becoming the ultimate ogre

[ahab]

Bodyweight history:
190 lbs 4/2001
205 lbs 7/2002
212 lbs 7/2003 - When I first started lifting.
223 lbs 10/2004
225 lbs 7/2005
238 lbs 12/2006 - Started doing 3000 to 6000 calories a day.
253 lbs 2/2007 - probably some water weight
235 lbs 2/2008 - damn. Seem to be the most muscular I've ever been though.
254 lbs 4/2009 - 22% BF by stomach / neck tape. I was chunky.
235 lbs 9/2009 - after Army Basic & OCS. Couldn't set my own diet
260 lbs 12/2009 - much better budget for food & plenty of time for lifting.

Recent lifting:

Upper body:
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3x8 dips
4x7 row
2x7 overhead press
2x8 pulldown
2x8 incline​

I was very satisfied with this workout. The reps on the dips and inclines are high due to no dip belt and light dumbells. This gym *is* in the building I live in though, so if I can't make it to a better one it will have to do.

Lower body:
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1x10 overhead squat
1x8 squat
3x5 squat
2x7 goodmorning
1x5 front squat
2x8 deadlift
2x15 calf raises
2x15 shrugs​

I've had lots of things go wrong for my leg day. Sick, busy, over-ran before or back pain have been keeping me from it. My previous lack of squatting is a big part of the reason why I chose my new routine. This was 14 sets of pretty taxing lifts. This workout got me dripping with sweat. It really felt like too much volume so I dropped the weight on my DLs to about 60% of my 8 rep max. Then I think that caused my upper back to not get stronger and sway in my squats. Should've really split this up over 2 days. Also should have waited longer than 1-2 min between sets.

The new routine:

I've decided to use a program made by someone smarter than me. I've gone with a slightly modified Bill Starr's 5x5 that I pulled from the S&P FAQ and some hints from a sticky at Bodybuilding.com - The Future Of Bodybuilding! Huge Bodybuilding Site.. He really took my favored method of working related muscles together and threw it out the window. In one week I will be doing as many squats as I used to do in a month. Here is my interpretation of the original:

Day 1:
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5x5 Bench Press 40%, 55%, 70%, 85%, 100% of new 5 RM.
5x5 Squats 90% of 5 rep max.
5x5 Dynamic rows 90% of 5 rep max.

Day 2:
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4x5 Military Press 90% of 5 rep max.
5x5 Deadlifts 90% of 5 rep max.
5x5 Squats 75% of 5 rep max.
5x5 Pull-ups 90% of 5 rep max

Day 3:
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5x5 Bench Press 90% of 5 rep max.
5x5 Squat 40%, 55%, 70%, 85%, 100% of new 5 RM.
5x5 Dynamic Rows 40%, 55%, 70%, 85%, 100% of new 5 RM.​

I did make some modifications:

Day 1:
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5x5 flat bench 40%, 55%, 70%, 85%, 100% of new 5 RM.
5x5 squat 90% of 5 rep max.
2x12 calves
5x5 pulldown 90% of 5 rep max.

Day 2:
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4x5 overhead press 90% of 5 rep max.
5x5 deadlift 90% of 5 rep max.
2x12 shrugs
4x5 squat 75% of 5 rep max.
2x5 goodmorning
5x5 dynamic row 90% of 5 rep max

Day 3:
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2x5 dips
3x5 incline 90% of 5 rep max.
5x5 squat 40%, 55%, 70%, 85%, 100% of new 5 RM.
5x5 pullups 40%, 55%, 70%, 85%, 100% of new 5 RM.​

I am not sure if I will fit these into a week or not, but they will be in order with the proper days of rest between. If I feel up to it I might break a sweat outside of these workouts in BJJ, Judo or cardio once or twice a week.

This really should be an interesting program for me as I've never done anything quite like it.

Things that I will have to get used to:
5 minutes between sets (I would do 1-2 min before)
Constant weight (I'd pyramid almost everything)
conservative advancement
thats a lot of squats

Only equipment I use is a towel around the bar on pulling (closest I can get to a thickbar) and chalk if needed.

