Slightly less weight for squats today so emphasis on form. Felt good, focused on keeping chest up more out of the hole and it felt strong. Bench is still putrid but the bar is moving so fuckit. Rows still suck. And fuck cardio.
It's just a difficult adjustment I guess. I went from workouts around 2 hours on the 5x5 program to 45 minutes on this one. Some days there's only work set of a major lift then accessory work. I can't argue with anyone's success and I'm going to finish the full 6 weeks but for me personally if feels like I'm on a 6 week deload. Maybe the results will shut me up.
I can't get motivated to do anything on the days I don't do my 5x5. Have good intentions every night but can't bring myself to jog or do HIIT.
Sorry, I meant your comment about the spreadsheet. Not surprised really about your comments on the program itself. It's pretty wild how individuals respond differently to various types of programming. Ed Coan said it best that if something is working for you, don't change it.
Oh as far as the spreadsheet some of the texts about follow up squats was cut off so I had to resize the cells. On days where I'm only doing one work set of bench or squat I'm thinking "where's the back off reps". Like today I did 185xmax reps for one set. That doesn't seem to my fat uneducated ass to be enough. I checked again and sure enough I was only supposed to do that one set.
I felt like this for the first few weeks. I get in and out quick...which to be honest I like because I work out in the afternoon and want to get home...but the results have been great for me after about 9 weeks. Generally I will add an additional drop set of a squat variation or deadlift variation that is not programmed for that day, and I will usually do an extra accessory lift on upper days if I feel like it. Been averaging 45-60min workouts, and maybe a little more if I throw some jump rope or a jog at the end. I guess I just like that I have a baseline I need to do, that's very manageable and lets me progress, while usually having enough in the tank for additional work I feel will help me out and not leave me too gassed the next day.
So after losing 20 lbs from being sick and having mono I'm back at the gym again. My buddy who was my personal trainer at Golds set me up a work out plan, and I've been at it for the past month. Gained 5 lbs so far and now I've gotten dedicated I got Whey protein for shakes and pre-work out which is a godsend, so I'm going at this like it is a job to get back to a healthy weight and get stronger which seems to help my head by staying fit.
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Dude, be careful. I had mono in 2011, and lost a lot of weight. I got back in the gym, a week later, and guess what? That shit came right back up, and I had to take the rest of the semester off. Your immune system takes awhile to recover.
2nd chest/back day this week. was still a little sore from monday but just stretched and warmed up a little extra. probably sore for the first time in a year in my bis/tris from arm day yesterday.
I just started getting decent workouts in again. Back in May, the kids' babysitter cut her hours down and instituted a 5:00pm cutoff time for pickup. By the time I got home from work, changed, and got shit set up, it left me with 30-45 minutes of training before I had to leave to spring the little guys from the pokey. That meant usually only one main exercise that was really rushed and one accessory if I was lucky. The babysitter retired and on Monday, we started bringing the sex trophies to a daycare center that's open until 6:00. I'm back to getting full workouts with proper rest between sets and 3-4 accessories. Also, I recently acquired a Prowler. Fucking Prowlers.
I'm gonna test my deadlift next wed or thurs so today was my last heavy lift. I overhead squatted up to 225 (the girl I was talking to doesn't want to do the distance thing so I'm going to be better at everything the people at her crossfit gym do) then I worked up to a low bar single at a 9ish RPE, just something generally heavy that I couldn't double. Worked up to 355 which I'm pleased with considering I haven't touched 300+ in 7 weeks, I've been exclusively high bar squatting, I'm sore as all hell from my death by deadlift monday (50 reps at 405), I've had bachelor parties the last two weekends, i'm down 7lbs and I've slept 10 hours this entire week. Basically I suck BUT the squat went better than planned. Fresh, actually lifting high percentages and tapered I'm thinking 405+ which is cool with me for now.
Also, guys, you can't be all bummed out because you're bumming me out. I leave for school so i'm stressed about my Billy Madison status (graduated in 2011) and that girl decided she couldn't do distance....even though when we started talking she was well aware so it's probably something else....stupid cunt. I NEED YOU GAIS TO BE CHIPPER AND SKRONG FOR ME
I got it for $150. A buddy of mine puts on contests and builds all of the equipment. When the contest is over, he sells the stuff and gives me first dibs. It's how I got almost all of my equipment (minus the bars and plates). My prowler, stones, yoke/squat rack, log, axle, farmers walks, etc all came from his workshop. It's really not bad yet, but I'm not doing high volume or anything with it yet. 75' down the driveway and 75' immediately back up the driveway is one set for me and I'm only doing 6-8 sets at the end of workouts with 6 plates on and 90 sec rest between sets. Once I throw on another 3+ plates, start doing 10+ sets, and start cutting down the rest times, then my life will suck.
