_tim's Log

Push @ 102.5%, Day 2

ATG Squats: WU: 135 x 8; 205 x 4; 245 x 3; 265 x 2
10 x 3 @ 280 - Hell yeah. Got 'em all in this time, from the very bottom of the hole all the way back up with 280 on my back. I think I lost part of my soul in the process, but hey, I guess that's part of this lovely disease.

Standing Press: WU: 95 x 6; 105 x 5
4 x 6 @ 120 - I clustered set 2 3-3, and set 4 4-2. In accordance with the rules, the next time I do SP 6's, I won't progress the load. I actually was running low on time, so I supersetted these with the last couple sets of ATG's. I think that's why set 2 was 3-3, and why in fact part of my soul is no longer with me.

With that, I was out of time. I'm not sure I could have done bench sets even if I wanted to. I may make 'em up tonight, but there's a part of me that feel like I shouldn't bother. I hit heavy bench on Monday next week at 105%, and that trial will likely be intense. I didn't make up the squat sets I missed on my first push day - and I hit all 10 today. Maybe that says something? Regardless, great workout today.
 
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(colby2152 @ Apr. 03 2008,11:59)</div><div id="QUOTEHEAD">QUOTE</div><div id="QUOTE">Those squats are insane Tim! What do your maxes look like Back Squats (your ATG), Dead Lift and Bench Press?</div>
Thanks Colby!!!!!!!

I'd have to guess as to the maxes (I assume you mean 1-rep).

ATG's - 315
Deads - 425
Bench - 255

Next cycle will help me to absolutely establish those max numbers - but I think that's close.
 
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(_tim @ Apr. 03 2008,11:06)</div><div id="QUOTEHEAD">QUOTE</div><div id="QUOTE">ATG Squats:[/b] WU: 135 x 8; 205 x 4; 245 x 3; 265 x 2
10 x 3 @ 280 - Hell yeah. Got 'em all in this time, from the very bottom of the hole all the way back up with 280 on my back. I think I lost part of my soul in the process, but hey, I guess that's part of this lovely disease.</div>
Who needs a soul when you can squat 10 x 3 @ 280...?
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Thanks guys! I'm hoping that I'll hit a few more big 10x3's before this is done. Todays was one of the best successes in a very long time if for no other reason, maintaining form through all 10 sets.
 
Pull @ 102.5%, Day 2

Power Cleans: WU: 95 x 4; 115 x 3
10 x 3 @ 135 - OK.  In large part, my form was a little bit better.  There were actually a couple reps in the beginning sets that I think were very close to good form.  As the sets wore on, I started bending my arms way prematurely and muscling the bar up.  I'm sure this is a common mistake - but I'm noit sure how to fix it.  Heavier power shurgs?  Thoughts?

BB Rev Grip Row: - WU: 135 x 6; 165 x 3
4 x 6 @ 180 - The only cluster happened in set 4, and it was because I somehow fell forward.  Thus it was 5-1.  The others were solid sets.

Chins: WU: BW x 5
2 x 12 @ BW+12.5 - The first set was complete.  The second set was clustered 6-2-3-1, and that last rep was a nice static hold/negative on the way back down.  Tough work!

The crazy thing is that I'm back on schedule.  Weird.  105% starts Monday.  GREAT WEEK!
 
your 315 ATG squat PR is in imminent danger of being shattered
 
I sure hope so, FF!  Thanks!

From this morning...

Push @ 105%

Bench: WU: 135 x 10; 185 x 6; 215 x 4
7 x 3 @ 235; 1 x 3 @ 225; 2 x 3 @ 215 - The only cluster was set 7 at 2-1.  Not sure whether I should progress or not - by rule I can, but should I?  Dunno.

ATG Squats: WU: 135 x 10; 205 x 5; 265 x 3
1 x 6, 4 + 1 @ 270 - Yeah - 6 reps at 270 was HARD.  That second set was a joke - and at that, I was out of time and out of gas.

I'm going to officially cut the 12's here on out.  I may have a couple more weeks in me, maybe not.  Regardless, I'm restricting myself to 3's and 6's until the end of the cycle.  ...And if I get more sleep tonight, maybe I'll actually get everything in tomorrow.
 
_tim,

Your back is quite strong. I can't even imagine rowing 180 lbs 4x6 and THEN doing weighted chins for 2x12...as a matter of fact I can't do either even seperately. Has your back always been strong? What do you weigh now? Nice work!
 
soflsun - Thanks so much for the kind words! My back is finally coming into it's own. No, it's not always been strong, but I put a solid focus on it this cycle, and well, everything I wanted to have happen has happened strength-wise. I weigh 193 presently.

Bax - Much appreciated, my friend.

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No one is going to believe this, but I had a witness. Seriously.

SA Chins: WU (SA Pulldowns): 110 x 10
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10 x 3 @ BW GOAL REACHED!
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I felt like trying these again. Way back in the beginning, I could get 1 rep on my right arm from a hang, and about a quarter rep on my left side. So - I first went and tried a single on both arms with a neutral grip. No problem. So, I went back to the straight bar and set up. FROM A HANG, supinated grip, I got through 6 sets (1 set = 3 reps on each arm) without an issue. At set seven, my left hand grip died after the second rep. So, I stopped for about a 5 count, and got the last rep in. At set 8, my right hand grip also died - after rep 1. So - from there on out, I did singles with 5-10 second breaks in between for both arms. Rep-wise, I got all 10 sets of 3 in. My new goal is to strengthen my grip enough to get through the 10 x 3 without having to cluster in any way. Regardless, this was HUGE for me.

