MattM Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Did you not eat enough? I think it must have been because you pushed the bench press that your incline suffers, if your upper back work was fine. What was your pr last year on bench again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpc Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share Posted January 28, 2013 It was just weird food and weird timing. I didn't fully know when I was going to the gym, if I was at all, and then I ate weird things. My PR was someting around 175. Still have a ways to go. But these reps felt really good. The bench is still really slippery, so it's hard to keep rigid. So when I did these reps I actually did them reallly slow. Much slower than what I normally do. I felt pretty good all the way through each rep. Yeah the upper back stuff was good. I'm pretty sure 45 for 25 reps is a PR on my db row. Might try it for 50 lbs next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanessa Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 I'm sorry honey. I know you waited to see if I was going to the gym. I probably shouldn't call you honey. He's my son, it's not weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpc Posted January 29, 2013 Author Share Posted January 29, 2013 I have no idea who the above person is 1/29/13 Squat 85 x5 95 x5 115 x3 145 x5 165 x3 185 x 2 (prescribed 1) i left some in the take on the last set. i wanted to try out a few things later that day and wanted the energy and strength. leg press 3 sets of 1 plate on each side for 15 reps i wanted to try these high rep instead of the usual 10. i also saved some for the prowler abs prowler 90 lbs 42-45 yards 5 times the prowler is killing me. after each set my lungs burn and oddly my jaw really hurts. it especially didn't help after i did all the leg stuff, but im loving it. next week is deload week, and you know what that means matt.... BODY BUILDING WEEK!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Haha your jaw hurts? You might want to consider a mouthguard! I love deload week, in fact im always on deload by that definition haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpc Posted January 30, 2013 Author Share Posted January 30, 2013 Yeah its weird.. about 10 seconds after each set I have this extreme pain in my lower jaw. Sometimes happens on heavy DB rows too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpc Posted February 1, 2013 Author Share Posted February 1, 2013 1/31/13 Deload Military Press day one armed db press 25 x10 35 x10 45 x8 (left arm really struggled to get there, but i did much better than what i thought on this) db side raises 15 x10 20 x10 25 x6 20x5 15x5 30 total reps of a mixture between chins and wide grip pullups bb shrugs 135x3x15 bent over lat raises 15x3x10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpc Posted February 3, 2013 Author Share Posted February 3, 2013 2/3/13 Deload Rackpull/deadlift/idontknowwhattocallthisday I took it lighter than usual today since it technically is a deload week, even though im not really following a set thing with this weird day. rack pulls 115 x5 135 x5 165 x3 185 x3 two times back extensions 3 sets of 15 bodyweight abs prowler 6 pushes each push being 42-45 yards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 You pushed a prowler almost 3 football fields. Bravo!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpc Posted February 5, 2013 Author Share Posted February 5, 2013 2/4/13 bench deload this was kind of a spur of the moment lift, and it was a deload, so i didnt really count things that i did. 3 sets of chest press 3 sets of pecdec (actually really felt this in my chest) 4 sets of neutral grip pulldown 4 sets of face pulls with my mommy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 2/4/13bench deload this was kind of a spur of the moment lift, and it was a deload, so i didnt really count things that i did. 3 sets of chest press 3 sets of pecdec (actually really felt this in my chest) 4 sets of neutral grip pulldown 4 sets of face pulls with my mommy Haha, awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpc Posted February 6, 2013 Author Share Posted February 6, 2013 2/6/13 Military Press 50 x5 65 x5 75 x3 85 x5 95 x5 110 x3 (prescribed 5) db side raises 15x12x3 shrugs 135x20x3 db front raise 20x10x2 46 total wide grip pull ups notes: mlitary press: ive had issues with military press in the past, specifically the 5 rep week. there were no isseus with the lift, i just wasnt strong enough. i was more efficient with time today. i did most of my pull ups between all my sets. i did 3 reps between pretty much all my sets (except for the set before my final military press, and i didnt feel it hampered my military press) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpc Posted February 8, 2013 Author Share Posted February 8, 2013 Forgot ot mention that after the above workout I pushed 90 lbs on the prowler 5 times for 44ish yards each time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Even though you don't 'feel it' couldn't the use of your shoulders in those pullups HYPOTHETICALLY have had an effect on your performance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpc Posted February 8, 2013 Author Share Posted February 8, 2013 Oh for sure Matt. I just didn't feel like it did. But yeah, it may have done it. 2/8/13 Rack pull So usually the lowest setting on the rack is right at the midpoint of my knee. Today, I put a little box to stand on and that made it a few inchs below my knee. This was a much different exercise lol 95 x5 115 x5 135 x3 155 x3 185 x3 I could tell that even though it was like 3 inches, it was way more difficult. DB row 30 x12 40 x12 50 x25 The above is a PR. I'm not sure if next week I'll go for 55 x25 or not. I'm also still trying to find out the best way to warm up while wanting to go for a big set at the end. back extensions bodyweight 15 2x15 with 25 lbs abs, and more than usual wrist curls 