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So I have an idea of maybe why I hit a wall and dropped to 375x3 after 395x3... I planned to do that anyway, but I had assumed I would still be capable of 395x3. I'll test out the theory over the course of 6 weeks or so.

One theory is Vitamin D. I had forgotten to take it on the days leading up to my workout where I dropped to 375x3 and just felt like crap. It's winter and I'm probably not getting enough. Other than that there's only one other factor that has changed.

^ Thanks! I wish the kid who recorded backed away more so we could see my feet. Oh well.

I don't think I specified, but that dunk is from last January.

WOW time flew. But yeah since then I have been stalling and getting sick and fasting for ramadan and hit a bunch of other road blocks. I'm finally stronger than I was back then.

Week 95

Monday - 01/18/16
195.8lbs

-= Workout Log =-

SVJs
3 x 1

ATG Squat
135 x 8                                >> 2min rests.
185 x 5                                >> 375x3 was tough as shit man. No emotional arousal though.
225 x 3                                >> Could not have done even 380x3 today. Wow. Wtf happened? Even warm ups felt heavy.
295 x 1                                >> Did not expect 315x10. Was going to cut it at 6 but kept pushing.
345 x 1                                >> Moving up to 325lb back up sets next workout.
375 x 3
315 x 10 PR
315 x 4 PR
315 x 3 PR

Bench Press
45 x 15                               >> 2min rests.
95 x 8                                 >> The weight felt extra heavy here. Unracked 185lbs and failed immediately onto the rack!
135 x 5                               >> Not sure how I managed 245x3 but I did it heh.
195 x 2                               >> Fuck it, moving up to 205lbs on backup sets. Screw 185lbs.
245 x 3 PR
235 x 2
205 x 7
205 x 6
205 x 4

Romanian Deadlift
225 x 3                               >> 2min rests.
275 x 1
315 x 1
375 x 6 PR
375 x 4 PR
375 x 3 PR

Incline DB Bench Press
75's x 12 PR                               >> 60sec rest.
75's x 6

Standing Calf Raise Machine
330 x 5                           >> 45sec rests.
390 x 15
390 x 15 PR
390 x 12 PR

What a terrible workout. I felt great at work today and couldn't wait to lift. But once I got to the gym, I felt like crap. And man, it felt like I was stalling. The weight felt heavy on my back and in my hands. And I had that all-too-familiar feeling of what my body feels like when my lifts stall. This weird achiness. I don't know what it is.

I have no idea how I squatted 395x3. Or how I jumped from 365x3 to 375x3 to 385x3 to 395x3 out of nowhere. It's not like I just had a crazy workout... But I was hitting those numbers consistently. I hit them all twice in the same week (except for 395x3).

If I wasn't originally planning to scale back to 375x3 like in my earlier posts, I would be extremely pissed off right now. I would have been talking about how I burned out again. Regardless, I expected 375x3 to be much easier today. Hmm... maybe it's because I'm not fully recovered from the light lunges I did on Thursday? My glutes are still a little sore from those!


In the end I hit a lot of PR's somehow... so looking back it wasn't such a bad workout. Also it's good to know that even on my shittiest days, I can hit 375x3 and I did it without grunting. It did take max effort though. But I hope this stalling feeling goes away... I had my eyes on 405x3 in the near future (2 months).

I'm due for a de-load tomorrow. I hope that'll fix some things.

I know I ask this every now and then, but I keep forgetting:

What's your current plan? Are you trying to maintain a 475lb squat while cutting weight? Are you going to work up to a 5 plate squat while gaining minimal weight? Do you plan to incorporate plyos soon?

Pretty cool.... People like to measure their 40' and 100's. But i wonder what it would be like if we all knew our top speeds, and how that correlated with things like SVJ, DLRVJ, SLRVJ, squat:bw ratio, etc.

Week 94

Thursday - 01/14/16

-= Workout Log =-

SVJs
2 x 1

ATG Squat
135 x 8                                      >> The weight just felt so light. Went for 405 and wasn't even a big struggle really.
185 x 5                                      >> Had two reps in me. Three if adrenalized.
225 x 3                                      >> Max is probably 435lbs without adrenaline!
275 x 1
315 x 1
365 x 1
405 x 1
315 x 6

Bench Press
135 x 5                              >> Loaded up 255 thinking it was 245 because I was feeling good.
135 x 5                              >> Nearly hit 3 reps! 3rd rep had some help from him. Woulda failed otherwise (barely).
185 x 3                              >> The 245x3 I can definitely hit without a spotter next workout probably.
225 x 1                              >> Then I did some drop sets. 205x10 though? Wow I haven't been there in a while.
255 x 2.5
245 x 2.5
205 x 10
 185 x 5
  135 x 6
205 x 8
 135 x 5

Cable Work For Chest
Random standing chest flyes and shit.
I hate this crap.
I feel dumb doing it.

RDLs (deadlift to RDL)
225 x 5                     >> This reminded me of how I actually hate regular deadlifts.
275 x 3                     >> Pulling from the floor makes me feel it more in my quads and it's just annoying to set up.
315 x 1                     >> I may just stick with RDL's indefinitely. I think they're more specific anyway.
375 x 4          >> RDLs feel like I'm doing a broad jump and it's all hip action. I love them.

Walking Lunges
135 x 8/leg              >> Wow I haven't done lunges in ages. Man they made my glutes fire like nothing else.
                                           >> I should probably add lunges into my routine at some point...
Calf Work
Drop set on the hack squat machine.
Then seated calf raises.
Another drop set on the hack squat machine.

Worked out at a friends gym with him. I forgot that I promised him I would today... randomly calls me at work and says "be ready" and I'm like crap I can't say no. So naturally it screws up my rest times and he makes me do some other shit with him. On the plus side I liked the bench workout a lot. This was a semi-deload for my legs by the way. 405 is like 93% of my max. Usually I like to work up to 90% of my max as a top warm up set but I reached for 405 because I felt good and just felt like doing it.

I haven't squatted 405 since last january: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afFmSGMGCEM
You can't see it in the vid, but I was completely adrenalized there (remember my post about how I was standing under the bar for 10sec and physically felt the weight get lighter on my back?). It went up just as easy looking today without adrenaline.