Nice. So my chest was slightly sore, along with my legs, so I went ahead and did MP and Chin-Ups again because they weren’t sore from last time. These were supersetted.
MP: 85x8,6,4,4,3,3,4,4,4,3,4,3
Pull-Ups: BW + 5lbs x 6,6,6,4,3,3,4,4,4,3,4,3
Wow, has to be lifetime PRs. I expected to get higher reps with 85, but didn’t really expect the full 50 reps! Must now work with 90lbs as my gym has 2.5s. I was also pleasantly surprised with the Pull-Ups. Hopefully I’m sore tomorrow, but I’m eating a lot, especially before my workouts, so that should help recovery. I think my body is slowly getting used to the workload as well. When I stall, I’ll do the ab wheel again. Will develop some much needed core strength. Next time will work with 10 extra pounds on the Pull-Ups. Hopefully my legs will be fine the next time so I can do squats.
Cool. So I woke up today feeling jacked. So I checked the scale. 153.4 lbs. Drank as much water as I could. Weight becomes 154.4 lbs! I’ll say I’m 153 as of now. I’m working out 7 days a week and eating as much as I can. Sleeping I can’t really do anything about, unfortunately. Since I felt so good I decided to do squats.
Squats: 155x10x5 (Yeah!)
So I was pleasantly surprised. Wondering whether to do 165 or 175 next time. Probably 165. 10 lbs is still a big difference, especially when you lift the weight 50 times. None of my bodyparts were sore. Wondering if my legs will be sore tomorrow, they JUST healed from the previous squat session.
So the computer was acting shitty yesterday, so it didn’t get uploaded.
Yesterday:
BP: 125x10,10,6,3,4 (Long rest) 10,4,3
Weighted Pull-Ups: BW 10 x 7,4
BW 20 x 3
Will do 135 next time. and BW 10lbs
Today:
MP: 90x8,6,3,4,2,2,2,1,1,1
DB Curls: 25x10,8,5,4,4,5,5,3,5,1
Will do 90 next time. and 30.
So because it’s midterm week, I decided to tone it down and just see exactly what my maxes as of now are. I think I am being modest because my chest and biceps were sore today, along with my traps. I will train properly again on thursday.
MP: 95x3, 105x2, 115x1, 125x0, 120x0. (Damn)
Weighted Pull-Ups: (BW 25)x2
(BW 35)x1
In the next two days I will redetermine my squat, BP, and DL numbers. So I have matched my lifetime PR of 115 for MP.
So I was in a good mood cause of an easy test and I did squats.
Squats: 165x10,9,4,6,10,3,4,4
Will use 175 next time. I thought my traps and knees were too weak to do 50 at first, but I actually felt I got tighter the more reps I did.
I did BP:
135x8,6,6,6,5,5,4,5,3,1,1
Pull-Ups: 5x8 (I find supersetting Pull ups with BP or MP helps the BP or MP.)
Sorry guys, got mad lazy nowadays for some reason. Yesterday I did 55 push-ups without allowing my knees to hit the floor in between.
I decided to incorporate OADB Rows along with the Pull ups I’m currently doing to improve my back.
OADB Rows: 60x10,10,10,10,10 (Yeah!) Will do 65 next time.
Lateral Raises: 15x15,15,15,5
20x5
Front Raises: 20x5
Skullcrushers: 45x10, 65x10
Man, the 20s were harder than I thought.
Ugh. Got a horrible grade for my test I took last week. I channeled the injustice into an awesome workout.
Squat: 175x10,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5
Man, can’t believe I actually got to 50 reps. Will see how 185 goes i guess. I should check out my maxes for my main lifts soon though…
Sweet, so I’m back in connecticut for thanksgiving break. So since DB MP is the only thing that truly challenges me at these weights, I went ahead and did them.
DB MP: 40x8,3,3,3,3,3,3,4,5,4,3,2,2,2,2 (YES!)
