What exercises are you doing?

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(TunnelRat @ May 01 2008,11:28)</div><div id="QUOTEHEAD">QUOTE</div><div id="QUOTE"><div>
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(electric @ Apr. 30 2008,11:56)</div><div id="QUOTEHEAD">QUOTE</div><div id="QUOTE">Colby, no pecs?</div>Any type of bench press is impossible at the moment with the equipment that I have.</div>
If you don't work your pecs, pretty soon you'll have tits...
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How about a Floor Press? You've got a floor, don't you?</div>
Did them before, but I felt there were safety issues with how I was doing them.

I never felt comfortable with DB Floor Presses. I'm not too worried about my chest becoming flabby.
 
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(bgates1654 @ May 01 2008,1:04)</div><div id="QUOTEHEAD">QUOTE</div><div id="QUOTE">You could always add pushup/one-arm pushup/elevated pushup/planche pushup  for chest.</div>
I agree. And you could always have the cause of the wedding expenses sit/lay on your shoulders/back for some weighted pushups!
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I had been doing the madcow version of 5X5 since 15 Jan. and was making really good progress in strength gains. Due to shoulder problems I had to stop all pressing and pulling. Every time my shoulder feels better I try something and screw it up again. Recently I've started to develop what I think is a mild patellar tendonitis so I stopped squatting. Now it's started bothering me even bending the knees to do deadlifts. So I've dropped DLs. That doesn't leave me with much.
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I'm currently doing the following since these are about the only exercises I can do right now:

Facepulls - very light

Romanian Deadlifts or Rack Pulls 5x5
Hyper extensions 5x5

Hammer curls 3x8
Skull crushers 3x8

With the extra free time that I now have in the gym
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I've been noodling around with trying to properly rack the bar for cleans and/or front squats. Getting the elbows up and the wrists bent is a problem for me, but it's coming along slowly. I'm also working on being able to do overhead squats.
 
I'm wondering how you were doing deads and squats. Form could be a problem or just the heavy 5x5 stuff after a while. There is a possibility that if your form could be corrected somewhat, you could work very light with 25 rep sets for a while, to let the body cure itself. If that didn't work, and things stayed the same or worsened, you'd have to stop doing legs for a good while.
If your form was proper and the weights not all that hard, then a doctor visit might be in the offing.
 
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(quadancer @ May 02 2008,8:11)</div><div id="QUOTEHEAD">QUOTE</div><div id="QUOTE">If your form was proper and the weights not all that hard, then a doctor visit might be in the offing.</div>
My experience with doctors who don't lift is that it's a waste of time. Their answer is always &quot;You shouldn't lift heavy weights.&quot; I think my form is o.k., but I recently read that flat feet can be a problem and I have pretty flat feet. I probably need some kind of arch supports. It could also be from increasing the weight too fast and working at RMs too often. I was adding 5 lbs per week and doing a new 5RM once a week AND a new 3RM once a week. I may take your advice and start with high reps for awhile. This will also be a good opportunity to work on front squats and overhead squats. Have you tried OHS? They are a lot trickier than they look.
 
Make sure you work some squats, Bax! Aw, I'm doing the same for bench, but it seems to be stalling out. I'd SD if I weren't on a sloppy cut.
 
rows, flys, military presses, SLDL/Squat, curls, lying tri extensions

just enough to work everything and feel the burn
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Current routine, A/B split:
A Deads, Dips, Calf raises, Chins, Upright rows, Curls, and Leg raises
B Squats, Bench, Bent over rows, Pull ups, Military press, Reverse curls, Wrist extensions

It covers the entire body, and they feel gooood and you can go heavy on them (mostly compounds).  
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(quadancer @ May 04 2008,6:59)</div><div id="QUOTEHEAD">QUOTE</div><div id="QUOTE">Make sure you work some squats, Bax! Aw, I'm doing the same for bench, but it seems to be stalling out. I'd SD if I weren't on a sloppy cut.</div>
Have you tried deloading? Most 5x5 programs seem to recommend a 10% deload once you have stalled at the same weight for 3 consecutive work outs. Before starting my HST cycle I had been doing a 5x5 and had great strength gains with it but not the mass I was looking for. In that time I stalled several times. Each time I deloaded I was able to progress through the weight I originally stalled at and reach new PR's.
 
My current HST consist of:
squats (1x15, 2x10, 3x5)
bench (1x15, 2x10, 3x5)
row (1x15, 2x10, 3x5)
press (1x15, 2x10, 3x5)
deadlift (1x15, 1x10, 1x5)
I finish with a tri-set of chin-up, dips, pull-ups (1x15, 1x10, 1x5)
 
Mon/Weds/FRi:

Clustering 20-30 reps per exercise depending on weight
AM
Dips
Chins
Shrugs
Pullovers
Hack Squats
Barbell Curls
CG Bench

PM
Bench
Pendlay Rows
DB Military
Deadlifts
1.5 pood (~24kg, ~54lbs) Kettlebell Clean and Press from the Floor
Preacher Curls
Skull Crushers


As for Cardio I do Tabata &quot;swinging&quot; 1 pood (~16kg, ~36lbs) Kettlebell Clean and Press after the AM session

And Tues/Thurs Tabata with Recumbent bike broken down like:
5mins SS warm up
5mins Tabata
5mins SS
5mins Tabata
5 mins cool down.

Sometimes I adjust the routines due to time constraints etc.
There have been time when would do both AM/PM at in the same session with a few modifications of course
if that is the case then I usually super set them like this

Bench
Rest 1minute
Pendlays
Rest 1minute
DB Military
Rest 4 minutes
Clustering 20-30 reps per exercise depending on weight

Chins
Rest 1minute
Dips
Rest 1minute
Shrugs
Rest 4 minutes
Clustering 20-30 reps per exercise depending on weight

Then whatever leg exercise I decide for that day usually Deadlifts
Then in the end Tabata &quot;swinging&quot; 1 pood (~16kg, ~36lbs) Kettlebell Clean and Press

Then 2 sets of
Barbell Curls
CG Bench
 
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