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13MARCH2015

 

Squat

4x22.8kg

4x32.8kg

4x44.8kg

4x56kg

3x6x68.8kg

 

Bench Press

4x16kg

4x26.8kg

3x6x34.8kg

 

Deadlift

4x56kg

4x68kg

3x6x76.8kg

 

Deadlift off plates (~1.5" deficit)

4x5x68.8kg

Cluster of 4 "singles" x 74.8kg

 

RDL

3x7x66.8kg

 

Hang Clean High Pull

7x22.8kg

3x7x30.8kg

 

Strict Barbell Shrug (3 sec hold at peak)

3x7x62.8kg

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16MARCH2015

 

Squat

4x24.8kg

4x34.8kg

4x46kg

4x58kg

4x5x72.8kg

 

Bench Press

4x22.8kg

4x30.8kg

4x5x38.8kg

 

Deadlift

4x58kg

4x68.8kg

4x5x80.8kg

 

Floor Close Grip Bench Press

4x5x24.8kg

2 x Cluster of 5 "singles" x 28.8kg

 

Incline DB Press

4x6x34.8lb

 

Floor Nosebreakers

4x6x18kg

 

DB Power Flies

4x6x30.4lbs

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Here's the first set of my deadlifts from yesterday (16March2015). I hit all four sets at 5x196lbs easily. Weights felt like they were just flyin up after taking the weekend off. Form is feeling really good in general. Strange to think that a couple years ago I thought I basically had form down, and I'm still tweaking it hard two years later. Powerlifting is a strange and wonderful sport - I always feel like there's room for so much growth while still feeling like I'm kicking ass.

 

 

Also, here are my squat warm ups from yesterday (4x5x176lbs). Everything feels like it's coming together. I never thought my squat would be on track to catch up to my deadlift. Clearly the extra work I've been putting into squats has been paying off, but I'm hoping that putting in similar effort to the deadlift will help keep my deadlift strong and get stronger as well.

 

 

 

Also this is what I look like these days when I like to pretend for a few minutes that I'm aesthetic lol lol lol

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~12March2015, I think about 145lbs BW

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I must have been tired/hangry when I read that article, because I took another look and it's pretty simple. I think the website could use some work though, spatially speaking. Anyhow, glad you are enjoying the training. I have been working under German Body Composition training lately, which seems to be producing good results. Haven't really been tracking my lifts all that closely though. I really should work on that. What I have noticed is that things that were once difficult, I am able to get through with ease. So that tells me there's been progress, and maybe that's good enough for me at the end of the day.

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I must have been tired/hangry when I read that article, because I took another look and it's pretty simple. I think the website could use some work though, spatially speaking. Anyhow, glad you are enjoying the training. I have been working under German Body Composition training lately, which seems to be producing good results. Haven't really been tracking my lifts all that closely though. I really should work on that. What I have noticed is that things that were once difficult, I am able to get through with ease. So that tells me there's been progress, and maybe that's good enough for me at the end of the day.

 

Tracking lifts is one of the things that keeps me going most. I'm definitely able to convince myself that I've made no progress if I've got no paper trail and no videos to reflect on, so being able to look back and see that, for instance, 5x85lbs was tough for me on bench not all that long ago, keeps me pushin. This week is the long heavy week for phase 1 of Indigo, so I'm going to be dragging myself from the gym to the couch most nights this week. Oh well, I'm going to let myself eat all of the things to make up for it

 

23MARCH2015

 

Squat

3x30.8kg

3x40kg

3x56kg

3x66.8kg

5x4x76.8kg

 

Bench Press

3x22.8kg

3x32.8kg

4x4x42kg

7x42kg

 

Deadlift

3x62.8kg

3x72.8.8kg

5x4x84.8kg

 

Floor Close Grip Bench Press

3x5x26.8kg

3 x Cluster of 5 "singles" x 30.8kg

 

Incline DB Press

5x5x34.8lbs

 

Floor Nosebreakers (w/EZ curl bar)

5x5x22.8kg

 

DB Power Flies

5x5x34.8lbs

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I've been on this program for three whole weeks now and I only just got through the squat session all the way through for the first time this week. Tuesdays are really tough for me, scheduling-wise, and I usually end up home ~2hrs later than other days. I got through the first half, had to take a quick break to go pick my partner up from work, then got through the second half as best as I could after I had already cooled down and started to get a little sore. It wasn't the prettiest, but I got it done. Whew.

 

 

24MARCH2015

 

Squat

3x30.8kg

3x40kg

3x56kg

3x66.8kg

5x4x76.8kg

 

Bench Press

3x22.8kg

3x32.8kg

5x4x42kg

 

Deadlift

3x62.8kg

3x72.8.8kg

5x4x84.8kg

 

Box Squat

3x5x70.8kg

3 x Cluster of 5 "singles" x 76.8kg

 

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Front Squat

5x5x48kg

 

Bulgarian SS

5x5x42kg

 

Leg Extension (w/2 sec hold at peak, toes pointed)

5x5x38.8kg

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