Next....

Sumo Deads: WU: 135 x 10; 225 x 5; 285 x 3
4 x 6 @ 305 - Ok. So I kinda felt like the load I was supposed to pull today (285) wasn't good enough. Thing is, 305 wasn't nearly the challenge it should have been. No, it isn't the calculated value that is consistent with the rest of the cycle. Honestly, I'm done restricting myself. My back issue was not caused by doing deads, and doing those heavier 3's not long ago proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that it's time to ratchet up for the end of this cycle. I'm hitting new maxes in my other lifts, and this should be no different. Here we go.

Best workout in a very long time.

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Single arm chins..... Wow! I guess it's safe to say you&quot;re going to up that bench too. Good to see your back is holding out and your strength is going thru the roof!
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Thanks Bax! My bench numbers are actually very close to what they should be. I'd restricted my deadlift loads this cycle due to my back issue, but having tested a few heavier sets feel that I could push my deads closer to my maxes for the rest of the cycle.

Push @105% Day 2

Ill advised.

Standing Press: WU:95 x 8; 115 x 5; 125 x 4
1 x 3 @ 140 PR; 3 x 3 @ 130; 4 x 3 @ 125; 1 x 3 @ 120; 1 x 3 @ 115 - My delts were pretty sore from my SA Chin effort, and when I woke up yesterday, I told myself to just do some yoga and rest.  I didn't listen.  The other bit of idiocy to my efforts yesterday were the loads.  I wrote down the 107.5% loads in my journal - not the 105%.  It yielded a PR, yes, but my work sets were shot - for the rest of the workout....

Bench Press: WU: 135 x 10; 185 x 6
215 x 4; 195 x 6, 195 x 5 - My tri's were cooked after my standing presses, and my delts were even more shot.  I ended the bench sets before I hurt myself.

So.  If I'm lucky and do this right, I'll push through two more weeks, to 110%.  I'm going to put a day of rest in between each workout, and see what happens.  I'm happy about the SP PR, but I just wonder what I could have pushed with fresh deltoids.

In other news, my forearms have been screaming for two days now, and my back feels absolutely amazing.  I'm so glad that I tried those SA chins!
 
By the flaming fires of Gorbath! How the devil did you manage 6 x 3 single arm chins!!!! That's just awesome. Not sure what you mean by supinated grip or neutral grip in this case as surely your body rotates to it's natural resting position at the start of a rep?

Anyway, if I can manage just one single-arm chin after a cut I will be over the moon. I see you are around 193lb at the moment which is about 25lb lighter than me. Do you think you could do a single with an extra 25lb weight around your waist? I'd be interested to know how hard that feels. Fancy giving it a shot?
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LOL! I had a thought I might be hearing from you, given our dialogue earlier this year. What I meant by supinated grip was that I forced myself to stay in a supinated orientation for each rep. I may switch to just letting my body rotate and in that way be somewhere between neutral and supinated as far as my grip goes.

You have a deal, my friend. I'll give a single a shot with a quarter strapped to my belt on Monday. I must say that I'm just a tiny bit pessimistic, but I'll give it a shot regardless.

Um, Gorbath? Whatever that means, THANK YOU.
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That puts Tim and Slapshot in the lead for SA chins. And virtually the only ones here that can do them! Us fatties will just have to stay earthen-bound I guess...
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Haha, yeah, good work with that tim. That is crazy. I'd try single arm chins, but... not sure how well that would work.

Anyway, some very solid pressing and benching, especially for being sore.

I agree that you should stop restricting yourself. It seems like it's safe to start pushing the deads a little heavier, especially if that 305 didn't feel challenging. Let's see how much you can do.
 
Thanks for the comments, guys! quad, to be fair, slapz could kick my ass handily in just about every strength-based effort. Being put in the same category as him for any reason is is a rather high compliment - so thanks!

Tot, I'm glad to hear that you agree that I should remove the restrictions. That said, I did my little SA Chin test for Lol this morning....

Pull @ 105% (for the most part anyway) Day 2

SA Chin Singles:

BW + 5;
BW + 10;
BW + 15;
BW + 20;
BW + 25;
BW + 30;

I attempted BW+ 32.5 - and got perhaps just below parallel. I only did singles - so who knows what I would have been able to do were I trying multi-rep sets. Each attempt started from a hang, and I used both the neutral and straight bars to see if it made a difference. It didn't - if anything, by starting with a neutral grip, my body rotated more toward the top of the rep than with a supinated grip on the straight bar.

After that, I pretty much removed any thought of getting through my regularly scheduled workout...

BB Rev Grip Rows: WU: 135 x 7; 185 x 4
5 x 3 @ 205 PR - The last set was clustered 2-1, with that last rep being a slow up, static hold, slow down. My grip was honestly shot after 4 sets.

Mixed Grip Chins: WU: BW x 5
2 x 6, 1 x 5.5, 2 x 1 (Slow/Static) @ BW + 15 - Talk about grip failure! Those last two sets (the Slow/Static sets) were SLOW up, hold at midway down, crazy slow from there to the bottom of the rep. I was holding on by my fingertips on the last rep.

Another fun, very good workout! Thanks for the challenge, Lol!
 
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