I know the feeling of not wanting to workout. My desire to lift comes and goes.
Nice bike. Sorry to hear about the job.
[quote]username42 wrote:
And not much of a desire to work out at all. But I was there and I needed to squat.
240x1PR
150x1PR
Even though I’m getting laid off at the end of the month I just couldnt pass on the deal they gave me at the dealership. sometimes I guess you just have to do some things.[/quote]
I like your attitude, your PR’s and your new bike!
You are living strong.
Thanks OMP, I hope this bike doesn’t come back and bite me later. But if it does; man, what a great ride it is. But back to lifting.
16MAR10
Deadlift 205x10 250x5 280x3 330x1PR
1Arm DB supported row 55x10 55x10 55x10 55x10 55x10
Good Mornings 95x10 95x10 95x10
Prone Incline DB Curls 30x9 30x9 35x6 35x7 35x7
Tried for a max 350 on dead. Missed that in spectacular fashion.
I HATE and LOATHE good mornings. But they must be done.
Next update will come from Phoenix. Where I will will head over to surprise to catch some spring training. Never done that before. This unemployment thing will have its perks I think.
Too bad your not a thrower. All kinds of meets out in Arizona and the recently reappeared Mr Darby hangs around out there. Sorry about the unemployment, hope it doesn’t last long. Unless your enjoying it a whole lot.
HEL, I think I will enjoy unemployment for about 6 weeks, then it will get boring.
18MAR10
Bench 185x10 185x10 205x5 230x3 275x1PR 280x1PR
Dips BWx10 x10 x10 x9 x11
Floor Press 60x10 x10 x10 x10
The 275 PR was no spotter. The 280 was missed then had a spotter who said he only lifted a little ont he right side. I’m really digin the floor press, well worth it. Need more weight.
Now its off to a spring training game and if tonight is anything like this afternoon, I will crawl in traffic for about an hour and a half in the 'burbs. Woohoo. Life is good.
[quote]username42 wrote:
Now its off to a spring training game and if tonight is anything like this afternoon, I will crawl in traffic for about an hour and a half in the 'burbs. Woohoo. Life is good.[/quote]
You’re on the bike hopefully, so who cares.
Nice job on those big PR’s.!
Nice PR’s UN42. Great lifting
No, OMP, I’m in a rental. A convertable, which I am thinking as a group of cars, is a little overrataed. Went the Grand Canyon yesterday, a large breath taking hole. Impressive. Only had about 40 minutes there, but there is only so many different views of the same hole. We got there late in the day and didn’t have enough time for any of the tours. But the drive up and back was beautiful. There is some real pretty stuff in Arizona. Especially around Sedona. It is worth a trip if you can make it.
20MAR10
Front Squat 95x8 95x8 WU 140x5 155x3 190x1PR
Back Squat 160x10 160x6 160x6
Alternating Cable curls 15x10 30x8 27.5x9 25x8 20x10 15x12 Left Arm 10x15
Front squats felt good.
Back squats needed work. I felt like I couldn’t get deep enough and just not alot of strength today
I am now going to commit heresy and leave 5/3/1 for a few cycles. I think I am going to switch to EDT. The program that changed the way I do things in the gym. I will spend my deload week finding my 10 rep max in certain lifts and finding my stopwatch. But tomorrow is my last day of spring training baseball. Which has been great. then back to Dallas where it SNOWED Saturday night.
Well after a long week off and My last day of work I decided I needed to get my ass in the gym again. I am going to break from 5/3/1 and do some EDT.
DB Bench 2 80db’s 5,5,5,5,5,5,
Deadlift 205lbs 5,5,5,5,5,5
Both exercises done back to back for 15 minutes
Bulgarian Split Squat 2 17.5db’s 5,5,5,5,4,4,4,4
It was a good warm up to get back. I think I will do 3 cycyles 4-5 weeks each each, changing out each set of excercises every 4-5 weeks. And doing some arms at the end to round it out.
1APR10
Incline Bench Barx20 135x10 135x5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5
DB B.O. row 30x15 45x10 45x5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5
15 min
Squat 135x10 135x5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5
DB NG shoulder Press 30x10 30x5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5
15 min
Need to up the weight on my first session, I had good depth on my squats and my left shoulder was tracking a little tot he outside and hurt some, I think i will go back to FG’s and see how it feels there.
Lot’s o’ volume going on.
What is EDT? Extra deload time? Empty da trash? Sorry, my wife just called from the kitchen.
Looks like a killer workout.
EDT stands for Escalating Density Training. It was created by Charles Staley. And it eats fat pretty damn well. Leaves me gasping for air. And when I’m not, I know i havent gone hard enough.
3APR10
Bulgarian Split squats. 22.5x5,5,5,5,4,4,4,2,2,2,2,2,
15 min left and right leg, dumbells
DB Bench 85x 5,5,5,5,3,3,3
Deads 205x 5,5,5,5,3,3,3
15 min
Started with Bulgarians first. All the bench’s were taken. Think it really effected my deadlifts. Even though it took 14 minutes for one to clear up. At least everyone was actually working not just taking up space.
Its great spring is here. I get more time on the bike, got a new helmet. But in North Texas its mostly wind. Doesnt kill the ride, just makes you hang on for dear life.
5APR10
Incline Bench Press 145x 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5
B.0. DB row 50x 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5
15min
Squat 135x 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
Neutral Grip DB Shoulder PRess 30x 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,FG
15min
Left shoulder felt much better with the FG’s. Think I will stick with them for a while.
Nice work…consistent and lots of volume. What is the “FG” on your DB shoulder presses?
Looks like you’ve found a good program. I admire the volume.
Someone told me last night you can do squats every day with lighter weight and high volume. I’m not ready to take up that challenge, I might get swole.
Nice work.
higher volume always feels good on the joints.
Skip I think He uses Fat grips.
New program has lot of volume and you move quickly. I like it. Have fun on the bike.
Strick, FG stands for fat gripz, km high volume does feel good on the joints. And yes, eco, this does have lots of volume and 15 minutes sometimes doesnt feel all that fast.
7APR10
DB Bench 85x 5,5,5,5,3,3,3,3
Deads 215x 5,5,5,5,3,3,3,
15min
Midnight workouts
+ -
-No crowd for equiment - Only getting in half
-Teaches me not to eat of the workout
bad then try to lift - Wanting to puke the
entire time
Still like the midnight workout, just have to eat better on the day if I do it. Dumped the Bulgarian’s because I didnt think I would make it through. Will have to work on that.
9APR10
Incline Bench 155x 5,5,5,3,3,3,3,3,3,3
DB B.O. Row 55x 5,5,5,3,3,3,3,3,3,3
15min
Squat 155x 5,5,5,5,3,3,3,3,3
DB NG Shoulder Press 30x 5,5,5,5,3,3,3,3,3
right shoulder hurt on incline bench, got better at the end
Had to wait for two assholes to get finished doing curls so I can get into the squat rack.
Squats were deep and I will up the weight agin next time.
My left shoulder is sensitive if I don’t warm it up. An old injury of some sort but inclines definitely talk to me. I’m working on dislocates as a warm up and they seem to help.
Hows the program working out?