Leanstrong's Training Log

[Leanstrong]

Bench 185 lbs 5/5/5/5/5
Going to see a doctor about the back problem, because it won't seem to go away.

[Leanstrong]

Squat 115 lbs 5/5/5/5/5
Press 105 lbs 5/5/5/5/5
Deadlift 135 lbs 5/5/5
Pull-Ups 7.5 lbs 5/5/5
Cardio: 2.5 miles on treadmill

-Doing hip mobility drills and squat stretches daily
-Adding 50 bodyweight pull-ups throughout the day to keep strength gains coming

[Leanstrong]

Cardio: 2.5 miles on treadmill
Hip mobility drills starting to feel easier

[Leanstrong]

Squat 135 lbs 5/5/5/5/5
Bench 190 lbs 5/5/3/2/2
Barbell Row 135 lbs 5/5/5/5/5
Dips 45 lbs 5/5/5
Cardio: 2.5 miles on treadmill

Gym was packed today. Still doing the hip mobility drills every day, but my back is still rounding on squats/rows.
Had to wait for the squat rack, some guy was repping 315 for reps with decent form, it was very impressive

[Leanstrong]

Squat 135 lbs 5/5/5/5/5
Press 110 lbs 5/4/4/3/3
Deadlift 135 lbs 5/5/5
Pull-Ups 10 lbs 5/4/3

Missed cardio today, going to make up for it later.
Thinking of joining an olympic weightlifting club on campus

[Leanstrong]

Squat 135 lbs 5/5/5/5/5
Bench 185 lbs 5/5/5/5/4
Barbell Row 115 lbs 5/5/5/5/5

Joined the olympic weightlifting club at school, so I may be mixing up my routine

[Leanstrong]

Cardio 20 mins

After getting situated with the Olympic weightlifting club, other members have told me to go ahead and stick with stronglifts 5x5. Some changes:
- High bar squats instead of low bar
- 5x5 snatch and 5x5 clean and jerk with light weight at the beginning of every lift sesh to practice form
- Replaced Barbell Rows with 5x5 Power Cleans, which obviously will help me more as an Olympic lifter
- Dropped cardio down to 20 mins, three days a week. If I start getting fat, I will up it to 40 minutes, or will try the bear complexes that Mehdi recommends
- To my goals, I will probably add a clean+jerk, snatch, and power clean goal weight. As of right now, I have no idea what my max lifts are in those categories

[Leanstrong]

Squat 135 lbs 5/5/5/5/5
Bench 185 lbs 5/5/5/5/5
Power Clean 95 lbs 5/5/5/5/5
Dips 45 lbs 5/5/5

-Back rounds on the high bar squats still=(

[Leanstrong]

Squat 135 lbs 5/5/5/5/5
Bench 190 lbs 5/5/4/4/2
Power Clean 95 lbs 5/5/5/5/5 (done from a hang)
Dips 47.5 lbs 5/5/5

-Stretching my hamstrings like it is going out of style.
-First time I did power cleans, trying hard to not pull with the arms. Going to keep doing them from a hang until the weight gets heavy.

[Leanstrong]

Cardio 45 mins
-Upped the cardio back to 45 minutes, three days a week

[Leanstrong]

Squat 140 lbs 5/5/5/5/5
Press 100 lbs 5/5/5/5/5
Deadlift 155 lbs x 5
Pull-Ups 0 lbs 5/5/5

- Lost a little pull-up strength from not doing them for a while, going to be a while before I'm doing them with a 25 lbs plate
- Hurray for the weekend

[Leanstrong]

45 mins cardio

[Leanstrong]

Squat 145 lbs 5/5/5/5/5
Bench 190 lbs 5/5/4/4/3
Hang Power Clean 100 lbs 5/5/5/5/5
Dips 50 lbs 5/5/5

- Right arm still doing the chicken dance when I max out on bench, trying to come in towards my torso. Still trying to find a way to fix it.
- Hoping to get all the bench reps next week

[Leanstrong]

Squat 155 lbs 5/5/5/5/5
Press 105 lbs 5/5/5/5/5
Deadlift 225 lbs x 5
Pull-Ups 2.5 lbs 5/5/3

-Need work on Pull-ups
-Just got weightlifting shoes today, they are awesome! The heel lift feels almost like I am cheating, it allows a lot more depth before my back rounds
-Back felt great today so I decided to throw 4 plates on for deadlifts and start working back to my old weight

[Leanstrong]

45 minutes cardio

-Feeling like I gained a little fast this past week, need to cut back on overeating/drinking