Wow…bad news, Warrior. Bring it back soon. Take care. Scott
Looking forward to your return Pencil Neck.
Hope you get to feeling better bro.
Sounds like your on the mend getting back always feels better good luck
weight: 191.8
Deadlift: 135x5; 205x3; 275x1
Bench: 115x5; 165x3; 185x1
Supinated Pullups: 0x1; 0x1
Close Grip Bench: 115x10
DB Curl: 20x10
After all the gastroenteritis problems, I’m eating trying to gain weight back. But I’m still weak as a kitten. Since there’s been a long break, I went very light on everything but everything still felt kinda heavy.
This workout is going to be the basis of all my workouts from here on out. On Mondays and Fridays, the DL’s will be swapped out with squats. The weights will be increased every workout until I reach failure; at that point, the weight will be dropped for the exercise that I failed on and the cycle will start again. In the past, I just squatted 3x per week so swapping in the DL is a slight change.
The auxiliary exercises will occasionally be swapped out and/or re-arranged.
I want to thank everybody for all the kind words and support.
weight: 192.0
Squat: 135x5; 225x3; 315x1
Bench: 115x5; 165x3; 190x1
Supinated Pullups: 0x2; 0x2
Close Grip Bench: 120x10
DB Curls: 22.5x10
A bunch of family came in yesterday so I postponed my workout to today.
Very, very light workout coming back from the layoff. I’m still weak as a kitten. Everything except the pullups and curls felt kinda heavy. Everything felt wrong on the squats. I’m glad I went extra light today; I was tinkering with the idea of hitting a rep at 365.
It will be interesting to see if I feel better and stronger on Monday.
Eat and train brother.You will get strong quick.
weight: 194.0
Squat: 135x5; 225x3; 315x1; 335x1
Bench: 115x5; 165x3; 195x1
Supinated Pullups: 5x2; 5x2
Close Grip Bench: 125x10
DB Curls: 25x10
Another light workout and I’m still irritatingly weak. I’ve been eating like a pig since my family came to town last Friday and still can’t squat the Sunday Paper.
weight: 193.8
Deadlift: 135x5; 205x3; 295x1
Bench: 115x5; 165x3; 200x1
Supinated Pullups: 10x2; 10x2
Close Grip Bench: 130x10
DB Curls: 27.5x10
Brick by brick. Building the weight slowly but surely.
My mother, sisters, and a niece and nephew have been here since last Friday and although it went well for the first part of the visit, the daggers came out last night and this morning. Sooo… it felt really good to work out.
[quote]The Pencil Neck wrote:
weight: 193.8
Deadlift: 135x5; 205x3; 295x1
Bench: 115x5; 165x3; 200x1
Supinated Pullups: 10x2; 10x2
Close Grip Bench: 130x10
DB Curls: 27.5x10
Brick by brick. Building the weight slowly but surely.
My mother, sisters, and a niece and nephew have been here since last Friday and although it went well for the first part of the visit, the daggers came out last night and this morning. Sooo… it felt really good to work out.[/quote]
OMG - I feel for you man.
It’s been fun reading your training log!
“guest and fish both start to stink after 3 days” or some quote like that. I’ve got something like 50 relative in the immediate vacinity so I feel for you. Glad to see you’re getting back into it.
Hang in there brother!
Thank God you have an outlet that is legal and doesn’t involve choking or killing anyone - training! I’m sure, “this too will pass” and you will get on with gaining your weight & strength back. Remember, it doesn’t have to be done all in one workout, it will come over the next several weeks…good luck!
Thanks, guys. And QT, thanks for reminding me to be patient.
weight: 193.8
Squat: 135x5; 225x3; 315x1; 345x1
Bench: 115x5; 165x5; 205x1
Supinated Pullup: 15x2; 15x2
Close Grip Bench: 135x10
DB Curls: 30x10
So yesterday, my mom and little sister got so upset that they left our house to go to the airport 8 hours before their flight. Sigh.
Today, the warmup weights finally stopped feeling heavy although the “worksets” right now in the squat (and less so in the bench) are still what I was using as warmup weights not too long ago. I just need to be patient and let my strength come back. But it’s hard to be patient.
weight: 194.8
Squat: 135x5; 225x3; 315x1; 355x1
Bench: 115x5; 165x3; 210x1
Supinated Pullup: 20x2; 20x2
Close Grip Bench: 140x10
DB Curls: 32.5x10
Dammit, the squat and bench were hard. For the squat, this should be a fly-up weight. A few months ago when I was doing this routine, I had 315x1, 365x1 and then my work set at 400-440. It’s frustrating how slow my strength is coming back. I expected it to come back faster.
Very irritating.
Keep hammering away.It will all comeback.
weight: 194.4
Deadlift: 135x5; 205x3; 315x1
Bench: 115x5; 185x2; 215x1
Supinated Pullups: 25x2; 25x2
Close Grip Bench: 145x10
DB Curls: 35x10
Today was a little odd. I had to pick up my wife from the airport at the time I normally work out. So when I got back home, it was the time I usually eat. So. I was hongry while I was lifting.
Everything felt pretty good. Some of the things are starting to feel heavy. I wouldn’t be surprised to start seeing some fails in the next workout or two.
Your training is looking strong Pencil Neck. Each day looks better than the last, keep it up. Nice work!
weight 194.2
Squat: 135x5; 225x3; 315x1; 365x1
Bench: 115x5; 185x3; 220xF
Supinated Pullup: 30x2; 30x2
Close Grip Bench: 150x10
DB Curls: 37.5x10
The squats keep feeling heavy but this 365 felt lighter than the 355 did on Monday.
I’m a little ticked at the fail on the Bench. It felt good on the way down… and then… it just liked it there on my chest and didn’t want to leave. I’ll try it again on Monday and if I can’t push it up, then the weight on the bench drops back down and I start over. I really don’t have any pop or acceleration on anything right now.
failing just makes you try hasrder next time. Even in failing, some strength is gained maybe that weight doable the next time you try it. Failing isn’t bad…look for positives - set yourself up to succeed the next timec - stack the deck in your favor!