All squats are ass to grass (or supposed to be)
All OHP are strict
All deadlifts are double overhand sumo (6'8" & conventional DL don't work all that well)

 

[ahab]

4 years
2 hip surgeries
1 career change
0 updates
-infinity on fitness

10 minutes on eliptical

Squat:

10 @ bar
7 @ 135
5 @ 135​

Front Squat:

2 * 7 @ 135​

Chins:

7 @ bodyweight
5 @ bodyweight
4 @ bodyweight​

Bench:

10 @ bar
2 * 7 @ 135​

Curls:

7 @ 50
7 @ 60
7 @ 70​

Right hip has a tinge of inflammation like if I keep up squatting it will lead to injury. Going to go into it real slow see if it can handle low volume or front squats.

I could have done more weight & reps, but I'm out of practice and I will be hella sore tomorrow anyways.

Tried out LA Fitness on my way home. Foo-foo gym.
1 squat rack
2 smith machines
2 swimming lanes
0 chalk
0 places where I can do a full hang when doing chins

Idiot of the night: a guy that head bobbed so much it was eerie. He was moving good weight but my neck was sore out of sympathy.

Music: Lindemann - Skills in Pills think of it as almost Rammstein quality music, but fun.

2012 I did place in the top 20 out of the Fort Hood combatives / MMA tournament without practicing BJJ for 3 years. It was mostly steamrolling people that had no place in the 205+ bracket.

Yes, this log has been on this site longer than you.

 

[ahab]

Going to take the first week pretty light to get used to the volume & routine.

Bench:
135*5*5

Forgot to do the increasing weight, but eh. Been a looong time since I used a barbell for presses. I could feel my shoulders were being utilized in a different way with the wider grip that a barbell allows. Not straining at the time, but I can feel some shoulder soreness already.

Squat:
185*5*5

Did 2 sets without a mirror, and I had problems with putting too much weight on my right leg and one rep where I did a hula motion. The curlers finally left the rack with a mirror and I claimed it quickly. I wasn't pointing my feet at the right angles and the last sets went off without a hitch.

Dynamic Rows:
135*5*5

Never done this lift before.... Unlike the video I did it with more of a sumo stance and I wasn't sure if the weight was supposed to touch the ground or not. I felt this in my lower back a lot more than I expected. Pretty sure my length might be a problem if I try to use a narrower stance. Wrapped the bar in a towel and tried thumbless overhand, underhand, overhand, hook, and mixed to see what they felt like. I'd prefer a hammer grip... might have to try a french curl or tricep bar for this.

Calf Raises:
225*12*2

Not used to keeping track of 5 sets, one thing that did help was hanging my towel on the pin hooks in the squat rack and move it down after each set. Once I got to the 5th hook... Maybe a specified order of grips in dynamic rows would help keep that in order. Overall it was a pretty good workout. Right after the squats I had a bit of a sweat going. The curlers all show up when the gym opens at 3:00 and leave by 4:30. Going to have to show up later next week.

I was wondering if there was a midget convention or something due to all the short guys in the lockerroom, but there was some wrestling function at the university.

Music : Eisbrecher's Antik

 

[ahab]

Strict Overhead Press

4x5x45 kilos (99 lbs) - felt great except I need to watch the weight distribution on my legs.​

I tried conventional stance vs. sumo stance DL with this weight. The bar and my knees just wouldn't work. Might pester a strength coach about this once I get back to a more reasonable weight.

Deadlift:

5x5x225 lbs - I can now feel this working all along my spine, just the way I like it.​

overhead squat:

1x5x65 lbs - Did not have my elbows locked out, but it still felt good.​

squat:

2x5x195 lbs - If I didn't concentrate on form I would put more weight on my right leg.​

Goodmorning:

2x5x135 lbs - Meant to up the weight 10 lbs on the second set as 135 really wasn't enough​

frontsquat:

1x3x155 lbs - with clean grip, wrists got too stretched out so....
1x2x155 lbs - with crossed grip​

pullups:

1x3 + 2 negatives
2x2 + 3 negatives​

pulldowns:

2x5x170​

Really supprised by how early I gassed in pullups... Guess thats what I get for not doing many for over a year. My lats still have a pump right now that I haven't felt in a long time.

DB shrugs:

2x12x90 lb- I have moved the shrugs to right after the DL so I can just use that loaded barbell instead of the thin handled DBs that leave my hands in pain from all the pinched skin.​

Today's soundtrack: Fear Factory

Most entertaining in the gym: A guy 1/3rd squatting almost 315 with a belt, knee wraps, and aviator sunglasses.

