Wednesday, 30 October 2013

Wednesday 30th October 2013

Ed Coan Bench routine Week 3

Bench press: 5x60kg, 4x80kg, 2x8x90kg

CGBP: 2x8x80kg

DB incline bench: 35kg: 5/7

Dips: 8, +10kg: 5x10

Db rows: 8x25kg, 8x35kg (each arm), 3x8x35kg (left only)

Monday, 28 October 2013

Monday 28th October 2013

Monday 28th October 2013

Taufiq Squat Program Week 1

Squat: 5x60kg, 10x90kg, 10x100kg, 10x120kg, 8x130kg, 6x140kg

10x120kg damn shag.

Paused squats: 4x5x100kg

Front squat: 3x8x80kg

Back fatigue before legs.

T-bar rows: 5x8x60kg, 3x5x70kg, 5x80kg

Chinups: 20, +15kg: 5, +20kg: 5/5/5/5/4/3

5x8 ab pulldowns and 2x8 reverse crunches

Friday, 25 October 2013

Friday 25th October 2013

Overhead press: 5x40kg, 3x55kg, 1x65kg, 70kg: 5 (PR)3/3, 60kg: 8/6/5
 
BTN press: 5x40kg, 5x50kg, 3x3x55kg

Coan week 2 light bench day: 5x50kg, 2x10x75kg

Pendlay rows: 5x60kg, 5x80kg, 5x8x70kg

Back extensions: 3x8 

Just trying them out for fun.

Pullups: 10/10/8/8/8/8/8/8

Did some dips but sorts of fuck my shoulders up.




Wednesday, 23 October 2013

Wednesday 23rd October 2013

Wednesday 23rd October 2013

Ed Coan Bench Routine Week 2

Bench press: 5x40kg, 5x60kg, 3x75kg, 2x10x85kg

CGBP: 2x10x75kg

DB incline bench: 2x10x30kg each

Played around with some Klokov presses for shoulder work.

Dips: 6x10

Terrible. Felt difficult. Haven't did them for ages. Going to start adding 5kg each week now.

DB rows (each arm): 10x20kg, 10x30kg, 2x10x35kg. Left side extra (fix imbalance): 10x35kg, 2x15x25kg

Triceps push down: 4x12x(random weight)

Sort of tired. But I feel that I can add much more if not for time constraints. Talk about severely undertraining.

Monday, 21 October 2013

Monday 21st October 2013

Squats: 5x60kg, 3x100kg, 2x130kg, 1x150kg, 1x170kg, 0x185kg

Deadlits: 5x70kg, 3x110kg, 3x140kg (played with sumo, decided to stick with conventional. Too many adductor issues.), 1x160kg, 1x180kg

Pullups/chinups alternate: 12/10/10/10/10/18/10/10/10/10

Fun session today. Just testing out maxes without any pressure before I go for my tooth extraction on Wednesday after benching.

Sunday, 20 October 2013

Saturday 19th October

Saturday 19th October 2013

Did Smith machine BTN presses. (Thats the best I have at my condo gym.) Up to heavy single and 3x8 back off. Triceps push down: 6x6, Seated rows, pyramid up to 1x8 then 5x10.

Thursday, 17 October 2013

Thursday 17th October 2013

Thursday 17th October 2013

Deadlift: 5x60kg, 5x100kg, 3x130kg, 2x150kg, 1x170kg, 0x190kg

Maxing out for fun since I'm not going to be training for abit after my extraction. Knew it would be a bad day after 130kg went up very slowly. Fuck.

Did powercleans up to 75kg.

Wednesday, 16 October 2013

Wednesday 16th October 2013

Wednesday 16th October 2013

Coan Bench routine Week 1

Bench: 5x40kg, 5x60kg, 2x10x85kg

CGBP: 2x10x75kg

Coan calls for incline benching, but the incline bench at my school sucks. The angles are all wrong so did dumbbell inclines instead. 10x20kg, 2x10x30kg

PM session (assistance work)

3x10 Lateral raises, 3x10 front raises, 10x10 triceps push down (GVT)

Tuesday, 15 October 2013

Monday 14th October 2013

Monday 14th October 2013

Squats: 5x60kg, 3x100kg, 2x120kg, 2x140kg, 1x160kg, 170kg:2/0

Fucking terrible session. 160kg was rather slow on the way up. 170kg first set had very ugly reps, and the second one, I just couldn't get one.

