Zero to Hero Log

30August2006

Bench/Tricep

Bench: (155x5)x4, 155x3
Closegrip Bench: 115x5, 135x4
DB Bench: 55x5, 60x5
DBBO Row: (65x5)x4
Seated Row: (115x5)x4
Pull Down: (125x5)x2
Dumbell Curl: (30x5)x2, 35x3
 
1September2006

Legs

Full Squat: 135x5, (155x5)x3
Walking Lunges: 55x3, (60x3)x3
 
3September2006

Dead/Shoulder

Deadlift: (275x3)x5 (Grip started to slip slightly on last two sets)
Goodmorning: (105x5)x3, 115x5
Military Press: (50x5)x4
Sidelift: (20x5)x2
Frontlift: (20x5)x2
Complex Shrug: (75x3)x4
B.O. Shrug: (80x5)x4, 90x5 (Left hand grip deffinately started slipping)

Might be time to get grip wraps or gloves soon. My grip is fairly weak (can almost close the CoC #1 with right hand, not very close with left hand). Handling all these Dumbells is certainly helping my grip though.
 
Current max weight on the big three....
Deadlift: 315x1
Bench: 165x2
Full Squat: 175x3
 
5September2006

Bench/Tricep

Bench: 135x5, 185x1, 195x1, 200x0
CloseGrip Bench: (135x5)x3
DB Bench: (60x5)x2
DBBO Row: (65x5)x5
Seated Row: 120x5, 140x5, 160x5, 170x5
Pull Down: (125x5)x2
Dumbell Curl: (30x5)x2, 35x5

Worked out at a friend's gym, so the seated row thing was weird because of the very different machine they have. Tried out some assisted chins and dips on a machine they have, pretty nice. Maxed out on Bench, did better than I expected. Good workout.
 
7September2006

Legs

Full Squat: (155x5)x5
Walking Lunges: (60x3)x4
 
12September2006

Dead/Shoulder

Deadlift: (275x4)x5
Goodmorning: (115x5)x4
Military Press: (50x5)x2, (55x5)x2
Sidelift: 20x5, 25x5
Frontlift: 20x5, 25x5
Complex Shrug: (75x3)x4
B.O. Shrug: (80x5)x2, (90x5)x3
 
14September2006

Bench/Tricep

Bench: (155x5)x4, 165x5
CloseGrip Bench: 135x5, 145x3
DB Bench: (60x5)x2
DBBO Row: (70x5)x4
Seated Row: (115x5)x2, (125x5)x2
Pull Down: 125x5, 140x5
Dumbell Curl: (35x5)x3
 
16September2006

Legs

Full/ATG Squat: (155x5)x3, 175x5, 195x2 *(PR)
Walking DB Lunges: (60x3)x3, 65x3
 
18September2006

Today I felt strong. Pushed the weights up, and it worked.

Dead/Shoulder

Deadlift: 225x3, 275x3, 295x1, 315x1, 325x1*, 345x1*
Goodmorning: (115x5)x4
Military DB Press: 55x5, (60x5)x3
Sidelift: 20x5, 25x5
Frontlift: 20x5, 25x5
DB Shrug: (80x3)x4
B.O. DB Shrug: (90x5)x3, 100x5

*Denotes PR
 
20September2006

Bench/Tricep

Bench: 155x5, (165x5)x3, 165x4
CloseGrip Bench: 135x5, 145x3
DB Bench: (60x5)x2
DBBO Row: (70x5)x3, 75x5
Seated Row: (125x5)x3, 125x4
Pull Down: 125x5, 140x5, 140x4
Dumbell Curl: (35x5)x3
10 decline sit-ups
10 decline sit-ups +10 lbs.
Wrist wroller w/ 10 lbs. x3 (one set is rolling upward and rolling downward)
Did two short sprints but started feeling sick so I quit.
 
No....no I'm not. I think a lot of people here do them, they probably just leave the exact information out of their log. I figure as long as I'm doing it, I might as well keep track of it.
 
Haha nice av...

Brandy, Nick and Ronin are coming up next weekend.

I just got back in the gym this Tuesday. Gonna take things slow for awhile and probably won't do any back for a couple more weeks at least.
 
22September2006

Legs

Overhead Squat: 45x5 (not very stable, kept having to step forward or backward)
Full/ATG Squat: (165x5)x5 (Couldn't keep my heels down, but got through it kind of easy, next week do (165x5)x2, (175x5)x3
Walking DB Lunges: (60x3)x2, (65x3)x2 (As usual these sucked, but I got them done)
 
25September2006

Dead/Shoulder

Deadlift: (295x4)x5
Goodmorning: 115x5, (135x5)x2, 145x5
Military DB Press: (60x5)x2, 60x4, 60x5
Sidelift: (25x5)x2
Frontlift: (25x5)x2
DB Shrug: (90x3)x3, 100x3
B.O. DB Shrug: (90x5)x2, (100x5)x2

Every damn lift went up, I rock!
 
27September2006

Bench

Bench: 155x5, (165x5)x4
CloseGrip Bench: (145x5)x2
DB Bench: 60x5, 65x5
DBBO Row: (70x5)x3, (75x5)x2
Seated Row: (125x5)x4
Chins: (BWx2)x3
Pull Down: (140x5)x2
Dumbell Curl: (35x5)x3

First time doing Chins (or are they Pull-ups? My palms were facing away from me.). I think before I had my hands too far apart, but this time I did them fairly well. I'll have to work on getting up to maybe a 5x5 then start adding the weight. That will take some time though.
 
Facing away=pullups.

BTW very nice job on upping your deads.
 
I started off only able to do about 2 or 3 chins and pull-ups. I was really shocked I couldn't do more but my numbers went up (eventually).

I do them in pyramids when I don't feel like I can simply up the number of reps in my sets. Urban's density training idea sounds good too. I was planning to get to about 3x10 before adding weight but I guess it doesn't matter.
 
Yea, the deads took a little to get used to, now I think that the gains will be much slower. My grip will probably limit me for a while (still can't close a #1).

I wonder if I should try doing pull-ups then chin-ups or vice versa (in the same workout). I think they both are good, but I thought I read somewhere that pull-ups are supposed to be a little better. I like sticking to the 5x5 thing for the sake of keeping stuff mostly the same. I think being able to do 5x5 is a good example that you should add more weight, so I will wait til then to add the weight.
 
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