Mehdi's Training Log [2009]

[Mehdi]

Box Squat
5x60kg
5x75kg
5x90kg
5x105kg
5x117,5kg hard

Bench
5x37,5kg
5x47,5kg
5x57,5kg
5x67,5kg
4x76,5kg damned

Rows
5x35kg
5x42,5kg
5x50kg
5x60kg
5x67,5kg

[Mehdi]

Box Squat
5x60kg
5x75kg
5x90kg
5x90kg

Press
5x32,5kg
5x40kg
5x40kg
5x47,5kg
4x52,5kg argh again, I'm overdoing it with the push-ups

Deadlift
5x85Kg
5x100kg
5x117,5kg
5x135kg

[Mehdi]

Box Squat
5x60kg
5x75kg
5x90kg
5x105kg
3x120kg was easy
8x90kg

Bench Press
5x37,5kg
5x47,5kg
5x57,5kg
5x67,5kg
3x77,5kg ok too
8x57,6kg

Rows
5x35kg
5x42,5kg
5x50kg
5x60kg
3x70kg
8x50kg

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Hip pain this week on Squats, annoying. Knees buckle in all the time on heavy sets. Don't know why didn't use to have this problem. Need to backoff with the daily push-ups (+100 a day), messes with the press I think. Waiting to get a pull-up bar for apartment so I can alternate push-ups/pull-ups.

Other than that: weekend!

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Guru:
* hip pain: the light day
* research: madcow related

migwickert
* the push-ups seems to mess with the rest, but I'll admit I'm doing them until failure :s

[FatGuyNoMore]

Hey Mehdi, how wide are your knees/feet on your box squats?

[JorickDD]

Hundred pushups a day? No resting days?

Wouldnt be surprised if thats messing with your other training!

[jakemcmillan]

Knees buckle in all the time on heavy sets. Don't know why didn't use to have this problem.

Stance a little wide possibly?

[Mehdi]

I tend to squat wide, too wide, hence the hip pain I always get I think. Narrowed it a bit now, which makes same weight harder.

[Mehdi]

Box Squat
5x60kg
5x75kg
5x90kg
5x105kg
5x120kg

Bench
5x37.5kg
5x47,5kg
5x57,5kg
5x67,5kg
5x76,5kg got it

Rows
5x35kg
5x42,5kg
5x52,5kg
5x62,5kg
5x70kg

[Mehdi]

Box Squat
5x60kg
5x75kg
5x90kg
5x90kg


Press
5x32,5kg
5x40kg
5x47,5kg
5x52,5kg got it!

Deadlift
5x87,5kg
5x105kg
5x120kg
5x140kg

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Went out tu night, was still tired from the weekend I guess, home at 6am slept until 1pm, unusual. Workout went well.

[Mehdi]

Box Squat
5x60kg
5x75kg
5x90kg
5x105kg
5x122,5kg
8x90kg

Bench Press
5x40kg
5x50kg
5x57,5kg
5x67,5kg
3x80kg
8x57,5kg

Rows
5x35kg
5x42,5kg
5x52,5kg
5x60kg
3x72,5kg
8x52,5kg

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Great week, got reps everywhere. Stil doing intermittent fasting ala leangains, 16/8 spilt, usually breaking fast at 1pm, training at 7pm, last meal at 8pm.

Is it me or are there more people having birthdays in november/december?

[MikeD]

Hm, most people I know have birthdays in the spring, nice and far away from major holidays .

And Mehdi, I remember you kicking around the idea for another e-book, anything going on with that?

[guru]

Is it me or are there more people having birthdays in november/december?

Turning 29? Happy Birthday Mehdi.

[Mehdi]

@MikeD
Working on the eBook.

@Guru
29 in January!

[Westsider]

"Knees buckle all the time on the heavy sets" Perhaps some external hip flexor work will help remedy this. It helped me out quite a bit. Are you sure you are really FORCING them out when you go down? If not you may not have to do any work at all and just work on technique a bit more. Everyday when I read articles on squatting it just seems more and more technical of a lift.

[MikeD]

Squats are awfully technical, indeed. Just think about the list of things you need to ensure you're doing, the amount of time you have to execute them in each rep, and the load of weight on your back making it harder to think much less concentrate.