Pick Things Up & Putting Them Down with 5/3/1

[quote]RMO wrote:
wow, good lifting, your numbers went up fast. I’m kinda at the point where you were when you started out. 18 years old, squat at 135 bench at 135 etc. haha.
What’s your diet like ? I feel like I would need to eat like a bear to get stronger, because I’m burning a lot calories with basketball.
Unfortunately 5/3/1 would kill me in-season, I might start next year doing it in the off season though.
Keep up the good work ![/quote]

Appreciate the support man. Just keep at it and you’ll definitely get stronger and it’ll help you in basketball as well.
Currently my diet isn’t anything specific, nor am I counting my calories / macroes anymore, because I have a school meal plan, and it is impossible for me to know all the calories and macronutrients in the foods I eat. However my diet is something like this usually:

8-9am Meal 1: Lots of whole eggs, some form of carbohydrate (potatoes, oatmeal, cereal, granola, toast etc.) Maybe some fruit juice or milk, depending on mood.

11am Meal 2: yogurt and nuts/seeds, or protein shake, or protein pancakes, anything I feel like making (usually around 500 calories)

1:30pm Meal 3: Cafeteria food, usually consists of white rice and lots of chicken and vegetables

Next meal depends on when I decide to lift, I’ll have some form of carbohydrate about 30 mins prior to going to the gym

After workout I drink a shake consisting of 2 scoops of whey, 1 cup of milk, and a handful of frozen blueberries.

8-9pm Meal 5: Either cafeteria food, or home made dinner, depends on how I feel. Consists of lots of meat, moderate carbs, vegetables

Before bed: I’ll eat peanut butter out of the jar, drink whole milk, eat cottage cheese… Anything really that’ll fill me up before bed but doesn’t contain too many carbohydrates.

That is just a very rough outline of my diet. The food changes all the time, depending on what is being served and such.

Thursday 10/27/11

All 2 sets of 10
-Band Shoulder stretches
-Posterior Capsule stretches
-DB Cuban rotations

A. BB Flat Press
45x20
95x20
135x15
195x10

B. Various Grip Pullups…Superset…Machine Rear Flyes
BWx10,10,10,10 and 110x10,10,10,10

C. Upright Rows
90x10,10,10

D. Machine Shrugs…Superset…Incline DB Curls (these burn so good)
200x10
270x10,10 and 35’s x 10,10,10

E. Stick and Rope (fuck these!!)
10lb x 2,1,1 - Forearms felt on fire…

Saturday 10/29/11

Vanity day here we go.

A. Calf Raises on Leg Press Machine
200x15
290x15,15,15
All done very slowly with alternating angles…feet in, out, and straight.

B. BB Curls
45x12
95x10
115x8
135x4 - form started to go to shit so i stopped
95x12

C. Machine Preacher Curls (these burned like no other)
“drop sets” and one arm at a time
80x6 → 65x4 → 40x3 (13 reps total)
80x6 → 65x4 → 40x4 (14 reps total)
Biceps death.

D. Cable lateral raises
10x12,12
15x10
10x12

E. DB Bent arm lateral raises
25x10,10,10

Monday 10/31/11 - Happy Halloween

-Stretch thoroughly
-Foam Roll
-2 minute shoulder warm up

A. Weighted Dips
BWx5
25x5
45x5
70x3
90x3
115x3
135x3 - shits heavy!

B. DB Flat Press
70x12
75x9 - set felt weird
75x10

C. Seated Cable Rows…Superset…DB Rear Delt Flyes
Medium Grip - 140x12,12,12,12 and 20x12,12,12,12 (these are becoming too easy)

D. DB Shrugs (2 second pause when flexed)
100’s x 15,15,15

E. Triceps rope pulldown
50x20
60x14,11
50x14

Wednesday 11/2/11

-Stretching
-Foam Rolling

A. Back Squat
45x10
95x10
135x5
185x5
225x5
265x5

B. BB Lunges
135x8,8,8 per leg

C. BB Good Mornings
135x10
145x10
155x10

D. Calf Raises on leg press
400x15,15,15,15 (toes pointed in all directions, slow reps)

E. Wendler Style Hanging Leg Raises
BW x 12,10,10

Thursday 11/3/11

-Stretching
-Foam Rolling
-Band shoulder dislocations
-Cable external rotations
-DB cuban rotations

