hey guys! I've been quiet in here lately because I've been so busy (haven't even seen the derp in the forums lately!) but I'm still lifting. A couple weeks ago I started up C25K to slowly work back up to my running strength I had in the spring (did a 10k) but I had injured myself. Now the hip flexor is feeling much better, but last week I discovered a sweet spot for calories and so with C25K and finally getting around to getting more than just 10lbs off I've only been lifting 2x a week with 3x5 and only increasing weight every few weeks. I'm just about where I was awhile back on squats so I'm still improving, which is awesome.

So tonight was A:
Squats 135lbs
Rows: 71lbs
Bench: 71lbs

Also, as a note for anyone struggling with grip on rows (or I guess anywhere else), doing assisted pullups has drastically helped my left hand grip on rows. I wish I had time to keep doing them, but with my class starting, that takes up a lot of my post-work hours time.

Workout A today.

Squats - 5x5x115
Bench - 5x5x80
Row - 5x5x80

I think I'm going to stick with these weights until I can get the form better. I'm itching to get back to C25K tomorrow.

StrongLifts 5x5 Workout B (Day 4)

Squats -- Due to shoulder issues, I'm having to replace these with incline leg presses for now.
Various warm-up sets
5x5 @ 330 lbs

Overhead Press
5x5 @ 20 lbs
- 20 lbs was a little too easy, so I'll bump up to 10 lbs. (instead of usual 5) to 30 lbs. next time.

Deadlifts
5x5 @ 75 lbs

Already counting down the hours to Wednesday!
Courtney

So, yesterday was

Squat 5x5 @ 150

Row 5x5 @ 115

Bench 5x5 @ 110

I'd been on a bit of a diet break over the week/weekend, so while it was still tough, it felt better.

Wow! Nice job! I'm almost there.

Last night:

Squat - 5x5 135lbs
Bench - 5x5 100lbs (second time doing 100 but it's been heavy, going to try 105 next time)
Row - 5x5 95lbs

So jealous of all you benching in the triple digits. I'm barely squatting triple. :ohwell:

Little one had a runny nose yesterday and I woke with sore throat. Ugh
A day
Squat 115 but only 3x5s today. Didn't have it in me to do more
Bench 70 3x5 felt good will do again at 5x5s though
Row 80 same as bench

SC
High box squat 95 3x6 should've done more weight but was awkward since my bench wasn't at the right height.
One legged hyperextension. Another awkward one as I don't have anything to hold my one leg so I have to wrap it around the bottom of the bench :huh: just weird.
Hip rotation. Need different bands for that.
Elevated feet and shoulders one legged hip thrust. These felt fine just need to contract glutes more.
Overall a crappy day. :frown:

Press day for me
warm up then 45 lbs x5, 50 lbs x5 and 55lbs x7

Accessories where
barbell row 55lbs, assisted dips, incline push ups. 10 reps each in a circuit 5 times through.

So jealous of all you benching in the triple digits. I'm barely squatting triple. :ohwell:

I'm just starting too, so also a little envious of all these big number being thrown around -- but don't worry -- we'll get there!

We'll get there! I've been doing 5x5 and/or Wendler's since February and just now hit 95lbs for bench press. Upper body lifts are just not where it's at for me. Now squats, there's something I can excel at!

Checking in...
Workout A (day 7)

Squats - warm up + 5x5 @ 70lbs. Still working on form, but I feel its getting better
Bench - 1x5 @ 45, 5x5 @ 55lbs. This was tough, I was afraid to "fail" on my last rep of last set so I did only 4 reps. It was a lot harder than last week.
Rows - I decreased weight to 60 today, should have been 75, but form was off, so I took it back to get proper form and completed 5x5.

I also lost 1 lb this week (totally happy, this is the only loss in over a month) and I have gotten smaller somewhere because two pairs of my pants are too big!

DL night for me last night - man I love deadlifts!

Squat 5x5 @132lbs
OHP 5x5 @60lbs - man I don't enjoy these at all
DL 1x5 @132lbs

Then some raised back leg weighted lunges, some lat pulldowns and a huge cup of hot tea as it was FREEZING in our garage last night!

stayed off my knees for three days - well, i did go to the gym and try on saturday but it was clearly not going to happen. started again yesterday with re-introducing riding, to see how they did. i finally found the location of the mythical vapourware job, and it took me at least 90 minutes each way because i made absolutely-no-hurting-the-knees the rule the whole way.

didn't quiiiiite keep the rule, hard to do over that much distance when there are gradients involved too. but i did get all the way there and then back without making anything even worse than it already is, so there's that. and some hope i'm on my way to better if i could deal with 22 miles in one day without re-disabling myself. it also gave me a pretty realistic worst-case time frame, because that was a pretty worse case. rode my shorter commute today, 7.5 miles with the Real Ugly Hill.

i know could go to the gym and try to deadlift/otherlift around the knee thing, but i've just got this really strong instinct-voice saying not to do anything until it's better. right now i just can't keep myself from making form experiments and this is probably the worst time ever to be playing with that.

plus, during the course of today's ride i was barrelling down a slope into an underground parking lot, and i hit a speedbump-edge or a drainage gutter or something that was so steep it jolted my chain right off the cassette and damned near put me over the handlebars. i stayed on okay, but by the time all the dust had cleared and i had the chain back on, i realized the impact really did a number on the joints in my left wrist and the base of that thumb. so, no barbells. i need to just chill out already.

still admiring everyone else though. especially happy for @symba getting some positive reinforcement from her clothes/scale.