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Well cripes on crutches... that went a LOT better than I expected. Hit new PRs in everything, added abs & pull ups and feel 10x better than I did before I went to the gym!

Workout B

Squats 3x5 @ 130lbs (Graduate to the big boy plates on thursday.. woo!)
Military P. 3x5 @ 95lbs (This is 10lbs heavier than my best best before starting this program) - oddly enough, this felt easier than the 90 I did last time!
Pendlay Rows - 3x5 @ 135lbs (Graduated to the big boy plates... grrr!)

Standing Ab pulldowns 1 x 10 @ 20lbs, 2 x 10 @ 30lbs
Parallel Chins 2 x 8 @ 60lbs assist

While I know I can do 100lbs on the military presses cleanly, I'm thinking that I won't be able to keep adding 5lbs to this exercise like I envision doing to the others. So in preparation for that day I'll be getting some 1 & 1.5lb microweights made. Otherwise I can see myself getting stuck sooner than later.

Cheers.

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Workout A

Squat: 3 x 5 @135
Bench: 3 x 5 @140
Dead: 1 x 5 @245

Dips: 2x8 with 40lb assist
Standing Ab Pulldowns: 3x10@30lbs

Feeling it!

Workout B

Squat 3x5 @ 140 <-- + 65lbs since Jan 4th.

Military Press: 1x5, 1x4, 1x5 @ 100 <-- Not sure what happened here. I'm assuming I didn't take enough time between sets one and 2. I'll re-hit this weight next time as I want that 100 legit.

Pendlay Rows: 3x5 @ 140

Hammer pullups: 2 x 8 @ 60lb assist

Standing Ab Pulldowns: 3x10@30

I'm very thankful I have two days of rest coming. Me arse is tired.

Workout A

Squat: 3 x 5 @155 <-- This was by accident. Y'know that whole if you add 10 pounds a side it is really twenty pounds thing. Didn't notice till I was stripping the bar. I'll be doing 150 on Thursday, and hitting this weight again Sat. as per my planned progression. That said, I have now officially doubled my squat weight since Jan 4!
Bench: 3 x 5 @145
Dead: 1 x 5 @250

Dips: 2x8 with 40lb assist
Standing Ab Pulldowns: 3x10@35lbs

Y'know as I was squatting I realized that the bar on my shoulders weighed almost as much as the fat I have lost since I started my journey a couple years ago. It is amazing to think I had that much useless crap on my body. Of course, it also represents how far I still have to go. I consider this the mid-point of my journey - I've been "cutting" for three years and now I want to build my body to a point it has never been. Having been a FFF (formerly fat fuck) the diet is the most difficult thing for me - eating is associated with being fat. I'm doing well, but I still have this nagging voice in the back of my head I must ignore. Mind you, if one compared the diet that led to me being 350+ lbs to what I'm eating now they are worlds apart. So I put faith in the system, eat healthy food 6-8 times a day and watch myself grow.

good job

congrats on your progress. keep it up.

Impressed by your attitude and by your dogged determination to stick to the plan. You will go far.

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.

u know....if this makes u feel any better: ur stronger than me at them!

hahhahahahahahahhahahahah LMFAO!!!!

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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.