Scariest moment in the gym: While re-racking the dumbells for shrugs the 115 lb DB fell off the rack and landed about 1 foot from my toes.

 

[fat_wilhelm]

Damn, you're a big bastard. Nice log. Good luck.

 

[ahab]

Nice log. Good luck.

Thanks. I think I'm going to need it with my squatting.

Scale said 236 today.

That thing called life got in the way the past few days so I couldn't make it in.

Dips:

1x5 + 0 lbs
2x5 + 10 lbs - Felt really good Its different doing dips on a proper dipping station instead of a couple stairmasters.​

Incline bench:

5x5x145 lbs - I could really feel this pulling in ways that DB incline does not.​

Squats:

3x5x185 lbs - After the imbalance problems I had last workout I decided to not up the weight. I practiced forcing my knees out which seemed to get rid of that problem.
2x5x195 lbs Went without a hitch except for a couple times I shot my hips back too far right as I started to go up.​

Dynamic Rows:

5x5x155 lbs - Went off without a hitch. Think this might be a bit light still, but not going to push it.​

Pretty good workout today. Did not feel like a max effort squat day though.

Today's soundtrack: Oomph!

 

[ahab]

Since sunday was a rather low intensity day and I wanted to get back on schedule I started today with a #2 day.

Overhead press

4x5x50 kilos (110 lbs)​

Deadlift

5x5x110 kilos - with a static hold at the last rep till grip failure​

shrugs

2x12x100 kilos (225 lbs)​

squats

4x5x185 lbs - Why I went to lift today. First two sets I did the reps without concentrating on form much. Just looking up and doing my reps. Some of them were really hard, some of them were really easy, but overall felt the form was good. On the third set I noticed myself pulling down on the bar like that would help me up, but I was only counteracting myself. Used a bit of arm drive and the reps were easy. On the fourth set I did not use a standard grip on the bar. I made a fist with each hand and held the bar on the heel of my palm with the thumb behind the bar so I couldn't pull on it. Going to keep using that as it helped a good deal.​

goodmornings

1x5x145 lbs
1x5x155 lbs - good weight to start with next week​

lat pulldowns

5x5x180 lbs - This was at the gym that has a chinning bar for midgets, but the only lat pulldown machine that I have ever found with a long enough ROM for me. So lat pulldowns it is.​

Also id a few 10 sec static holds on the barbell clamps to pass the time between sets. I feel my squat form is back and will be ready to do a ME squat in a couple days.

 

[ahab]

Found out earlier this week that the weight room at my university's gym is closed for the holidays. So I signed up for the a month at the local gym that has an allright weight room. Its also got enough machines to keep me busy figuring out what they do. Not gonna use them, but still might do a set or two on some just to feel what they are like. Might learn something that way.

No bumper plates though. Dynamic rows and the way I've been DLing might be a bit noisy.
A cambered bar, and what looks like to be an 8' bar though. Dunno what I'd use them for at this point, but they're there. It only has one squat rack and one station to DL at which might be a problem.

Also has BJJ 3 times a week.

Did BJJ while I was there tonight. Tapped to some stupid stuff, tapped to some good stuff, got close to my own subs but never sunk one in. Much of it was a blur tonight so I didn't remember much.

 

[ahab]

Dips:

3x5 + 20 lbs - The dipping station at the new gym has a weight stack attached. Kinda nice to not have plates swinging between my knees.​

Indline bench:

2x5x135 lbs - No adjustable benches here. This was much more incline than I am used to, so I dropped a lot of weight. Could've probably kept the weight on.​

Squats:

4x5x205 lbs - Had some discomfort with my right hip at first. Stretched it out between sets and by set 3 it was fine. Kept leaning forward, then right, back, and finally to my left with a bunch of extra weight going through the front of my left foot.
1x5x215 lbs - Last rep was a bit goodmorning-ish, but went fine.

My regular gym has 25 lb plates, but no 35 lb plates. This gym is just the opposite. Due to this and a lack of thought at the time I actually overshot my squatting goals for the day by 10 lbs. :icon_chee

Might be setting a new squat PR in a few weeks then.​

Pullups:

2x3.5 + 2 negatives​

Pulldowns:

2x4x195​

Moved ME day for my lats back to day 3.

