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have you ever had a broken collar bone? if so...maybe that little pain is something that will be with you forever...

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Well its a no to breaking my collar bone but I have bigger issues now...

My father passed away on saturday sept 22/07 at the age of 52 (P.S. I'm 21)....I've been home for a week and just got back to school. I'm kinda lost as to what to do now... My friend took me to the gym on thursday and we worked the big three and I managed to do some sets... set some PRs actually. Maybe the anger helps...

Here is what we did

Bench
155lbs 3x5
175lbs x 3RM (couldn't do 175x1 at the end of summer and I probably could have done more reps but I held back for some reason.)

Squats
175lbs 3x5 (jumped up 10lbs cause this gym didn't have 2.5lb plates but it felt good nonetheless)

Deads
245lbs 1x5
295lbs x1RM (New PR)
315lbs x1RM (missed)

It felt good to blow out some steam at the gym and be sore the next day. Of course, my eating has sucked as far as protein...lots of calories tho.... So hopefully I didn't catabolize too bad. I think the fat came on pretty hard tho. Oh well.

Just wondering if any of you guys have any experience with this. My father and I were very close I would say and I believe he was a good man. Approximately 800 ppl attended his funeral or "tribute" as I've been calling it.

Maybe this will drive me harder in the gym. Just lookin for some support or advice I guess.

Thanks for reading,

IronWorker

Wednesday Oct 3/07


Workout A

bench
- bar x a few? (warmup/stretch)
- 115 x 6 (warmup)
- 160lbs 3x5 (working sets)

This was the last weight I finished last year for my 5x5 program. Lookin forward to blowin by!

squats
- bar x 10 ish (warmup/stretch)
- 115lbs x 5 (warmup)
- 135lbs x 2 (warmup)
- 185lbs 3x5 (working sets)

These seemed pretty heavy but I did it. Really happy here.

standing rows
- bar x 8 (warmup)
- 95lbs x 6 (warmup)
- 135lbs 3x5 (working sets)

45lb plates done and gone. Nice.


Accessory Lifts

Dips
- bodyweight + 15lbs 3x10

Its still hurting under my collar bone. Don't know what I'm doing wrong.

Cable Ab pull down

- 60bs x10 (warmup)
- 130lbs 3x10


Diet:


10am - Weight Gainer

noon - noodles and tuna

2pm - noodles and tuna

4pm - ephedrine and energy drink

4:45 - Workout

PWO- shake

PPWO - stir fry with chicken and pasta

8:30 - chicken and noodles

10:30 - shake


Iron Worker

Monday Oct 1/ 2007

Squats
bar x 6 (warmup)
115lbs x 5 (warmup)
135lbs x3 (warmup)
165lbs x1 (warmup)
190lbs 3x5

Can't believe these are still going up but they are. I said at the beginning to my buddy that I'll be real happy when I'm doing
205lbs 3x5 and I'm damn close. Sweet!

Deads
40kg x 6 (warmup)
60kg x 4 (warmup)
80kg x 2 (warmup)
117.5kg x5

Still struggling with the form but its not hurting so I don't know if its a huge problem or not. Legs want to straighten out first then back...


Standing Military Press

bar x 8 (warmup)
75lbs x 5 (warmup)
105lbs 3x5

This was a pretty good struggle to the last rep but I squeezed it out. Nice.

Pull ups

BW+ 17.5lbs 3x5

I think this and presses are hurting my elbow...I'm kinda worried about this. Also, was wondering about switching grips. Currently I'm doing hamemr grip but was wondering what the difference between that and standard grip (like holding a barbell for curls) would be?

Standing Calf Raises

90lbs x 8 (warmup)
180lbs x 6 (warmup)
255lbs 3x10


Diet

8am - weightgainer + some banana bread

10am - Noodles and tuna

1:00pm - noodles + *large* chicken brest

2:30 - ephedrine + energy drink

3:30 - workout

PWO - shake again

PPWO - lasagna and celery

later... who knows?


IronWorker

Wednesday Oct 10/07

We decided to try a max test day since we've been doing this for about 6 weeks now. Here are the results...


Workout A

bench
- bar x a few? (warmup/stretch)
- 115lbs x 5 (warmup)
-135lbs x 3 (warmup)
-165lbs x 1 (weight acclimation)
-185lbs x 1 (weight acclimation Sort of?)
-205lbs x 1 (missed...damnit)
-195lbs x 1 (missed again...too burnt out)

Well can't say I'm exactly happy with this since I hammered 185lbs no problem. Felt really strong then went to 205lbs and just sucked out hardcore. I struggled on 205lbs for a while and burnt myself out pretty bad so I couldn't do 195lbs which I'm sure I could have done if I had just gone from 185 to 195 directly. Grrr, what a piss off. I may add in a bench set on friday to try this again. I really wanted to crack that 200 barrier.

squats
- bar x 10 ish (warmup/stretch)
- 135lbs x 5 (warmup)
- 185lbs x 1 (weight acclimation)
- 205lbs x 1 (max attempt ... nailed it)
- 225lbs x 1 (max attempt ...quite solid)
- 245lbs x 1 (missed)
- 235lbs x 1 (missed)

Well I'm happy I got the 225lbs but I think I got a little over anxious with the 20lb jump to 245lbs. I think had I gone directly to 235lbs from 225lbs I would have got it. O well, good progress here from last year. Up 20lbs on my max. Gotta learn how to read my body a little better.

standing rows
- bar x 8 (warmup)
- 115lbs x 3 (warmup)
- 135lbs x 3 (weight acclimation)
- 155lbs x 3 (3RM max attempt...easy)
- 165lbs x 3 (3RM max attempt...nailed it)
- 175lbs x 3 (3RM max attempt...finished strong)
- 185lbs x 3 (3RM max attemnt... form slipped)

I will call 175lbs my new 3RM for this. Feeling pretty strong about that. Didn't think I'd get that high.


Accessory Lifts

Dips
I called these off cause my elbow was killing me.


Cable Ab pull down

- 80bs x10 (warmup)
- 130lbs 3x10


Diet:


10:30am - Weight Gainer

noon - spag. and chicken breast

2pm - double burger, 2 ephedrine, energy drink

2:30 - Workout

PWO- shake

PPWO - Chunky Beef Soup

6:30 - beans and tuna

8:30 - shake


Iron Worker