No clever title

[mel]

Awesome job pushing through those crappy days of being sick and stuff!

mel

[liftintexas]

2-3-08

Pullups
8 x BW
6 x BW
5 x BW

Deadlifts
12 x 45
11 x 95
9 x 145
4 x 155

Pullthroughs
10 x 40
10 x 50
10 x 60 x 2

Leg Press
10 x 270
10 x 360
9 x 450
3 x 540 PR

Seated Calf Raise
30 x 125
25 x 125 x 2
20 x 125

Unilateral Row
10 x 60e x 2
8 x 60e x 2

Notes Felt good about this workout. Deadlifts still light but moving ahead. PR For leg press, yeah, I know it's not as important as squats, but I still was happy. Unilateral row was also the heaviest I have done. Not bad.

[liftintexas]

so far, no sore back from yesterday's DL's or pull throughs. Lisa, been looking out for the issue you raised and no sign of it. Hopefully between that and maybe just getting stronger in my back, I can continue to make some progress - we'll see

[liftintexas]

2-4-08

Clean and Press
10 x 45
5 x 85
5 x 85
4 x 85

Decline BB
10 x 135
8 x 185
4 x 205
3 x 185
8 x 135

Dips
10 x BW
9 x BW
9 x BW
8 x BW

DB Front Raises
10 x 20e x 3

Tri Press Down
12 x 100
10 x 100
9 x 110
4 x 110
8 x 80

Single Arm Tri Press Down
8 x 40
10 x 40
8 x 50

Hammer Curls
10 x 35e
6 x 35e
4 x 35e
7 x 25e

Notes Not bad. Went up on some weights.

[liftintexas]

miss one day and stuck on page 4 again -insanity!

2-6-08

Squats
10 x 45
10 x 135
8 x 185
5 x 205
10 x 135

T-Bac
10 x 45
10 x 70
10 x 85

Lying Leg Curls
10 x 70
8 x 90
8 x 70

DB Lunges
10e x 30e
8e x 30e

Calf Full Motion
30 x 260
30 x 280
20 x 300 x 2

[K-Court]

Numbers look great, Richie. Keep it up!

[Deserve]

You're strength numbers are looking great. It's good to see all the new faces but it is a pain to have to go to the 4th page to look for your stuff.

Hopefully it will be like this in July as well. It means they stuck around.

[liftintexas]

2-8-08

BB Bench press
10 x 135
8 x 185
4 x 205
1 x 225
2 x 205
10 x 135

Incline Press DB
8 x 60e
5 x 60e x 2
2 x 60e

Push press
10 x 45
7 x 65
3 x 85
7 x 65

Skull Crushers*
2 x 75
6 x 65 x 2
5 x 65

EZ Curls
7 x 75
8 x 65 x 2
7 x 65

Lat Raise DB
10 x 25e x 2
9 x 25e

*Superset

Notes: Some of my numbers were up, some down, and some the same. Weird.

[liftintexas]

Originally Posted by K-Court

Numbers look great, Richie. Keep it up!

Originally Posted by Deserve

You're strength numbers are looking great.

Thanks guys - appreciate the encouragement! hoping to keep getting stronger

[liftintexas]

2-9-08

Cardio only today.

Have to get the diet back into better compliance while still eating enough.

[jcool20010]

Good Job on the 225. I'll be up there soon!

[K-Court]

Yeah, nice going on the four plates, Richie.

[liftintexas]

Originally Posted by jcool20010

Good Job on the 225. I'll be up there soon!

Originally Posted by K-Court

Yeah, nice going on the four plates, Richie.

Thanks much. If I could just get more than 1 or 2 at 225!

[liftintexas]

Started WS4SB this morning. Liked it a lot, though as always when starting a new program, have to adjust the right weight levels to get the correct targeted sets/reps, etc. So here's WS4SB:

[liftintexas]

2-11-08

Flat BB Bench
5 x 135
5 x 185 x 2
5 x 205
3 x 225 (ugly but got the last one, with no spotter!)

DB incline bench
16 x 45e
13 x 45e

T-Bar* (think I need to go slightly heavier)
11 x 70
11 x 80 x 2

Rear Delt Flyes* (need to work on form here, wasn't sure it was right)
8 x 25 x 3

Shrugs (wasnt' sure on form, but think I need to go heavier)
15 x 40e
15 x 55e
10 x 60e x 2

Hammer Curls
9 x 35e
8 x 35e
8 x 30e

[liftintexas]

I really need to do measurements as before point tonight since I'm just starting this new program. I just hate and worry that I really have no clue as to what I'm doing as far as taking the actual measurements.

[liftintexas]

Originally Posted by liftintexas

I really need to do measurements as before point tonight since I'm just starting this new program. I just hate and worry that I really have no clue as to what I'm doing as far as taking the actual measurements.

yeah, didn't do the measurements. Well, I did. But I obviously have no clue. My waist was bigger than stomach. And my chest was way smaller than it was 2 years ago when I was in a workout slump. It makes no sense. I will just ignore for now.

[liftintexas]

2-12-08

Box jump (24" I think??)
1 x 4 Jumps
7 sets of 3 Jumps

Bulgarian Split Squats
30e x (10 on one leg/5 on the other)
20e x 10e
20e x (10 on one leg/6 on the other)

Weighted Side Bends
14each side x 20
15each side x 30
15each side x 40

Pull throughs (diff machine than normally use)
8 x 27.5 x 3

Notes: This was different for me. Other than pull throughs, I had not done any of these before. The Bulgarian split squats (with elevated front foot) were hard and I had a tough time finding the proper weight to get the sets/reps. My knee injury and atrophied muscles around there showed through by the imbalance between what I could do with the left vs right. Will have to work on that. I'm not sure I did the side bends correctly - not my favorite abs exercise to say the least.

I thought I would hate box jumps, but I liked them. A bit rough on knees. Will build up more and add height eventually.