Texas Method Sorta 5x5 Log

Week 1, Wednesday.

Deadlift:
135x5
225x3
273x3
325x5

Military Press:
80x5
95x5
115x5
130x5

Chins:
bwx5
bw + 15x5
bw + 35x5

Squat:
200x5
220x5
245x5
245x5

Decline Situps:
bw + 10x8x2
bw + 10x6

Situps were harder than I expected. :wink:

Week 1, Friday.

Lifts done as expected.

Week 2, Monday.

No go. Life kicked my ass. :slight_smile:

Week 2, Wednesday.

I went, but did a bunch of bullshit stuff.
Leg press (first time ever!), DB rows, preacher curls, DB shoulder presses, incline bench.

Various sets, reps ranging from 3 to 8. No rhyme, no reason.

Friday’s gonna be the same.

Next monday I’ll restart my stupid 5x5. :slight_smile:

Saturday, what-ever workout #2. :wink:

Yeah, I skipped friday. I had more important “things” to do. :wink:

Squat:
10x135
5x185
20x225

Dips:
2x6xbw +70
5xbw + 70
(no rest)
4xbw + 45
(no rest)
3xbw + 25
(no rest)
3xbw

DB Rows:
2x6x80

Neutral grip pullups:
bwx3
(no rest)
bw + 25x3

DB Rows:
6x80

T-Bar Rows:
160x12

Incline Bench:
135x12

Curls:
Lots. Started high, went down in weight.

My lungs still hurt from the squats, and it’s been like, an hour and a half since I left the gym. That was insane. The dips killed me too, my “face” started going numb. I think I forgot to breathe. :wink:

I basically got a massive pump in my arms and legs. It was fun.

Ok. Starting the 5x5 “for real” this time. I feel like I wasted the month of april in training. Ah well. :slight_smile:

Week 1, Monday.

I lost my training log. It went well, though.

Squat:
worked up to 290x5

Bench:
worked up to 205x5

Row:
worked up to 170x5

Hypers:
2x8xbw + 25

Decline Situps:
3x8xbw + 10

The hypers were rediculously easy, the situps got tough. :slight_smile:

I’m now going to be training Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. It works a bit better for me… plus I missed a day again and doing it like this makes me feel better about it. :slight_smile:

Week 1, Thursday.

Deadlift:
135x5
225x3
275x3
325x5

Military Press:
90x5
100x5
110x5
125x5

Chinups:
bwx5
bw + 15x5
bw + 30x5

Squat:
205x5
230x5
230x5
230x5

Decline Situps:
2x10xbw + 10
7xbw + 10

I misloaded the squat. It should have went 185, 205, 230, 230. No biggy, I guess.

Week 2, Monday.*

Weight: 180

Squat:
185x5
210x5
235x5
265x5
295x5

Row:
115x5
125x5
140x5
155x5
175x5

Bench:
135x5
150x5
170x5
190x5
210x5

Hypers:
bw + 40x2x10

Decline Situps:
bw + 20x8
bw + 20x7
bw + 20x6

My weight is up. I’ve been eating like shit, and training like shit. I hope some of it was muscle. :wink: I LOOK bigger, but I definitly lost some definition.

The last set of squats were tough getting out of the hole, but after that … it’s a drastic change in difficulty: it becomes easy as pie. I’m glad have improved a bit on the situps! I actually felt a bit taxed on the hypers, too.

Week 2, Wednesday.

Deadlift:
135x5
225x5
275x5
335x5

Military Press:
90x5
100x5
115x5
130x5

Chins:
bwx5
bw + 15x5
bw + 35x5

Squat:
185x5
210x5
235x2x5

Decline situps:
bw + 20x3x10

Week 2, Friday.

Squat:
185x5
210x5
235x5
265x5
300x3
235x8

Bench:
135x5
150x5
170x5
190x5
215x3
170x8

Row:
115x5
125x5
140x5
155x5
175x3 (oops, wrong weight.)
140x8

Dips:
bw + 60x3x7

Week 3, Tuesday. (Didn’t go monday)

Squat:
185x5
210x5
235x5
265x5
305x5

Bench:
215x5
190x5
170x5
150x5
135x5

Row:
115x5
130x5
145x5
160x5
180x5

Hypers:
bw + 50x2x8

Decline situps:
bw + 25x8
bw + 25x7
bw + 25x6