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December workout reports
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Barely time to catch up with everyone. Had my migraine medication changed, then spent 4 days whimpering in bed. Finally got back to lifting today, now have to go out of town to see some family in the hospital, so will probably not get to lift again this week.
Today though…
Squat 135x6 140x4 145x4 150x2
OHP 70x3 70x4 75x1 weird numbers, I know
Dead 185x4
Not moving up much, but not slipping either. If I can maintain through this period of unrest, I know I can build my strength later. Everyone is doing great, it appears.
Have a great weekend.0 -
Lydia - looking good - do you look down or out? Just curious.
It is right in front of the wall so tend to look at the corner where wall meets mirror, otherwise I get sucked into looking in the mirror! Probably a bit too far down though..0 -
So I missed deadlifting this week so I went to the gym to do some pulling. It didn't go as planned. I wanted to do 3x3 at 330, but had to stop as 315 was soooo heavy. I think it was probably due to my bench PR yesterday and that tiring out my back muscles too much for really heavy pulling. So I did this:
Deadlift
135x10
225x5
275x5
295x3
315x1
315x2
225x3- I was going to do 8-10 here, but I was just done. ugh.
Back extentions just bodyweight 3x8
10lb dumbbell curlx12 and 35lb dumbbell straight leg deadx8 supersetsx3
I tried to GHR but the one at the Y has a really weird foot plate where only like 1/3 of your foot presses against it. It scared me so I did the SLDL instead lol.0 -
Saturdays session
Squat:
20kg x 10, 30kg x 5, 40kg x 5, 52.5kg 3x5
Bench:
20kg x 5, 30kg x 5, 42.5kg 3x5
Deficit RDL:
40kg x 10, 60kg x 5, 85kg 3x5
then I was supposed to do sprints and ball work but it was raining quite heavily so scrapped that and just went home :bigsmile:0 -
Failed at 112 pounds for squats today. I knew a fail and deload was coming.
I was in the rack with safety pins set properly, and when I struggled to stand after rep 4, the guy in the next rack came running over. I shook my head to keep him out of my way, made it back up, and then sat down on the next rep. What was he going to do anyway? The safety pins are about an inch lower than the bottom of my squat. I didn't even make any noise when I sat down. Still sitting on the floor, I said please don't do that again. I'm in the rack with the safety pins. It's safer for me to just sit down than for you to run over here and try to do something. He said I should get a belt so I don't get a hernia. This guy was squatting in the other rack, not even getting parallel, lifting his heels up every time he went down, poor form, and making a lot of noise doing it. I just smiled and said thanks.
So I put the weights back on and did 4 reps on the next set, didn't try for 5 because I figured I'd have to sit again. Kept trying, but the first set was the only full set of 5 I got done.
Then I tried 78 pounds on the bench press. Got the first 5, but failed on the second set on rep 5. Dumped the bar. A different (very nice) guy asked if I needed help, but I had already tipped one end off. He then offered to spot me, but I just wasn't feeling like I had it in me to keep doing the 78, so I backed down to 75. Time to deload on the bench as well.
Skipped my rows, as I had to pick up a co-worker and get my cat to the cat sitter so I can go out of town for the holiday. Feeling a little bad, but at least I made it to the gym this morning, and I have to take failures to keep progressing. Also in the plus column: I made my roller derby league's travel team! I would like to think it's partly because I'm getting stronger from all these weights I'm lifting.0 -
Hey Ladies I see some nice numbers...and good workouts...
Missed Friday was out all day and didn't get home till 8pm.....
Back at er today....
Squat 5x5 @ 110 no issues glad to be back up in these numbers couple more weeks and I will be back where I was prior to injury
OHP 5x5 @ 80...been here for a while...I got them out but form issues so stayed...failed next time...got them out next time but again form issues...this time no issues but I may stay here another workout just cause this is a hard one.
DL 1x5 130...this is the only lift giving me issues and not on the way up but on the way down...not so much if I do sumo so might have to stick with that...Not that I am complaining I actually like that style...maybe better then reg DL stance.0 -
5th week of SL began today
warm up squat
5x5 squat 105lb
warm up bench
stalled on bench at 75lb (my 1st time stalling on bench) 4,5,3,3,3
5x5 row 65lb ( i deloaded all the way back to week 1 cause i discovered that i've been doing them wrong the entire time; no biggie)0 -
I've been trying to get in 3 weekly workouts instead of 2 and it seems to make quite a difference with being able to increase my weights, which is great. I'm not sure if I will be able to keep it up over the holidays though.