Awesome. I remember not too long ago I could barely do 40 lbs ONCE. Now I did it 50 TIMES. Will raise the weight again. Was worried not hitting the gym for three days would hamper my progress. The development of my lower back due to squats has helped my stability, I can tell. I feel my triceps working very hard. I get a good pump in my traps too for some reason. My front and lateral delts remain shit. I think tomorrow I will do lateral, front, and back raises. See if I can get sore. I expect I will. I don’t know if this would translate into strength, though. Won’t hurt to try.
So yesterday, I only did assistance exercises to see what would happen.
Lateral Raises: 15x10x5
20x5x5
I felt nothing in my shoulders today.
Therefore, I did DB BP just before returning to NJ.
DB BP: 50x12,12,10,9,6
Oh no! I JUST realized I did 49 reps. I’ll just say I did one rep one more time. Perhaps next time I’ll do 55 pounds for DB BP, but I prefer just BB benching if I can help it.
Okay, so I’ve been sore for a couple of days. I was okay today, though. I decided to test some of my maxes. I haven’t for a while.
Squat: 135x5, 185x3, 205x1, 215x1, 225x1, 235x1 (Matched lifetime PR) 245x0
Bench: 135x3, 155x3, 175x1, 185x1 (Matched lifetime PR), 200x0
Weighted Chin-Ups: BW 35x3, BW 50x2, BW 60x2
MP: 95x7, 105x2, 115x1, 125x0
Pull-Ups: BWx10,5
BW plus 20 x7,2,2,2,2,2,2,4,5,2,2,2,1
Chin-Ups: BW plus 20 x4,1,2,2,2,1,1,1,1
So I haven’t done squat for a while, but today was okay, I guess.
Squat: Barx3
135x5
155x5x5
185x5x3, 185x2
I thought the 155 was 185 at one point, so one set turned into 5 unto I checked again. 185 for 17 reps is still a record, but I’ll definitely try to beat that next time.
Okay, so my legs are still very slightly sore. I like it. Today I did OADB Rows.
OADB Rows: 80x8,8,6,4
Wow. I’m pretty sure I can do 100x1 right now, but all in due time. Next time will do 90 lbs.
Today I did BP: 155x7
155x3x6
Pull-Ups: 5,5,5,5,3,5
So I’m back from vacation. Weak as hell, didn’t have the opportunity to train, was very busy and got sick twice. I don’t think I will be able to do much this time but will do what I can.
Pull-Ups: 10,5,3,5,2
DB MP: 30x10, 40x4
DB BP: 50x10,5,3,2
Ok, so it’s been over a year since I posted, but today my home gym just finished arriving. It consists of: a power rack, some mats, and a 300 pound weight set, collars included. So since it’s in my bedroom, I have no excuse to not work out. As it is, I’ve decided to tone my weight goal to 150 first, then 160, 170, etc. I eat too little to the point of unhealthiness.
I literally bought the power rack to increase my appetite. I’m 140. I’ll focus on lift numbers first, and then my body weight should follow naturally. I’m also experimenting with abstaining from PMO.
10 pull-ups
2 dips
BP:
95 x 10
115 x 5
135 x 3
Okay, so I decided to do squats. Not horrible.
Bar x 10
95 x 10
115 x 10
135 x 10
165 x 3
Yesterday:
MP:
Barx10
65x10
95x3
I’ve decided not to do Deadlifts for the time being. I think just progressing my squat would carry over to DLs anyway. Once I hit 275 on squats, I’ll buy two more 45 pounders and start deadlifting then.
Today:
BP:
Bar x 10
100 x 5
115 x 5
130 x 11 (noice)
10 x 2 pull ups
Okay, that was strange…
So I ate a HUGE breakfast. At least for me. Took an hour to eat it. Then I did the following pull-ups. (I’ve got 10 pounds worth of ankle weights)
Pull ups:
(BW plus 10) x 9
(BW plus 10) x 4
BW x 4
And then I sat around unnaturally exhausted while I thought of what else to do, then promptly took a 3-hour nap!
Next time I need to put a timer on my naps if they’re so necessary. Trying to get out of that habit.