No worries - I've actually been thinking of raising my back volume. Adding bb rows or something. My cable station is a cheaper home-gym style & I'm nearing the top of what it wants to handle - so I'm better off finding a new movement than f-cking up the cable station for the sake of heavy
Yeah I try to get everything super tight at unrack & kinda imagine my body like a spring loading until I touch. (basically if I don't, I get a ton of butt lift)
For sure - I keep those pull-ups tight & controlled, the pulldowns are leaned back tight, pulled to @ nipple. Then Meadows rows on flat bench days. Also have a bunch of shoulder/arm/ab work coming tomorrow.
Thanks y'all! I had the time yesterday, so might as well put it to use.
I was also pondering why the deadlift seems to work out better for me than squat - height? that I wasn't that athletic growing up but worked at lumberyard/loading docks?....
3/6/15
Incline Bench - wide grip - index on...
3/3/15
Bench Accessory
Wide grip (pinkies on rings)
135x10
155x10
175x10
195x10
215x6
Meadows Rows
(90x10)x6
Close grip (index 1" from smooth)
135x10
155x10
175x10
195x10
215x6
Shoulder Bombs
(8x15)x6
Had a little more gas in the tank this morning. Man, I have been tired as can be the last...
3/2/15
Squat Assistance
Front Squat (beltless)
135x5
155x5
175x5
195x5
Pause Squat (beltless)
135x5
155x5
175x5
195x5
Reverse Hyper
25x12
50x12
75x12
Short session today - just had no gas or motivation. Not too worried, had a pretty long yoga session Sunday & those always kill my workout...
2/27/15
OHP 5's
Barx20
70x5
90x5
105x5
115x5
130x5
145x5
145x5
Pause Squats
135x5
155x5
175x5
195x5
OHP went pretty smoothly. Tried pause squats today to get the feel. Nothing super special. Still getting used to food in belly early morning. Settling in the stomach is fine, it's the...
Thanks man - I feel like i've got some thing going in the right direction with bench & deads - once again now to put what I've learned on those 2 to work on my squat... On assistance work, I've been doing close & wide(r) grip bench, and sumo & convo deads - those lifts have been progressing just...
2/26/15
Bench/DL 5's
Comp Bench
105x5
135x5
160x5
170x5
200x5
225x5
225x5
DL
135x5
180x5
225x5
270x5
290x5
335x5
380x5
380x3
A little better session today. Had some BULLSH!T dealt to me at work right before leaving, so had a bit of aggression ready to go somewhere...lol On the first set of...
Revamping some stuff this morning - Made up a new excel sheet for my training. Everything is accounted for - the layout is nice & tight. Even added QR codes for Duffins Glute Activation & the Agile 8 youtube vids, so I can pull them up in a pinch if needed. Adding Pause Squats for an accessory...
Cool - I don't have any issue with hunger, but curious if it would improve body comp or performance (just as concerned that performance would be negatively impacted by GI distress)
Water - maybe wash down ZMAs with it
Not really trying to over think the small stuff, just more looking for personal experiences & possible ideas.
Bit of back info: I got into LeanGains-type-IF-schtuff when I got back into lifting a few years ago, non-athletic family (several type 1 diabetes...
I do drink coffee, but not on workout days (made the mistake of coffee too close to my PWO....). I have used protein as creamer - works pretty well until too much powder goes into the coffee, then it gets kinda odd/clumpy. Granola - forgot about that, good call. I guess there wouldn't be any...
Also debating trying to eat something pre-training. The catch is that I train at 5:30am - I'm not getting up any earlier to cook, so trying to think of easy foods to make this happen. Thinking a weekly pile of PBJ sammiches 1-pre & 1-post - see what happens in a month from now... Thoughts?
Well that sucked.... I'm just gonna take a mulligan on today's session. I get into my work sets on squats & the wife tells me her car won't start. So I'm going between sets trying to troubleshoot her car & get it started. Did not even get to the benching I had planned either. Top set sucked...
Thinking that now's probably as good a time as any to start tweaking with fat-loss in mind. Adding in yoga & mobility work along with various cardio (treadmill, bike, sprints, hiking, etc). Getting a better handle on my diet again, haven't logged & really even cared about those numbers all...
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