Saturday, GYM BW 193
10" log-
70 x 10
90 x 10
120 x 10
130 x 10 (I did get stuck on rep 10 and had to do a hang clean, and got it).
Squats-
135 x 10
155 x few
175 x 10
205 x 26
Sunday 5/7/23
Floor press-
111 x 52 PR
164 x 15 PR
Barbell curls - 60 x 62 PR
Monday 5/8/23
Dead Lifts standard thin bar-
164 x 10 DOH
214 x 21 DOH
252 x 27 DOH except reps 16, 24
I was beat up going into it and worse coming out, I’m happy I got over 25.
maybe some side bends will help-
100# plate x30ea. x19ea.
Rough, but they actually helped.
Tuesday 5/9/23
Feeling rough, beat up.
Floor press-
127 x 35
156 x 18 PR
Barbell curls - 95 x 12
Dumbell side laterals - 17# x 10, 17# x 20
Feeling better!
wednesday 5/10/23
Squats-
95 x 20
116 x 20
133 x 60 (fastest 60 repper ever with over 120).
I came into these feeling beat up, I told myself I’d just do like 40 but make it quick and maybe I’d do 2-sets of 40. Once I started just repping it, it got easy, but the final 10 were tough. This was a good mindset, to just go in and don’t think about 60. I usually pace myself and it makes mentally rough as it takes longer.
I was pressed for time too, no time to do anything else.
Felt way better.
Thursday 5/11/23
Floor Press-
117 x 46 PR
180 x 8
Barbell Skull Crushers - 82 x 30 PR
Hammer curls- 57.5 +bar x20, 21
Neck curls - 38 x 80
Friday OFF
Saturday 5/13/23
GYM, wasn’t going too push it heavy on squats today, I know when my back is over worked and it feels like it.
10" log
70 x 10
90 x 10
110 x 10
120 x 13
Squats-
bar x 20
135 x 20
150 x 40
Barbell rows to the neck on Hyperextension, never done this before, experimenting-
used little kid bar - 20+bar x 20, 30+bar x 25, 40+bar x 26
I like it!
I was also pretty happy to test that on a Saturday a.m. with just about no food, some beers the night before, I can hit a somewhat quick 40reps with 150#. Saturday a.m. are not my best high rep squats feeling days.
Sunday 5/14/23
Still gotta keep things easyish.
Floor PRess-
127 x 38 PR
Barbell curls- 65 x 49 (PR)
Still hitting PRs on taking it easy days.
This week, I’ve got some things going on and will not be training on Thursday, I most likely won’t do anything on Friday. This is good because I do need a reason to take some off time, or at least not do anything intensive.
I’m growing and I’m feeling beat up, I think I can feel that I’ll be needing more calories, so I will finally begin to make sure I’m eating more often.
I won’t be squatting until Saturday and that will be my normal wed. routine. I need the break.
Monday 5/15/23
Upper glutes still need recovery, won’t be doing any intense deads today, I did some light sets of 10 between my other exercises today. I’ll revisit Deads tommorrow.
Upright rows- 71+bar x 16
Sit-ups - 120# x 26
neck curls gripping with teeth - 25# x 40, 40.
Tuesday 5/16/23
Dead Lifts (slowly working back up)-
170 x 11 DOH
220 x10, 10 DOH
255 x 10, 10 DOH
All short rest periods, I could feel my waist line aching if I hyper extended, so I was real careful on the reps. It is a pretty casual session.
I played around with some Barbell BORs to the neck, worked up to 85# for 9 then another 5-6. Just seeing what these can do.
Ran out of time for anything else.
Wednesday 5/17/23
Floor Press-
127 x 41 PR
177 x 10
Barbell curls - 100 x 11
100# plate BORs x 35 (reset at rep 32)
Well my plans got cancelled today, so looks like I’ll be squatting!
Squat-
100 x 20
120 x 16
135 x 61
So I went into this day thinking I wasn’t going to do any training and I end up hitting a 60 repper and I used the same mindset of thinking to only do 40-50reps. During the set I was thinking how I was going to quit around 50, but didn’t.
Crazy how the mind changes when the numbness of these squats hits.
I honestly didn’t WANT to squat today, this feeling seems to be the norm. lately, but I know how good it feels when done, plus I keep telling myself, how bad to I want this, because after 20 years of lifting, these squats are the BEST thing I’ve ever done. I’m getting happier and happier on how I look every month, and it’s these squats.
Friday OFF
Saturday - No GYM
Floor press-
114 x 51 (PR)
181 x 9
Barbell curls - 89 x 30 (PR)
Neck curls - 38# x 100 (PR)
PR’s across the board.
Sunday 5/21/23
Dead lifts-
181 x 12 DOH
220 x 15 DOH
256 x 11 DOH, x11 DOH
Still taking it easy on deads, this was another casual workout.
Monday 5/22/23
Just a bad day today, still found time to get one set in-
Floor Press-
128 x 36
Tuesday 5/23/23
Upright rows w/ hammer curl bar-
50+bar x 21
71+bar x 17
100# plates side bends x30ea. x20ea. (100reps total).
Hammer curls - 55+bar x 22, x22
wednesday 5/24/23
Squats-
95 x 20
121 x 18
136 x 41
It was bound to happen, today I settled for 40 and call it a day. Why…first it has only been 6-days since my last 60 rep squat. Second, it’s time to ease back on the intensity, both my body and mind need it.
I’ve been here before, months before I even started this journal I had to go back to doing 40-50reps with around 100#, the fact that I’m doing this with 30+ pounds shows me that I’ve progressed.
136 x 40 is something I don’t really even have to think about, that’s the way 100 x 40-50 was a year ago.
Thursday 5/25/23
Now, here’s where I’m gonna talk about “instinctive training”, so I had a feeling only doing 41 reps in the squat was gonna make me feel good today, sure enough, I had no inflammation in my lower back/glute area, which was another reason I didn’t push it yesterday.
SO what do ya think I did…
SQUAT AGAIN!!!
Floor press-
128 x 37
Squat-
95 x 20
121 x 16
136 x 50
Barbell curls - 94 x 14
HELL YEAH!!! two days in a row, 40+ reps with over 135!!!
As the Ultimate Warrior said, Instinct beats the science EVERY FUKING TIME!!!
Friday - off
Saturday Gym, BW 192#
10"log-
70 x 10
90 x 10
110 x 8
130 x 11
hyper extension - barbell rows to neck- 75 x 25, x15
Squats -
135 x 15
155 x 40 (another 40 repper for the week)
standing tricep extensions with chains - 30reps
Sunday - off
Monday 5/29/23
Floor press-
115 x 52
180 x 10
Dead lifts-
180 x 10 DOH
220 x 16 DOH
258 x 12, x12 DOH
Very short rest 2-3 minutes.
Barbell curls - 61.5 x 62
Tuesday 5/30/23
Situps w/ 100# x 37
barbell skull crushers - 83.5 x 28
side laterals - 16#+handles x 26
Wednesday 5/31/23
Squats-
83.5 x 20
121 x 20
137 x 51
Pretty easy, not bad for squatting 3x last week.