One Bourbon, One Squat, One Beer

[quote]soldog wrote:

[quote]SteelyD wrote:
Sat: Bench/Chest/Tri

Bench: 531 max week (or should I say ‘weak max’, bwah ha ha har har har)
245x5
285x3
322.5* x 2

245x16 + 3 + 1

Inc. BB: 4 sets, 12-10 reps up to 245x7

CGBP: 4 sets 15-10 reps up to 265x6

Rope cable P/D: 3 sets 12-10 reps to 297.5 (stack) x 8

OH Db extensions: 35x999999999999999999999

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what’s the * for? did you misload the bar by 2.5 lbs?

great work in any case![/quote]

LS - thanks and yes!

soldog - thanks and thanks for reminding me that I didn’t explain that!

So, my target was 320 – 3pps + 2.5 on each side. So, I load up the plates and I totally forgot to put the 2.5# on my side. My spotter guy, who I always bench with, totally did the wrong math and put a 5# and a 2.5# on.

I was so zoned out getting psyched up mentally that I didn’t even think to check the weight (dumb dumb dumb), and to add, my left biceps tendon has been tight for a couple weeks.

So, I get lift off and I brought the weight down slow and wobbly. First rep, then second rep went up slow, not impossibly slow, but slow enough I knew I didn’t have 3 reps today.

So, when I’m done he says “Did I mess you up with lift off because that first rep was rough?”

I says “Nah, my left arm’s been bothering me”.

I go to unload the weight for next set and see he loaded wrong, then at the same time he said “you only wanted 315?”

I say no why – he says “There’s only 3 plates and nothing else”.

LOL. Lopsided press. Funny that only 7.5# made a difference. I didn’t consciously think that the left side was heavier, but the reps did feel unbalanced, but I thought it was my tendon weakening out… LOL~!

so it was an “accidental” PR? funny story -LOL

Nice weak max. Way to rub it in.

Sun: Rack/Back

Rack Pulls, 531, 3’s

w/u
350x3
405x3
455x5

Trap Bar shrugs:
225x20
315x10+10+10
365x10+5

Cable Lat P/D:
4 set 12-10 reps, top 250x10

Lateral pullover: top = 215x10 strict

DB Row: 100x15, 125x10+10 (no strap, strap), 140x25

Nice pulls, Steely. Your numbers just keep going up. Not sure what you are doing, but it is working.

Impressive pulls dude.

thx all.

LS- Eating like a fat-fuck (but including a LOT of protein) :wink:

[quote]SteelyD wrote:
thx all.

LS- Eating like a fat-fuck (but including a LOT of protein) ;)[/quote]

Funny you should say that. I was complaining, this weekend, that my joints ached. On a whim, I jacked up my protein intake. Within 24 hours, no more joint pain.

Was on the road this week in Mass for biz.

Mon - off

Tues - Shoulders @ Gold’s in Chicopee, MA
Fuckton of HS Shoulder presses, 10-4 reps, I think like 5 sets
DB Lat raises
DB Rear Delt Raises
Shrugs on HS shrug machine

Lots of volume

Wed: Back @ Gold’s Chicopee, MA
Again lots of reps/sets on the HS machines
HS High Rows x a lot
HS Low Rows x a lot
DB Rows, top = 130 x 25

Thurs: Off

Fri: Home, Triceps
Dips, top = BW+45 x 5
Smith Mach Rev Grip Presses
DB Floor Presses Neut. Grip: 80x10, 100x10, 110x4

Sun: Bench

225x5
250x5
290x5

245x12+4

That’s it. Feel like hell today. No energy.

Rest up and regroup.

Squats:

w/u
315x5
365x5
415x5

Fr. Squat:
225x5
275x5
315x5

LP:
6pps x 10, 10

Calves in LP:
6pps x 12 (toes out), x 12 (toes in) — x2

Seems you didn’t catch Hel’s note.

Nice work. I guess leg presses don’t hurt your knees? Every time I try them my knees (esp. my right knee) begin to hurt. It pays to be a Steely man, I suppose.

Oh, I thought he was just talking about presses… I took Monday off!

I keep my knee sleeves on for LP’s, not wrenched down, but on. I think my knees would explode otherwise. I have to take them off before I do calves, though, or I can’t GET them off! LOL.

Good tip, I may have to think about sleeves or wraps. I feel like a bit of a pantywaist having them at the weights I’m moving, though.

Wed.

Sat on airplanes all day.

Little knot in back. 30 minutes rec. bike.

Shit, that’s big squatting. I really need to get my ass in gear.

First “home” arm workout in about two weeks today. Was in Indiana near Chicago for a customer. Worked out at a Golds Gym with lots of HS equipment-- Chest one day Back next. Two days off for travel. Lots of reps on those two days. Ate hardly anything while on customer site and felt like shit all week because of not enough food… FOOOOOOOOOD.

Today (Sat):

Dips: BWx15, +25 x 10, +25 x 8, +35 x 6, +35 x 5, BW x 8

EZBar P.Curls: sets of 12, 10, 90x8, x6, x3

Sk.Crushers: sets 12, 11, 110x10, x8, x5

Standing Hammer curls: 65x10, 75x9, 85x5, x5 (all something like between hammer and pinwheel curls)

DB Floor Presses: 100x10, x8, x6, x5

BB Curl: 95x10, x10

Triceps Cable PD: “W” attachment: 160x20, 180x14, 197.5 (stack) x 12

Prog 6/2010 @ 250ish

Prog 6/2010 @ 250ish