Took the weekend off to rest up for new 3RM’s. I will be doing new 3RM’s over this week. I will just edit this entry to cover all of the new 3RM’s.
Off to a pretty good start, Pretty happy with results.
cavalier - you asked if I was seeing good results, I’m going to yes… this time =)
New 3RM’s (7/18/11)
OH Press - 165 (vs 160 in Cycle5. Not real happy with this but I expected it. Struggling with shoulders lately. Going to give extra focus on them next cycle)
Decline Bench - 295 (vs 275 in Cycle5. Happy with this. I wanted to break 300. Next time.)
Deadlift - 345 (vs 305 in Cycle5. Stoked about this!!! Was hoping for 315. Wanting 400 now!)
New 3RM’s (7/20/11)
Leg Press - 520 (vs 470 in Cycle5. Happy with this!)
Bench Press - 275 (vs 260 in Cycle5. Actually did 280x2 which is a PR. I was hoping for more, so I’m not thrilled with this but I’ll take it.)
New 3RM’s (7/23/11)
Incline Bench - 225 (vs 205 in Cycle5. Happy with this!!)
Front Squat - 195** (vs 185 in Cycle5. **OK… only 10 pds but at 195, wanting to get 3 good reps, ass to the grass deep squats. F’ing shorts and boxers rip right down the back seam HOLY SHIT what are the chances!!! Thank god the gym provides towels, talk about an akward situation. So, I’ll take it.)
Leg Press:
*Warm-Ups
420x3
380x3
400x3
420x3
380x3
Decline Bench:
*Warm-Ups
255x3
235x3
245x3
250x3
235x3
**Left elbow was killing me again. Last 2 sets were very very difficult. May ease up on the exercise. Also considering a sleeve or something.
Any thoughts, comments, suggestions on elbow pain/what to do during lifting appreciated.
After last workout 7/27/11 pain in left arm was pretty bad, and it was the entire arm. Decided to take a step back and listen to body. Took a few days off and now I’m coming back to it. I reset to beginning of week one for this cycle. This was good, No pain today. We’ll see how it goes.
I think I might know what is causing my issue. Hopefully this doesn’t sound teh gay but its my wrists. They are bending back during the lift which I think is causing my arms to flex a weird way while lifting. Noticed it during bench press today. Think they need to be strengthened. Or, I could be full of s#!t…
atypical (james) - Thanks for the comment. I have tried wrist straps before in different exercises. I hadn’t considered them for the bench pressing exercises, will have to give that a try. Thanks again!!
Had to stop again, pain in left arm cam back BIG time. Think its time to stop the benching exercises until I invest in some wraps. Go ahead… shake your head, I am.
On that note can anyone recommend a good pair of wrist wraps?
After the 8/8/11 workout The pain in my left arm was BAD. I should have stopped much earlier but I didn’t. So I took a week off. Honestly a little out of fear that I really f’ed up my arm and also to look at what I was doing. I have been doing HPMass almost a year now and while my weights have gone up tremendously I started to think I’m over doing it, lifting heavy (at least for me) for that long with really no serious breaks.
I also went and thought hard about my form and realized as my weight increased my grip got wider and wider. I realized this after doing some reading on proper grip for benching exercises. I couldn’t help but wonder if that somehow played a roll in my arm pain.
So, that brings me to today. I am researching new workouts and I finally invested in some wrist wraps. Until I finish my reading I am continuing with HPMass and yes, starting back at week 1.
Using the wrist wraps and narrower grip the benching exercises seemed more difficult and I did fell it nicely in my chest. I’m also happy to say NO arm pain. Although, quite honestly I’m still not really sure where to grip the bar properly. I’m 6’3 and have lanky arms. The grips I tried just seemed odd today. Any thoughts, comments as always are appreciated.
Weighed in at 230 today. Hasn’t been the cleanest eating so need to check myself on that. Will start new workout on Monday, looking forward to it. Will do a cycle of that then come back to this.
Went wider grip today on bench presses. Felt better then narrower rip. Thinking with my lanky arms wider may be better. Will finish week up tomorrow with lower body. Hopefully decline bench will go smoothly
Today was awesome!! Figuring out the grip thing. No pain today, felt good getting that 275x3!! Been eating more carbs pre workout past couple days, that has been helping alot!!
I still plan to change workouts (start Monday) for a cycle then come back to this.
Front Squat:
*Warm-Ups
155x3
115x3
135x3
155x3
115x3
Started my new workout today. Definitely a change of pace from what I had been doing. This is a workout I found from the Chad Waterbury book “Muscle Revolution” It’s his older book but lots of good info in it IMHO. Workout is 3 times a week, so here we go.
Exercies for today:
Good Mornings: 155x3x5
Dips: BWx3x5 (Need Belt for more weight)
Chin-Up: BWx3x5 (Need Belt for more weight)
BB Front Squat: 155x3x5
BB Bench Press: 225x3x5
Its different, its the first day, I’ll reserve judgement =)