Chasing the Dragon

October 18 2010

BS
45x5x2
95x5
135x3
185x2

225x5x3

Bench
45x5x2
75x5
105x3
135x2

155x5x3

BOR

135x10x3

Took a week off to recoup some nagging issues in my back and knees. Feeling good now and ready to regain all that I have lost. Linear progression FTW...for the time being.
 
Aleks Sytsevich said:
I used to do a lot of conditioning, I was about 185 or so 10 months ago. LSD and not eating a caloric surplus. I would lift MWF and cardio TTSat. I was also really weak though. Now I'm anywhere from 235-245 on a given day and am much superior to my former self in regards to the big 4.

It is hell trying to find a middle ground so I can be lighter and still increase strength.

How are you felling? Still sickly? You'll smash some PRs when you're recouped.
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Damn you sound even more like me I was 185 in feb. I am looking for the middle ground too. i think I will finish the year as best I can then diet down to around 200 and work harder to stay there then this time around.

I am finished being sick finally, thanks for asking.

Glad your knees and back are feeling better.
 
modena1983 said:
Damn you sound even more like me I was 185 in feb. I am looking for the middle ground too. i think I will finish the year as best I can then diet down to around 200 and work harder to stay there then this time around.

I am finished being sick finally, thanks for asking.

Glad your knees and back are feeling better.
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My goals as well. I have poundage in my head for BS, DL and BP that I must reach before I attempt any short of drop in weight. Time is quickly running out in the year however. Oh well..."it's a marathon, not a sprint"
 
Aleks Sytsevich said:
My goals as well. I have poundage in my head for BS, DL and BP that I must reach before I attempt any short of drop in weight. Time is quickly running out in the year however. Oh well..."it's a marathon, not a sprint"
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It is definitely a marathon not a sprint. I did not have set weights I want but decided at year end I will just lose some weight, enough to lower body fat but not enough to kill my strength hopefully.
 
modena1983 said:
It is definitely a marathon not a sprint. I did not have set weights I want but decided at year end I will just lose some weight, enough to lower body fat but not enough to kill my strength hopefully.
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Maintaining strength is far easier than gaining strength. I'm sure when you hit goal BW you'll still be stronger than me.
 
October 20 2010

FS

45x5x2
55x5
85x3
105x2

135x5x3

Press

45x5x2
60x5
80x3
95x2

115x5(no clean)
115x5x2(w/clean)

DL

135x5
195x3
255x2

315x5

Deadlift was the hardest it has ever been for 3 plates. New gym, new bars...with no knurling whatsoever. WTF, every bar in the whole fucking gym has had its knurling sanded down to smooth.

They also have a "no weight dropping" policy, well who the fuck is going to be able to grip this shit and not drop weight. I have hands the size of the guy from the BK commercials...the guy who couldn't hold a whopper, so hook grip is out. Seriously...who the fuck thought of this brilliant idea to sand down the knurling and impose a "refrain from use of chalk policy" (which I promptly ignored after realizing that I was fucked for deads). I have never in my life been so irritated at the douchebags who cater the non-athlete, quarter squats in runners with the foam pad on FTW at this gym. :mad:

Anyway, I finished my set forced to use straps. I have never used them, but was impressed with them at any rate. I then went to the hardware store and bought a few 5x4 sheets of 180 grade sandpaper (it's one of the finer grades, as to not rip my hands to shreds). I plan on taking it to the gym, slapping them on an oly bar and taping them there for the duration of my deads.

Everything up to the deadlift was ok. I'm excited to pull next Wednesday and try out my experiment, I just wish I didn't require experimentation to pull weight off the ground.
 
Yeh I just came from a gym with gay no knurling bars. it sucks bad I feel for you.
 
October 22 2010

BS

45x5x2
95x5
140x3
190x2

235x5x3

BOR

140x10x5

BP

45x5x2
65x5
100x3
135x2

165x5x3
 
October 23 2010

BS

45x5
95x5
135x3
195x2

255x5x3

BP

45x5
95x5
115x3
140x2

175x5x3

BOR

145x10x3

Impromptu workout with a buddy. His first time squatting, had decent form but poor depth. Made him go past par and he understood why squats are awesome.

On another note...squats are awesome.
 
October 25 2010

BS

45x5x2
105x5
160x3
205x2

265x5x3

BP

45x5x2
75x5
105x3
145x2

180x5x3

BOR

150x10x3
 
October 27 2010

DL

135x5x2
195x3
255x2

325x5

FS

45x5
55x5
85x3
115x2

145x5x3

BP

115x3
150x2

185x3x3

Tried sandpaper grip...huge fail. Tried different chalk...epic success. New chalk FTW.

No press, 1rm is good where it is for now. Bench is an entirely different story, I'm a weak bencher (well I'm weak all over, but especially in the bench press..and dead lift...and squat).
 
October 29 2010

BS

45x5
105x5
165x3
215x2

275x5x3

BP

45x5
75x5
110x3
150x2

185x5x3 -> supersetted with DB rows 90x5x3

Add chalk for last set of Bench, grip slipping past the rings on set 2. Silly sweaty palms.
 
November 1 2010

BS

45x5
115x5
175x3
225x2

285x5x3

BP

45x5
75x5
115x3
150x2

190x5x3 (+5lbs pr for 5 reps)

Face Pulls

7kg x10
14kgx10
20kgx10x2

BB Curl

95x5x2

OH Shrug

95x10x2

Took out BOR for the immediate future, thanks to Rckvl for the article about the scapula. BB curl added in to compensate for lack of BOR, too wiped to do chins.
 
November 3 2010

DL

135x5x2
205x3
265x2

335x4+F -- chalking up to lack of conditioning/heart. I was sucking wind pretty hard by rep 4 and the fifth came up for a second. I should have gutted it out. At any rate it's still a PR of sorts I suppose, it's my best 4rm.

BS Dynamic effort

45x5
85x5
135x5
175x2

225x5x2 -- these were hard right after deads. Was debating which to do first, Wednesday is DL day though, so they got dibs. These were supposed to be easy...they were not.

BP

45x5x5
75x5
115x3
155x2

195x3x3 -- probably could have done 5 reps per set. Did the 3 prescribed, changing the routine when in the gym due to jealousy has had adverse effects before.

DB Snatch

65x3 R
65x2+F L

75x3 R
75x2+F L +10lbs pr/hand.
 
Conditioning

Sprints -- 40 meters a few times

BW Squats, push ups, sit ups, lunges -- a few 3 minute rounds

I loathe this shit.
 
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