Wednesday's Deadlift Session...

...was absolutely shit. Wanted to hit 200 x 3 x 2 but instead could only manage 200 x 3 x 1. It felt like a 1RM. I'll be back though.

Seems I Forgot to Log a Couple Sessions...

Couple session ago I completed Steel's highest volume session. For me, it was 87.5kg x 12 x 2. Did these all paused, pretty short rest, and pretty easily.

Today I benched 102.5 x 6 x 1. Again, all paused. A bit of a challenge, sure, and a good work out, but nothing insane.

CG: 87.5 x 5, 82.5 x 5, 77.5 x 5 (sr).

DBP: 26 x 4 x 5, 24 x 5 (sr).

Dips: BW x 3 x 12.

Bigger in 45 minutes.

Squat + Dead

Squat: 60 x 5, 80 x 5, 100 x 5, 127.5 x 5, 120 x 5, 100 x 5 sr.

Deadlift: 190 x 3 x 3, 170 x 3. These felt heavy. My legs were fatigued from squat; especially considering I only reseted the time it took me to load the bar. A 120kg squat is a bit of a challenge for me these days.

Next week I will go for 200 x 3 x 2 then the following week, 210 x 2 x 2. Then I will consider a week off or try 220.

Didn't do any back work cause my back is still pretty sore from last shrug/row session.

Feeling Better Again

Finally the effects of that medication has worn off.

Bench: W3S2
CG: 82.5 x 5, 77.5 x 5, 72.5 x 5, 60 x 5 sr
DB Press: 24 x 3 x 5, 22 x 2 x 5

Love these short, yet intense sessions.

Pain Killed

What happened over the last couple of days regarding the pain killers was quite insane.

Just before I went to bed at 4am on Sunday, I took a pain killer. Then i woke up at what might have been 6am and took another one. I woke up again at 1130am and quickly began to feel extremely fatigued. i went to sleep again at 2.30pm and woke up at 530pm. I stayed awake for an hour before falling asleep again at 6.30pm right until 230am Monday morning. I got out of bed, watched tv for an hour and fell asleep again before getting up at 7am for school.

This morning I was feeling okay, then I got in the car and started feeling sleep again as I was driving. I got to school and didn't know if I could make it through the day. I was feeling so fatigued. Tired doesn't explain it. To make it worse, I had my observation from the university. Luckily, over the next hour during the morning, I started feeling better and got through my observation and the rest of the day okay. I've had bouts of fatigue overcome me but I'm 50% better than yesterday. My tooth isn't as swollen or sore either but I still haven't been able to eat much. However, I've been making up for that with whey + egg + meal supplement shakes throughout the day.

I stopped in the gym on the way back from school because I just needed some normality in my life. The session was tougher than usual but I got through it.

Squat: 125 x 3 x 5

Shrugs: 180 x 5, 185 x 5, 190 x 5

BB Rows: 62.5 x 3 x 10.

As I type this at 8pm, I'm feeling better still. Crazy what those pills did to me but I'm looking forward to feeling better tomorrow.

Wisdom Tooth

Missed today's session because my wisdom tooth has been hurting so bad. Took a couple of tramadol pain killers after work last night, stopped the pain, but caused a lot of drowsiness today. Was in no state to work out.

Close Grip

Bench: SBB Week 3 day 1. Moderately hard.

Close Grip: 80 x 5, 75 x 5, 70 x 5. All short rest (sr). Holy shit these hit the t ceps like nothing else. I'll run these instead of dips for a while. Just for a bit of variety.

Arnold Press: 24 x 2 x 5 sr

DB Press: 22 x 2 x 5 sr

See ya.

Bench Yench, Pull Today

Yesterday completed Steel's BBP week 2, session 2. It was easy enough. Short rest, all paused and it was after pressing 60 x 8 x 2. Benches were being used and I didn't have time to waist so I got the pressing done first.

