That was one of the best games I've ever seen, and it was just a foot from being a great victory. But, instead disappointment.....
Exercise
Front Squats - 1x3 at 175lbs.
For some reason I was really feeling fatigued in my lower back today. I'm assuming that it's carryover from the heavy deads on Saturday, and the ten sets of Bent Over Rows on Sunday. I was having a lot of trouble with front squats. So, I decided to do something different.
Back Squats
175 x 10
185 x 8
205 x 8*
225 x 6*
235 x 5*
245 x 4*
*These are all rep/weight PR's. But, I rarely do back squats, so it doesn't take much to get a PR on them.
Deadlifts - 4x3 at 345lbs. This is a PR!
My back and hips are so tired. I'm going to pay for this one. My back is definitely killing me, but its not really pain. It's just very fatigued. I'm eating above maintenance right now and I'm getting more sleep than I usually do. So, I should be recovering pretty well.
I feel better after reading your log. It looks like (as I should have known) it's going to take time. Unless you all want to unleash the "magic pill" cause I would totally appreciate it! haha. Looks like you will be inspiring to follow *subscribe*
I feel better after reading your log. It looks like (as I should have known) it's going to take time. Unless you all want to unleash the "magic pill" cause I would totally appreciate it! haha. Looks like you will be inspiring to follow *subscribe*
Nope, no magic pills. The only secret is that there are no secrets! Thanks for stopping by!
Exercise
Chin Ups - Sets of 10, 10, 9, and 9
Pull Ups - 4x5
Overhead Press - 4x8 at 105lbs. This is a PR!
Bench Press - 4x6 at 185lbs.
One Arm Modified T Row - 2x6 each side at 115lbs. 2x6 each side at 105lbs. My grip was giving out!
Notes
My back and hips are so sore! I don't generally get DOMS. This is the worst that I've had in months! But, really it's not so bad. It's just something that I haven't had in a while.
I've been eating too much. And it hasn't all been good food. At first once I got off of the diet I was having trouble eating 2800 calories. I would find that before dinner I'd be at like 1400 calories. So, I started adding junk food to add to the calorie totals. But, what I've found is that eating junk food sets me up for cravings and binges. OK, maybe it's not that bad. But, if I eat an ice cream cone it's almost a guarantee that I'll be eating a second and third cone. I was still keeping inside my calories so I figured this wasn't a bad thing. But its led to trips to McDonalds, and snickers bars, etc. So, I've decided that I'm going to have to come up with a list of forbidden foods only to be enjoyed on special occasions. And as long as I'm not eating foods on that list I should be able to eat as much as I want. If this means that there is a day where I'm in a 300 calorie deficit, so be it!
Part of the issue arose from my reading up on the process of protein synthesis. I got it in my head that I needed to be constantly ingesting protein over a 48 hour period following training or else I'd be compromising my results. So, I was starting to look like the body builders with their bags of chicken breast, except I can't carry perishable foods with me so it was what I could grab on the road.
So, this is what I'm having to figure out now. I guess this is all part of figuring out how to eat at maintenance!
I can also visibly see that my arms are larger. But, the extra inch around the waist isn't good news. But, I'm not shocked. I know that I need to scale back on the food. I was pleasantly surprised about gaining over and inch and a half on my legs!
Back Squats
135 x 5
185 x 5
205 x 5
225 x 5
235 x 5
235 x 5
235 x 3
225 x 5
Overhead Press
115 x 6
115 x 6
115 x 6
115 x 5
115 x 4
Pendlay Row
175 x 6
175 x 6
165 x 6
165 x 6
155 x 6
115 x 15
Notes
Getting cold feet about adding size. I'm now just hoping that I can maintain this weight and find a way to "train into" this weight with a better body composition.
ROTFLMAO! Weighing daily is so strange sometimes. Keep on keeping on with the eating. You are doing wonderfully with really heavy lifting so probably no harm done.
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The PR on the pull ups is a good thing. I'd been noticing that my performance on pull ups had been tapering off. I was worried that by putting on weight my strength wasn't keeping pace with my weight gains. So, by getting a PR on pull ups when I'm almost ten pounds heavier than the last time I set a PR on pull ups, I'm feeling more confident that I'm moving in the right direction.
Diet has been pretty good lately. I've been doing well at keeping to 2800 calories without eating junk food. I did enjoy myself on Sunday and probably ate 3500+, but overall it's been pretty good. We'll see what the results are on Friday.
The scale is a mystery to men and women alike. Makes me feel better.
Yeah, like many I have a love/hate relationship with the scale. It never fails that at times that I feel thinner and slimmer, the scale doesn't move forever. But when I feel like nothing is really happening at all, the scale will drop a couple of pounds.