15x15x3 palms down wrist curl 10x12x2 Prowler 5 x 44ish yards each at 90 lbs This is probably the last time I'll do the prowler before I squat next week. I do feel like my cardio is getting better though. Today is the first day I wasn't huffing and puffing after 5 sets. I could have done more if time permitted, and motivation permitted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpc Posted February 10, 2013 Author Share Posted February 10, 2013 2/10/13 Bench 60 x5 75 x5 90 x3 100 x5 115 x5 130 x5 (prescribed 5) used a yoga mat on the bench and it worked perfect. im trying to be more analytical on my lifts and see where my weak points are. the bar isn't as stable as i want it to be so im guessing thats a mixture of my lats and tri's being weak incline db press 25x12 35x12 45x12 standing military press bar x10 65x8x2 bar x15 after my poor performance in the military press a few lifts ago, i think ill start doing them for higher rep on bench day. i did this way back when and immediately my military press had no issues. but while doing this my delts were dead. i could barely lift it on those last reps. db skullcrushers 10 x12 15x12x2 felt some serious tension where my tri meets with my elbow. not sure if that means its really weak or what, but there was some serious tension chest flye machine 70x10x4 wanted to do an exercise that was chest only and didn't bring my shoulders and tris into it. plus i love this particular machine 34 wide grip pull ups throughout the day 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Told you about the yoga mat!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanessa Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 I have to tell you the gym we go to is much nicer than this one in Poway. Marty says there is another that isn't too far away, so we will try that one on Tue. No prowler, no cardio ropes and everything is stuffed into a small area on one floor. Couldn't even do push ups today. There was a class in the yoga room and no room anywhere else. Did chest press instead. Didn't know what else to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpc Posted February 12, 2013 Author Share Posted February 12, 2013 2/12/13 Squat 85 x5 105 x5 120 x3 135 x5 155 x5 belt 170 x5 belt one leg curls 25x15x3 ive been having issue with leg curls. my right leg is a bit stronger and it always hurt my knees. today i tried one legged and also low weight/high rep. it worked really well. no knee strain and i walk walking funny afterwards. may have found somehting that works. standing calf raise machine 60x10x3 prowler push 180 lbs 2 pushes of 43ish yards wanted to do one more set of the prowler but a guy came over and started asking me questions about it and stuff. this is the first time someone i didnt know stopped me to ask me something and i felt like MattM, so i had to stop and milk it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electron Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Every time I look for new content on the GB, I see the title of this log and think to myself "Oh, how kind of someone to be donating their pink weights!" That being said, good job on the log and keep grinding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpc Posted February 13, 2013 Author Share Posted February 13, 2013 lol well with logs like MattM and Caruso's these weights are the pink weights. That's why I had to name it that. Thanks for the support. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 2/12/13 Squat 85 x5 105 x5 120 x3 135 x5 155 x5 belt 170 x5 belt one leg curls 25x15x3 ive been having issue with leg curls. my right leg is a bit stronger and it always hurt my knees. today i tried one legged and also low weight/high rep. it worked really well. no knee strain and i walk walking funny afterwards. may have found somehting that works. standing calf raise machine 60x10x3 prowler push 180 lbs 2 pushes of 43ish yards wanted to do one more set of the prowler but a guy came over and started asking me questions about it and stuff. this is the first time someone i didnt know stopped me to ask me something and i felt like MattM, so i had to stop and milk it. Haha nice! Im glad you milked it, youre no cherry at weight training know-how and there are tons of people who could gain alot from what you have to say! Recently Ive began to question wendlers suggestion on higher rep hamstring work since it has been suggested that ranges of 5-8 reps are ideal for the muscle fiber distribution in that area (charles poliquin)... But hell if it got you walking funny then it's got to be good stuff!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpc Posted February 14, 2013 Author Share Posted February 14, 2013 (edited) I didn't do it based on anyones advice really. When I use higher weight, it just hurts everything else. My knee will hurt and my back will hurt. I'll put so much into it that everything will hurt in a bad way. When I used the lower weight I was able to concentrate and focus on only moving the weight with my hamstring and glutes and not turning it into a full body exercise. But this worked for the time being. I've been feeling it in my ass all day, especially the weak side lol. Hopefully eventaully my back will start feeling better when it comes to bending over so I can deadlift and do things like good mornings. And thanks for the compliment Edited February 14, 2013 by dpc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpc Posted February 15, 2013 Author Share Posted February 15, 2013 2/14/2013 I did shoulders. Military Press 50 x5 65 x5 75 x3 90 x3 100 x3 115 x3 (prescribed 3) side raises 15x12x3 db front raise 20x10x3 upright row (first time doing these) 30 x12 40x10x2 30 total pull ups (none in during military press ) abs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Ha! How did the military press feel without all those pullups between sets?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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