Just a quick question. I know it’s probably because I’m not eating enough, but I could not do 3x5 of 190lbs today. I did 2x3 at 190 with not-so-great form, but still below parallel.
I did:
2x5 @ 50
1x5 @ 70
1x3 @ 110
1x2 @ 150
After the second set of 190, I dropped it down to 170 on the last set to finish 5. On friday, I had no problem doing 3x5 @ 180, and I was just following the progression from the logbook calc on the starting strength wiki. Advice is welcome
Also, when counting weight, do you count the weight of the bar into your sets? I haven’t been, but I learned today that the bar I use is 55lbs. How much of an impact is that since the weight is distributed throughout the bar?
I lift by myself; the trainers where I’m at help me if I need it and offer encouragement where my family and colleagues don’t. I’m horrible sticking to diet, partly because of my work schedule - so I just started packing everything and have Ziploc bags with two scoops Metabolic Drive in them - and right now since I’m V-Dieting they have flax too. My fish oils and BCAAs go in another bag unless I can find my little ‘vitamin’ holder, but it makes every pill taste like fish and gets hid by my kids once in a while
[quote]Larfox wrote:
I have plenty of Metabolic Drive. The problem is that I don’t take it with me. I have one in the morning, one after a workout and on workout days, I have one before I go to sleep. Like I said, I’m just being inconsistent when it comes to eating and it’s something that should change this month coming.
I still haven’t gotten myself to do deadlifts. I have a fear of doing them wrong and fucking myself over. That is another thing I would like to fix this coming month. I just need to drop whatever is holding me back from asking the trainers in the gym.
Focusing on these issues, as well as progressing is really going to help me, especially because of my personal life situation.
Edit: I don’t see the video on my last post, so I’ll just link one I upped: - YouTube
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Just to get this straight, I am squatting 245lbs, not 190lbs then? I need to be sure, so I can fix my logbook for Wednesday.
Thanks.
I was told today that my form on power cleans was good by a local power lifting competitor. I ended up doing more sets than I was supposed to and at the end of my 3x5, my forearm had a pinching feeling in my right arm. All I kept thinking was the guy in the Olympics who just broke his arm. I don’t think it was the bone, maybe I pinched a nerve?
Today was a great day. It was routine A and after the warmup sets, I had no problem doing 3x5 @ 255lbs below parallel. I did have a small pain on the upper part of my quad for the last two sets, but I tuffed it out.
On my last warmup for 1x2, I realized that I would not be able to put another 20lbs on it, and I ended up turning that into 5 reps and doing 2 more sets at that weight which was 205lbs.
Deadlifts went good, I decided that I should lift heavier than what I had on my logbook, so I ended up doing 1x5 @ 265lbs after my warmups. On the last 3 reps, I felt a slight pull underneath my left shoulder blade. It makes me think that my form was off, but I had nobody around to tell me so.
The Starting Strength (2nd edition) book came in by mail today, so I will be going through that to fix any problems I think I have with my form.
Talked to Bob today. He was in the Hospital for an anxiety attack the other day. I had asked him, just for kicks, if he wanted to go to the gym today and he said he had to take it easy. I told him I’d stop by after I get out and we could hang out for a few. When I got there, he said he had to leave and go to the firehouse (he’s now a volunteer firefighter, apparently). So much for taking it easy.
you can write your log book
anyway you want to.
I personally do not add the weight of the bar.
alot of people do add the bar because it shows you lift more weight
I dont care how much I lift I only care about how much more I am lifting since the last session.
me personally I dont add the numbers I have hashmarks inside of a printed out weekly callender.
each hash is a 2x45 pound plate one on each side.
I do not add another hash untill I get that next plate on each side I dont bother writing down the 10s or the 25s or even the 35s example if i am lifting 2 plates on each side its like this (||) if I am lifting 2x45 and a 35 its still (||) 3 on each side is (|||) and so on.
[quote]Nich wrote:
you can write your log book
anyway you want to.
I personally do not add the weight of the bar.
alot of people do add the bar because it shows you lift more weight
I dont care how much I lift I only care about how much more I am lifting since the last session.
me personally I dont add the numbers I have hashmarks inside of a printed out weekly callender.
each hash is a 2x45 pound plate one on each side.
I do not add another hash untill I get that next plate on each side I dont bother writing down the 10s or the 25s or even the 35s example if i am lifting 2 plates on each side its like this (||) if I am lifting 2x45 and a 35 its still (||) 3 on each side is (|||) and so on.
its a bit crude but it works for me
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Why though? It takes me a whole 30 seconds to type out an entry like this after showering off:
squat:
135x5
185x3
225x3
275x3 almos thad four, I just lost all my energy
300x1 easy PR
[quote]zephead4747 wrote:
Nich wrote:
you can write your log book
anyway you want to.
I personally do not add the weight of the bar.
alot of people do add the bar because it shows you lift more weight
I dont care how much I lift I only care about how much more I am lifting since the last session.
me personally I dont add the numbers I have hashmarks inside of a printed out weekly callender.
each hash is a 2x45 pound plate one on each side.
I do not add another hash untill I get that next plate on each side I dont bother writing down the 10s or the 25s or even the 35s example if i am lifting 2 plates on each side its like this (||) if I am lifting 2x45 and a 35 its still (||) 3 on each side is (|||) and so on.
its a bit crude but it works for me
Why though? It takes me a whole 30 seconds to type out an entry like this after showering off:
squat:
135x5
185x3
225x3
275x3 almos thad four, I just lost all my energy
300x1 easy PR
Glute ham:
mex10
me+10x10PR
Leg press:
3platesx5
4x5
5x5
6x2PR
4x20PR
calves
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basicly what I do is this
after I lift a set I will reach down and squiggle my hash marks and write at the bottom how I felt whatever. alot like yours.
I always try and lift the same amount just higher weights so all I am worried about is that big plate.
I am not advanced enough to worry about anything else.
also I found that with me alot of the lifting is in my head.
if I actually put down its a pr then somehow it seems like the next lift is harder cause the prior one was my record.
but if I look at the hash marks I know I lifted my personal best when I add another one to that page so its the same thing but I dont get psyched out by seeing Personal Record on the page.
I dont know its crazy
but with my weird style of record keeping and your not so crazy,normal one it goes to show the op that he can keep his records anyway he wishes.
I was refering to him wanting to change his log based on not adding bar weight.