A. BB Flat Bench
45x20
95x20
135x15
205x8

B. Pullups…Superset…Machine Rear Flyes
BW x 12,10,10,10 and 115x12,12,12,12

C. Upright Rows
90x10,10,10 (short rest, delts were burnin)

D. Machine Shrugs…Superset…Incline DB Curls
180x15
230x15,15 and 35x10,10,10

E. Stick and Rope
5 x 3,3

Friday 11/4/11

Little vanity triceps action, they were feeling really fresh so figured i’d hit them. “Go by the feel”

A. Close Grip Bench
45x15
95x12
135x12
185x9 (good reps, had at least 2 more in reserve)

B. Skullcrushers
80x15,15,15 (these were really easy, but gave a good pump)

C. One-arm Reverse Cable Extensions (this is a new one i wanted to try, felt great)
15 x 3 sets until failure ~ around 14 reps a set

Saturday 11/5/11

Vanity day

A. Seated Calf Raises
4 sets of 15 @ 170lb

B. Calf Raises on Leg Press
3 sets of 15 @ 290lb - all 3 angles

C. BB Curls
45x12
95x12
115x8
135x7 (slightly cheating there)
95x12

D. Machine Preacher Curls (one arm at a time)
2 sets taken to absolute failure, using drop sets. About 15 reps per set.

E. Cable Lateral Raises (one arm at a time)
3 sets of 12 @ 15lb

F. Machine Lateral Raises
3 sets of 10 @ 90lb

Monday 11/7/11

AM: (did part of my workout in my weight training class)
-Shoulder warm up

A. BB Incline Bench
45x10
95x5
135x5
165x5
185x5
195x4

DB Flat Press
65x12,12,12,12

PM:

C. DB Row…Superset…Facepulls
80x10
100x12
110x10
120x12 and 30x12,12,12,12 (these were too light)

D. DB Shrugs (focus on contraction)
100’s x 15,15,16 (db slipped there)

E. One-arm Reverse Cable Extensions (new favorite finisher here)
25x12
20x14
15x14
15x12

Comments: Been pressing too much lately… in the last 5 days i’ve benched 3 times, and it showed. Triceps were still sore this morning and gave out when doing incline and flat presses. Chest was fine, but the lockout really suffered. I’ve done 195 on the incline before for more reps, so it definitely impacted it. Other than that good workout, weighing in at around 210 these days.

Wednesday 11/9/11

AM: (Weight training class)

-stretching

A. Back Squats
45x10
95x5
135x5
185x5
225x5
285x5 (no belt)

B. BB Lunges
135x8,8 per leg

PM:

-foam rolling, more stretching

C. Good Mornings
135x10
155x10
165x10 -PR

D. Calf Raises on Leg Press
360x15,15,15 - short rests, lotta burn

E. Wendler Style Leg Raises
BW x 10,10,10

Friday 11/11/11

AM

A. Various Grip Pullups & DB Rear Flyes
BWx10x4 sets and 25x12x4 sets

B. Incline DB Curl
35x10x3 sets

PM

-Posterior Capsule Stretch
-DB Cuban Rotations
-Shoulder Dislocations
-2 min shoulder warm up

C. BB Flat Bench
45x20
95x20
135x15
215x7 - quite easy

D. Machine Shrugs
230x15
270x15
320x15

E. Stick & Rope
10x2x2 sets

Monday 11/14/11

AM

A. BB Row
45x12
95x12
135x12
165x12
185x11
205x8
135x12

B. DB Seated Rear Flyes (palms straight)
20x12x4 sets

C. DB Curls
35x10x3 sets (minimal rest)

PM

-stretch
-foam roll
-shoulder warm up

D. BB Incline Bench
45x10
95x5
135x5
165x5
185x3
200x5 - that went up easy

E. DB Shrugs (chalk)
115x15x3 sets

F. Skullcrushers
85x12
95x12x2 sets
85x12

Wednesday 11/16/11

-Stretch
-Foam Roll

A. Back Squat
45x5
95x5
135x5
185x5
225x5
255x3
295x5 (no belt, ATG) - Pain free
135x20 - felt awesome, took each rep nice and slow and felt the muscles working. Loosened up my hips a bit. Going to do these from now on.

