Aug 9-15, 2015Full Squats - Paused - Maintenance455 #186 | 465 #4 | 470 #1| 475 #7 BW 190-194lb.
Sun Aug 9 Morning
315-365-405
bw chins x20
seated lat pulldown rows - 150lbx10
Afternoon
315-365-405
bw chins x20
seated lat pulldown rows - 150lbx10
seated calf raises 225lbx12, 180lbx24
* got good sleep. feeling the slight lack of energy due to carb cutbacks. wet BW 190-192lb. strong on the calf raises and the seated lat pulldown rows. i use the wide neutral grip attachment for the rows. i can really feel the squeezing of the midback at the full ROM. doms was spot on.
Mon Aug 10 Morning
315-365-405
bw chins x20
seated lat pulldown rows - 135lbx10, 150lbx10
* BW188lb this morning. will increase carb intake now. i dont feel weak. surprised the 405 this morning felt a little lighter. the chins were also almost effortless. could get to 24 with this pace.
Afternoon
315-365-405
315x16 no pause. 4-4-4-3-1
bw chins x20
seated calf raises 225lbx14, 180lbx20
* improved my breathing on the 315 volumes. could have gotten 16 with 4 clusters of 4 but rep 15 felt too challenging. could have forced another rep but dont want to tire too much. thing i changed with my breathing - 315 is light enough. i dont need to hold my breath on the decent. worked better this time. i was doing full on high intensity cardio at reps 12+. i want to get consistent 16s with clusters of 4 before i plan going for 20.
Tue Aug 11 Morning
315-365-405
bw chins wide neutral x10 x10
Afternoon
315-365-405
315x8 no-pause
bw chins x20
bw chins wide neutral x10 x10
seated calf raises 225lbx12, 180lbx20
* wide neutral grip chins are hitting the mid back nicely. lots of doms in there.
Wed Aug 12 315-365-405
bw chins x20
bw chins wide neutral x10
Thur Aug 13 Morning
315-365-405
bw chins x19+1
cable row machine 100lbx10, 150lbx10
* got little tired yesterday because of messed up sleep cycle. had to stay awake in the afternoon (10-3pm is nap time) for a company event.
* did horizontal pulling today using a cable machine. if my lowerback does not tire from this, might do more of this while resting my vertical pulling. my abs take a beating when i do high volumes. my lowerbody weight feels "out of place" when my abs are toast.
my horizontal pulling (rows) in this
Afternoon
315-365-405
315x4
cable row machine 150lbx10 x10 x10
Fri Aug 14 315-365-405
bw chins x14+4+2
Sat Aug 15 315-365-405
bw chins x20
bw chins wide x10
* 440 strong today. will lift heavier tmrw if i feel the same way.