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Beginning Thoughts:

I am in Dallas right now for the MLK weekend and I went to LA Fitness to workout like normal. I've been eating like a 150 lb'er so I did not have as much energy as normal. On another note: I weighed myself this morning at 195.5 lbs which is about 5 lbs less than last month. So I am pretty pleased with myself. I want to drop to 180-185 though.

Workout:

Overhead Squats:
135 lbs x 3 reps
145 lbs x 3 reps
155 lbs x 2 reps
I need to practice more with this. Next week I am going to do more work in this same weight range.

Front Squats:
205 lbs x 3 reps x 3 sets
225 lbs x 3 reps x 3 sets
Damn my wrists hurt like a bitch after these!!!

Back Squats:
315 lbs x 1 rep x 3 sets
I wasn't going to do these but I figured I'd try. My form on the first rep sucked but I was able to keep my chest up for sets 2 and 3.

Farmers Walks:
125 lbs x 1 trip x 3 sets
This was super difficult. My grip has been lagging pretty bad. It's been 4 weeks since I've done any grip training but I am gonna work on this from now on out.

Plate Pinches:
25 lbs x 30 seconds x 2 sets

Pallof Press:
42.5 lbs x 12 reps
47.5 lbs x 12 reps
50.0 lbs x 12 reps

Videos:

Overhead Squats, Front Squats and Back Squats:

YouTube

Overall Impression:

This workout was better than the last disaster of a Deadlift workout mainly because I felt better. I think my diet has to be improved greatly if I want to continue progressing and that is what I am going to do.

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Beginning Thoughts:

This is last night's workout. I was in half a mind to not go train but decided to stop being lazy. After every few months of dedicated training I fall into this lull where I become lethargic with no motivation to train. Thats how it has been for the last 1-2 weeks. But not things are different. I am easing back into training and hopefully I'll be fine for the next few months

Workout:

Pistol Squats:
BW x 5 reps x 2 sets
Good stuff

Incline Close Grip Crazy Bell Bench Press:
165 lbs x 3 reps
185 lbs x 4 reps x 2 sets
165 lbs x 5 reps
Man...this exercise is so difficult! Paul, who I have shown training with me a number of times, can bench in the low 300s and he has a hard time putting up 230-250 for reps on this exercise. As for a weakling like me, this exercise hits my shoulders and triceps the most. Very cool!

Pull-ups:
BW x 9 reps
BW x 8 reps
BW x 10 + 2 reps
Total = 29 reps
Decent..

Arm Work:
Did some hammer curls and lying tricep extensions. I didn't write the weights or the sets and reps because I was just fooling around. I think I took 50 lbs for Hammer Curls and 25 or something for the dumbbell tricep extensions..

Side Plank Rows:
27.5 lbs x 30 seconds
32.5 lbs x 30 seconds
42.5 lbs x 30 seconds
I love core training!!!

Videos:

Pistol Squats, Incline Close Grip Crazy Bell Bench Press and Pull-ups:

YouTube

Overall Impression:

Gonna focus on my diet. I have dropped from 200 to 195. I now plan on migrating to 190 and below. Slow and steady though...slow body recomp all the way!

Beginning Thoughts:

This is last night's workout..My diet has been pretty decent: mainly protein and veggies and other carbs but I think I'm not getting enough fat. I also feel a bit tired throughout the day which is weird for me...Maybe I need to up my calories a bit for a couple of days to get back on track.

Workout:

Deadlifts:
425 lbs x 5 reps
This was a backoff session so I kept the intensity just didn't make it too hard on myself. In this cold weather my hands develop quite a bit of dry skin and my damn calluses get ripped off which ends up making my hands hurt whenever I grip the bar. 135 lbs is just as painful for my hands as 425 and I hate having a compromised grip!

Front Squats:
225 lbs x 3 reps
245 lbs x 2 reps
275 lbs x 1 rep
I just wanted to work towards a relative max. I'm glad I got 275. 275 using the clean grip feels a LOT more comfortable than 275 using that silly cross grip.

Weird Ab Exercise:
BW x 7 reps x 3 sets

Videos:

Deadlifts, Front Squats & Core Training:

YouTube

Overall Impression:

I hope everyone has had a great week. I'm looking forward to the weekend! Cheers and thanks for reading as always!

