Ethan's Vision Quest

[Ethan]

Bench Day

Squats

5x95
5x115
5x135

Notes: Good bar speed. Felt fine.

Pause Squats

1x135 (3s pause)
1x135 (5s pause)
1x135 (7s pause)

Notes: Again, bar speed is good. I'm liking the faster squats lately, hopefully a good sign.

Bench Press

5x90
3x105
1x115

Notes: Feeling better and better. Need more heavy-ish technique work (80-90% or so)

Kroc Row

20x40 (Left and right)

Notes: Still feeling this out. Need to keep trying different weights. From my reading I'm thinking I should actually be up around 100lbs on this and really let myself burn out.

Upright row

8x85
8x85
8x85

Notes: Just was really enjoying my gym time this morning so I decided to do some aesthetic work. My pulling isn't bad at all.

Barbell curl

3x12xsomething

Notes: Same as above. Just felt good and didn't want to leave the groove right then.

[Ethan]

Judo Training

Competition drills. Rolling starting from guard and then from
turtled. Then armbar drills.

One of the guys beat my right elbow up a bit. Just cranking stuff on in unresisting drills. Not that big a deal, after some ice I have full ROM and it doesn't really hurt. No harm no foul.

[Ethan]

Squat Day

Squats (5/3/1)

5x165
3x185
2x205

Notes: Felt fine. Left foot cramped again. Need a golf ball for SMR. Belt stops me in the hole somewhat, just below parallel.

Overhead Press (5/3/1)

5x65
3x75
3x85

Notes: Decided to go for reps on the last set. Felt good. Getting better at this.

Pause Squat

1x135 (3s)
1x135 (5s)
1x135 (7s)

Notes: Feels great. I like these.

Upright Rows

8x85
8x85
8x85

Notes:Elbow felt weird after getting armlocked last night, so I did some pulling to test it out. Held up for these.

Dumbbell Curls

2x12x20

Chin Ups

5xBW
5xBW
0xBW (Failed)

Notes: This was a really bad idea. Elbow popped or something and started to hurt like a knife in it right on the first set so I gave up.

[Ethan]

Deadlift day to start cycle two tomorrow. Also doing a sprint workout right after. I'll post my sprint plan tomorrow.

[Ethan]

Just finished my deadlift workout and my sprint workout. Posting from my phone, shooting some pictures of a couple of RAF fighters and then I will log my workout.

[JauntyAngle]

Haven't checked out your log in a while. Good to see things are going well. And competing soon... will we get a video?

[Ethan]

Lol, only if I do well...

5/3/1 is treating me well, I must say. I've also joined the dark side and started running.

[Ethan]

This is the sprint workout I'm doing. It worked great today, easy to recover from for a novice runner like me.

http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_...nting_solution

Just typing up my workout today.

[Ethan]

Deadlift Day

Squats

5x90
5x110
5x130

Notes: Felt just fine.

Pause Squats

1x130 (3s)
1x130 (5s)
1x130 (7s)

Notes: Fine again

Deadlift

5x170
5x200
5x225

Notes: Repping deadlifts suuuuucks.

Bench

5x55
5x65
5x75

Notes: Feeling really good. These weights are just like pressing the bar. Very easy. I think this may have fixed my form issue.

Curls

3x15x40

Notes: Pump bro! Doing these every day is a nice "switch off" for my lifting sessions.

[Ethan]

Sprints

Sprint 1-20 second sprint, 10 second rest
Sprint 2-10 second sprint, 20 second rest
Sprint 3-15 second sprint, 15 second rest
Sprint 4-20 second sprint, 10 second rest
Sprint 5-10 second sprint, 10 second rest
Sprint 6-10 second sprint, 50 second rest

4 minute cooldown

Notes: Felt excellent! This is a great template, and I think it will serve me well.