Tengen's 1st Log: Texas Method

Training Logs
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shitty workout today, well, since I couldn’t get to a gym.

I lift after school but the football coach never showed up today so after me and the guy on the team waited for 30 minutes I just left and took a public bus home.

Went in to kung fu for 2 hours so i got in a lot of cardio. Haven’t gone to a basics class in months and haven’t done direct ab work in a while other than an occasional weighted decline board crunch (without spinal flexion).
Needless to say, the ab workout was difficult, but I got through the whole thing still, most people sadly don’t.

Got in a leg workout at kung fu, basics class calls for us to hold a low horse stance for 3 minutes, burns the quads like hell (Hence why I don’t go to basics on top of squatting 3x a week).

When I got home after those 2 hours I had a quick carb snack and went to work with what I have in my house, a single adjustable dumbell and a 20 year old flat bench with no bar but some attachments to do pec fly. Seeing as I have soccer tomorrow and can’t get in the gym, and I missed yesterday because we didnt have school, I just got to work.

single armed db-bench x10,10,12x50 on each side

pec fly machine thing - 3x12x30

shoulder press - 3x10x35

side raises - 2x10x10 pound big plasic plates, more grip training than anything else because they are hard to hold

hammer curl - 3x6x35

wide grip pull ups while painfully holding onto the top of my door, 3x5

Over/behind the head tricep extensions while standing, 2x12x35

shrugged the 35 while I watched the wire as well…

And we did plenty of push-ups and core at kung fu

I hate having to do this stuff but I’d rather do some workout then none. I am not sure how to handle the rest of the week. Maybe I will do my volume on thursday but add in a heavy deadlift. I only have 40 minutes to lift on friday. Else I can just split thursday and friday, do a push and a legs/pull.

Spring break is next week (no school gym…) for me so I got to go find some shitty free trial week at a gym.

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Oddly enough got things back on track on a thursday, decided to do the volume day, and I will try and dead-lift tomorrow

front squat, 5x5x185

db shoulder press 5x5x45, bit slow on some reps but its progress and the reps were done

bb-row 5x5x140, a few kind of bouncy reps, I will probably keep the weight the same next time or only up it with some wussy 1.25weights

wide grip pull ups, 3x5 w/10lb db, all reps clean and good, I will go for an increase next week

dips, 3x5 w/ 25lb db, tough as hell with a bit of a twinge in between my left shoulder and trap, I am going to keep the weight the same next week and see how it goes.

I love the progress I have been making so far, the slowest to go up seems to be the pull-ups but my row has gone up so much I can’t even begin to start complaining!

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Monday workout #5

Got a free week trial at a pretty nice but way over priced and completely casual gym so i could lift over the break. I got in trouble for taking my shoes off to lift lol. I knew it would happen but did it anyway and at least was able to get through my squats and half the rows before they noticed.

front squats 5x5x195, I should not have increased by 10lbs, I originally did because I accidently put on 5’s instead of 2.5s. I stuck with it and finished all my reps, but the 4th sets 4th and 5th reps were shit, althought I did go below parallel. Set 5 was ok but kind of slow on the last ones.

db bench 5x5x60’s I think I can increase this next time I do it but today I was so wiped out by squats I just didn’t have much energy for this lift.

bb-row 5x5x140 Still not perfect form on some of the last reps but pretty good overall, I will see if I can increase next time but who knows.

weighted wide grip pull-ups, 3x5x15lb db. Got all my reps in, some were slow, but I always got up without cheating. First time I have increased the weight and done so well, but still very tough.

Dips 3x5x27.5 My last weeks dips sort of hurt my shoulders so i was planning on not increasing the weight and seeing what happened but the dip bars here were closer together here and didn’t aggravate anything. They also had fractional dumbbells up to 40lbs so I decided to take advantage of it.

Skipped romanian deads and will save them for Wednesday since the squats fucked with me so bad.

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Wednesday went well

squat 3x3x195
db shoulder press 3x3x45
bb row 3x3x140
2x8 romanian deads at 140lbs, my form isnt so great and I wanted to keep it easy since it is wednesday

Friday week 5 went pretty good as well

squat 1x3x235, form was shitty as hell on the last one, I dont think I made it below paralell, but if i had done it I don’t think I would have gone back up.

db bench 1x3x80, so i did the same weight as last time, but my reps were better and I got one more, should be good progress

deadlift 1x3x295, good form, no grip slipping, everything was good, will be ready to increase again next week

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Been busy as hell here is how the week went

Monday

squat 5x5x190 (took a step back, increased speed and every rep was clean, but very challenging)

db shoulder press 5x5x45, but slow, and some bad last reps

bb-row 5x5x135, took a step back here too, but it was a pain in the ass because of odd shaped plates at the gym i went to, they would bounce all wrong and roll around and shit.

wide-grip pullup 5,5,4, then a break and one more with 20lbs

dips 3x5x32.5

wednesday

squat 3x3x190
bench 3x3x60’s
row 3x3x135

friday

squat 1x3x240, had planned on doing just 2 with good form, but got off a third slowly but with good form

shoulder press 1x3x55, had a friend who kind of helped me steady my elbows, i didn’t ask him to but he just did. I probably couldn’t have gotten all 3 reps without it so i don’t think its a true 1x3

deadlift 2 sets of 1 at 315lbs

1.5 pullups with a 45lb db

Pretty good week, hopefully I can keep my squat inching forward

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Week 7 update

Monday
front squat 5x5x195, was tough as hell but i kept rest constant at a minute or just over, my legs were numb after, all reps were good.

bench 5x5x65, i love bench progress

row 5x5x140, damn i hate stalling on this

pullup 5,4,3 w/20lb db, maybe i was just wiped out already at this point

dips 3x5x35, also extremely tough, failed the last rep on the last set but i didnt have help with getting the db between my feet so i had to basically do an extra rep each set to get up to the bars anyway.

wednesday, my legs were still sore as hell, but i did 3x3x195 squats

3x3x105 shoulder press, did it with the bb and it didn’t hurt, dont know what weight to use yet.

3x3x145 row

Friday

1x2x250 squat
1x1x85’s db benchpress
1x3x305 deadlift
3x12 decline ab board crunches with a 30lb weight

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week 9

monday
squat 5x5x200
shoulder press 5x5x45
row 5x5x135
pull-up 5,4 and a half,3 w/20lbs
dips 3x5x35

wednesday went well, no point in posting it

friday

squat 1x1 265, tried for a second rep but couldn’t go up
shoulder press 1x3x55 with no help this time
deadlift 1x3x315, my grip slipped right at the top of the third rep though, i really need chalk

week 10 monday

squat 5x5x205
bench 5x5x65’s
row 5x5x135
pullup 5,5,3, with a 15
dips 3x5x40lb db

wednesday also went well.

I am stalling on a lot of the secondary lifts, i haven’t paid it as much mind because for me the squat and bench is the most important. I think I am seeing the result of using db’s for pressing though. My arms are already thick as hell by the time I get to rows, they are dead already when it comes to pullups and the pulls are honestly just painful for the arms.