I’ll be following you log. Should be interesting.
[quote]spar4tee wrote:
I’ll be following you log. Should be interesting.[/quote]
Cool. I appreciate the interest and feel free to chime in anytime for critique or such.
12/22: 85% Bench Day and like I said before, I will drop DL’s today and see what happens
Squat (60%)
135x1
135x3
185x3
225x3
275x1
325x3x3 Decided to add 10Lbs to projected total since I droped the DL’s today.
Bench (85%)
135x10
225x3
275x1 Pause n Press
335x1 Pause n Press
355x1 Pause n Press Felt good, but slowed down a tad towards lock out.
12/23;
Squat (85% Projected)
135x3
185x2
225x2
275x1
325x1
430x1
455x1
Didn’t have time to do anything else but satisfied with today’s training session
12/24:
Squats (60%)
135x2x2
225x2
325x3x4
Got anothers session because I was feeling good. wanted to DL as well, but ran out of time again. Oh well. Will be back fresh on Monday. As I look back, I hit squats 4 times this week and I am not demolished as I would expect. I guess if you do condition your body and be careful about rep scheme and percentage, the body can handle multiple sessions. Probably will not make a habit out of this but good to see I can do this and control the session within my body limits.
12/26: Light training day
Low Box Squat (Long Black Minis and Blue bands)
Barx3
135x3x2
225x3x3
Bench (Blue Bands double wrapped)
Barx3
135x3x3
DL (Orange minis)
225x1
320x3 1 set only
Kept things light and fast. Stayed within a low percentage in order to be able to train tomorrow.
An indicator I just picked up on is why I take my pre-workout hype me up drink and the drink does not work, then I know it is time to back away from the weights. Today was such a day but I pushed through training session anyway.
Squats
135x3
225x3
325x3
Bench
135x10
225x5
275x3
DL
315x1
405x1
475x1
500x1
Wanted to hit 565 today but did not have energy or much left in tank to hit this. Time to back off a few days or maybe even rest of week.
12/31:
Squat(50Lbs Chains)
135x1x2
225x1
330x2x3
Bench (50Lbs Chains)
Barx10
135x5
225x5
250x3
275x3
Pause and Press
300x1x3
320x1x2
1/5..Continuing to work with submaximal weight leading up to meet in 3 weeks
DL(60lbs Chains)
225x1
315x1
405x3x4
Bench(50Lbs of Chains)
Barx5
135x3
225x3
250x3x4
overall, i am pleased with my progress. The goal for this meet is to hit a minumum of 1400 to a projected max of 1460. Very reasonable goal so my first two attempts of each lift should be as follows:
Squat…402/452/ and third lift will be determined by how 2nd attempt feel. Reallty want 502 but looking at 480+
Bench…275(just to c how long pause is..some judges wait forever some do it quick)
353
391…numbers may change all depending upon how long that pause is.
DL…474/540/depending upon how body feels at end of meet 573-590.
1/11/12. Today was final training session before competition next weekend.
Squat(50Lbs Chains)
135x1x2
225x1
315x3
365x2
405x2
Bench (50Lbs Chains)
Barx5
135x3
225x3
275x1 Pause press
315x1 Pause press
DL (60Lbs Chains)
315x1
405x1
455x1
500x1
The only thing I will be doing from hence forward up to meet is steady state cardio, stretching, and body maintenance in order to be in the 242 class and to let body recover for the meet. Today’s body weight was 249.8..plenty of time to reach goal weight for competition of 238-240.
1/22: Today’s meet…Was a little disappointed because brother could not come to video since wife went to early service. Oh well.
Squat
1St attempt ..Took opener at 425…didn’t feel explosive so was worried ..3 whites
2nd attempt…463…Felt explosive…3 White lites
3rd attempt…501…Lost tightness coming up because relied on belt too much and weight didn’t feel like a million pounds like I thought it would. As I came up, got too excited and the weight shifted forward so could not recover and got got stuck half way up..pissed off..3 Reds
Bench
1st attempt…303..3 white lights
2nd attempt…363…3 white lights
3rd attempt…380…3 white lights…I felt a slight struggle at 363 and didn’t want to jeapordize total so went for 380 but after hitting 380 I could have went 10 more pounds…
By the time Deadlift came around about 4pm, I was spent and gas tank on E. I had nothing left and all energy pills and power drinks stopped working even after taking another shot of energy arouned 3:30. On top of that during warmups, I was starting to feel light headed after each attempt.
DL
496…3 white lights
540…3 white lights
562…3 white lights hell yeah!
I say hell yeah, because I hit an all time PR total of 1405Lbs (8/9) and placed 2nd in weight class. Overall, I shot big for 60 more pounds initially, but I am pleased. I raised my total from around 1250 to 1400 in a year.
Things some guys said I need to work on is more max effort training and I need to work on my initial set up on my DL because I was using more back and not getting enough leg drive. I was shown a pretty good technique at meet and I will start using this technique from hence forth.
Started new log… Wanted to track progress at 100Lb increments and see what works as I progress. Some things work for a while and then you have to change from the research I have been doing on the more experienced lifters who are putting up 1700Lb+ totals