 

[ahab]

BJJ tonight. Went over some butterfly guard stuff which was a good refresher for me. Rolled with 4 different people, got ahold of some subs but didn't lock them down (the ones on the 80 lb girl don't count) Tapped to a weird neck lock from the top of side, a cross choke, and two armbars. Also had the pinky toe on my right foot do a big ol crack when it hit the floor at one point. Its a little swollen and sore now. Sigh... Hopefully that doesn't interfere with tomorrow's lifting.

Edit: The guy that I was rolling with when the toe thing happened named the swelling "Edwardo". Edwardo is now black and blue and might make squatting tomorrow difficult.

Edit II: Holy crap! The entire front outside quater of my foot is black and blue. Still debating about squatting though.

 

[ahab]

The foot is even more swollen, not quite as black and blue, but it really doesn't hurt. I've poked and prodded at it and found no tender spots outside of the joint. If it is still swollen on Tuesday I will get in x-rayed.

I was in a rush tonight and got confused which workout I was doing. I did a mix of Day 2's lifts with some of Day 1's percentages. :icon_neut

Overhead Press:

4x5x115 lbs​

Deadlift:

5x5x235 lbs - After the 2nd set my right arm started feeling pulled too hard so I quit letting the weights touch the floor between reps. Seemed to help. Should've used more weight. Whoops.​

Shrugs:

2x5x235 lbs - First set was with towel and got close to grip failure. Second set was without towel and wasn't close to grip failure.​

Squats:

4x5x155 lbs - Had stiffness in my right hip again. Tried to stretch it out with some success.​

Good Mornings

2x5x155 lbs - Felt weird to GM the weight I was squatting, but eh.​

Lat Pulldowns:

5x5x150 lbs​

It was nice being the only person in the gym tonight. I could grunt as loud as I wanted and do all do all the wicked air guitar solos I wanted to.

I might get one workout in early next week, but other than that I won't be able to work out until the 2nd. I did re-edit my routine again for clarity so I don't have a mixup like this again and I switched up my lat work.

 

[ahab]

Bored at home with the parents... so I dug through t-nation. I came across Why Lurch Won't Grow. It gives some suggestions to taller guys. Considering that I'm the resident lurch of Sherdog S&P I figured I'd provide my input on it.

He starts off talking about how taller guys have a hard time changing their proportions. Sure, I'll give him that. I've gained nearly 50 lbs and have not had to change clothes. If I were really serious about MMA / grappling competition sure I'd like to be at the top of my weight class, but I'm not. I've got respectable size and a good BF % so eh. To maintain my weight I've got to eat about 3500 calories a day. For many people that is a bulking diet. Finding proportions to feed me is a task. "Serves 5? Should feed me about right then."

He advocates on cheating a bit in curls (body sway) and benches (rebounding off chest). I can understand his rationale here, but I don't think I will apply it. I'm not serious about hypertrophy, my max bench and I don't curl. Might keep this in mind though.

He does mention something about how the length of the forearm is inversely related to max bench, but he thinks that it is the length of the upper arm instead. I'm going to disagree with him and give one example:

1" longer forearm means 1" longer ROM on bench.
1" longer upper arm means a fraction of 1" longer ROM on bench

He does point out that with a longer ROM squatting becomes more of an endurance exercise than anything. My oly squat ROM is 34" if you want to compare. Due to this he advocates leg press with the arms driving on the knees to get out of the hole. I might give this a whirl if my squat stagnates sometime, but for now, no. I think I'd rather try wider stance squatting and upping my weight with that, and then transfering that to my oly squat.

The thing I support in the article the most was the lower bar position on squats. From my hips to a low bar position it is 24". In my previous 3x8 lifting I was a high-bar lifter. Since I switched to Starr's 5x5 I had to go low bar as my back just wouldn't last through the later sets.

The rep and a partial... hmm. If I feel a portion of my ROM is sucking hard I can understand these. Same idea as rack pulls, dimmel deadlifts, or the cheating he mentioned earlier.

My suggestions for taller guys? Fix your posture. Yes you might be dodging doors, holiday decorations, and light fixtures but being a hunchback is far more painful than missing a few braincells from head trauma. Do your deadlifts, do your goodmornings, do your squats. You need your back / core to be as strong as possible to be able to succeed. Those 3 lifts all assist each other and will feed off each other. The DLs and GMs don't need to be heavy, they just need to be enough to keep the muscles that support your spine strong enough for your squat. And don't be afraid to sumo DL. Your longer legs means more knee in the way and it just gets impossible at higher weights.

