Cardio Day:
- Treadmill 20 min, 3.0 - 5.5 mph, 0-15% incline, Cal = 280
- Stationary bike 20 min, Cal = 240
Total Cal = 520
Notes: Reasonable cardio workout.

531 Schedule: cycle 3, week 2, day 3
Warmup
- 5 min. elliptical trainer
Press
- lb x reps
- 45 x 5
- 65 x 5
- 85 x 5
- 105 x 3
- 120 x 3
- 135 x 9
Barbell Rows
- lb x reps
- 115 x 10
- 120 x 10
- 125 x 10
- 120 x 10
- 115 x 10
Military Press + Slantboard
- lb x reps
- 80 x 10
- 10 situps
- 85 x 10
- 10 situps
- 95 x 10
- 10 situps
- 85 x 10
- 10 situps
- 80 x 10
- 10 situps
Notes: Good workout.
531 Schedule: cycle 3, week 2, day 4
Warmup
- 5 min. walking treadmill
Box Squats
- lb x reps
- 45 x 5
- 135 x 5
- 185 x 5
- 220 x 3
- 250 x 3
- 280 x 8
Leg Press
- lb x reps
- 200 x 10
- 400 x 10
- 600 x 10
- 690 x 10
- 780 x 10
- 870 x 10
Hack Squat Machine
- lb x reps
- 90 x 10
- 180 x 10
- 270 x 10
- 180 x 10
- 90 x 10
Notes: Ok workout.
531 Schedule: cycle 3, week 3, day 1
Warmup
- 5 min. jogging treadmill
Bench Press
- lb x reps
- 45 x 5
- 135 x 5
- 180 x 5
- 200 x 3
- 225 x 6
- 205 x 5
- 185 x 5
- 155 x 5
- 135 x 15
Dips (BW) + Slantboard
- reps x exc.
- 10 x dips
- 10 x situps
- 10 x dips
- 10 x situps
- 10 x dips
- 10 x situps
- 10 x dips
- 10 x situps
- 10 x dips
- 10 x situps
Notes: Good workout
531 Schedule: cycle 3, week 3, day 2
Warmup
- 5 min. stationary bike
Deadlift
- lb x reps
- 135 x 5
- 240 x 5
- 275 x 3
- 305 x 6
- 295 x 5
- 275 x 5
Pull-ups + Slantboard
- reps x exc.
- 5 x pull-ups
- 5 x pull-ups
- 10 x situps
- 5 x pull-ups
- 5 x pull-ups
- 10 x situps
- 5 x pull-ups
- 5 x pull-ups
- 10 x situps
Notes: Ok workout. PR for hook grip @ 275, prev. 260.
Keep working that hook grip. I am to the point where I'm using it on the top set of DL and my back hasn't stopped thanking me for it.
531 Schedule: cycle 3, week 3, day 3
Warmup
- no warmup today
Press
- lb x reps
- 45 x 5
- 65 x 5
- 85 x 5
- 115 x 5
- 130 x 3
- 145 x 6
Military Press
- lb x reps
- 90 x 10
- 95 x 10
- 100 x 10
Barbell Row
- lb x reps
- 120 x 10
- 125 x 10
- 130 x 10
Notes: Very short workout today, oh well that's how it goes on occasion.
531 Schedule: cycle 3, week 3, day 4
Warmup
- 5 min. jogging treadmill
Box Squats
- lb x reps
- 45 x 5
- 135 x 5
- 185 x 5
- 230 x 5
- 265 x 3
- 295 x 6
- 275 x 5
- 255 x 5
- 245 x 5
- 225 x 5
Notes: Another short workout.
Cardio Day
- 15 min. treadmill; 3.0 - 5.8 m.p.h., 0-15% incline. Cal = 210
- 15 min. stationary bike; Cal = 180
Total Cal = 390
Notes: Another short workout. Oh well, had to get the daughter in for her climbing lesson. Did a lap myself, too.![]()
531 Schedule: cycle 3, week 4, day 1
Warmup
- 5 min. jogging treadmill
Bench Press
- lb x reps
- 45 x 5
- 95 x 5
- 120 x 5
- 145 x 5
Dips (BW) + Slantboard
- reps x exc.
- 10 x dips
- 10 x situps
- 10 x dips
- 10 x situps
- 10 x dips
- 10 x situps
- 10 x dips
- 10 x situps
- 10 x dips
- 10 x situps
Bonus Cardio
- 15 min. treadmill; 3.0-5.5 m.p.h., 0-15% incline, Cal = 200
Notes: My third deload week. This time I've decided to actually deload & take up the slack time with extra cardio, which honestly, I can use.
531 Schedule: cycle 3, week 4, day 2
Warmup
- 5 min. stationary bike
Deadlift
- lb x reps
- 135 x 5
- 185 x 5
- 225 x 5
Pullups + Vertical Slantboard
- reps x exc.
- 5 x pullups
- 5 x pullups
- 10 x situps
- 5 x pullups
- 5 x pullups
- 10 x situps
- 5 x pullups
- 5 x pullups
- 10 x situps
- 5 x pullups
- 5 x pullups
- 10 x situps
- 5 x pullups
- 5 x pullups
- 10 x situps
Bonus Cardio
- 10 min. stairmaster
Notes: Good workout.
531 Schedule: cycle 3, week 4, day 3
Warmup
- 5 min. jogging treadmill
Press
- lb x reps
- 60 x 5
- 75 x 5
- 90 x 5
Barbell Rows
- lb x reps
- 120 x 10
- 120 x 10
- 120 x 10
Bonus Cardio
- 10 min. stationary bike.
Notes: Ez workout, much yakking.
531 Schedule: cycle 3, week 4, day 4
Warmup
- 5 min. elliptical trainer
Box Squats
- lb x reps
- 45 x 5
- 135 x 5
- 185 x 5
- 225 x 5
Leg Press
- lb x reps
- 200 x 10
- 400 x 10
- 600 x 10
- 400 x 10
- 200 x 10
Hack Squat Machine
- lb x reps
- 90 x 10
- 180 x 10
- 270 x 10
- 180 x 10
- 90 x 10
Notes: Good workout, depth on the hack squats is coming along nicely.
Cardio Day
- 20 min. treadmill, 3.0-6.0 m.p.h., 0-15% incline, Cal = 300
- 20 min. stationary bike, Cal ~ 200
Total Cal ~ 500
Notes: Great cardio workout. Decided to go before breakfast, worked out well.
531 Schedule: cycle 4, week 1, day 1
Warmup
- 5 min. walking treadmill
Bench Press
- lb x reps
- 45 x 5
- 135 x 5
- 160 x 5
- 180 x 5
- 205 x 11
- 200 x 5
- 185 x 5
- 155 x 5
- 135 x 13
Dips + Slantboard
- reps x exc.
- 10 x dips (+25 lb)
- 10 x situps
- 10 x dips (+25 lb)
- 10 x situps
- 10 x dips
- 10 x situps
- 10 x dips
- 10 x situps
- 10 x dips
- 10 x situps
Notes: Good workout.
531 Schedule: cycle 4, week 1, day 2
Warmup
- 5 min. jogging treadmill
Deadlift
- lb x reps
- 135 x 5
- 220 x 5
- 250 x 5
- 285 x 12
- 275 x 5
- 225 x 5
Hammer Strength Iso-Lateral Low Row
- lb x reps
- 90 x 10
- 180 x 10
- 270 x 10
- 180 x 10
- 90 x 10
Standing Calf Raise
- lb x reps
- 150 x 20
- 150 x 20
- 150 x 20
Notes: Good workout.
Cardio Day
- 20 min. treadmill, 3.0-5.0 m.p.h., 7.0-15% incline, Cal = 275
- 20 min. stationary bike, Cal = 220
Total Cal = 495
Notes: Ok workout.
531 Schedule: cycle 4, week 1, day 3
Warmup
- 5 min. jogging treadmill
Press
- lb x reps
- 45 x 5
- 85 x 5
- 105 x 5
- 120 x 5
- 135 x 10
Military Press
- lb x reps
- 75 x 10
- 80 x 10
- 85 x 10
Barbell Rows
- lb x reps
- 120 x 10
- 125 x 10
- 130 x 10
Notes: Ok workout.
531 Schedule: cycle 4, week 1, day 4
Warmup
- 5 min. walking treadmill
Box Squats
- lb x reps
- 45 x 5
- 135 x 5
- 185 x 5
- 225 x 5
- 250 x 5
- 275 x 11
- 275 x 5
- 255 x 5
- 235 x 5
- 225 x 5
RDL
- lb x reps
- 45 x 5
- 135 x 5
- 185 x 5
- 225 x 5
- 225 x 5
Notes: Pretty good workout.