Saturday, October 6, 2012

Week 1 of 5/3/1

Back to the go-to 5/3/1. I love this program to death: the methodology and logic is simple, no-BS, and it's worked for me for the last 4-5 years I've been lifting. I haven't posted day-by-day, so consider this an umbrella retro-post that summarizes the past week.

Day 1 (Last Sunday)
BP
125 x 5
135 x 5
155 x 5

DB BP
35  x  10
35  x  10
35  x  10
35  x  10
35  x  10

DB Row
35  x  10
35  x  10
35  x  10
35  x  10
35  x  10

Day 2 (Past Wednesday)
DL
135 x 5
155 x 5
175 x 5

Fr Sqt
95  x  10
95  x  10
95  x  10
95  x  10

Day 3 (Past Thursday)
MP
65 x 5
75 x 5
85 x 5

Dip Machine
"6" setting  x  10
"6" setting  x  10
"6" setting  x  10
"6" setting  x  10
"6" setting  x  10

Lat Pulldown
105  x  10
105  x  10
95  x  10
95  x  10
95  x  10

Tri Ext, EZ-bar (cables occupied)
20  x  10
20  x  10
30  x  10
30  x  10 *L. elbow sharp px, some discomfort


TODAY, SOME MOFO-IN SQUATS!!!!
Seriously, I had a great great great time today with squat. I loved todays workout; it was fantastic.

Some notes: Had a serving of Jack3d to try it out. Pretty gnarly. Also had some quick carbs via some ramen. Oops.

SQT

80 x 5
100 x 5
120 x 5
135 x 5
155 x 5
175 x 7

I've included the warm-ups in the above, which is why the sets look twice as long. Rest assured, I've been doing warmups for my previous days, it's just that this time around I was able to keep track of it, thanks to this little tool/site.


RDL

65 x 10
65 x 10
65 x 10
75 x 10
75 x 10

Damn my legs were shaking after this. But, I felt great. Love that feeling; missed that feeling.

Box step-ups

BW x 10
BW x 10
BW x 10
BW x 5, Sandbag x 5
Sandbag x 10

My lower back was really feeling it after the straight-leg deadlifts, so I improvised from the originally-planned front squats and decided on step ups instead. On the 3rd set, I was really getting fired up and although I logically assumed I needed to dig deep soon, my body said "bring it." I was ready to go. So, halfway through the 4th set, I picked up a nearby sandbag and finished off the rest with it on my shoulders.

By the 5th set I was amped. Sandbag and all, I knocked off a solid 10 on each leg before calling it a night as the gym was closing. What if I had the time? I was ready to go for some plank work. A great time training today, and a good close to the first week. BP, round 2 starts tomorrow.



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