Anyone have a chinning bar that is 9' off the floor? You have no idea how hard these are to find.

 

[ahab]

I won't be able to lift for an entire week so I decided to go a bit hard on myself today. This was another day 3 with modifications.

I hadn't done flat bench for 23 days, figured it was about time.
Bench:

135x5
2x155x5
2x165x5​

Squat:

5x95
5x125
5x155
5x195
5x225 - Tied 5 rep PR. Felt easier than the 215 I did last week, the sets before the 215 were heavier though.​

Pullups:

3x3.75 + 3 negatives​

Pulldowns:

2x5x200​

Deadlift:

5x225
5x275 - Added these in as the DL that I've been doing has been pretty low. Felt like I could do 5 sets of this. Grip was pretty worked already from the pullups, first 3 reps were with a towel and nearly dropped it. Whipped the towel off for the last 2 reps.​

Legs don't feel like jello?!

 

[ahab]

Day 1

scale said 237

Bench:

5x70
5x95
5x120
5x145
5x170 - Really felt like I had more in the tank. I'm happy with it though. Will shoot for... 185 next week.​

Squat:

5x5x205 -4th set was the best. On most of the reps I was actually only holding the bar with my fingertips without realizing it. Guess I'm not pulling on the bar anymore. I did tweak my knee while stretching so I somewhat dreaded the lockouts.​

I was thinking about calf raises all through my squats... and then went right on to do pulldowns for some odd reason. Whoops. No big loss.

Pulldowns:

5x5x170​

Caught a glimpse of my Erector Spinae in the mirror the other day. At first I thought there was a midget trying to climb me, but realized I was just bending over in a way that they stuck out. I'd never been more supprised about muscle growth before.

I had never seen a curl monkey at this gym before. Tonight... I saw one of the kings of the curl monkies. Preacher curls, standing curls with bicep blasters, concentration curls, hammer curls. He finished off with.... tricep kickbacks. The guy is a personal trainer there. He looks in good shape, but sigh...

 

[ahab]

Day 2:

OHP:

5x4x120 lbs - going to use this weight next week. Too close to failure. I can feel that my back is more solid. Dunno if i'm learning proper stance or if some muscle caught up, but I feel it.​

Deadlift:

5x5x275 lbs​

Shrugs

2x6x275 lbs - Grip failed. Need to do more dedicated grip work.​

Squats:

2x5x180 lbs - The kid at the front desk was eyeballing me as it was about closing time, cut these short​

Goodmornings:

2x5x160 lbs​

Bent over DB rows:

5x5x80 lbs - Only had enough weight at home for one DB this heavy. Don't think the little bars can fit much more on either ​

Used my converse all stars for the first time today. They... look like clown shoes and are really bright. The soles feel slightly more solid than my airwalks, and the airwalks needed to be retired.

 

[ahab]

Day 3:

dips:

2x5xbw​

incline press:

3x5x155​

squat:

5x100
5x135
5x170
5x205
5x240 new PR by 15 lbs. Really a new sensation in my thighs & low back. I made sure these were full ROM, so yee haw.​

Pullups:

4 + 1 negative
3 + 1 cheat + 1 negative
3 + 2 negatives
3 + 2 negatives​

Pulldowns:

5x210​

Static holds:

2x275 Figure my grip needs some punishment​

 

[ahab]

Eating till feeling like puking:

3x - *burp* Damn I love my university's dining centers. All you can eat for $7.25 and all the eye candy you can handle. This workout helped me gain ~15 lbs in 16 weeks.​

Scale said 242. Ya... I know most of the gain from last time is weight in my gut... but still the heaviest I've ever been. My 6 pack made a re-apperance this past week as well.
Bench press:

5x75
5x100
5x125
5x155
5x180 - No one to spot in the gym besides the anorexic girl behind the counter so I didn't go for 185. Could have though.​

Squat:

4x5x215​

Deadlift

1x365 - Someone left it in the middle of the floor and it was calling to me. It really wasn't all that hard :icon_chee Now back to our regular scheduled programing​

Squat:

1x5x215​

Pulldowns:

5x5x180​

Squats are much easier when listening to and mouthing the words to Battery covering Rammstein's "Buck Dich"

 

[ahab]

My boss wanted me to test a printer today. Took me most of the articles on http://www.westside-barbell.com/articles.htm to determine that the printer works properly.

My heavy squats have become very hamstring and lower back dependent, making them look a lot like a goodmorning. After doing some reading at T-Nation and WSBB I've figured that it is probably due to my hamstrings and low back being so much stronger than my quads and abdominals. I do have deadlifts and goodmornings in my program right now that target my posterior chain, but nothing for the quads and abs (anterior chain?). My current gym does not have a suitable block for me to do calf raises, so calf raises are getting the axe in favor of some standing situps with lat machine that Louie Simmons mentions on the Back and ab Training here. I will think about tacking on some side bends somewhere else in the week. The best quad exercise I can come up with is front squat. Two more sets of squats on day 2 will go for two sets of front squat. I do squat with the mentality of pushing my knees away from me, which is the major job of the hamstring. I should probably use the idea of straightening my knees and bringing my hips up.

I may be replacing some squats on day 1 with split squats or some other unilateral work in the near future.

I tried out the standing situps (damn that sounds wrong). 90 lbs seemed abour right. 150 lbs was doable, but I wasn't sure if I was getting a full crunch in. Really a good solid compound lift. I could feel some of my lower back activating on the negative when I went heavy. I may use some decline situps at first until I feel right doing the standing situps.

 

[ahab]

Fucked up workout and a half.

Late getting out of class, late eating, late getting to the gym. Got there with a little over an hour to spare, only to find out I forgot my shorts. I'm not going to front squat in jeans. By the time I ran home and got them I had 30 min.

Fuck.

OHP:

4x5x120 lbs​

Front Squat:

6x135
2x5x175​

The 14 year old from the front desk came back to tell me its time to go. He's about the right proportions for a post-workout meal, but he looks a little dry. So I went to my university's gym. I haven't done the paperwork this semester yet, but a buddy was working the counter so I got in without it. Not nearly as many curl monkies or new years resolutioners in there as I expected.

Front Squat:

2x5x185​

Squat:

1x5x185​

Deadlift:

5x5x285​

Bent Over Row:

5x5x165 - Going to try these with DB or curl bar next time. I still don't like how the grip feels on barbells.​

Standing Situp:

12x70
12x90
10x90 - Failure. Don't feel these as much as I feel decline weighted situps.​

I think saturday or tuesday I will go to Jesup Gym and work out. I really don't like how the grip on my frontsquats felt tonight and hopefully they have some straps laying around or a sting ray to try out.

Scale said 244:icon_chee

And I just burnt my post workout meal. DAMNIT!

 

[ahab]

Dips:

2x5xbw​

Incline Press:

3x5x160​

Squat:

5x105
5x140
5x175
5x210
5x245 - Form felt really good. Widend my stance a half inch or so to help keep my torso verticle and concentrated on straightening my knees. Thought I'd play it safe and only up it by 5 lbs. Could've done more but this will be better in the long run.​

Pullups:

4xbw
3xbw
3xbw
3xbw Going to skip the negatives & cheats for a few weeks and see what that does for my gains.​

Pulldowns:

4x220​

I'm thinking about renaming my log, any suggestions?

 

[ahab]

Day 1

Close Grip Bench Press:

5x75
5x95 - Supposed to be 105. I can't count beyond 5 anymore.
5x135
5x165
4x190 - And a CGBP negative, then a wide grip to get the thing off my chest. The failure was more an issue of control than strength. Think I'll stick with CGBP.​

Squat:

5x5x220 - Only one of these was a bit goodmorning-ish. :icon_chee Actually leaned a bit too far back in the hole and dumped it on the last rep. Unloaded it to 135 and front squatted it up. These 5 sets are always the hardest I have every week. Thought 90% of my 5 RM was at the high end of the reccomendations, but no... its not.​

Pulldowns:

5x5x190​

Standing Situps:

3x12x90​

Scale said 245. Wtf? I ate light the past 4 days, expected to be down weight.

edit: I've gained 10 lbs in a little over 6 weeks? No, I'm not taking any supplements besides lots of sleep and tons of food. Water weight maybe? My bodyweight and squat are in a dead heat right now...