Lifting on the Hilltop

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Thursday

Bench: 135x5, 150x5, 170x10

Chins: BWx5x10

DB Press: 35x5x10

Pendlay Rows: 150x3x6

Hammer Curls: 35x3x8



Friday

Squat:185x5, 210x5, 240x10

Deadlift: 155x5x10

Didn't get to do my assistance because I had to rush to a professor's office hours.

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Monday

Hurricane Sandy made getting to the gym a bit more difficult than usual today (almost having my legs blown out from underneath me on the walk over was tiring enough I called it my warm up haha), but I refuse to miss a workout when I've been making such great progress, especially if I don't have to. So I sucked it up and walked over.

Press: 95x3, 110x3, 120x6
YES. So happy with these. This is the first time in a few cycles where I've been able to put up a good number of reps on my AMRAP set, and the strength disparity between my arms felt MUCH less today (I think as a function of my changing my BBB sets to DB press-something I intend to continue for another cycle or two).

Chins: BWx5x10

Deadlift: 215x3, 240x3, 280x6
PUMPED about this set. When I first came to school here in August, 280 was my max on the deadlift, so being able to pull this for six reps feels huge, and is incredibly encouraging.

Squat: 140x5x10

Kroc Rows: 95x20,20
Still a huge strength disparity between my two arms. Could easily have done more than 20 with the left arm, but don't want to encourage a strength gap.

Hammer Curls: 35x3x8

Roman Chair Thing: BW+45x3x12

Ab Wheel Rollouts: BWx3x10
Glad to be able to do these again. I've had trouble finding the ab wheel the last few times I've been in the weight room.

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Friday

Squat: 195x3, 225x3, 255x10

Chins: BWx5x10

Deadlift: 155x5x10

Pendlay Row: 155x3x6

Bench: 140x3, 160x3, 180x8
Woo.

DB Press: 35x5x10
This hurt.

Hammer Curls: 35x3x8

I felt like shit. Weak, exhausted, etc. I haven't been sleeping and have lost my appetite recently so I've had a really hard time recovering, and it very, very clearly showed in today's workout. Fuck.

Didn't do the end of my workout because my knees hurt.

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Tuesday

Press: 100x5, 115x3, 125x4
Fuck me. First, I added the wrong amount of weight and did less. Then, on top of that, I managed to only get 4 reps with what should have been a lighter weight. Terrible, terrible day.

Chins: BWx5x10

Deadlift: 235x5, 265x3, 295x5
This was shit. Everything, from 235 on up, felt heavy. My form felt weak. I felt weak off the floor. Nothing good here.

Squat: 140x5x10
These destroyed my quads. Felt weak, again.

Bench: 100x5x10

Kroc Rows: 95x15,15
These sucked. It felt like my grip strength in my right arm had regressed, as I was getting 20 reps with this weight in the past. Hopefully this was just a function of my forearms being tired from the deadlifting.

I desperately need to eat more, but I'm just not hungry. Maybe I'll try taking in more protein shakes/use more milk in them to get in additional calories.

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Thursday

Bench: 150x5, 170x3, 190x6
I felt weaker than I did earlier in this cycle, but stronger than earlier in the week, so I'm ok with 6 reps.

Chins: BWx5x10
Struggle.

DB Press: 35x5x10
These were hard, and I almost failed at one point in the third set. Embarrassing.

Pendlay Rows: 155x3x6
Strong. Quick.

Straight Bar Curls: 70x3x8
These were easier than I expected, and did not aggravate my elbow, so I will likely continue doing them for a cycle or two.

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Saturday

Squat: 210x5, 240x3, 265x"6"
The first four were fine, but the last two may have been a hair high, so I'm not really counting them. All of these weights almost crushed me today. Shitty day.

Deadlift: 155x5x10

Hanging Leg Raises: BWx3x10

Roman Chair: BW+45x3x10

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I was debating taking a deload week instead of just pressing forward into another cycle, but I looked ahead at my calendar and if I didn't take the deload week then my deload week after the next cycle will fall on a trip to the caribbean with my family the week before the new year, which is ideal as I likely will not have access to a gym then. So no deload it is.

Monday

Press: 90x5, 105x5, 120x7 (I think)
I really need to remember to log my workouts the day I do them, so that I can remember how many reps I got...I got more than 5, but don't think I got 8. I remember being mildly satisfied with this set, which indicates I probably got more than 6 like I did last cycle.

Chins: BWx5x10

Bench: 105x5x10

Kroc Rows: 95x20,20
EASY with the left arm. Struggled hard with the right.

Straight Bar Curls: 80x3x8

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Tuesday

Deadlift: 210x5, 240x5, 275x8
Pumped about these. Felt strong off the floor, and very confident in my lockout. I am a little worried that my lower back was rounding slightly about three quarters of the way through the lift. I'll need to film my next heavy work sets.

Squats: 145x5x10
Gotta work on my form. It feels inconsistent. I need to sit back in the hole more and work on firing my hips.

Hanging Leg Raises: 45x3x10

Roman Chair: BW+45x3x10

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Thursday

Bench: 135x5, 155x5, 175x10
Pretty happy with this.

Chins: BWx5x10

DB Press: 35x5x10

Pendlay Rows: 155x3x6

Straight Bar Curls: 80x4
Elbow hurt after 4 reps, so I stopped.

Friday

Squat: 190x5, 220x5, 245x10

Deadlift: 160x5x10

Roman Chair: BW+45x3x10

Hanging Leg Raises: BWx3x10

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Monday

Press: 100x3, 110x3, 125x6
Really, really happy with these. This is one of the first times in a few weeks I've felt strong pressing or seen any kind of real improvement in my AMRAP sets. Awesome.

Chins: BWx5x10

Bench: 105x5x10

Kroc Rows: 95x20,20
Getting better.

Straight Bar Curls: 70x3x8