Monday, October 30, 2017

Monday - Upper

Incline Press
warmup 20,40
58 x 5,5,5

Bench Press
warmup 61,81
97 x 5,5,5

Reverse bench
65 x 8,8
Might not be the most bang for buck assistance, but its something new to try

Dips
BW x 15,15,15

Reverse fly
12 x 25

Sunday, October 29, 2017

Sunday - Lower/Pull

Back Squat
warmups - 20,61,93,111
126 x 8,8,8
Legs tired for some reason (maybe from deadlift two sessions prior?)
more taxing on lungs that legs and back

Deadlift
warmups - 70,111,131,
153 x 8
Deadlifting after squat is tough, hopefully my work capacity will improve or my progression will probably slow a bit.

Split squat
BW x 10,10,10
Just keeping it light but doing a variation as accessory. Getting used to so much volume in one day

Pullups
BW x 15,15,15

Friday, October 27, 2017

Friday - Push/Upper

High incline
warmup - 20, 40
52 x 8

Bench Press
60 x 5
88 x 8,8,8

Reverse Grip bench (trying this for a few weeks as the variation)
40 x 8
60 x 8,8
Can increase next session

Dips
BW x 15,15,15

Weight: 84 kg (184.8 lbs)

Was originally going to do weighted dips, but this is a lot more upper body/triceps volume than I'm used to, so I'll stick with BW for now.

New Program - Linear Periodization

Using the following training maxes - roughly 90-95% of estimated max
High Incline Press: 66 kg
Bench Press: 112
Back Squat: 160
Deadlift: 195

Schema
AB alternating

A:
High Incline
Bench Press
Press/bench variation
Dips

B:
Back Squat
Deadlift
Squat/DL variation
Pullups

Main exercises (first 2)
Reps each session: 8 then 5 then 3
Percent/Max: 78%, 86% 90%

Set schema:
Bench and Squat: 3x8,3x5,3x3
Incline and Deadlift: 1x8,2x5,3x3

Cycle increases:
Incline - 2kg to est  max
Bench - 2
Squat -  3
DL - 4



Thursday, October 26, 2017

Thursday - Press and deadlift

Seated Press
20 x 5
40 x 5
52 x 3
58 x 3
65 x 3

Deadlift
60 x 5
111 x 5
151 x 11

Monday, October 23, 2017

Monday - Back squat 162, Pullups

Last session of back squat tests, I'm pretty confident that the ~170 kg is my max right now.

Back Squat
warmup - 61,81,102,122,142
151 x 1
162 x 1
142 x 6

Pullups
BW x 15,15,15

Sunday, October 22, 2017

Sunday - Bench, Dips

Bench press
warmup - 20,61
81 x 5
94 x 3
106 x 3

Dips
BW x 15,15,15

Friday, October 20, 2017

Friday - Back Squat 165, 139x10

Back Squat
Ramping 61,81,102,122,142
165 x 1
139 x 10

Pullups
BW x 15,15,15

Weight
185 lbs

Thursday, October 19, 2017

Thursday - Press, Deadlift

Press
40 x 5
47 x 5
54 x 5
61 x 5
Hard

Deadlift
61 x 6
111 x 5
137 x 5
158 x 5
179 x 5 (hard)

Dips
BW x 15,15,15

Sunday, October 15, 2017

Sunday - Back Squat 162, 134x10

Back Squat
ramping 20,65,81,102,122,142
162 x 1
134 x 10

Pullups
BW x 15,15,15,

Ab Wheel
BW x 30
+foam roll

Friday, October 13, 2017

Friday - Bench

Bench
61 x 5
76 x 5
88 x 5
102 x 4 (bad grip), 4
Supposed to be 5, I think it was a fluke. 
Left shoulder feeling weird

BB Row
74 x 8,8,8,8,8

Dips
BW x ,15,15,15

+foam roll

Thursday, October 12, 2017

Thursday - Back Squat 171

Back squat
Ramping
60,81,102,122,144,
156 x 1
171 x 1
142 x 3,3

Lower left back hurts.

Pullups
BW x 15,15,15

Ab Wheel
BW x 15,15

Weight 184 lbs

New Program

Exact details are work in progress, but for now:

ABAD

A:
Back Squat - work up to max single, then drop set (1 or 2 sets, ~10 reps total). Try to hit at least 90% of max
Pullups
Ab Exercise

 B:
Bench Press - 5/3/1
Dips
BB Row

A

D:
Press 5/3/1
Deadlift 5/3/1
Dips

Goals:
Reach a 200kg squat by October 2018 (long term). Maybe I'll get there sooner, but this is the threshold number. Objective is 8 months.
Continual improvements to bench and press
Limited work with deadlift, just maintain and hope it goes up with squat - not a priority

Nominal squat max per month to reach 200 kg by October 2018
(current max 171 as of 10/12)

Oct 171
Nov 173.5
Dec 176
Jan 178.5
Feb 181
Mar 183.5
Apr 186
May 188.5
Jun 191
Jul 193.5
Aug 196
Sep 198.5
Oct 200

Monday, October 9, 2017

Monday - Squat test 167

Back Squat
60 x 3
81 x 3
102 x 3
122 x 3
142 x 2
155 x 1
167 x 1
180 x 0,0
176 x 0

Will test again soon, I know I can beat 167.

Felt heavy taking off rack, mostly in back.

Pullups
BW x 15,15

Thursday, October 5, 2017

Thursday - Smolov Jr Final Day

Back Squat
60 x 5
81 x 4
102 x 3
122 x 3
142 x 10x3

Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Wednesday - Smolov Jr 3.3

Almost done.

Back Squat
60 x 4
80 x 4
102 x 4
134 x 8x4

Monday, October 2, 2017

Monday - Smolov Jr 3.2

Back Squat
52 x 5
81 x 5
106 x 5
125 x 7x5

Sunday, October 1, 2017

Sunday - Smolov Jr 3.1

Back Squat
52 x 5
61 x 5
94 x 5
118 x 6x6

Ring Row
BW x 10,10,10