Blindprop's 'Lost-my-training-log-due-to-Stronglifts-ban' Training Log

[bexx]

Nice OHP progress, good job! Love that you didn't let the 2nd set get to you and just powered through. Keep it up.

[blindprop]

Thanks. It definitely seems to be one of my stronger lifts I think.

I got persuaded into going in again today which is for the best as I doubt I'll make it in tomorrow anyway. I went for a ton of PBs and got 3 so I'm feeling very good right now!

Squat - 1x1 - 100, 110, 120 and 130kg
Extremely pleased with this for my first squat PB attempt ever. Shows me I've got a long way to go with 3x5. Can't wait to be repping 1.5x now. 120 went up pretty fast but 130 was definitely a struggle and I could feel my form (particularly knees) deteriorating so stopped there.

Deadlift - 1x1 - 130kg
Not great but I couldn't get the start position to feel right. The bar kept rolling away from me so I left it there. I'll put it down to hitting the squat PB just before it.

Bench - 1x1 - 100kg, 105kg
Attempted 107.5 but it wasn't budging. Very happy with this as the most I'd lifted before today was around 85kg for reps so it shows me I've got a while to go till I stall.

Push Press - 1x1 - 80kg
Did some push presses just to test the waters and it felt pretty good! 100kg is my goal for now.

I still need to buy a notebook to write exactly what I'm doing as I've now forgotten the weights I used to warm up with. I'll get one for next time so I can keep a more detailed log.

[blindprop]

The gym got a new rack in to day so had to get in to try it out.

Squat - 3x5 - 97.5kg
First 2 sets weren't great (going down too far). Asked a guy to shout up again at parallel and it was much better. Still work to go on correct depth it seems...

Bench - 3x5 - 80kg
Went really well. Had a spotter but the weight went up and down like it was nothing. Hitting that 1RM seems to have helped a load.

Deadlift - 1x5 - 125kg
Not too bad. Could feel my grip slipping on some reps but nothing a bit more chalk and a tighter grip won't sort out.

[blindprop]

Decided to go in today because I don't think I'll get in over the weekend.

Was going for some conditioning but it just turned in to some messing around with strongman equipment. I didn't really keep track of reps and sets but have a rough idea...

Started of with the atlas stones on a platform about neck height.
46kg - about 4-5 sets of 5-6 reps.
Tried the 76 and got it to the very edge of the platform but decided to ditch it as it wasn't going over. I hit a couple of my fingers as it went down which seems to be bruising and stiffening up now...
This attempt was between my 46kg sets and did the last 46 set and dropped it right on the end of my middle finger. It's really swollen and bruised now so I'll stick it in some cold water for a while.

Went on to 38kg log presses and did about 5 sets with as many reps as possible. Around 7-11 reps. tried out 48kg but my shoulders were dead.

Did 2 sets of 10 hits each arm with the sledgehammer and tyre. So 20 on each arm overall. This was pretty half ***** because of my finger.

then just did a load of mobility and foam rolling to finish it off.

Hopefully it won't affect tomorrow too much... I might just go in tomorrow and squat and do some assistance. then do the OHP and Rows on Friday because I should be able to squeeze that in before I get the train to Leeds for a night out. I'll see how I feel and how my finger is doing.

[Bokers]

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Squat - 3x5 - 97.5kg
First 2 sets weren't great (going down too far). Asked a guy to shout up again at parallel and it was much better. Still work to go on correct depth it seems...

Your squat is progressing well!

Personally with the squat, as long as your form is good, the lower the better

[blindprop]

Cheers!
Yeah, that's what I always thought too. I think I might suffer from a little bit of 'butt-wink' though at the lowest extremity and I'd quite like to reap the benefits of the hamstring stretch at parallel (going too far seems to get rid of this for me). I reckon I might have to read starting strength through a couple of times to really retain everything that's in there.

Nice goals you have there. Pretty similar to mine right now. I'm trying to push it and get a 200kg deadlift by christmas. Pretty ambitious right now but I'm going to give it me best!

Right, off to train now. Not sure if my swollen finger is going to cope with OHP but we'll see...

[blindprop]

Terrible session today.

Squat - 100kg - 3x5
These were ok. Can feel the grind now. Here comes the bad part...

Overhead Press - 65kg - 1x5
My shoulders were destroyed from yesterday so this just felt horrible. Couldn't even grip the bar right because of my finger.

Rows - 60kg
Didn't even count because my grip was so bad...

I won't be in the gym again till about Monday so that'll give me enough rest time for my various hand injuries and my shoulders.

[Bokers]

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Cheers!
Yeah, that's what I always thought too. I think I might suffer from a little bit of 'butt-wink' though at the lowest extremity and I'd quite like to reap the benefits of the hamstring stretch at parallel (going too far seems to get rid of this for me). I reckon I might have to read starting strength through a couple of times to really retain everything that's in there.

Nice goals you have there. Pretty similar to mine right now. I'm trying to push it and get a 200kg deadlift by christmas. Pretty ambitious right now but I'm going to give it me best!

Right, off to train now. Not sure if my swollen finger is going to cope with OHP but we'll see...

Ah I see, try pushing your butt out as much as you can when you're going down and continue to past parallel still pushing all the way down. It works for me.
You keep at it and keep good form and I'm sure you can make really good progress with your DL. I think I pulled 170-175kg x 5 the week before I got my 200kg. Just as a rough gauge when you might be ready for a shot at it
If all goes to plan we'll both be PBing by christmas which would be pretty cool.

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Terrible session today.

Squat - 100kg - 3x5
These were ok. Can feel the grind now. Here comes the bad part...

Overhead Press - 65kg - 1x5
My shoulders were destroyed from yesterday so this just felt horrible. Couldn't even grip the bar right because of my finger.

Rows - 60kg
Didn't even count because my grip was so bad...

I won't be in the gym again till about Monday so that'll give me enough rest time for my various hand injuries and my shoulders.

Considering yesterdays session that's not as bad as it looks. Get some rest and some food!

[blindprop]

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Ah I see, try pushing your butt out as much as you can when you're going down and continue to past parallel still pushing all the way down. It works for me.
You keep at it and keep good form and I'm sure you can make really good progress with your DL. I think I pulled 170-175kg x 5 the week before I got my 200kg. Just as a rough gauge when you might be ready for a shot at it
If all goes to plan we'll both be PBing by christmas which would be pretty cool.

Cheers, I'll keep it in mind. My aim was do try 200x1 when i'm at 160x5 as I've read that 3x5 weights are around 80% of your 1RM so I'll use that as a marker I think, of course it might not work out like that but we'll see! I train with a fairly strong DLer (around 220 max) so he's been helping me out quite a bit.

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Considering yesterdays session that's not as bad as it looks. Get some rest and some food!

Yeah, I've never really trained 3 days in a row like that before so it was probably just a shock to the system. Got back and bought a cooked chicken from a butcher and had a bar of dark chocolate too so the eating part is going alright :P

[Bokers]

Sounds like a good plan to me. Will be good to know if thats about right and having a good teacher is going to help you loads, it's something I REALLY wish I had when I was learning.

Ah that sounds about right especially as your delving into strongman too.

Haha brilliant that's more like it. I might have to do the same over the weekend