[quote]BrianHanson wrote:
at last a place to talk about ED and “the good old days”, I’m glad I found this place.
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Oh no. Please.
Seriously, great numbers. I can’t imagine training that hard four days in a row. But I’m older than you, so I have an excuse.
I’m a holdout on 5/3/1 too. So don’t feel alone.
Whenever you have a rough day and feel weak, just go visit my log.
Cheers.
[quote]BrianHanson wrote:
First of all ty for the positive replies, and for not blasting me for what a bad idea this is (I am aware).
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If it’s working for you it can’t be a bad idea can it! I think if you can getaway with doing the same lifts day after day and recover then carry on doing it. There’s plenty of people on here who aren’t 5/3/1 “fanatics”, we just tend to be a little less vocal. Did notice a bit of a discrepancy between the weight you can bench (very impressive by the way) and what you use for squats and deads though!
FarmerBrett,
Yeah my DL and Squat are awful, I blame back surgery in '06 and having my ankle fused in '07 (and 5 knee surgeries, let’s not forget about them) but really I’m just lazy, Years of neglect+laziness+good excuses = shitty numbers. I am hoping to turn that around though, it’s just that squatting and deadlifting is really hard
My manners are getting horrible. Welcome. Good bench. Does doing the same araes everyday get boring sometimes?
hel320,
yep, but boring and predictable is my thing : ).
[quote]BrianHanson wrote:
hel320,
yep, but boring and predictable is my thing : ).
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hehehehe - I can relate…
welcome to the old farts
Wednesday 9/15
Hot Tub x1
Floating x1
Breaching x2
Sharks and Minnows x1
117 Minutes in the pool and hot tub, then dry sauna and out the door.
This is my favorite workout of the week.
Thursday 9/16
BP- 135 x5 185 x5 225 x3 275 x3 325 x3 375 x2
Military Press- Bar x5x5 95 x5 135 x5 163 x3 185 x3 205 x5 225 x2 245 x2
BB Rows- 135 x5 245 x5 x5 x5
Dips- 21, 17
DBell Curls (1st curls since 1999 or so I swore them off for y2k)- 35 x5 40 x5 45 x5
Squat- 135 x5 225 x5 275 x3 315 x3 365 x2 405 x2 425 x1 455x1
SL Deads- 135 x5 225 x5
Epic workout (for time anyway) 87 Minutes, not sure what took so long because I sure as hell did not want to be there at all today. I found myself considering ab work today, after shaving my beard I realized that bearded I look like a tough guy biker, after shaving I look like a gigantic sweaty baby, so maybe this baby should have abs. Then I realized that if I got down on the floor for ab work I would need assistance to get back up. I comfort myself knowing that my abs will be clearly visible during my autopsy.
Someone here looks like a good candidate for the Military Press Race to 300.
Fri 9/17
Nothing to report, did not make it to the gym
9/18
after 2 out of 3 days of not lifting I feel like a new man.
Banch- 135x5 185x5 225x3 275x2 325x2 375x1 405x1 415x1 425x1
Squat- 135x5 225x5 275x3 325x2x2x2
Deadlift- 135x3 225x3 275x3 315x2 365x1 405x1x1
BBell Rows- 135x5 225x5x5x5
Dips- 18, 14, 8
DBell Curls- 40x5 45x5 50x5
Not a lot of reps, but a lot of waiting in between which means 63 minutes and out the door, “forgot” MP as shoulders are still sore from doing that on Thursday, counted dl’s as ab work any set over 3 as cardio.
[quote]SteelyD wrote:
BAM!!! And he’s off! He’s outta the gate with a 405 bench!!!
Lots of heavy drinking, scratched, scarred, popping, snapping, swearing, burping, farting, heavy lifting, smashing, and good times here-- but enough about the O35 women.
Welcome to the freakshow. You’ll get used to the subtle wafting odeur of “Bio-Freeze” and “Ben Gay”.
If you’re not going to do it, I think that there’s an understanding here that you’re supposed to bow your head and genuflect when you hear the phrase “5-3-1” <bows head, genuflects> or someone mentions “Jim Wendler” <bows head, genuflects>
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You beat me to it.
[quote]DaCharmingAlbino wrote:
Someone here looks like a good candidate for the Military Press Race to 300.[/quote]
x2
And I am envious as hell of your bench. I can’t wait to hit 405#!
Military press is overrated. don’t need to do it if you bench in a shirt. I still cannot fathom benching squatting and dling day after day. but it seems to be working.
I am to stupid to properly operate a video camera, upside down, backwards at one point, but here I am 14 hours after last bench workout, my tummy needs a tan.
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1395578857986#!/video/video.php?v=1395603018590
Oh I forgot to ask for guidance, it’s a bad angle I know (upside down) but advice on hand placement, pace etc. I was trying to arch (I have been a very flat bencher and the arch felt very odd and unstable, plus my belly was hanging out) so any advice is appreciated.
i don’t have a facebook account… probably the only person on the planet that doesn’t.
[quote]BrianHanson wrote:
counted dl’s as ab work any set over 3 as cardio.[/quote]
Sounds reasonable to me.
I still cannot fathom that you bench more than you DL and squat. Okay. I think I already said that.
I can’t link to the vid either. Can you put it on Youtube and link to it?
I can actually DL or Squat more than I can bench, I just don’t like to because they are hard and I am lazy
And I forgot to post the workout that that ugly bench was part of
9/19 Saturday AM
Bench 135x5 185x5 225x3 275x3 325x3 375x2 405x1 315x9 (can’t count)
Squat 135x5 185x5 225x3 275x3 315x3 365x3
SL Deads 225x5x5x5
BBell Rows 225x5x5 245x5
PullUps 2,2,1 (so very hard and so very fat)
Dips 23, 11 (gassed)
Dbell curls 40x5 50x5
54 minutes and out the door, going to do Olympic Lifts for a couple weeks to see how they feel, video of those should be high comedy and may be used by the police to determine my cause of death (I am guessing blunt trauma to head from failed snatch)