@ Mikemike - if you’re lurking, props to suggesting I add in some single leg work etc! That 150kg single went up easy as, with no pause at my sticking point.
Yup still lurking although not posting much. Trying to get over some evil knee soreness using RICE, fish oil, ibprofen etc.
Is that last video showing you squat 150 kg. for a single? It looks a lot easier and faster than your older squats. Good squat. If you’re not at 400 lbs. already then I think you will be pretty soon. What do you think will come up first: 500 lb. dead lift or 400 lb. squat?
[quote]mikemike87 wrote:
Yup still lurking although not posting much. Trying to get over some evil knee soreness using RICE, fish oil, ibprofen etc.
Is that last video showing you squat 150 kg. for a single? It looks a lot easier and faster than your older squats. Good squat. If you’re not at 400 lbs. already then I think you will be pretty soon. What do you think will come up first: 500 lb. dead lift or 400 lb. squat?
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What’s up man!
What kind of soreness is it - below the cap or elsewhere? Sounds like you know how to deal with it anyway. I hope it doesn’t impact on your goals too much.
Yeah that last video has me doing 150kg/330lb for a single. That’s my “heavy single” for every training day this cycle. It went up very easily, though it still felt relatively heavy on my back. It’s only the second time I have squatted that much weight so I guess that is why. My “body estimate” says at I have at least 170kg in me, maybe more.
Hmm which comes first. My gut says squat. The 215kg deadlift was about as hard (not overly but a little leg shaking) as 195kg felt a few cycles ago, so I am guessing in 2 months I should have 500lbs.
Squat Full Body Training
3 x 117.5
3 x 135
1 x 150kg
OH Press 5/5/x
5 x 47.5
5 x 55
5 x 62.5kg
Deadlift (3/3/x for Powerlifting)
3 x 132.5
3 x 150
6 x 170kg (rep PR)
1 x 195
1 x 195
1 x 195 (1 minute between each single)
Hanging Leg Raise
10
Notes:
-Just did required reps on Press.
-Deadlifts felt good. The 170kg x 6 was a nice effort, could have pushed for more but I had to do some hard singles afterwards with only 60 seconds rest ugh.
I was watching your video listening on mute listening to some ambient dubstep! It was majestic. Good shit man. You’re a lot stronger than when I first started reading your log. Looking more like a grown man, too! haha Would make Sir Wendler proud!!
here’s the vid I was watching (it was around the 8:00 min mark).
[quote]TheTexican wrote:
I was watching your video listening on mute listening to some ambient dubstep! It was majestic. Good shit man. You’re a lot stronger than when I first started reading your log. Looking more like a grown man, too! haha Would make Sir Wendler proud!!
here’s the vid I was watching (it was around the 8:00 min mark).
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Haha, I got this post at 6a.m this morning and chucked the song on really loud. You will be pleased to know you were responsible for waking up my girlfriend (who was trying really hard to sleep in) along with my 3 other housemates.
The Texican - ruining sleep for people on the other side of the world
Fucking sweet track though - love it!
And thanks for the comments - I am definitely happy with my body comp changes lately, I am still only 207/94kg @ 6 foot/182 but seem to be packing on beef in the right places. I’ve just started carb cycling so I am enjoying the crackhead effect of high carb days on my heavy workouts!
Squat (3/3/x)
3 x 110
3 x 125
5 x 145kg (rep PR) see notes
Good Morning
10 x 65
10 x 65
10 x 65kg
Dips (these are supersetted with the Good Mornings)
15, 15, 10, 10 - 50 total
Front Squat Hold
24s x 140kg PR for time
NOTES:
-Well this was an “interesting” day. I had a case of the gravy guts, if you are familiar with the term, and the last thing I felt like doing was lifting weights - particularly squatting. I had these visions of my insides becoming my outsides mid-squat, which didn’t particularly thrill me. Anyway, the deciding factor was my carb cycling. I’ve got my “high” carb days on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday - to coincide with my heaviest workouts… if I’d delayed yesterday’s training it would have totally fucked up my eating plan. SO I just did it. As it turned out, I managed to hold together just fine and felt great afterwards. Today of course, my guts are still fucked and now my body is really sore from training… but hey! All good haha.
-Squats were MEANT to be 142.5kg but I was feeling mildly retarded so I chucked on 145kg by mistake. I still hit my rep target of 5 reps… the last one was dubious depth; will post a video for critique.
-Not much to say about the rest of my workout; it all went according to plan. Front squat hold was good - I managed to get my longest time thus-far :).
Bodyweight is down to 92.5kg today. Or 203lb in Ameri-talk.
As I may have mentioned, I started carb cycling 2 weeks ago, Using the formula laid out in this article:
So far I am really enjoying it. I love having the carb energy running through my blood on workout days, and I like the variations it forces on my meals.
In theory I still want to bulk up, but right now that doesn’t seem to be happening, so never mind. I am definitely gaining bulk in the shoulders/back etc so I shouldn’t really complain if my scale weight doesn’t change much.
Squat Full Body Training
3 x 117.5
3 x 135
1 x 150kg
OH Press 3/3/x
3 x 52.5
3 x 60
2 x 67.5kg (argh!!)
Deadlift (5/5/5 for Powerlifting)
5 x 122.5
5 x 142.5
5 x 160kg
Hanging Leg Raise
10
Notes:
-Less Than Stellar Day
-Squats were fine, though I was feeling pretty weak from this damn flu. It’s been making it hard for me to eat my normal amount of food, resulting in less energy.
-I missed the 3rd rep on the Press. Last week I only got the required reps. I think I will see how I go this Friday and decide whether a deload is necessary for that lift. The last time I did 67.5kg I got 4 reps.
-Deadlifting was just required reps today due to the powerlifting template.
Long time since I visited your log, but it seems you are still progressing well and kicking ass on a consisten basis. Your squat is starting to become ridicoulus. Its cool that you are squatting 10kg more than your starting 1rm two times a week
[quote]florelius wrote:
Long time since I visited your log, but it seems you are still progressing well and kicking ass on a consisten basis. Your squat is starting to become ridicoulus. Its cool that you are squatting 10kg more than your starting 1rm two times a week
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Hey bud, thanks for stopping by =) hope all is well with you!
Squat (max test) (5/3/x day in theory)
1 x 135
1 x 150 (100%)
1 x 160kg (+10kg PR)
0 x 170
Dips
15, 15, 10, 10 - 50 total
Good Morning
10 x 65
10 x 65
10 x 65kg
NOTES:
-I’ve been struggling with my health lately and missed last week with a nasty flu virus. I lost 2kg of bodyweight and felt very weak when I hit the weights today. Anyway, I didn’t feel like repping so I went for a 1RM.
-160kg went up very easily, though I deleted the video by mistake!!! I will do another one tomorrow and post it.
-170kg I got stuck at my sticking point (ironically!!!) and was not able to grind it out before losing my back.
-I am definitely strong enough for 170kg+ …I will attempt it when I am healthy and back to full weight again. But hey, I will take the +10kg PR and run!