I figure it's God giving me a trade-off so I keep what little bit of sanity I have. He worries about me like that
Yay for PR's!
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Yeah buddy!!! Happy football dance for you. I LOVE deads.
I just signed up for football camp in Vegas as a defensive back. Am learning CB and Safety though coach says I will also play WR and Flanker some too this year.
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Yeah buddy!!! Happy football dance for you. I LOVE deads.
I just signed up for football camp in Vegas as a defensive back. Am learning CB and Safety though coach says I will also play WR and Flanker some too this year.
Sweet! I'll be checking out your "official" blog soon. I haven't had a chance yet, but I'll be sure to check up on ya!
Strange to hear that you said that you thought that you were too hamstring dominant and that you thought that this was causing you to have some quad injuries. I'd always heard that by nature of our sedentary lives, and all the time that we spend in chairs, cars, etc. that we couldn't ever really become too strong in our posterior chain. But, I simply took that assertion at face value.
Do you really feel that by doing too much posterior chain stuff you set yourself up for a quad injury?
Sweet! I'll be checking out your "official" blog soon. I haven't had a chance yet, but I'll be sure to check up on ya!
Strange to hear that you said that you thought that you were too hamstring dominant and that you thought that this was causing you to have some quad injuries. I'd always heard that by nature of our sedentary lives, and all the time that we spend in chairs, cars, etc. that we couldn't ever really become too strong in our posterior chain. But, I simply took that assertion at face value.
Do you really feel that by doing too much posterior chain stuff you set yourself up for a quad injury?
No worries... I'll update you here now and then. LOL! I started my journey into lifting just over 2 years ago at the end of a hamstring injury. Since that time I have been careful to work the hammies and I LOVE deads. I could DL 225x5x5 in my bulk at 128lbs in fact. Could I have built an imbalance? Yep. Is it likely? Don't know. I have an appt with a great PT tomorrow to help me assess why it is that I cannot sprint without blowing out my quads. I need to root cause this as well as rehab my current woe.
I freak'n hate the disappearing Edit button too.
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No worries... I'll update you here now and then. LOL! I started my journey into lifting just over 2 years ago at the end of a hamstring injury. Since that time I have been careful to work the hammies and I LOVE deads. I could DL 225x5x5 in my bulk at 128lbs in fact. Could I have built an imbalance? Yep. Is it likely? Don't know. I have an appt with a great PT tomorrow to help me assess why it is that I cannot sprint without blowing out my quads. I need to root cause this as well as rehab my current woe.
I freak'n hate the disappearing Edit button too.
Best of luck with your appointment. I'll stop by your log later to see how it all went!
Thanks! I've always thought that I could have a shot at the 171lb. class but I'm not sure about the 181lb. class. Of course I've only been lifting for a few months so who knows!
Thanks! I've always thought that I could have a shot at the 171lb. class but I'm not sure about the 181lb. class. Of course I've only been lifting for a few months so who knows!
A few months!
And you're lifting those kind of weights?
I never heard of a 171 in powerlifting.
All they've had around your weight at the meets I've been to is 165 (75 kg) and 181(82.5 kg).
Seriously, my deadlift and squat suck so don't listen to me, but with all the squats and deads you are doing you might be overtraining your lower back.
So you might be in for powerlifting competition?
If you indeed have been training for a few months only, you might have the potential for that! The PR-rain also speaks for it! They just keep coming!
So you might be in for powerlifting competition?
If you indeed have been training for a few months only, you might have the potential for that! The PR-rain also speaks for it! They just keep coming!
I bought my barbell in mid-May. Up to that point I'd only had some light dumbbells (up to 45lbs.) and access to a cable column. So, doing "strength" focused training was tough; especially squats and deads.
I've thought of doing a powerlifting competition....thought of it. I found one that was near me, but I only had about a week until the competition and didn't have the funds (or the doublet) to enter. I'd go to one and compete knowing that I'd have no shot. I'd just like to get one under my belt to know what it's like. And then I'd decide whether it was something that I wanted to do.
But, my squats still suck. Thanks for the encouragement!
Exercise
Front Squats
2x6 @180lbs. Was feeling strong so...
3x6 @185lbs. This is a PR!
but with all the squats and deads you are doing you might be overtraining your lower back.
I'm thinking that I'm able to get away with this because of my young training age. But, that should be a good indication of more strength potential. Because it seems that if I was anywhere close to my genetic potential then it really would be overtraining. Does that make sense?
I'm going through an involuntary deload, i.e. I'm sick.
I don't think that I have the Pork Fever(TM), but I'm definitely not doing well. I was due for a deload anyway. So, now I get one whether I like it or not!
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