1000 pound club

McCloud33 wrote: »

yopeeps025 wrote: »

yopeeps025 wrote: »

current

bench 245
deadlift 375
squat 285

total 905 in mid september
Also done on separate days

Squat 305
bench 255
dead 395
__________+
955

50 pound total increase in 3 lifts in three months. I guess I will take the little progress I have made.

I need to get my bench up. Tore pectoral excuse is long gone now.

I do not see how y'all do all of your maxes in one day. Someone at the gym did tell me next time to concentrate on more singles then 5 reps and triple warm ups.

I don't know how long you're at the gym when you go for all three. For me, that's all I'm doing that day (and I do very little other lifting the week leading up). I was at gym for about an hour and here was my routine.

Squat :
bar x 10
135 x 5
225 x 5
315 x 2
365 x 1
385 x 1
405 x 1

Bench:
135 x 10
185 x 5
225 x 2
245 x 1
255 x 1(failed)

Deadlift:
225 x 5
315 x 3
405 x 1
425 x 1(failed)

Again, I'm new to lifting so I have no idea if this is how you *should* warm-up, but I've read that the best way to warm up is whatever works for you and this seems to work for me. I think the key is to do just enough to warm up the joints without starting to wear yourself out. I also might overlap warm-up sets, meaning I might go from low-weight squats to low-weight bench before I ever try a heavy rep. That way I can not waist time waiting for muscles to recover. Once I start doing doubles or singles, I try and give myself at least 5-10 minutes in between tries. Didn't get as much rest on my bench or dead this time b/c (1) my bench spotter was leaving and (2) I was going to be late for work if I stayed any longer :disagree: