Workout Check-in - Making fireworks in July!
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I hope everyone had a happy and safe 4th! I drank and ate way over my calories for the day and severely paid for it at the gym today with an awful workout.
Squats: 110 lbs dis not get a full 5x5 and app is making me deload. Probably a good thing as I am working on form. I felt so deflated because I nailed the first set. Then it just got bad and almost had to drop the bar to the racks.
Benchpress: 65 lbs
Rowa: 80 lbs. Missed one and form was a little sloppy
Step ups, dips -46lbs, and the only win...I actually did barbell hip thrusts!
I felt good that I went and next workout I will kill it.0 -
Probably not something you can do when things get heavier!
i bench without clipping the plates specifically so if i ever get to a fail i'll be able to just tip the bar to one side and let them slide off.
@Anniel88 yay hip thrusts! they're not really any more suggestive than squats, if you think about it. or roumanian deadlifts, or . . .
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Nice cool day got 12.25 km in an hour and a half. Lost my fitbit along the way but found it on my way back.0
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canadianlbs wrote: »
I want to but it's a home gym with radiant in floor heat and I don't want to drop weights on the floor...I don't even know if you could crack or break one of the pipes but I don't want to find out!0 -
^^^i have radiant floor heating, too. Original 1949 system. No dumping plates or dropping bars for me, either!0
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I want to but it's a home gym with radiant in floor heat and I don't want to drop weights on the floor...I don't even know if you could crack or break one of the pipes but I don't want to find out!
oh, great point. never occurred to me but it makes sense.
it. is. so hot here, and that's not even the problem. getting kippered by second-hand smoke from all the burning trees out there, and the thermal-inversion situation is getting awful.
anyway. didn't want to go but i went and this time i did workout b properly. sort of.
squats: 65. i just don't even. so frustrated with buttwink and squats.
ohp: 50. without a rack too, so i was cleaning the bar, and i did a few 45lb sets too as warmup earlier on. so that part's okay.
deadlift: 120. i believe that's an increase.
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Forgot to check in on Friday.
Workout A
Squats 5x5 at 165#. These felt good and strong again.
Bench 4/5/2/3/3 at 115#. These were poop. I was fed up by set 4 and 5 that I just did 3 reps each then said eff it.
Rows 5x5 at 95#.
After my crappy bench, I called it a day and went home.
Sunday: another crappy workout. I got 10.5 miles into a 12.5 mile bike ride and had a blow out. So, I walked home with a rear flat tire. Then set out to do a run. About 0.75 miles in, I said eff it and went home. I didn't want to get up early and workout to begin with, so I took the not so great workout as my opportunity to be done with it.0 -
@canadianlbs I've been trying to follow the advice here for squat mobility: http://breakingmuscle.com/mobility-recovery/squats-and-hip-dysfunction-2-common-problems-and-how-to-fix-them
I can barely do the paleolithic chair for 30 seconds let alone 10 mins!0 -
Hello! I just started SL5X5. I completed day 1 workout A today. I feel accomplished and puny at the same.
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My first July workout was Friday, but forgot to post it last week.
Workout A:
Squats, 5x5@80 lbs. Going to move up to 85 lbs next workout.
Bench, 5x5@60 lbs. These were tough towards the end, but got them done. I will try 65 lbs next time.
Rows, 5x5@60 lbs. These felt pretty easy, definitely think 65 lbs will be doable next time.
RDLs, 3x10@60 lbs, lunges, and calf raises for accessories.
Since I had extra time due to having the day off from work, I did a full hour on the elliptical.
I hope everyone had a fantastic holiday!0 -
@canadianlbs I've been trying to follow the advice here for squat mobility: http://breakingmuscle.com/mobility-recovery/squats-and-hip-dysfunction-2-common-problems-and-how-to-fix-them
thanks. i also need to go back and read the full squat chapter of starting strength to see what i can (re)learn from that. definitely way too much quad has become part of my problem/symptom set.
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Forgot to log my friday's workout.
Workout A
Squats 5x5: 87.5lbs (I accidentally plated 10lbs higher than I was supposed to but still did it. Lol)
BP: 5x5 : 52.5lbs
Row: 5x5: 52.5lbs
Skullcrushers 1x8 1x5: 22.5lbs
Modified pull ups 4: bw0 -
@Jackie0Marie we all started at the beginning too! I've only been doing it for a couple of months and feel so much stronger. Just stick with it. Slow and steady wins the race.
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Deadlift 1 day (because only thing I get out of bed for on Monday is deadlifts)
170 lbs x 5, 190 lbs x 3, 215 lbs x 2!!!!
5x8 sumo deadlift @ 140 lbs superset with goblet squats 25 lbs.
Unfortunately it is 9 am and I have eaten all of the 1300 kcals I brought in for the day. Feed me!!!!0 -
@Pickles175 - Thanks! That's what I keep thinking and I'm looking forward to the progress (the long road ahead). I'm good with slow and steady.
Although, I had a good laugh this morning, here I am finishing a set benching 45lbs bar and when I'm done I see this guy on a bench next to me benching 350lbs like nothing. We all start somewhere indeed.0 -
Workout B
Squats 5x5: 90lbs
OHP 5x5 : 45lbs
DL 1x5: 90lbs
Close Grip Bench Press 3x5: 37.5lbs
Bicep Curls 2x8: 22.5lbs
Managed all 5 sets of squats, but going to stick at 90lbs for next time as it was a struggle near the end.0 -
hi all!
Welcome to our newbies :-)
Last nights effort
Squat 5x5x160lbs - these were nasty but got them done
Bench 5,5,5,4,4 x 95lbs - urgh so hard much grind
Row 5x5x105lbs - why is row my new favourite exercise, random!!
Superset for legs/butt 3x5
Bulgarian split squat with 35lb dumbbells
Front squat with 55lb barbell
Hip Thrust with 125lb barbell
Romanian deadlift with 125lbs
Crouching bench step up - ouch
Feeling a rest week is in my future very soon!0 -
Welcome Jackie0Marie!!
All 5x5:
Squat 105
OHP 50!!! (Have been at 45 since May)
DL 125
Increased in all 3 lifts - whoop! The ohp was definitely a struggle but got it done. Glad to get a workout in as I won't be able to lift again until Saturday. Tired and happy.
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@canadianlbs I've been trying to follow the advice here for squat mobility: http://breakingmuscle.com/mobility-recovery/squats-and-hip-dysfunction-2-common-problems-and-how-to-fix-them
I can barely do the paleolithic chair for 30 seconds let alone 10 mins!
if you can stand trucker mouth (i kind of enjoy it from this guy) and you lift alone this has a very cool idea that's so simple i can't figure out how i never thought it up for myself, starting at around 3 minutes in.
if you can't take the swearing, the too-rude-didn't-listen form of it is: strong adhesive tape on both sides alongside the spine, so you'll be able to feel it pulling when your butt starts to wink.
i know there's some duct tape around here somewhere . . .
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Workout B yesterday.
Squats 5x5 at 160 pounds. These felt pretty good.
OHP 5/5/4/5/2 at 80#. These were heavy. I actually debated not bumping up from 75# last week but decided to. I should have stayed at the 75# for this week before bumping up. Oh well.
Deads 0 at 225#. I felt stupid weak when I attempted to pick this up. I didn't even budge it. I tried 3 times, then said eff it. I ended up doing 3x2 at 185# just for grins and giggles and because deadlifts.0
