Monday, January 30, 2012

Day 43

Date 31/01/2012 5:20 AM 7:30 AM        
               
Notes: 9.75 hours sleep. 1 coffee. 5 minutes stick work. Awoke 4:45AM  
               
  1. Squat    3.Bench Press (Wide)
  Weight Reps Sets   Weight Reps Sets
  10 goblet 5 6   20 10  
  15 goblet 5 6   30 10  
  20 goblet 5 3   40 5  
  25 goblet 3 2   50 3  
  32.5 goblet 3 2   60 3  
  37.5 goblet 3 2   70 3  
  43 goblet 3 2   80 3  
  45 goblet 6 2   85 2  
          90 2  
  2.Deadlift   95 1  
  Weight Reps Sets   90 4  
  60 3 2   90 3 2
  80 3 2        
  100 3 2   4.Pull Ups
  120 3 3   Weight Reps Sets
          90 4  
          95 4  
          100 3  
          105 4  
               
Training Notes: Felt 3.5/10. Legs/knees pain 2/10. Back @ 95%. Twinge still in lower back. Doing goblet squats to enhance depth/technique as well as work around twinge. Trying to make up for lack of volume with daily deadlifts - slowly increasing the intensity on the deadlifts. 
 
 
 

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Day 42

               
Date 30/01/2012 5:45 AM 6:20 AM        
               
Notes: 9.75 hours sleep. 1 coffee. 5 minutes stick work. Awoke 4:45AM  
               
  1. Squat    2.Deadlift
  Weight Reps Sets   Weight Reps Sets
  10 goblet 5 5   60 3 2
  15 goblet 5 3   80 3 2
  20 goblet 5 3   90 3 8
  25 goblet 3 3        
  30 goblet 3 3        
  35 goblet 3 3        
  40 goblet 3 3        
  43 goblet 3          
  45 goblet 3          
  50 goblet 3          
  53 goblet 3 2        
               
               
Training Notes: Felt 4/10. Legs/knees pain 3/10. Back @ 90%. Twinge still in lower back. As a result I decided to do gobelt squats and deadlifts trying to work around it. Goblet squats feel very natural - good depth plus dropping quickly and up quickly. Felt the twinge a little on the deadlifts. Have decided to do deadlifts on near daily basis to get extra work in to make up for lack of volume on squats.
 
 
 

Day 41

Date 29/01/2012 3:10 PM 4:30 PM        
               
Notes: 8 hours sleep.           
               
  1. Squat     
  Weight Reps Sets        
  10 goblet 5 6        
  15 goblet 5 4        
  20 goblet 5 4        
  25 goblet 5 3        
  30 goblet 3 3        
  35 goblet 3 2        
  40 goblet 3 3        
  43 goblet 3 4        
  40 5 9        
               
Training Notes: Did yard work for 6 hours in the morning. Feeling tired/dehydrated. Given the slight twinge in my back I decided to work on flexibility today by doing goblet squats - getting decent depth and going down/up quickly.
 
 
 

Day 40

               
Date 28/01/2012 7:10 AM          
               
Notes:              
               
  1. Squat     
  Weight Reps Sets        
  20 5 7        
  40 5 12        
  60 3 5        
  70            
  80 3 3        
               
Training Notes: Felt 4/10. Legs/knees pain 3/10. Back @ 80%.  Lacking motivation. Had decided to do a second session today so I didn't care about squatting heavily.
               
Date 28/01/2012 1:00 PM          
               
Notes: 2nd session for today.           
               
  1. Squat    2. Bench Press (Wide)
  Weight Reps Sets   Weight Reps Sets
  20 5     20 10  
  40 5 7   30 10  
  60 3 3   40 5  
  70 3     50 3  
  80 3 5   60 3  
  90 3 2   70 3  
  90 6     80 3  
          85 2  
          90 1  
          92.5 1  
          85 5 2
               
Training Notes: Felt 4/10. Legs/knees pain 3/10. Back @ 80%. Definitely did something to my back in the early session. Very slightly twinge. Not painful but definetly there when I go low in the squat. This made me cautious on going too heavy.
 
 
 

Day 39

               
Date 27/01/2012 5:30 PM 6:50 PM        
               
Notes: 9.5 hours sleep.           
               
  1. Squat     
  Weight Reps Sets        
  10 goblet 5 2        
  20 goblet 5 2        
  27.5 goblet 5 2        
  32.5 goblet 5 2        
  40 5 5        
  60 3 3        
  75 3          
  90 3          
  100 3          
  110 2          
  117.5 2          
  122.5 1      
  127.5 1          
  112.5 3          
               
               
Training Notes: Felt 4/10. Legs/knees pain 2/10. Back @ 95%. Trained after work given that I wussed out in the morning. Felt very loose in the lower body. Attributable to pausing at bottom for 10 seconds for multiple reps with 40kg?? Felt good but was exhausted too quickly to do a lot of back off volumes. At end of session paused at bottom for 10 seconds for multiple reps with 40kg. 
 
 
 

Day 38

               
Date 26/01/2012 7:00 AM          
               
Notes: 7.5 hours sleep. 1 coffee. 5 minutes stick work. Awoke 6:00 AM  
               
  1. Squat    2. Bench Press (Narrow)
  Weight Reps Sets   Weight Reps Sets
  20 5 10   20 10  
  40 5 10   30 10  
  60 3 2   40 5  
  75 3     50 3  
  90 3     60 3  
  100 3 5   70 3  
          80 3  
          85 2  
               
Training Notes: Felt 3.5/10. Legs/knees pain 3/10. Back @ 90%. Public holiday today but given that I missed training yesterday I definitely needed to come in today. Had big plans to do 4-5 hours but ultimately wanted to get out of the gym as fast as I could. Mind not in it. At end of session paused at bottom for 10 seconds for multiple reps with 40kg. 
 
 
 

Day 37

               
Date 25/01/2012            
               
               
  Went to bed at 7:00pm with good intentions of getting up at 4:00am (9 hours sleep/rest) but a few extra hours of rest was too appealing. Got up at 7am. While I was tired, no excuse. Sign of DARK TIMES???