Leanstrong's Training Log

[Leanstrong]

4.5 miles outside
-Weighing in tomorrow

[Leanstrong]

Box Squat 215 lbs 5/5/5 (NEW PR!!!!)
Bench 210 lbs 5/5/5 (NEW PR!!!!!!!!!!! finally)
Clean 190 lbs 3/3/3/3/3 (NEW PR!!!!! gett'r done)
Dips 65 lbs 5/5/3 (almost....)

Morning Weigh-In
175 lbs
-waistline still around 30.5"
-I would swear that my bench is actually getting better because my squat is getting stronger. I can really drive my feet into the ground more, and the squats seem to be making my whole body grow

[markg]

Great work mate!
I'll have to translate those into kg's sometime so I understand your levels of super-strength a bit more.

Seems like you are benching over 90kgs though, which is awesome for a start

[Leanstrong]

Great work mate!
I'll have to translate those into kg's sometime so I understand your levels of super-strength a bit more.

Seems like you are benching over 90kgs though, which is awesome for a start

Thanks man! My bench has been stuck for it seems like forever, glad to finally break through the plateau
As for the weight, I don't like multiplying by 2.2 as much as you dislike dividing by it (even though I am an accounting major haha). I usually go by number of 20kg/45lb plates as a strength benchmark when comparing, makes life easier.

~3.5 miles outside (walking + running together)

[Leanstrong]

Squat 220 lbs 5/5/5 (NEW PR, plates on monday baby!!!)
Press 130 lbs 5/4/3 (jesus christ, this will never go up)
Deadlift 300 lbs 1x3 (more than last time, all that I can ask for I guess
Pull-Ups 20 lbs 5/5/5 (NEW PR!!!!! This one took a while)

[Leanstrong]

2 miles outside + some walking

[mpetry]

nice job on the cleans! it doesn't look like you've been doing them for long and you're already closing in on 200!

[Wooderson]

Press 130 lbs 5/4/3 (jesus christ, this will never go up)

PUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUSH!

Congrats on hitting new highs. You are rocking it.

[Leanstrong]

Box Squat 225 lbs 5/5/5 (PLATES BABY, only thing I hit a PR on this time but still awesome!!!)
Bench 215 lbs 4/3/2 (first stall at this weight)
Clean 195 lbs 3/2/3/1/1
Dips 65 lbs 5/4/4 (think I have a problem with going far too low and getting stuck in the hole. Or maybe I am just not strong enough and making excuses =)

@Wooderson
Thanks man! Can't wait for the big plates on the press, been working towards them for what seems like forever

@mpetry
Thanks man, I've seen some great progress on cleans recently. 135 lbs felt like a joke when I first tried it, but the weight now is getting really heavy and my less than perfect form needs a little work. If I keep stalling and don't get 200 I am going to be mad at you for jinxing me =)

[Leanstrong]

jog 3.25 miles outside + ~2 miles walking

[Leanstrong]

Box Squat 230 lbs 5/5/5 (NEW PR, better check my form though)
Press 130 lbs 5/5/5 (broke this before, 135 is going to be the big barrier)
Deadlift 300 lbs 1x5 (NEW PR, GET SOME)
Pull-Ups 22.5 lbs 5/4/3

-Set the bar in the power rack as high as it would go for pull-ups. Seemed to work okay, the bar did rotate a little bit.

[Leanstrong]

2.0 miles outside + walking

[Leanstrong]

Box Squat 235 lbs 4/4/0
Bench 215 lbs 5/4/3
Hang Clean 195 lbs 3/2/3/0/0
- horrible workout, felt terrible for some reason Hopefully the weekend off will do my body some good. Come Monday, I plan on getting all of those squat reps.

[Leanstrong]

Box squat 225 lbs 5/5/5
- Kept the weight to check my form, as my lower back has been hurting lately. I figured out that I wasn't arching my back properly and I was flaring my elbows back behind me, which was causing me to cave over. At least it isn't a flexibility problem, I just checked this morning and I could do full squats with my toes touching a wall, which I could never do before

Press 130 lbs 5/5/5
- Couldn't move 135 at all, but I got 130 lbs with ease. I can see why people microload the OHP. I don't yet have the balls to come to the gym with 1.25 lbs plates though. Maybe someday I will be that hardcore

Deadlift 305 lbs 1x3
- I'm starting to wonder if I should continue to do sets of 5 for all my warm up sets, or drop the reps down to save more energy for the last set.

Pull-Ups 22.5 lbs 5/3/2
- Damn, less than last time. I have a sticking point when the bar reaches the top of my head, and it is so annoying

Morning Weight:
176 lbs
30.5" waist
- Gaining weight is hard these days, I didn't do my usual cardio this weekend. On top of that, I ate 3000+ kcals every day, and drank a fair amount of beer on top of that. O well, no excuses, I can always eat more

[markg]

If it helps, I only do 3 reps on my last DL warmup set (and I is expert )

I'm sure it would help, like you suggest.