B. Good Morning
45x10
135x10
145x10
155x10

C. Seated Calf Raise
135x15
135x15
135x15 → 90x15 → 45x15 → fiery calves

D. Wendler Style Hanging Leg Raises
BWx10x3 sets

Thursday 11/17/11

-Stretch
-Foam Roll
-Band shoulder dislocations
-DB Cuban Rotations
-Cable External Rotations

A. BB Flat Bench
45x20
95x20
135x15
225x4 - disappointed…yet still a PR

Various Grip Pullups & Machine Rear Flyes
BWx10x4 sets and 115x12, 110x12x3 sets

Ended the workout here. Prior to coming to the gym I knew I should either postpone the workout another day or go very light on the bench, because my triceps were extremely sore…even 3 days after doing them. I didn’t listen to my body and definitely paid for it. 225 felt heavy, I should’ve gotten more reps, and I was barely able to do 10 pullups in a row. I’ve been going hard for the past 6 weeks and I guess not recovering enough caught up with me. Going to go saturday to finish up whatever I didn’t do today, and then taking the rest of the thanksgiving week as a deload.

DELOAD - Thanksgiving week

Tuesday 11/22/11

-Foam Roll IT band, Adductors, Quads, Thoracic Extensions
-Lower body stretches
-Fire Hydrants x10 per side
-Mountain Climbers x10 per side
-Groiners x10 + 10 second stretch
-Vertical Jumps x 10

A. Back Squat
45x10,10
95x5,5
135x5,5,5

B. Deadlift
135x5,5
185x5,5
225x5,5

Conditioning:
1 mile @ 3.5mph @ 10.0 incline (~17 mins)

Comments: Time to get in shape. Since i’ve put on about 50lb since high school I’ve become completely fucked cardio wise. Going to start doing some sort of conditioning work 3 days a week.

Monday 11/28/11
Cycle 1
Week 1 Day 1

Warm-Up
-Foam Roller Thoracic Extensions
-Internal Shoulder Stretch
-Lying Y Handcuffs x 8
-Band Shoulder Dislocations x 8
-Band Behind Neck Presses x 8
-Band Pull apart x 20

Workout

A. Push Press
45x10,10
85x5
95x3
125x5
145x5
165x8 - had a few more left in the tank

B. Body weight Push ups
25
20

C. DB Row / DB Rear Flye
90x12,12,12
and
20x12,12,12 (palms straight)

D. Body weight Dips / Cable Curls
12,12,12
and
15,15,15

Conditioning
Treadmill - 10 mins @ 3.5mph @ 10.0 incline

Tuesday 11/29/11
Cycle 1
Week 1 Day 2

Warm-up
-Foam roll lower body + thoracic extension
-Stretch lower body
-Fire hydrants x 10 each leg
-Mountain Climbers x 10 each leg
-Groiners x 10

Workout

A. Deadlift
135x5
175x5
225x5
255x3
275x5
315x5
365x5 (belt)

B. Good Morning
135x10x3 sets

C. Ab Rollout
3 sets of 10

D. Leg Press Calf Raise
290x15x3 sets

Conditioning
Treadmill - 8 sprints @ 5.0 incline @ 8mph 15 seconds on 45 seconds off. Finished off by a 30 second sprint @ 9mph

Thursday 12/1/11
Cycle 1
Week 1 Day 3

Warmup
-Foam roller thoracic ext.
-Internal Shoulder stretches
-Lying Y Handcuffs x 8
-Foam Roll Teres Major/minor
-Band dislocations x 8
-Band BN Press x 8

Workout

A. Bench Press
95x5
115x5
140x5
150x5
175x5
200x5

B. DB Flat Press
70x12,12,10

C. Lat Pulldown Widegrip / Machine Rear Flyes
120x12,12,12
and
100x12,12,12

D. DB Shrugs
100s x 15,15,15

E. Cable Lateral Raise
15x12,12,12,12

Conditioning
Treadmill walk - 4.0mph @ 10.0 incline for 10 minutes

Friday 12/2/11
Cycle 1
Week 1 Day 4

I’m Not Doing Jack Shit Today… Wasn’t feeling well.

Squat
45x5
95x5
135x5
185x5
205x5
235x5
265x5

Saturday 12/3/11

Crazy 8’s

4 circuits of 8 reps each

Dips
Rope Pulldowns
Skullcrushers
Ez Bar Curls
Cable Curls
Concentration Curls

Done in 20 mins or so