Log

00 · 10-08-2009, 12:16 AM

Stats
Height: 5'11.5”
Weight: 225 lbs
Age: 19

Goals
Absurd levels of strength and conditioning

Immediate Goal
Get back to previous levels of strength. I had been lifting for a year when I ran into a midlife crisis (I am only 19 so the name isn't exactly apt but the symptoms were the same). During the four months of said crisis, I sat on my ass and played video games all day with no physical activity whatsoever. This being said brings me to my next point, with a four month hiatus, I have no idea what my max lifts are anymore.

To get some idea, first training session back I tried and completed the following lifts without too much trouble, will add 20 and 10 pounds to test again next time.
Squat 295x5
Bench 195x5

My best lifts before stopping were as follow:
Squat 365x5
Bench 225x5
Deadlift 355x1,
Powerclean 235x1

Clearly, I am much weaker now but, I figure thanks to muscle memory, I can regain strength fairly quickly. I will try a simple plan of adding 10 pounds to the squat and 5 pounds to the bench every week. Hopefully I will be back to my old strength within 2 months.

I've learned to not follow strict routines but to do what works for my body. I am thus doing a bastardised 5x5 which follows: The standard 5x5 squat is fine; I have found reps of 8 to work better for my bench; until my grip improves, there is no way in hell I can do the prescribed deadlifts so I will be doing heavy singles along with heavy static holds afterwards.

Monday
Squat: warm up progressively adding weight, Work set of 5
Bench: warm up progressively adding weight, Work set of 8
Barbell Row: warm up, then 4 sets of 8
Pinch Plates

Wednesday
Practice back squat technique, some front squats for the hell of it with the focus on technique
Deadlift: Pull heavy singles working technique, then static holds or rack pulls
Wrist work: levering heavy shit, wrist curls

Friday
Squat: warm up progressively adding weight, Set of 3 with next Mondays set of 5, Set of 8
Bench: warm up progressively adding weight, Set of 3 with next Mondays set of 5, Set of 8
Barbell Row: warm up, then 4 sets of 8
Pinch Plates

Conditioning
Tuesday:30 minutes of jumping rope and burpees
Thursday: Row three miles on a rowing machine
Friday: 4 hours of beer pong
Saturday: Active rest, 1 hour of ping pong
Sunday: 30 minutes of jumping rope and burpees
Gripper work on all conditioning days except row day.

00 · 10-08-2009, 04:21 PM

Conditioning Day today
30 minutes alternating Burpees and Jumping rope,
Did sets of ten with gripper

**likkuid** · 10-08-2009, 04:34 PM

"During the four months of said crisis, I sat on my ass and played video games all day with no physical activity whatsoever."

I think that's pretty much what half of 19 year-olds do.

Why is your squat so disproportionately high to your deadlift?

Good luck with the training.

SteveQ · 10-08-2009, 04:36 PM

welcome to the logs. your deadlift will probably get a lot heavier quickly - either that or your squat is not hitting depth.

spend time reading others' logs, you'll learn a lot that way

**likkuid** · 10-08-2009, 04:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteveQ

either that or your squat is not hitting depth.

Ah, unless he has some sort of injury, that must be it.

Corrosion · 10-08-2009, 04:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by likkuid

Ah, unless he has some sort of injury, that must be it.

Well some people are just like that. Look at Enright.

Oh...welcome and good luck.

Lug's Spear · 10-08-2009, 04:52 PM

Actually having an identity crisis is common among teens sir. Midlife crisis is basically the same thing at a later stage in life... though an identity crisis can be reoccuring so depending on which theorist you read about you would call it an identity crisis or midlife crisis.

Good luck on your lifts! Also sweet log title

00 · 10-08-2009, 05:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by likkuid

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Why is your squat so disproportionately high to your deadlift?

I wonder myself sometimes.

Just kidding, actually its a strange issue, I'll save you some forum space by linking to me explaining on another forum, my post is under the name "0000"
T-Nation.com | New Cressey Thread

00 · 10-08-2009, 05:14 PM

Newbie question since I haven't posted before. likkuid since you are a mod here I hope you can answer. I saw no log subforum in the conditioning forum so I assume its ok to put that stuff here too. But, I did see a Diet log subforum, is it alright if I also put my diet log in this thread to save me the effort of maintaining two logs?

Garganaut · 10-08-2009, 05:21 PM

You might've already answered this somewhere, but are you using mixed grip for Deadlifts?