Doo's Intermediate Log III

[Doo]

Age: 46
Weight: 195 lbs (88.6 kg)
Height: 5'8" (1.72m)

This is my fourth log. I quit logging here as I was already entering info on Gyminee. I am going to try to restart a log here and see how it goes.

[Mouse]

Good to have you back logging Doo.
Looking forward already to tales of 'backyard strongman' , 'grip strength' and 'rope climbing'

[Doo]

• Squat (Deep) - 5x5x268lb
• Bench Press - 5x215lb/5x220lb/5x220lb/4x220lb/4x220lb
• Row - 5x5x160lb
• Dip - 8/8/5 X BW

[Doo]

• Front Squat - 2/1/2 x 175lb
• Deadlift - 4x320lb
• Seated Press - 3x117lb (stopped due to shoulder pain)
• Chin-Ups - 3x4xBW

[Doo]

Skipped

[Doo]

Split this over two days (4/26 and 4/27)and threw in Deadlifts. Forget why now but it seemed a good idea at the time. Maybe it was because I missed Day 3 of Week 1. I do recall not feeling right so the lifts were not at all impressive.

4/26/09

• Bench Press - 5/5/4/4/3 x 215lb
• Chin-Ups - 7/7/6 X BW

4/27/09

• Squat (Deep) - 5/4/2/4 x 270.5lb
• Deadlift - 3x275lb

[Doo]

• Front Squat - 3x175lb/3x175lb/3x181lb
• Deadlift - 1x345lb
• Seated Press - 4/3/4 x 125lb
• Chin-Ups 5xBW

Front Squat seemed light so I increased weight on 3rd set. Still don't like doing these.

[Doo]

Damn! Missed Da3 workout again. I still tend to do something active when this happens.

[Doo]

• Squat (Deep) - 5x5x275lb PR
• Bench Press - 5/4/3/3/2 x 218lb
• Row - skipped
• Chin-Ups - 3 X BW

Still have some tendonitis in left forearm. It's been a while but it is getting better but it is affecting Chin-ups.

[Doo]

• Squat (Deep) - 2x5x267lb
• Deadlift - 4x335lb
• Seated Press - 3x3x127lb
• Chin-Ups - 9xBW
• Tricep Pushdowns - 3x8x70lb (no dips as left shoulder seemed problematic)

Gave up on Front Squats and went to Back Squats 2x5 at lower weight as suggested in Rippetoe's Practical Programming.

[Doo]

• Squat (Deep) - 5x297lb
• Bench Press - 3x238lb
• Row - 5x185lb
• Pull-ups - 2x3xBW

[Doo]

• Squat (Deep) - 5/5/5/5/4 x 279lb
• Bench Press - 3/3/4/3/4/3/2/1 x 222lb
• Row - 3x175lb
• Chin-ups - 8XBW

After missing 5 reps on all 5 sets of bench press, I decided to finish up with 3 more sets aiming for 8x3. I am going to need to drop my bench weight because I just haven't been hitting it lately.

[Doo]

• Squat (Deep) - 2x5x270lb
• Deadlift - 5x326lb
• Row - skipped
• Dip - 10xBW/5x(BW+25lb)

[Doo]

• Speed Squat - 10x2x275lb
• Speed Bench Press - 8x3x205lb
• Speed Row - 8x3x175lb
• Chin-Ups - 3x4xBW

Incorporate speed sets with bands. For squats, I need to work on getting out of the hole with heavy weights because the bands weren't that bad at nearly the same as previous 5x5 weight.

[Doo]

• Squat (Deep) - 5x5x280lb PR
• Bench Press - 2x222lb/5x205lb/5x205lb/5x205lb
• Row - 5x5x177lb

OK. I think my problem with the Bench Press is that I am in a Gyminee challenge to do 5000 push-ups.
I'm dropping back on the bench to 205 and work it back up while I am finishing the challenge. I bet I come out of this stronger than ever in the bench. If not, I had fun doing that many push-ups. I am doing the push-ups 6 days per week.