Since I know everyone is on pins and needles, doctor told me the leg was looking great. I expect to be back in the squat rack Monday morning and get to work on beating these other fools in my office.
I'm dealing with some left outer biceps pain that I have just learned from my session 30 minutes ago is clearly from squatting low bar and allowing too much weight to rest on my arms. Any advice on this? I'm squatting with thumb on top. Obviously need to create a tighter upper back and let the weight rest there. Additional mobility work? Push my hands out a bit further and slowly introduce them to a narrower width? It bothered me yesterday on bench so I stopped my session short. Felt better today so decided to continue my lower session. It's fairly painful right now, so I imagine I'll be taking a a break until it heals. Not something I want to risk injuring. On a side note, crusted deficit deads today. Best speed for me I've ever had.
slowly easing back in, had strained pec minor back in april, but keep feeling a tightening in my armpit into inner part of my arm when doing chest lifts, still causing me to lighten up some.
Came across this video and it makes a lot of sense to me. I feel this is absolutely why my biceps are hurting. Thoughts on this from low bar guys?
Holy shit at that guys breathing. Candito touches on some those same ideas in this.He talks more about elbow pain but I think it is the same idea with what your dealing with in your bicep.
That's weird. I literally just watched this Candito video before i refreshed this page. Thanks for posting. And I agree, it's the same reason. The discomfort is in the bottom of my biceps.
I switched back over to predominantly high bar squatting I'll switch to low bar if the sets are rough and that usually helps me move a little more weight.
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I've been messing around with the dosing. Doesn't help that the powder keeps getting stuck in my microscoop making it impossible to track accurately, might have to invest in a microscale if they aren't too much money. The other day I mixed a high dose of DMAA with a high dose of caffeine... huge mistake. My heart felt like it was gonna pop. Today I did high DMAA with low caffeine, and a big PWO meal and felt amazing. Much better.
In related halfman terms I felt good today so I did a 365 squat at the end of my routine. It was smooth so I went ahead and racked 405 and set the pins up for a half squat. I managed a triple on that with a full appreciation for how I'm not ready to go completely in the hole with that weight yet. Far from it but closer than I have been.
joined the 300# club on squats today... big PR for me. Pretty fucking pumped. I didn't set up my camera correctly... wanted to film it, but I only got half my body in the frame. Here's a still shot at least. 315 by end of summer is still very much achievable. Today was: 290 x 3 295 x 3 300 x 3 All went up really well. Left biceps felt fine and normal going in to my session... felt fairly meh upon leaving. Need to continue working on low bar, but if it doesn't improve, I will need to potentially make switch back to high bar. Deadlifts today consisted of deficit conventional. Worked at 285 for speed reps 2 x 6. Felt easy - weight flew up. Cheers, gents.
The only "expert" I've talked to was a lifelong steroid user and he said "don't waste your money. You'd be better off understanding when your body's level of testosterone are at their highest and choosing to work out then. If you're actually "clinically" low then consider HRT because boosters only boost T levels by a single digit percentage which is the daily noise of your body's levels." At 32 I'm sure my levels are sinking but I'd rather go to an MD and address it when it's time rather than taking God knows what into my body.
Test boosters don't do anything meaningful. The difference between 400 (I think it's ng/dL??) and 600 probably won't be noticeable and that's a 50% increase, something that's not going to happen with test boosters. They use ingredients that may give you some symptoms of increased test (morning wood, a better sense of well being, better sleep ,etc) but they won't make any impact on your actual testosterone numbers. And even with those "symptoms", it's highly subjective and I think it's more placebo than actual effect. You're hoping to raise the amount in nanograms when injectable steroids are measured in mg. The two aren't even in the same stratosphere.
Don't buy it. http://examine.com/supplements/testosterone-booster/ If you want to talk gear do it in a PM.
I tried to dig through the thread, but couldn't find anything. Does anyone have an app for logging your lifts that you would suggest besides the bodybuilding.com app? I'm not a fan of their set-up.