x3.5 Got pinned down, had to roll it down my thighs and deadlift it off me

Deadlift on 2 inch platform
235x3
260x3
270x3
280x2

Incline Curls
25x7
20x13
20x11

Eagle Pulldowns
18.75x19
26.25x14
28.75x8

Leg Press Calf Raise
124kgx20
142x20
142x20
142x19
142x19/ dropset x10

Incline DB Flies
30x14
25x19
25x23
25x15/ drop setx10/ static hold

March 30th (Monday)

Front Squats
176x5
176x4 Retarded spotter decided to spot from one side
176x4.5 Tiny spot on last rep

Pullups
x13
Hammer grip x11
Pullups x7/ Hammer x3

Overhead tricep extension
45x18
50x13
50x13
SS Left arm 15x6

Cable Crunches
75x12
75x12

Vups/ Leg raise x Max+static hold at top

March 31st (Tuesday)

Tabata with bike

Tabata with dumbbell swings/front squats

Tabata with dumbell high pulls/ pushups/ front squats

I’ll try to get in some sprinting next time

April 2nd (Thursday) 8/10 @ SRC

Back Squat
180x5
180x5
180x5

Military Press
122x5
122x5
122x5

Pendlay Rows
165x4.5
165x5
165x4.5

Tabata bike interval x1

April 4th (Saturday)
*Today’s workout was 90minute, I feel very energetic due to two HRX pills and some beta alanine

Bench Press
155x5
160x4
155x5

Deficit DL
225x3
275x2
285x3
290x2

Pullups
3x10
+20x4
Hammer gripx9

Incline DB Bench Press
50x10
70x7.5
70x7

Incline DB Flyes
25x16
30x12

Straight-arm Pulldown
14x16
19x20
22x13
Bent 29x14, x12

Leg Press Calf raise
142kg x30,x25,x25,x20,x30

Left arm tricep pushdowns/light abs

April 6th (Monday)

Elevated Trap Bar Deadlifts
235x5
235x5
245x4.5

Military Press with Hip Drive
127x5
127x5
127x5

Pendlay Rows
167x5
167x5
167x5

Pullups x10, chinups x7

April 10th (Friday)

Back Squat
180x5
200x5
200x5

Dips
50x5
60x5
70x3

Deadlifts
110kgx3
120x2
120x2

April 14th (Tuesday)

Back Squat
200x4
225x4.5
200x4

Dips
50x4
70x4
80x2.5

Pendlay Rows
167x5
171x5
171x5

Chins BWx8, +30x4, +35x3
Pullups +30x3

April 16th (Thursday)

Front Squat
176x5
180x5 Almost shitted out a lung out, I felt like my head was going to explode
180x4 Dumped the bar going up on the 4th rep

Push Press
135x5
135x5
135x5

Speed DL
180x6
215x5
215x10

Chinups BWx10, +45x1.5

  • Time to move onto a different routine, I have stalled 2-3 times on the squats. Next week I’m doing a bench press specialization routine and a ladder routine for my back squats. Of course, I’ll still do back work and such, just lowering the volume for those.