BTW, before Smolov Jr, I had a hard time doing pistols. I tried pistols again yesterday, and it felt a lot easier, although I still need to work on my balance. A bodybuilder in my gym noticed that I have some leg muscle recruitment imbalance because my pistols looked really bad. Still, I could pistol. I guess that counts for something.
The weather here is an ass. I don’t get to go out and train today.
I was supposed to Smolov Jr yesterday AND today, but the powerlifter was there and he persuaded me into doing HIS program instead for both days. I couldn’t turn him down coz he’s more experienced and he might be insulted.
Yesterday, I benched (I think that would take care of 6x6 @ 70%) while today I deadlifted (I hope it doesn’t affect my squat on Saturday). I’ll try to bench 7x5 @ 75% tomorrow. I hope he’s not there.
[quote]undeadlift wrote:
The weather here is an ass. I don’t get to go out and train today.[/quote]
Do you train outside?
BTW, I’m going to watch this log. I might try Smolov or Sheiko later this year.
I train inside, of course. I just couldn’t get out on the road due to heavy rains and hurricane winds.
7x5 @ 125 lbs for bench. It was too easy so I barely rested between sets. I also did some maintenance for pullups 5x5 @ BW and some tricep pullovers for assistance, 5x7 @ 50.
BTW, I’ll start maintenance for squats 5x5 @ 80% next week. All I need to do is calculate 80% of 225.
If you didn’t get that at first… I ALSO SQUATTED 225 TODAY!!! I had a 40 lb PR in 3 weeks. That’s over 120% of my previous 1RM. It was kinda difficult, but it felt like I still had something left in me. Smolov is da bomb!
I’ll try to PR again on Saturday. I’ll try up to 245 lbs. I hope I get this kind of progress after my Smolov Jr bench.
8x4 @ 130. It bothers me that many guys love using the bench so I had to rush through my sets and neglect my fatigue. I wasn’t able to apply optimal power to all my sets.
Tomorrow, I attempt to squat 245.
[quote]undeadlift wrote:
I ALSO SQUATTED 225 TODAY!!![/quote]
Newbie gains. Don’t expect it to work like that always.
I’m not dampening your spirit. I’m just keeping your feet on the ground. That’s an amazing PR. Congrats.
I squatted again 225 today. I felt weaker so I stopped there. I went on to bench 10x3 @ 140.
6x6 @ 135. I was supposed to do only 130 but the I ran out of plates.
The logs forum is really getting crowded. Anyway, I did 7x5 @ 140 today.
Maintenance day. I did 6x5 w/ 185 lbs on the squat. Amazing. One month ago, that was my max. I also did 2x5 w/225 on half squats.
After squatting, I did 6x5 on both BW pullups and lateral raises.
Skipped yesterday because I lack sleep. Did 10x3 @ 150 today. Did sprints as well and became faster. Maybe due to squats.
6x6 @ 140.
7x5 @ 145. Felt very easy.
Squatted 7x5 @ 135 today. They were dead squats from parallel, which is my sticking point. It’s so hard to get the weight going, but once I do, it explodes. Humbling.
Nice, still making progress. Nice work bruva.
Keep logging everything mate.
8x4 @ 150.
10x3 @ 160.
My bench PR: 185x1. Only 20 lbs increase. Not as good as my squat.
Next on Smolov Jr: Deadlifts and Pullups.