Eivind's Training Log

[Eivind]

Been around for a little while, so figured it's about time to put this up!

Gender: Male
Age: 18
Height: ~180cm
Weight: ~80kg
Bodyfat: ~15%


1RM lifts:
Front squat: 97.5kg
Bench press: 80kg
Clean: 75kg
Press: 50kg
Deadlift: 147.5kg

My only goal at the moment is to increase my strength.

I started working out due to being weak and chubby. I felt like I'd be able to enjoy life more if I started working out. I'd feel better about myself while looking better too. I found out about Stronglifts after searching around on the internet for a strength training program. I liked the website very much! Good information on how to perform the lifts and other health related topics. The rest is history.

I've now worked out for about 9 months, minus injury time adding up to almost two months. My shoulder has finally healed up after 6 months of rehab, and my forearms have healed from a pretty serious tendonitis in both my forearms which pretty much screwed my grip strength over badly. To back this up, my working sets on deadlifts have gone from 110kg->135kg in a month. My other lifts are also starting to catch up, so I'll probably switch to Texas method before 2010.

Monday 2/11:
Front squat 80kg 3x5
Press 40kg 3x5
Deadlift 135kg 4reps(F)
Worked out at school with some classmates. Had to show them how to do the lifts for their programs(chest, bicep & abs sadly). No time for assistance.

Wed 4/11:
Fron squat 82.5kg 3x5
Push-ups 3x15
Hang clean 65kg 3,1,2,3reps
FB r. curls 20kg 2x10
Last time I benched, my right shoulder kept losing tension. Did push-ups with feet elevated this time to see if it fixes the problem.

Friday 6/11:
Front squat 85kg 3x5
Press 42.5kg 4,3,4(F)
Deadlift 135kg 3reps(F)
Neutral pull-ups 10x2
Grip work 35kgx2xF
Two failures in a day sucks. Deadlift actually went down, which was really disappointing. Nice streak on the lift though, but 3rd fail = deload. I did farmer walks as grip work.

[Eivind]

Monday 9/11:
Front squat 87.5kg 3x5
Elevated push-ups 3x10
(Hang) cleans 65kg 3x3
Tabata front squats.

Front squats were tough, and form was pretty bad on the last rep. I'll go for 90kg next time, but if my form is still shit, I'll stick on that weight.
Push-ups were ok, no huge problems on those.
Did power cleans the first set, and hang cleans on the last two. Strangely enough, the power cleans didn't feel that much different.
Tabata front squats were rather easy to be tabata, but since it was my first time doing this, I did them with just the bar. Will start doing this 3x a week, but with 25~35kg.

[Munnings]

hey man great to see another 18yr old on this site with a log
keep it up man! your progress is going well

[Eivind]

Back from having the flu. Still felt like I'm a little sick, but hit the gym anyway.
Monday 16/11:
Front squat 90kg 3reps, 2reps, 5reps with 70kg.
Press 40kg 5,4,4
Deadlift 120kg 1x5

Front squats killed me. I really noticed how the sickness effected me on this one. Couldn't fire up my abs, and my legs could barely push through. 70kg felt heavy as hell, and I don't think I could've even done 6 reps with that weight. The press was heavy, but my shoulder actually jammed on the last rep on the last two sets. First time that has happened, but I'm hoping it's just a technique related issue(most likely, I have horrible technique on this one). Deadlift was ok, since I deloaded 15kg after failing to get 5 reps using 135kg for the 3rd time. Ditched the pull-ups and the tabata front squats due to extreme fatigue. Still, it was great to be back.

[Eivind]

Wed 18/11:
Back squats 90kg 2x5, 80kg 1x10
Bench press 60kg 3x5
Dumbbell snatch 27.5kg 3x3 on each arm.

Tried going back to regular squats. I've finally learned how to use my hamstrings(felt more hamstring tension when I first did front squats than I ever felt from back squatting). Bad part is that my upper body just collapse when I do back squats. I tweaked my back a little doing this today, but when I did 80kg I decided to wear a belt, and I was extremely suprised by the stability my upper body recived from it! I was only planning on doing 5 reps, but it felt so easy that I did 10, and if I went all out, I'm pretty sure I could've done 15 reps(maybe even 20 if I did breather squats).
Bench press felt good again, for the first time in over two months. Seems like my shoulder has finally healed up, so I'm extremely excited to see how far it'll take me this time. The sets today felt very light, and I don't think I've ever lifted at such a fast pace when doing bench press ever!
Did dumbbell snatches instead of hang cleans due to tweaked back(less weight). Felt pretty good, apart from the fact that I never managed to lock my elbows out. Still held the weight overhead for about 4 secs after each rep, so you should be able to call it "locking out".

Back feels better at the moment, so I guess it's no biggie. Hoping it'll heal up before I go deadlifting on friday!

[Eivind]

Friday 20/11

Squat: 92.5kg 3x5
Press: 40kg 3x5
Deadlift: 125kg 1x1
Weighted hyperextentions: 14kg 2x12, 20kgx10

Squats were pretty bad. Seems like I have a pretty serious upper body stability problem, as I kept doing good-mornings on the last rep of my sets. My legs were barely tired after the sets, which is making me question my technique once again.
Press felt good, but the lockout of the last rep on my last set looked horrible.
Deadlifts were horrible. Had to go to a different gym due to my regular one being flooded. The plates were incredibly small, and the PT who was there didn't let me stack plates up on the floor so I could get the correct height. So I was pulling from an ankle height(no bullshit, the plates were that small). This caused my lower back to round, so I did only one repetition in fear of injuring myself. Did weighted hyperextentions to finish things up.