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Workout B

Squat 3x5 @ 145

Military Press: 3x5 @ 100 <-- GOT IT!

Pendlay Rows: 3x5 @ 145 <-- these were heavy, I'll be resetting to 135 come Tuesday.

Skipped accessories due to time constraints.

My butt is very tired from accidentally doing the 155 squats on Tuesday.

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Pendlay rows are very difficult to progress on for very long in this fashion. You will probably end up microloading. This is one reason why I recommended people do chin-ups and rows and alternate them every other (non deadlift) workout.

In this case I would take out the chins before I would necessarily recycle the rows. See what happens before you reset. And you should always carry the weight over at least once before you recycle, maybe twice. One workout is only a spapshot. Just cuz something feels heavier than you expected doesn't necessarily predict anything for the next workout.

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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.

I'll take that advice and see what happens next tuesday. I'll carry over the weight and see if I can't get it hitting the chest on every rep again (yesterday my last rep in the last two sets didn't make it).

I'm going to keep the rows & pulls for a bit and see where it heads, but if I stall I'd certainly consider the alternate format you suggest.

So the last two reps didn't count and the proper course of action is to carry over. If you miss it for one or two more workouts then I'd recommend cycling back to 130, not 135, assuming that you keep getting the same number of reps and don't actually end up doing less which is a whole nother story (just hypothetical stuff).

On the alternate format I was only suggesting that you take out chins if you keep having problems, not switching to the every other workout format I mentioned.

Gotcha. Thanks for the clarification Eric.

Oh just as an FYI, some obligations are causing me to switch to a Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday schedule which is why no w/o is being done today.

Workout A

Squat: 3 x 5 @150
Bench: 3 x 5 @150
Dead: 1 x 5 @255

Dips: 2x10 with 40lb assist
Standing Ab Pulldowns: 3x10@35lbs

Monthly State of the Body Address

Well. It has been exactly one month since the beginning of my Rippetoe journey and it is time to address the state of my body and look at the progress made...

Neck: 16 --> 16.5
Chest: 45.5 --> 47
Waist: 38 no change
L-Arm: 14.0 No change
R-Quad: 23 No change
L-Quad:23 No change
R-Calf:15 --> 15.5
L-Calf: 14 --> 15

Weight: 195lbs (+ 7.5lb)

I have gained weight since I began, and I've lost fat. Which I assume is why the changes in measurements don't appear to be as great as the change in the mirror. Most of the new muscle appears to be through the back, in the butt, and on the legs.

My quads n thighs now no longer go straight down, they have a sweep to them. I have muscle right above my knee, and my legs look really different. This is a new thing. My back is showing new muscles, I can flex my stomache and actually see muscle moving about, my ass now actually holds my pants up (huge thing!), and I've gained enough padding in my traps to actually rest the bar on (when I started it was sitting right on a vertabrae).

Overall I'm happy. Diet and rest will remain my key focus.

Lifts...

Squats: 75 --> 150lb (+75lbs)
Bench: 115 --> 150lbs (+35lbs)
Dead: 225 --> 255 (+30 lbs)
Pendlay: 115 --> 140lbs (+25lbs)
M. Press: 75 --> 100lb (+25lbs)

Very, very pleased when it comes to the strength gains I have made in 30 days.