Felt pretty good after this workout too. I did this in the AM before work. After work I start my league game. Let's see how high I'll jump. Wish my squat was still at 455 level but... 415 will do for now. I have a feelign weekly basketball may bring it back up quickly. I mean, sprinting and max effort jumps are pretty plyometric. There's no way I lost muscle so fast to drop from 455 to 415. It's gotta be the CNS.
league games + squat fatigue = no more 455 until you get into another squat centric routine.
morning paused full squats 315s-365-405 | no pause 315x5 chins neutral 50lbx10
afternoon paused full squats 315s-365-405 | no pause 345x5 chins neutral 50lbx10 seated hammerstrength shoulder press 45+25lb x10
* change of plan a little. will bulk back up to ~ 188-192lb or whatever weight i can while still holding onto 8%BF. planing a trip to hawaii. cannot look like a twig on this summer vacation. * will gain weight by adding more protein shake, eggs and still go with my staple diet - grilled chicken breast + brown rice + costco kale salad kits.2 * added the x5 backoff sets. these really get me thicker fast. also makes my other little lift more effective.
Mon May 30
morning paused full squats 315s-365-405 | no pause 345x5 chins neutral 50lbx10 bw dips x10,10
* been eating an extra 10 eggs a day + boiled potato + feta cheese combo. goal of 190-192lb lean weight by end of june. i'll probably overshoot by third week and lean down by the 4th.
afternoon paused full squats 315s-365-405 | no pause 365x5 chins neutral 70lb x5,5
* 70lb x5s weighted chins a lot easier on fatigue compared to 50x10s. my weight gaining routine is working. i'm getting so much stronger already. i'm 425 paused strong this morning already. will do 2 sets of 5s with the backoffs soon.
bw 184lb afternoon paused full squats 315s-365-405 | no pause 365x5 chins neutral 70lb x5 bw dips x10
* tired today with the 365x5. good that i will get a long rest before i lift again tmrw night. will continue with caloric surplus.
Thur Jun 2
bw 186lb paused full squats 315s-365-405 | no pause 365x5 chins neutral 70lb x5 bw dips x10
* i'm usually weakest on thursdays because of extended awake time from first day of night shift work but not today. i just ate a lot more and felt thicker this afternoon. still doing the back off 365x5s. when i get to 188-192bw, i'll most likely move up to 385-405x5 and hold it there again until i pile up more BW. (and not a lot of fat)
Fri Jun 3
bw 186lb paused full squats 315s-365-405 | no pause 345x5 bw dips x10,10
* very strong this afternoon. thought about at double set of 5s on 365 but will get more sleep and another caloric excess day. i'm still adjusting from the end of work night.
bump for some seated calf work. feels like full ROM when i'm doing them but ROM looks weak on vid. could be that the foot rests are angled. i'm not pushing straight up. its slanted a bit.. i also noticed the jerking motion towards the top ROM. thats when i'm really trying to squeeze the calves and really get max plantar flexion.
* traps are 100% for the last few days now. i'm skipping 405 on some days because i will put too much effort to pause rep it at that time due to a combination of lack of very good sleep (i still get 6-7+hrs), schedule shift change and my lower bodyweight+IF diet. i cheat somedays when i feel that i'l be weaker by eating before a workout. * i ate before workout this morning and feel noticeably stronger. consistent on my 50lbx10 chins and will use this until it feels very light.
* bw still in the lean 180-182lb. getting consistent in eating a half boiled potato with feta cheese pre workout. helps a ton. i could have 425 this morning already. i'm consistent again. will stop doing other things that break me until i get good momentum going again.
afternoon paused full squats 315s-365-405 calf raises seated 7x45lb x5,5 | 6x45lb x10 chins neutral 50lbx10 push up x10,10
* 6x45lb plates on the seated calf machine got a lot easier to rep to 10 by doing them today as backoff sets after the 7plates x5s. will continue with this loading. the calf machine can take 1 more 45lb plate up to 8 total. i got room to grow. * a few more days of pain free workouts and i'l add the jump squats again.