Today I pulled 185 x 6 x 3. Pretty tough but not too bad.

Then squatted 125 x 10. I had to go get Myren and was about to leave without squatting when I saw some guys with the bar already loaded up and asked if I could get a quick set in. So I just jumped in there, smashed 10 at 125 and left.

Hips hurt a bit though...

Decent Session

Squat: 120 x 3 x 5, 100 x 5. Felt pretty good. A little challenging actually. Form felt solid though. Think I'm finding my way again.

Pull ups: 5, 5. Some other people were using the chin up area and I didn't feel like being crowded...

Barbell Rows: 60 x 3 x10. This is a little interesting because it felt so light. Obviously there's is not a lot of weight on the bar, but when I was 93kg BB rows weren't this easy.

DB Rows: 40 x 4 x 5.

Light Bench.

See ya.

Getting a Big bench. At least I Hope So.

Bench: 87.5 x 5 x 4, 65 x 10. I get to the gym and somehow I've lost the fucking post-it note that has Steel's programme on it. So I had to make an educated guess. I almost got it perfect. Turns out I was suppossed to hit 87.5 x 5 x 3 and 65 x 12.

DB Arnold Press: 24 x 2 x 5, 22 x 5

Dips: 30 x 3 x 5

TCPD: 60 x 3 x 10.

Good sesh.

Hectic Deadlift Session

Deadlift: 180 x 5 x 3, 140 x 20. First I thought I was gonna do 175 x 10 x 2 then I thought 2 consecutive weeks at 175 was enough, so I upped it to 180 with the intention of hitting 15. I hit that then went about my back off set with 140. I was thinking I might do 10 reps or so but I also had this slight urge to do a death set. I got to 8 and was breathing a little heavy, then I go to 10, then 12. By this stage things were getting tough but I knew I could get 20 and I have wanted 20 at 140 for a while; I just didn't expect it to come after an already brutal session. When I got to 15, I was almost dead but I wanted 20 so bad. My hamstrings felt like they were gonna explode and I was hurting but I just thought to myself, "3 more reps". When I got that, I just thought, "Only 2 more to go". Rep 20 was a grind and I was so fatigued I almost couldn't lock it out. I had to really force my hips through and straighten my knees out. I got it, stumbled into a corner and collapsed on the ground for a couple of minutes. Hectic shit.

Shrugs: 215 x 3 x 3, 180 x 5. Might drop the weight on these and hit some higher reps next week.

That was more than enough.

In Times Of Trouble, Jim Steel Comforts Me. He Wispers Words Of Wisdom; "My Program Will Set You Free."

What better way is there to get yourself out of a training rut than Jim Steel's programming. I'm doing his "Get A Big Bench Routine". I estimated my 1RM at 108kg and will go for 112.5 at the end of week 5. The percentages really are quite low compared to what I would be using on the TM so with all my bitching about lifting at too high an intenisty, it will certainly be interesting to see how this program goes.

Bench: 87.5 x 5 x 2. This was easy so I only rested 1-2 mins and paused all my reps.

Press: 60 x 5 x 3

Dips: 27.5 x 3 x 5

TCPDs: 55 x 3 x 12

Curls: 16 x 3 x 10

I've moved my routine to Sat, Sun, Tue, Wed. Workout on the weekends when I'm fresher.

Deadlift Day

Deadlift: 175 x 6 x 3, 150 x 5. I had the plan of hitting 18 reps; 3 more than last weak at the same wait. But I just wans't quiet sure if I counted my sets write. I think I did but I just did the back of set anyway. Session was fairly tough without being brutal. I will hit 175 x 10 x 2 next week.

Decline sit up. 3 x 15. Was weighting to use the rack so I could do shrugs. Gym was packed.

Shrugs: 210 x 2 x 5, 180 x 5, 100 x 20 (for grip strength)

Took me ages to get through all this because of the weighting time. So I just skipped rows and bailed.