Back on Stronglifts 5x5 after trying different program with minimal gains for the past 6 weeks.
Tuesday (Aug 26)
Squats 5x5 - 215lbs (Narrow stance)
Barbell Row 5x5 - 160lbs
Military Press 5,5,4,3,4 - 135lbs (need to hit 5x5 on this before progressing)
Chin-ups 5x3 (3 reps of 5)
Extra:
Rope Crunch - 140x8x3
Dumbbell Row - 85x3x3
Hanging Leg Raises - 5x3 (3 Sets of 5)
Weight - 187lbs
Height - 5’10"
Body Fat - ?
Body Type - Slow Gainer
Supplements - Fish Oil, HOT-ROX Extreme, Whey Isolate Protein
Experience - On and off for three years. Completely focused for the last six months i.e. actually on a Program
Diet - Anabolic Diet all week (Less then 30g of Carbs a Day, 200g of Protein). Eat whatever I want on the Weekends (usually high carb but only complex. I hate sugar and NEVER eat simple carbs)
Thursday (August 28)
Squat 5x5 - 220 lbs
Smith Machine Bench - 100 x5, 150x5x2, 170x4x3
Bench Press - 160x5x5, 165x3, 180x1
Lunges - 120x3x5
Dips - 7x3
Dumbbell Press - 160x4x3
Hanging Crunches - 6x3
Note - Gotta get my Bench up!!
Sat August 30th
Squat - 225 5x5
Barbell Row - 155 5x5
Military Press - 135 5x3
Chinups - 3x6
Tuesday Sept 2
Gym was closed plus had to fly out of town so worked out at crappy company gym during lunch:
Leg press (Yuck) - 413 6x6
Dumbbell Press - 90 3x5
Machine Incline Bench (Yuck) - 155 6x5
Rope Chest - 140 6x5
Plus some other crap that isnt worth listing here
Wednesday Sept 3rd
Squats - 230 5x5
BenchPress - 185 5x4 1x4
Dumbbell Row - 80 5x5
Bicep Curl - 60 5x5
Incline Bench - 155 4x5
Machine Chest - 130 3x5
Rope Crunch - 70 3x6
Felt Great on the Bench Press today! Dunno why but it was a good bench day
Wednesday September 10th
Squats - 240 5x5
Bench press - 190 5x5
Military Press - 135 3,3,3,4,3
Pullups - 5,5,5
Friday September 12th
Squats - 245 5x5
Bench Press - 195 5x5
Incline Press - 155 3,3,4,4,4
Dips - 8,8,6
Monday September 15th
Squats - 250 5x5
Bench Press - 195 5x5
Incline press - 155 4,4,4
Dips - 6,6,8
Friday September 19th
Squats - 260 5x5
Bench Press - 185 - 4,4,4,4,4 (Deloaded to Fix Form)
Military Press - 125 5x5
Dips - 6,6,6
Friday September 26
Squats - 270 5,5,3,4,4,2
Bench - 195 5,5,4,4,4
Military Press - 125 4,4,4
Dips - 8,7,6
Felt bad today. Very low carb all week so had low energy.
Wednesday october 1
Squats - 275 5,4,3,4,5,3,2 (Need to hit 5x5 before continuing)
Bench - 205 5x6x5x4x6
Military Press - 130 5,4,5,4,3
Lunges - 140 3,3,3
Pullups - 8,4,7
Fri October 3rd
Squats - 225 7,6,5,4,5,4
Bench - 205 4,6,4,4,4
Incline Bench - 155 5,5,5,5,5
Dips - 10,9,8
Mon Oct 6th
Squats - 245 5,5,5,5,5,4,3,3
Bench - 205 5x5
Incline Bench - 175 5x5
Deloading for a week.
Did you see that the base Stronglifts program changed recently? I actually like the new exercise selection.
Damn I did not even realize it changed. Switching to the new format starting next week. See how it goes. I was hating Barbell Rows anyway lol
Tuesday Oct 7th 2008
Pullups - 5,5,4,4
Barbell Rows (Palm Up) - 175 5,5,4,4,4
Dumbell Row - 85 5x5
Barbell Curl - 85 5,5,4,5,4
Dumbbell Press - 55x2 (110lb) 5,5,5,5
Rope pull - 100 5,5,5,5,5
yeah, don’t jump to any conclusions about the inverted row being easy
I do like that as a choice though. When the weight got high, which meant about 90% of my body weight, the body english required to get it off the floor became unsafe.
I’m not sure how I feel yet about not doing dips. Time will tell.