I Felt really good going into this workout, despite lower than normal levels of caffeine. Things turned out pretty good, but I was disappointed that everything felt a little heavier than it should have. I guess that’s what happens when you up the weights.
I’d been debating what I should do on […]

Frustration at work makes for a great workout. Prior to my workout I had spent 1.5 hours in a meeting that I really didn’t need to be in. So yeah I was frustrated and something needed to pay. It was the iron and pay it did. At least I felt that […]

Back to the heavier weights…for me that is! I think as these workouts go on I’ll feel better about them, but even now I’m pretty pleased.
Squats took awhile to get used to, but I got into them. They were a bit of a grind locking out however.
Bench was awesome. […]

The last couple of nights I have woken up at 4am with a feeling like someone hit me across the middle of my back with a 2×4, so I wasn’t sure how today’s workout was going to go. It was the 2nd of 2 workouts on this deload week. I got up at […]

Due to my work office moving I was working at home and I was going to a different gym. Someone was actually doing front squats in the rack so I went with the A Frame squat rack thingy and get in my sets of 3 for the squats. Everything felt really good on […]

Warm-ups – took a little longer to warm up at home and in the long run I think it paid off.
Worksets (lbs/kg)
Squat
8@135/61.4
5@135/61.4
5@185/84.1
5@205/93.2
5@215/97.7
5@235/106.8
20@135/61.4
Total: 8655/3934.1
Bench Press
8@115/52.3
5@135/61.4
5×5@190/86.4
Total: 6345/2884.1
Barbell Row
5×5@115/52.3
Assisted Pullups and Cuban Presses

I don’t think many of the viewers of this blog ever went to the forum, but perhaps you were lurking and did go to the forum. If that’s the case you will notice that it goes to another site as of this morning…as of about 30 minutes ago I made that change.
I […]

Warm-ups
Deadlifts
8@135/61.4 1080
5×5@215/97.7
Total: 6455/2934.1
Seated Shoulder Press
8@65/29.5 520
5×5@110/50
Total: 3270/1486.4
Pull-ups
5,5,5,5,3+2 negatives

A few weeks ago on the forums, I posted something about how to make the forum better. One of the things that came up was interviews with various different members of the site (and members not of the site). One of those members was Dan.
Dan is based out of Pullman, Washington […]

Warm-ups
Work Sets
Squats
5@135/61.4 675
5@175/79.5 875
5×5@200/90.9 5000
Total: 6550/2977.3
Bench Press
8@135/61.4 1080
5@175/79.5 875
5@185/84.1 925
5@195/88.6 975
5@205/93.2 1025
4@210/95.5 840
Total: 5720/2600
Barbell Row
5@95/43.2
5@115/52.3
5@125/56.8
5@130/59.1
5@135/61.4