Prolog (21.04.2010):
I tought I did 250kg in the raw squat last summer, but after doublechecking the weights, I realized I had only lifted 243kg! Later the year I managed to increase my squat to 247kg raw. Early this year, I have been struggeling with a medial meniscus injury in my left knee. I have adjusted my training, and I am now a lot better, and I’m squatting serious, although overall volume and intensity has been reduced, to help me recuperate better, and to avoid more injuries.
In the summer 2010 (July), it will be 10 years since I started training with weights. I’ve set myself two goals till then: 250kg raw squat and 150kg raw bench. Currently my bench press i at 147.5kg, and my squat is at 235kg.
This log will be kept until these goals are reached. The goal is to do 150kg bench press at 8th of may, and a 250kg squat in approximately two months.
Here’s the current madness:
Bench 147.5kg:
Squat 235kg:
The volume training cycles I am running at the moment:
hvile=rest
bench:
week1:66@95,52@80,75@102.5,52@70,84@107.5,33@60,103@115
week2:53@50,66@100,52@82.5,75@107.5,52@72.5,84@112.5,33@62.5
week3:103@120,53@52.5,66@102.5, 52@85, 75@110, 52@75,84@115
week4:33@65, 103@122.5, 53@55,hvile,hvile,1*1@150 (EASY!)
week1: 49@152.5,hvile,57@162.5,hvile,75@172.5,hvile,103@182.5
week2: hvile,49@162.5,hvile,57@172.5,hvile,75@182.5,hvile
week3: 103@192.5,hvile,49@167.5,hvile,57@177.5,hvile,75@187.5
week4: hvile,103@197.5,hvile,hvile,hvile,240kgx1 like nothing!
My only priorites now is the squat, and the bench press. Everything else is not important at the moment. My schedule is very busy these days, so I guess most of my log entries will be brief and to the point. Log entries will also show about 5-7kg lighter weights than the training schedules above, this is due to the fact that the weights I use are on average 2.5% too light, so when I make a program it is most convenient to use the numbers that are written on the weight plates, but when I report my lifting, I think it is important to write down the actual numbers, so that is what I do in my videos and in my log. There’s also a log at kraftsport.no. Closed norwegian forum. Let this log be an inspiration for you all. It is not so important that you think I am strong, the important thing is that YOU work hard to achive your goals, and I go and show that when a man decides for something, and want it bad enough, he will get it! There is no “if” and “maybe”. You decide, then you act!
Let the hunt proceed!
old info ----------------------------------------
Stats:
Country: Norway
Gender: Male
Age: 31
Bw: Approx: 115kg
Bodyfat percentage: What?? I am a strength athlete, not a bodybuilder!
Arm Girth: Huh? I never train biceps…
Occupation: Computer engineer student
Training history: Total of 17 years (only last 9 years with weight training)
Genetic talent: Talent for throwing, not for strength or speed. Was very weak when I started training, and I have never gotten anything for free. I guess if there is any talent that I posess, it is the ability to NEVER give up, and never to listen to people that say things can’t be done.
Current personal best lifts, raw and without a belt:
Squat: 242.5kg
Benchpress: 142.5kg
Deadlift: 230kg
(I think the deadlift is just as good as the squat, but I barely
missed a 240kg deadlift a while ago, and haven’t bothered to retry it yet, so
I put the weight I have actually done as my 1RM.)
For those that’s been hanging around the strength forum, I should be known as a lifter
that is pretty much obsessed about the squat. That’s the very reason I am alive. And I
have only one life, so it is important to get as strong as possible!
This year I had a goal of getting a 250kg squat by June. By the way things have been working out now, I will not hit this goal if I continue my 20 rep challenge. I have been onto that for too long now, and frankly I am tired of it. There has been very big demands in real life in relation with my studies, and this has interfered with my progress, and as much as I hate that, the studies are priority #1. And when that means I have to stay up all night to get finished before a project deadline, that’s what I do. And that’s what I have done. As much as I like to promote the slogan: “NO EXCUSES”, there is a time for everything, and now is a time to get a proper education. However, this will not make me stop training, or make me stop wanting new big personal records!
I am determined to become a very good squatter. Why? Because I want to compete? No, not really, but if I get so strong that I think I can place top 3 in the IPF nationals, then I might compete again. For the time being I am content with training just for the sake of getting stronger.
So, early this year I set my goal of hitting a 250kg squat in June this year. I recently tested my 1RM, and made 242.5kg, that was a PR with 2.5kg. However I think my strength is about the same as it was in February when I did 240kg. So the high reps haven’t helped much on 1RM strength. And this is also as expected.
Here is the 242.5kg lift:
The reason with this log is to get some feedback, to show off (don’t we all like that to some extent?), and hopefully be an inspiration to some of you.
However I will abort this log when the goal is met. That is a 250kg raw squat (no belt). Optionally I would like to have a 200kg front squat to (pb: 192.5kg), and perhaps increase my bench as well. I have no high expectations for my bench, I will just train it seriously, and then it will become better.
I see no reason to put down the details of my planned training with reps and sets and weights now, but I can say that I am going to do the Smolov Base Meso Cycle, and that I have absolute confidence in this program, and I am certain that I will hit my goal, coming the end of June.
I am right in the middle of my final exams for this year, and that may make things harder, but I still want to do a hard and brutal program, I have done it before while having a busy schedule, so I can do it again.
The program will start the coming monday, the 1st of June, and I will do my best to post updates. There might be sporadic video updates, and I will say how the training went, how much details there will be, is yet to be determined. I guess I will write just whatever I feel like.
If anyone wants to check in from time to time to see how it goes, that’s something I do appreciate. If anyone wants to be evil, they will be ignored. Using energy on internet trolls is futile, and I want to focus on the task at hand.
I look forward to the coming monday! I’ve been resting my legs for many days now, I hate resting the legs!
– stallion