Squats 60kg 5 x 5
Bench 27kg 5 x 5 (good for me because I've never fully recovered from frozen shoulder in both shoulders)
Deadlifts 62kg 1 x 5
Plus shoulders, biceps and assisted pull-ups.0 -
super quick drop in just to record from this morning
squat 67.5kg new weight 545 but not pretty
OHP 37.5kgs 1
then dropped to 35kg and it still wasn't great
Deadlift 85kg x 5 heavy!0 -
Great weights Iwoodroff.super quick drop in just to record from this morning
squat 67.5kg new weight 545 but not pretty
OHP 37.5kgs 1
then dropped to 35kg and it still wasn't great
Deadlift 85kg x 5 heavy!
Silly question, but do you deadlift with your bare hands? I wear gloves with the fingers out but as the weight increases, I'm afraid the bar is going to slip out of my hands.0 -
No but my gym provides chalk...0
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Ah..I go to a ladies only gym and I'm on my own with lifting heavy weights. It's good because I don't have to wait for equipment, but bad because I have nobody to ask for advice.No but my gym provides chalk...
I'm going to look for chalk at the sports store.0 -
quick check in today
Workout A
Squats 5x5 @ 115 (actually miscalculated due to new plates and did 1x5 @ 120)
Bench 5x5 @ 105 (staying here just to be sure on form)
Rows1x5 @ 110 (can't say I like these but eh they are in)
Rows 4x4 @ 110
Gotta check my form on those...not feeling right0 -
Today's numbers…not much change, but not going down either!
Squat 135-6 140-5 145-4 150-1
Bench 90-4 92.5-3 95-2
Row 95-6 100-5 105-3
Hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season, no matter what holiday you do or don't observe:)0 -
from tuesday:
stalled at 65 on OHP last week, hit 70 this week.
120 squats
165 DL and damn that bar got hard to hold! lol
annnd today
125 squats (think i'll stay here next session, my form was not great)
90 bench
110 pendlays, they've been feeling great now that my form is correct
I totally got called out for flexing in the mirror while I was resting. I mean.... what else am I supposed to do!0 -
Well my day break turned into seven and even after trying to lift at 6am this morning (but the gym didn't open until 10am, somehow I missed this sign) I managed to get in after work.
Squat 5x5 115lbs
OHP 5x5 65lbs
DL 1x5 105lbs
YEAH broke triple digits on the dl finally.
I am going gnaw my arm off if I don't go eat so I'll be back later. it looks like everyone is doing well over this holiday season!0 -
my body is still recovering from the xmas eve damage (way too much tequila). But some ibuprofen was just what i needed to get this workout in
stronglifts:
warm up squat sets
5x5 squat @ 110lbs
warm up OHP sets
OHP stall on 60lbs (AGAIN! :grumble: ) 3,4,4,3,2
1x5 Deadlift @ 155lbs0 -
Managed to drag my butt to the gym today. A lady came over and offered to spot me while I was benching. I said yes because I was having issues with the first two sets. Then she said you could do more reps I bet and I replied that I was doing the 5x5 program. She had never heard of it so I explained it to her. She asked if I felt it has built up my strength and I said Yes. I then explained I started in November squatting 60lbs and today i did 120lbs. She is going home to look up the program.
Made me smile.
all 5x5 today
Squat 120lbs
Pendlay row 60lbs
Bench 95lbs0 -
wrapped up week 5 today
5x5 on all except bench
sqaut 115lbs
bench 75lbs (2nd attempt, stalled again)
rows 70 lbs (started over from week 1 because i had been doing them wrong)
all in all, a good workout today :bigsmile:0 -
I can't tell if my work pants are tight because my butt is getting bigger and/or because my stomach fat is pushing out due to the core getting stronger but just not melting that stubborn fat yet. The fat is melting off somewhere as I feel different it just isn't visible to me yet especially at my flesh belt which bothers me the most. Either way I was in the gym and it nice and quite in the morning like I like it.
Squat 5x5 120lbs - same as Saturday but I tend to do the same weight twice then move up. My way of keep form in check
OHP 5x5 65lbs I think I might be able to try and move up to 70 next time
DL 1x5 115lbs
Keep up the good work folks! Holiday season is almost over and soon we will be fighting the 'new years crowd'.
Well the ones who use a gym. 0
