Messed around with some snatches today first off…god I have no fucking clue how to do these. Anyways, came in for another one of those active recovery/access sessions…
Cable Adduction/Abduction - 3 sets (These take forever LOL)
DB Bench - (45’s x 20)x2
Landmine - 3 sets
BB Curl - (45x10)x3 lol
Light Pull-through - 3 sets
I did a few reps on bench with the bar to kinda prime myself for tomorrow I guess. Just tryna get some extra stuff in and get rid of some soreness.
May have had another rep on the 250, but it would’ve been a toughie. The 265 was a grinder and slower than I would have liked, but we’ll see what happens next week. I don’t seem to be actively driving back into the bench and pressing the bar away from me. May have to work on that.
Pause Bench
185x5
205x5
Tricep Extension
85x10
105x8
105x5 (thumbless grip)
1x50 pushdowns for blood flow
40 pullups, various grips
Going to do a little bit of upper back work tomorrow, since it was kinda lackluster today.
135 x some
225x5
275x3
315x3
365x2
390x2
425x2
455x1
475x1 (PR)
500x1 (PR!!!)
Yes!!! Coming into it my legs felt kinda tired and the deads felt a little meh initially, but 365 was so fast that I just had to give it a shot, and I nailed it. This was my original goal: get 500 before I turn 17, and it seemed like a pipe-dream at times, but I did it. ME GUSTA
Ultra-Wide Sumos
(315x3)x3
(355x3)x3
First time trying these, so I didn’t go all out…it seems like there’s some pop off of the floor on these.
some clean and presses with 135
Leg Press (close stance)
4 PPS x 20
(6 PPS x 20)x3
Dumbbell Row - (115x10)x4
Cable Pull-through - 3 sets ramped
Ab Wheel - 3 sets (I can go all the way down easily with these now feeelsgoodman.jpg)
Great session; good drive and volume. This is a better Christmas gift than anyone could hope to give me.
[quote]spar4tee wrote:
Good job. Now you just need to get that bench up and start squatting :P[/quote]
Thanks man. I plan on doing that for the bench, but getting my dad to stop being so stingy is a prerequisite to the latter. [/quote]
maybe this can help
My birthday is actually in a few days. And let me tell you: one of the coolest things about hitting a 500 is that you can officially say that you’re chasing 600 now LOL. I’ll probably shoot for 550 before the end of the school year (getting a belt could help with that).
Thanks man. I’ll be sure to follow your log as well. And yeah, volume can take a bit out of you haha. You can probably get there soon.
Holy shit these were weaksauce. That 500 took a lot out of me. Back was also feeling fried from the cleans.
Speed Deadlift - (225x1)x8 (just got these in)
Snatch Grip Stiff-Legged Deadlift
(225x8)x2
245x8
First time trying these…think we got a keeper.
Close Grip Incline Bench
45 x some
135x8
155x5
170x6 (PR, but too heavy to get another set of 6)
155x6
Benches didn’t quite go how I anticipated…should be good for Wednesday benching anyway due to this exercise involving less weight and CNS taxation (I think lol). 15 band pull-aparts between sets.
Pretty damn weak today, but not surprised. Time for moar chocolate.
(45 x some)x2
(135x5)x2
165x5
195x3
215x3
235x3 (PR)
255x1 (spotter touched it but I could have grinded it out…didn’t go as planned)
245x1
I was going to double the 255, but it felt super heavy. Today didn’t go as planned. Felt weak coming into it. Ah well, there’s always next time.
I was also going to rep my BW (210) as a little birthday challenge, but I skipped it since I was weak. But I’m definitely going to have to do it one of these days.
Reverse Grip Bench Press
(155x8)x2 (volume PR?)
170x8 (PR?)
(185x8)x2 (PR)
Wow! I felt stronger than ever on these today. Kind of odd considering lame benching. Got some pretty quality volume in on these. I also did sets of 5 - 10 pullups with alternating grips (primarily neutral) between each of these sets, which also felt good and fast. Definitely netted 50+ reps of quality pullup volume today as well.
Wanted to do more today, but I did get in the basic stuff. Would be a lousy day normally, but the assistance stuff went so good (feeelsgoodman.jpg) that is almost makes up for it.
135 x some (from floor)
225x5 (from floor)
225x3
275x3
315x3
345x3
370x3
385x3 (technical PR) - grip slipped on the 3rd…rechalked and pulled it
(405x2)x2 (PR) - I pulled them, but grip kept slipping…around 30 seconds between reps on the 2nd set lol
(365x3)x2 (added straps)
Grrrr…grip was a struggle today. Was fine last week. Guess is fluctuates along with my strength.