* getting stronger in the 50lb weighted chins even when doing 10s daily. when i feel ready, i'll add another 10 for double sets of 10s per workout. * bw 180lb but a lot stronger lately from eating a boiled potato+feta cheese pre workout.
* this newish standing calf machine at work has massive shoulder pads and feel very comfortable to use. max stack at 400lb so i'll probably do them high volumes.
Thur May 26
paused full squats 315s-365-405 standing calf raises hammer strength machine 300lbx10 standing overhead trap bar press 105lbx10
* getting consistent again with 405s even at BW180lb. still some soreness in my traps. last time I did the weighted situps was Wednesday. will see if the pain really disappears and I will for sure know that i'm getting sore traps by hyperextending them with the weighted situps.
Mon May 16
morning paused full squats 315s-365-405 paused full jump squats 95lb x10 calf raises seated soleus 6x45lb x10,10 one arm cable rows 75lb x10
* still some soreness in the traps area when I did the cable rows but not painful enough to stop me from doing them. that's good progress. when the soreness was so bad, I cannot even one arm row pass midway up due to the pain.
* replaced the dumbbell behind the head situps with barbell decline bench situps. arms fully extended like an overhead squat. no more neck strain with these. also stopped with any upperbody pushing against a bench/back support. I noticed yesterday after the single arm rows that there is a localized pain in the area near the right scapula. this was weeks back when I did heavy benching and my back just was not used to being squashed against the bench. will wait until all pain is gone until I add upperbody push again. maybe push ups for a while.
afternoon paused full squats 315s-365-405 calf raises seated soleus 6x45lb x10,10 decline bench barbell situps 95lbx10 | 115lbx5(3-2) chins 90lbx4 push up feet elevated, extended ROM using dumbells bwx10
* will stay at 95lb for the decline push situps. 115lb too heavy for my elbows. * can pause squat 425 today. sore traps not an issue on the squats anymore. i cheat a little when i'm this lean on my intermitent fasting diet by eating some potatoes pre-workout so i'm not complete fasted.
* upperback now feeling better. skipping the chins helped too. I was doing 80s a day for consecutive days not too long ago. that must have broken/tenderized something there too.
* upperback still not pain free but good enough to handle 405s even in my morning workouts. i'l be stronger later with a heavy breakfast and lesser fasted time. might start the chins later if I feel my back is ready.
afternoon full squats 315s-365 bw chins x20,20
* now i'm 100% sure i know whats wrecking my traps. my legs were strong but i just cant support the 405 because of the tenderness.. its the weighted situps with the dumbell behind the head. the more i'm tiring doing them, the more i hyperextendend my neck to move the dumbell forward. will skip those until my traps are pain free.
warriors fan here cheering for a game 7 of this series... this is what ginobili gets from flopping all the time. he also flopped here to sell the call. lol
* upperback broken. I could be wrong of blaming it to the jump squats. I did jump squats before and those never got me sore like this. most likely its the upperbody pressing against a bench or support. i'm progressing fast on the weights because I can, but the growing pains of the movement is happening too fast. i'm also doing them daily only after weeks of starting. I realized that it took me years to get used to daily squats, dips and chins. I need more time with the upperbody push. * did standing press this morning instead. I feel like going 4 plates later if my back soreness improves.
* did pushups holding onto 30lb hex dumbbells for full ROM. doing volumes of these for recovery of my upperback and some upperbody push also. * will do speed-strength single-leg leg press on Kaiser machine for the next couple of days until my upperback is painfree.
* upperback now more than halfway recovered from the tenderness. stopped at 365 because i'm weak this morning from the lower caloric intakes for the last couple of days. I could 405 but that would be too much fight at this time. bw steady at 180-182lbs. veins in the lowerabs lean. ~8%BF by caliper.
afternoon paused full squats skip bw chins x20 pushups bw x20 single-leg leg press on kaiser 315-365-405-440-475x4 | 495 x4,4 | SVJ x6 *on launch pad