XArena's 5/3/1 Log

[quote]fr0IVIan wrote:
dude 185 has never felt so comfortable, you better watch out if my squat gets mad gainz[/quote]

LOL I’m waiting for these madd gainzzz bro. Honestly, I wouldn’t be surprised if youre squat jumped 100lbs in like 4 months, because you have the mass for it, you just gotta get dat groooove onnn brah


beard progress :slight_smile:

oh FFS, I don’t think i even had facial hair at 16. BAstard

Haha, I’m thinking of just growing a neck beard

Cycle 1, Week 4

Deadlift
135x4x5
165x5

Leg Press
2ppsx3
3ppsx3
4ppsx3
5ppsx2x3

  • really light, squat rack was taken, but since it was deload week, i stayed light

Crunches
45x2x6 PR 10lbs
45x10 PR 10lbs -2reps

Cycle 1, Week 4

Squat
45x5
135x5
160x5
190x5

Deadlift
135x5x10

Bench
45x5
75x5
95x5
110x5

OHP
75x10
65x10
55x10

Chins
5x9 PR 1rep on every set :slight_smile:

Combined today and tomorrows sessions because I’m going over to a friends house to swim and relax after my last exam :slight_smile: good bye grade 11, here I come grade 12!

P.S: I love the easiness of deload week.

Nice to see someone else squatting, deadlifting and benching all in the same workout. Good job man.

[quote]austin_bicep wrote:
Nice to see someone else squatting, deadlifting and benching all in the same workout. Good job man.[/quote]

Thanks man! It’s only possible for me to do all three in the same training session if the intensities vary, no way I could max squat and dead in the same session haha

[quote]XArena wrote:

[quote]austin_bicep wrote:
Nice to see someone else squatting, deadlifting and benching all in the same workout. Good job man.[/quote]

Thanks man! It’s only possible for me to do all three in the same training session if the intensities vary, no way I could max squat and dead in the same session haha[/quote]

Yeah me neither man, I’m always varying the %'s.

Cycle 2, Week 1

Deadlift
135x5
155x5
185x5
215x5
240x16 PR 7reps -20lbs

OHP
45x5
60x5
75x5
90x5
100x10

Hyperextension
25x5x10

Dips
10-testing these out, bothered my Bicep idk why

Machine tricep extension
Ramp to 70x5

Chins
3x9
2x10-almost at 5x10!!!

Doing a 2day/week thing w/ 531 right now because my schedule. By next week I should be okay.
Estimated 1RM for deadlift is 367… Huge increase, started with an estimated 1RM of 318. 49lb increase in deadlift in 1 month, soon I’ll have 405 :slight_smile: the OHP suffered because I deadlifted first, whatever, I just matched my old PR. if I did it first I could have squeezed like 2 more reps out. Next week the PR’s will be ROLLINNNNNNN’ when in doing 4x a week again.

5/3/1 seems to work well for most people’s deadlift, same is happening to me at the moment, though I have a completely skewed estimated 1RM of ~660lb because I’ve been doing them touch and go, it’s been consistently going up which is all that matters.

solid work out keep it up mate

Yeah, it’s working really well for my deadlift :slight_smile: aha, I pause and reset between every rep

a 1RM based on a weight done for 16 times? is that accurate?

[quote]Macmade wrote:
a 1RM based on a weight done for 16 times? is that accurate? [/quote]
Not per se. It can be an indicator of progress though.

It definitely indicates amazing progress. I hit 260x9 two weeks ago, so 240x16 is a big PR. I’m doubtful it is 367 but it’s atleast 355.

Cycle 2, Week 1

(felt horrible today, just go bare minimum done)

Squat
45x5
95x5
135x5
185x5
210x5
240x5
275x5

Bench
45x5
75x5
95x5
120x5
140x5
160x7

Chins
5x10 PR 3 reps on first 3 sets
1x12 PR of some sort

Drank… God damn Samaha. Wisdom teeth getting removed tomorrow at 8am… Fml… Good night…

[quote]XArena wrote:
Cycle 2, Week 1

(felt horrible today, just go bare minimum done)

Squat
45x5
95x5
135x5
185x5
210x5
240x5
275x5

Bench
45x5
75x5
95x5
120x5
140x5
160x7

Chins
5x10 PR 3 reps on first 3 sets
1x12 PR of some sort

Drank… God damn Samaha. Wisdom teeth getting removed tomorrow at 8am… Fml… Good night…[/quote]

Getting teeth removed is unpleasant, just have to deal with it. Could always be worse.

Yeah man it . I just got home from getting them removed lol

So where do you think your squats at these days?