No Rest for the Weary

[toonie]

Yeah oblivian has sick overhead work in his log.

Sweet front squats, 100kg is pretty sweet for low stress day.

Good lifting CRZA, keep it up.

 

[squatsquatsquat]

Damn. I never looked in this log before. Good work dude! I'll keep my eye on this one.

 

[CRZA]

thanks toonie =D
EDIT: thanks for stopping by, squat =)

Week 5 day 3
Squats:
bar x 10
60 x 5
80 x 3
100 x 2
belt on
130 x 1, belt felt akward
140 x 1, belt felt akward
155kg x 2, bad form and hard =( saw some stars at the end of the 2nd rep. Still happy.

Bench
fuck it, I wont even mentioned it, was warming up and failed at 95kg, wtf? so sloppy form, My bench feel completely burned out. havent progressed in it since june and it makes no sense at all, why I should keep pushing it. Going to switch to push press for a good while! and bench a little on low stress day.

deadlift, missed 185kg x 2, missed the 2nd rep, hook grip failed..

some hang cleans, 65KG X 3
shitty day, probably the only bad day ive had while on texas.

 

[toonie]

Bad days happen, don't sweat it.

Chalk your thumbs all the way around too if you don't already. Ever since I started doing that, my hook grip hasn't failed me yet.

 

[CRZA]

I kno, just pissed about the bench. And the hook grip failed most likely because it hurt like hell. im such a pussy, with that grip.

 

[miaou]

Awesome progress here. Congrats on the 2xBW and the 1000lbs!

 

[CRZA]

damn. Miaou was in my log. Thanks for the kind words =)

 

[freeski]

That sucks about your lack of progression with bench press. I am experiencing the same thing with Texas Method. My squat and deadlift are progressing nicely but my bench press is still stuck. I blame it on using a training max that was too high. Keep up the good work.

 

[Gierrod]

Awesome progress here. Congrats on the 2xBW and the 1000lbs!

+1

also if its really hurting that much u could try athletic tape and wrap that on your thumbs should help abit.

 

[CRZA]

Thanks freeski, the bench is a bitch at the moment, but I blame it on my bw not increasing. When i benches 100 x 3, right before my vacation, it was a perfect day, full of energy, no school, alot of sleep and food, I was weighing 82.5 kgs, now im around 78kg. Maybe just a poor excuse, but ive heard that your bench usually goes up, when your bw goes up. Ill go with some push presses next week and do some benching on low stress day, if I feel like my bench is good again, ill switch.

Thanks Gierrod, that saturday was just really bad, + my back wasnt feeling so good, ill hopefully get 180 x 3 next sat =D ill try the tape thing, tho.

 

[CRZA]

Week 6? day 1:

Squats:
bar x 10
55 x 5
85 x 5
110 x 3
127.5kg 5x5, hard, but got it up. Slight too much bend on the back, imo

Push press, weight was hang cleaned up
60kg 5x5, Fun!!

bbRows
60 x 5
82.5kg 5x5

Dips 20kg 3 x 6
Pull ups 10kg 3 x 5

 

[DrBdan]

I didn't realize you were doing the Texas Method as well. I have to give props to anyone that does 5x5, I'm finding 3x5 killer and it's only 60% of the volume!

*subscribes*

 

[freeski]

I didn't realize you were doing the Texas Method as well. I have to give props to anyone that does 5x5, I'm finding 3x5 killer and it's only 60% of the volume!

*subscribes*

Yeah, 5x5 is no joke. Squats on day 1 are always a battle. I may give Smolov a go next year for back squat but I heard that one of the days is 8 sets of 3. That sounds rather hellish.

 

[miaou]

damn. Miaou was in my log. Thanks for the kind words =)

My irony-meter is broken so I can't tell for sure, but I hope you don't mean that!

Btw, bench is pretty sensitive to changes in leverages. Thus the "your bench will go up if your BW goes up" saying, because the extra hypertrophy will improve your leverages (even if it had zero effect on the force your muscles can produce). /captain obvious

 

[toonie]

There's quite the party going on in here. Good work as always CRZA.

Yeah, 5x5 is no joke. Squats on day 1 are always a battle. I may give Smolov a go next year for back squat but I heard that one of the days is 8 sets of 3. That sounds rather hellish.

Haha, its not just me then. I one day want to give Smolov a shot. And like I was saying in DrBdans log, I also want to try a true 20RM squat one day (i.e take my 10rm and keep on going).

...
Btw, bench is pretty sensitive to changes in leverages. Thus the "your bench will go up if your BW goes up" saying, because the extra hypertrophy will improve your leverages (even if it had zero effect on the force your muscles can produce). /captain obvious

Interesting and good to know *goes and eats cake*

 

[squatsquatsquat]

Haha, its not just me then. I one day want to give Smolov a shot. And like I was saying in DrBdans log, I also want to try a true 20RM squat one day (i.e take my 10rm and keep on going).

I honestly feel like the whole "do your 10RM for 20 reps" is just not possible for me. Maybe I have a bad attitude but I just can't even imagine it. If I consider something a true 10RM, I will fail the 11th rep so I never understood how one would squat it for 10 more reps. Having said that, 20 rep squats are fun and I would love to build them up doing a program like super squats some day. I'm also interested in smolov some time down the road.

Anyway, very nice work in here, CRZA. Keep up the good progress!

 

[CRZA]

damn, lots of people here =D thanks for stopping by and thanks for the support!
The thing I really dont like about 5x5, is that It leaves me sore as hell the next day.
No sarcasm, Miaou, you always leave some good answers on the forums, just as you did there, and I didnt even ask you a question! Ive also thought about doing the 20rep squat program some day, maybe in the summer vacation, when I have alot of spare time.

Week 6? Day 2
Some snatches and hang cleans
Front squats:
bar x 10
60 x 5
90 x 3
102.5kg 3x3, hard to keep proper form

Bench:
bar x 10 x 2
60 x 5
85kg 3x3

Power cleans
67.5kg 5 x 3, weight felt relatively light, but form felt off.

overall, OK day.

Next:

 

[CRZA]

Week 6 Day 3
Squats:
bar x 10
40 x 8
60 x 5
80 x 3
100 x 2
belt on
130 x 1
140 x 1
150kg x 3, felt OK, belt felt strange, + I seem to tilt to the left side for some reason =S

Push press:
40 x 5
60 x 3
70 x 1
77.5 x 0
75kg x 0
75kg x 1, knew I could get it, just had to work more on technique.

Deadlift:
60 x 5
60 x 5
100 x 3
125 x 2
belt on
140 x 1
160 x 1
180kg x 3, Hook - OK lift, form needs work, I think ill drop the hook for the next weeks

hang cleans: 67.5kg x 3, sweet. feels so light after holding 180 in your hands.

good day, overall. Technique needs work on everything, tho.

 

[freeski]

Nice work. I am I am in a deload week and have to live vicariously through other people's logs.

 

[CRZA]

cool, thanks for commenting. hopefully you you =X will tear shit up after the deload.

Week 7 day 1 Volume
Squats:
bar x 10
40 x 5, 60 x 5, 80 x 5, 110 x 3
130kg 5x5, good. For some reason the 4th set was the easiest

Push press
bar x 10
40 x 5
62,5kg 5x5

b Rows:
bar x a bunch
60 x 8
85kg 5x5

Dips 20kg 3 x 7
Pull ups 12.5kg 2 x 5 - 6 at bw, no more energy, had to catch a bus, so had very limited time on these