Tuesday:
Squat: up to 485x1, 405x3 paused
Bench Press: 245 x 10 singles
Friday:
Deadlift: 550 x 3 singles
RDLs: 375x5, 265x10
Bent Row: 155x8x4
Abs
This was another good week of training. The 485 squat felt smooth with fairly good
speed. I really like the three week
cycles I’ve been doing with my squat where week one is a 1RM, week two is rep
work, and week three is five singles with week one’s weight. But I think the biggest reason my squat is
feeling good is that I’ve been staying somewhat conservative with it and not
forcing the weight. I just let it come
and if it feels good I’ll do some more.
Hopefully I get back into the 500 range.
My goal once I’m there is to never get so weak that I can’t squat
500. Long term goal is 600 raw, but I
like where I’m at.
Deadlifting felt awesome.
I didn’t do a ton of warm-up reps, just one or two per warm-up set. The first two 550 singles were great with no
hitch or slow down. The third one I got
loose with my air before I pulled and ended up having to strain a little to get
the rep. No biggie, just need to focus
better.
Bench press is still usual bench press. I’m trying some different things as far as
getting my right shoulder to not feel like a pile of goo and so far it’s been
feeling on the better side of ok. Not
out of the woods yet but definitely better than where it was.
My diet recently has been pretty solid during the week and
haphazard at best on weekends. My only
goal right now with that is to get stronger, maybe a little bigger, but stay in
the 200 range. By the end of the week I’m
usually around 197 or so and then the weekend will push it back up to the 202
range. Once my strength gains start to
slow down I’ll readjust what I’m doing, but until then I’ll be staying the
course.
I went up to Wisconsin Dells this past weekend for my good
friend Lance’s bachelor party and it was a blast to say the least. Between Friday and Saturday night there were
about 14 guys that made the trip. Friday
we went to the local casino. I didn’t
play, I’m not much for gambling, but had a blast drinking beers and watching
the other guys play. One thing I don’t
like about casinos is the level of sadness in there. If you could harness that sadness into energy
you’d be a billionaire. Lots of
miserable looking people in that place.
Saturday afternoon we all went paintballing. I’m not going to lie; I’m the shit when it
comes to paintball. We got challenged by
another bachelor party in an elimination game.
At one point there were three of their guys against me at about 15 yards
apart behind wooden walls. Long story
short I got all three of them out. Don’t
really know how but I did it. I’m like
the John Rambo of paintball. At least
that game I was.
This weekend I’m making the final move to Chicago. I’m definitely excited for this next chapter
in my life. I’m going to be with the
woman I love and have great opportunities career-wise. It should be an exciting ride.
Other than that nothing is new on my end. I hope everyone had a great weekend and has a take no prisoners-style week.
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