[Barut]

Post a vid of your gm's if you have time.

Cool log.

[enright3060]

Originally Posted by Barut

Post a vid of your gm's if you have time.

Cool log.

Thanks man - I will take advantage of your offer. I don’t own a digital camera, but I will try to borrow one from a friend.

Workout: April 9, 2007

I am feeling better after a shitty last week. This workout went really well. I achieved my goal of 405 on the DL. I started the S&P split that I am currently using on Feb. 9, 2007. On February 12, 2007, I DL for the first time. I pulled 275, but struggled with my grip. Almost two months later I hit my original goal of 405. I would like to thank everyone here on this forum for your help. I would never achieved this goal without this forum. I would also like to thank DEVILsSON for his suggestion on Aspirin/Caffeine cocktail, which I found in his log. It seemed to help (although it could be a placebo or I could be making an attribution error – I am finally rested after long last week- regardless, thanks Dude).

DL:

135x5
225x5
315x5 (these reps went up easy)
350x3
385x1
405x1 (PR – goal achieved – time to work on joining the 5 plate club)
345x3

Front Squat:
185x5
225x5
225x5
275x2 (sort of a PR – because I use front squat as an assistance, I am always too tired to know what my PR with ME means at this point in the workout).

BOR:
175x5
175x5
175x5

Some curls.

[enright3060]

Workout – April 11, 2007

BB Bench Press
135x5
185x5
225x5
235x5
240x5
245x5 (reps went up easy)
265x0 (three reps with assistance – close, but I should have went with 255)

SOHP

115x5
135x5
145x5
150x5
155x3(x3 more push press)

CGBB Bench Press
165x5
180x5
190x5

Overall – This was a good workout. I felt that I should have gotten 265 up at least once, which was a little disappointing. The rest of the 5x5 work sets on bench felt pretty good.

I bought Maximum Greens supp. for my protein shake because I don’t eat enough vegetables (I do, however, eat a lot of fruit, but I fucking hate most vegs). This green supp. tastes like utter shit even when my shake includes a cup or two of mixed berries/banana, milk, whey and 3/6/9 oil blend. Has anyone bought any other type of greens supp. that tastes better (Assuming you have tried a couple of different brands)? And yes, I agree I should just eat more vegetables, and stop being a complete puss about it.

[enright3060]

Last Friday, I did my squat workout after having bad muscle cramps in my left calf. I worked out pretty hard, and my calf felt like it was going to explode. I may have slightly strained it (the calf and surrounding muscles) because my low left leg was killing me today. I had trouble coming out of the hole in the squat because my left leg was not working correctly. If my leg still hurts next week, I am going to have to lower the weight and let it heal. Hopefully, it will heal by next Friday.

Back Squat – ATG

135x6
185x5
245x5
315x5
350x3 (my left is starting to bother me a bit more than I expected)
365x1 (I missed the second rep because my left lower leg has decided to not work properly)
365x1
335x1 (not good)

I tried one rep of a front squat at 225, but the pain is getting worse; I do not want to injury myself so I stopped squatting.

RD: - no real leg pain here, which is good. I think I just strained a muscle.
135x5
225x5
275x5
275x5
275x5

GM
135x5
135x5

On a final note of tragic hilarity, there is this hot girl at the gym who I have made eye contract with, exchanged smiles, etc. She was in the gym about twenty feet away from me. I was finishing up my workout with GM. On my last set, last rep, I let out a huge ass fart, which was, to say the least, unexpected (although I don’t think I could have stop it even if I wanted to). She busted out laughing, turned away and walked off. This was not how I was looking to make an impression.

[enright3060]

DL

135x5
225x5
315x5
350x3
365x2
385x0 (WTF – I pulled this shit easy last week)
385x1 (This rep was so damn ugly, and I barely got it up)
365x1
365x1

BOR:
155x5
165x5
175x5
175x5
155x7

Chins:

As a man who is 5’7” and 214, chins/pull-ups are not my best exercise. The only way to get better, however, is to pull my fat ass up (and drop 30 pounds in the next 5 months, which is another goal I’ll post about later) – so I pulled.

BwX2 (+1 neg)
BwX2 (+1 neg)
BwX1 (+1 neg)
BwX1 (+1 neg)
X1 neg
X1 neg.

This workout was pretty weak. After hitting the 405 PR on the DL last week, I was pretty excited to pull again. I, however, have not got enough sleep over the last three days and it really showed in this workout. I took the aspirin/caffeine cocktail, and I was still tired half way through my pulls.

[oyaji poi]

ABD huh? Good luck getting 'er done. I'm a second year grad student. Most of my field work is done, and unless I get funding I'll have to say all of my field work is done.

Well, you beat me to 405! But if I may pass on some information from The Nerd King and others on here about deadlifting. It's better to own a weight, than to grind it out (TNK), speed is your friend. Your log is interesting. You pulled a PR, then the next week couldn't do 95% of it. Maybe try increasing the volume for a few weeks. For me it was always hard to really just drop the weight, so I also changed the lift to Snatch Grip Deadlifts with a 10*3 set*rep scheme with 80% of so of my 1RM for a few weeks, then switch back to the regular deadlift and start pulling PR's again.

[oyaji poi]

double post

[enright3060]

Originally Posted by oyaji poi

ABD huh? Good luck getting 'er done. I'm a second year grad student. Most of my field work is done, and unless I get funding I'll have to say all of my field work is done.

Well, you beat me to 405! But if I may pass on some information from The Nerd King and others on here about deadlifting. It's better to own a weight, than to grind it out (TNK), speed is your friend. Your log is interesting. You pulled a PR, then the next week couldn't do 95% of it. Maybe try increasing the volume for a few weeks. For me it was always hard to really just drop the weight, so I also changed the lift to Snatch Grip Deadlifts with a 10*3 set*rep scheme with 80% of so of my 1RM for a few weeks, then switch back to the regular deadlift and start pulling PR's again.

Thanks for the advice. I agree with you that I need to work on volume training for a few weeks. I owned 405 last week, but failed on 385 this week. I think my problem is twofold – (1) lifting heavy on deads and squats for three straight mouths without allowing for a volume day, which is putting too much strain on my body (2) making sure I get enough rest. I did not get enough rest this weekend, which included a bit of partying, a round of golf and staying up all night grading exams.

What is your grad degree in? Mine is philosophy. My AOS is philosophy of law and political philosophy. Once again, thanks for the advice.

[oyaji poi]

MSc in International Cooperation Policy...

whatever the hell that means.

[enright3060]

BB Bench Press:
135x8
185x5
225x5
235x5
240x5
245x3 (Bar speed was a bit of a problem here)
245x2 (same problem)

SOHP
135x5
140x5
145x5
150x5
150x3 (+3 push press)

Running late on time:
CGBBP
175x5
195x3

This workout was pretty weak. There are two problems. I had to push my deadlift workout to Tuesday because I could not make it to the gym on Monday. My upper back, lower back and forearms are hurting pretty bad today. Second, despite pushing deads back a day, I have been in permanent state of DOMS for the last few days, which is unlike anything I have felt for a while. I need to focus on rest and recovery for the next few days. Depending on how I feel, I might need to do some lower weight, more volume workouts next week to let my body recover and adopt properly.