What happens if you have to ditch the weight on that rack while doing front squats?

IW

i bet it's pretty heftily bolted down.


maybe

They'd probably rather you ditch onto the rack than on the floor. I've never dropped a bell on my rack from shoulder height but I suspect it would be a not very good thing for the bar.

But Anuj ditch a weight?

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If you act sanctimonious I will just list out your logical fallacies until you get pissed off and spew blasphemous remarks.

IW: If I have to ditch the weight, using this new awesome clean grip I'd just drop the weight.

Pity: The racks are huge and they are pretty heavily bolted down.

Eric: Yeah I don't think dropping a weight from the shoulder is a good thing for the barbell at all but you're right: how can I ditch a weight?

Beginning Thoughts:

This is yesterday's workout...

Workout:

Dumbbell Rows:
110 lbs x 6 reps x 3 sets
120 lbs x 4 reps x 2 sets
I love this exercise!

Pull-ups:
BW + 20 lbs x 2 + 2 reps
BW + 20 lbs x 3 + 3 reps
BW + 30 lbs x 2 + 2 reps
BW + 40 lbs x 2 reps
Total = 16 reps

Cable Rows:
160 lbs x 12 reps x 3 sets

Facepulls:
80 lbs x 12 reps x 2 sets

Inverted Rows:
BW x 8 reps x 2 sets

Swiss Ball Jack Pikes:
BW x 8 reps x 3 sets

Forearm / Bicep Exercises:
Did some random 3-4 sets of arm work here...Reverse curls, hammer curls, wrist curls, etc...Nothing solid just picked a weight, did it to failure and jumped to the next exercise..

Videos:

Dumbbell Rows, Pull-ups, Cable Rows & Swiss Ball Jack Pikes:

YouTube

Overall Impression:

I'm gonna rest tonight and just heal up. Tomorrow is Squat Day.

I hope everyone had a fun Friday night!

Beginning Thoughts:

Just got back from the gym...

Workout:

Overhead Squats:
135 lbs x 3 reps x 2 sets
155 lbs x 2 reps
Next Mesocycle I am gonna spend more time working on technique. I am gonna try to hit 185 soon.

Front Squats:
225 lbs x 3 reps x 6 sets
Ok so here is the plan with these for now. I have never tried much volume on front squats and I am still working on technique. Today's workout went to shit because my shoulders and biceps were hurting for some reason. So It was hard to concentrate on my form. But, I got all 6 sets. Next week I will add 5 lbs to the bar and week after another 5 lbs and so on and so forth. I figure that around the 250-260 lbs mark this linear progression will fail. When that happens I will do something similar to what I did for Deadlifts with the modified Poliquin 1-6 Principle. It will help consolidate my strength gains before I aim to nail 315.

Back Squats:
Skipped. This is a sort of low volume deload type workout so I didn't want to push it.

Farmers Walks:
105 lbs x 2 trips x 3 sets
Decent...

Pallof Press:
47.5 lbs x 12 reps x 2 sets
52.5 lbs x 12 reps

Videos:

Overhead Squats, Front Squats and Farmer Walks:

YouTube

Overall Impression:

Decent workout. I have my Press workout tomorrow...

Beginning Thoughts:

Last night's workout right here...Went in feeling pretty good and was determined to spend a good deal of time doing press work because lately my shoulders have been feeling very unstable and I don't like that.

Workout:

Pistol Squats:
BW x 6 reps x 2 sets
Next Mesocycle I am gonna spend more time on quality.

Overhead Press:
155 lbs x 3 reps
160 lbs x 3 reps
165 lbs x 3 reps
170 lbs x 3 reps
175 lbs x 2 reps
185 lbs x FAIL
155 lbs x 4 reps
Since I'm doing this exercise for the first time in like ages..I decided to go Quality Volume on this. I'm writing up a plan for progression on this exercise soon. I plan on breaking through the 185 lbs mark.

Pull-ups:
BW x 10 reps
BW x 9 + 1 reps
BW x 8 + 2 reps
Total = 30 reps
Decent..

Push-ups:
BW x 20 reps x 2 sets
Destroyed me...

Videos:

Pistol Squats,Overhead Press and Pull-ups:

YouTube

Overall Impression:

Eating has been relatively good so I am going to work on that and do some R&R over the next 2 days which I have off from training.