Breathing squats: 120kg (5b), 2x1x130kg (3b)

Working back up to 3x130kg, 1x140kg, 1x150kg, 0x160kg

Pendlay rows: 5x50kg, 3x70kg, 3x5x80kg

Felt very lifeless today.

I'm plucking my wisdom tooth next Thursday. Going to be out for one week or less, so I guess I'll just try 170 again next week.

Friday, 11 October 2013

Friday 11th October 2013

Friday 11th October 2013

Cycle 2 wave 1

Deadlifts: 8x70kg, 3x100kg, 5x115kg, 5x132kg, 10x150kg (e1rm 199kg LOL?!), 5x165kg, 1x180kg

Deficit pulls: 2x3x150kg

Overhead press: 5x40kg, 3x55kg, 1x65kg, 1x79kg, 1x75kg, 70kg: 2/3/3/2/1

Some tire flips and prowler.

Wednesday, 9 October 2013

Wednesday 9th October 2013

Wednesday 9th October 2013 Bench press: 5x40kg, 3x60kg, 2x80kg, 1x100kg, 110kg: 3/3/2 (First rep paused) Failed last rep because I let the bar roll forward at the bottom. Fuck my life. Getting some forearm tendonitis also. I'm guessing because the weight of the bar rolled onto my arms during one of the squat sets on Monday. Close grip bench press: 5x60kg, 3x80kg, 3x5x95kg Squats: 5x60kg, 3x100kg, 2x5x120kg Some cleans up to 60kg till my elbow said no. Endless curls to fix the elbow. PM session 3x10 lateral raises, 3x8 front raises, 5x10 lat pulldowns, 3x8x reverse situps. Yay I can do them unweighted now!

Tuesday, 8 October 2013

Monday, 7 October 2013

Monday 7th October 2013

Monday 7th October 2013

Squats: 5x60kg, 3x100kg, 2x130kg, 1x150kg, 5x3x165kg

Very hard. Some good mornings here and there.

Breathing paused squats: 60kg (5b), 100kg (5b), 2x1x120kg (3b), 1x130kg (3b)

Pendlay rows: 5x50kg, 3x70kg, 2x5x90kg, 2x8x80kg

Bad form. Squats affected it too much

Chinups: 3x10

Didn't feel like pushing myself.

Saturday, 5 October 2013

Saturday 5th October 2013

Close grip bench press: 5x40kg, 3x60kg, 2x80kg, 1x95kg, 1x105kg, 1x110kg, 1x115kg, 3x3x100kg

Haven't maxed my close grip since forever. So that isnt a bad number. Going to increase bench frequency.

Did some powercleans form work, up to 2x70kg

Friday 4th October 2013

Friday 4th October 2013

Cycle 1 Wave 3

Deadlifts: 5x70kg, 3x100kg, 5x125kg, 3x145kg, 5x162kg (e1rm 188kg)

Easy, just capping it at 5. Tried going into a full squat position before extending up. Should be sticking with it.

Joker sets: 1x180kg, 1x190kg, 0x195kg. Meh.

10x125kg, SLDL: 2x3x125kg

Feeling lazy.

Overhead press: 5x40kg, 3x55kg, 1x65kg, 1x70kg, 1x75kg, 0x80kg, 70kg: 1/3/1

Some 250 and 300kg tire flips.

Wednesday, 2 October 2013

Wednesday 2nd October 2013

Wednesday 2nd October 2013

Bench press: 5x40kg, 3x60kg, 2x80kg, 1x95kg, 3x5x105kg
Close grip: 5x60kg, 3x80kg, 3x5x90kg

Light squats: 5x60kg, 3x100kg, 2x5x120kg

Still sore from yesterday's sprints.

Powercleans: Up to 2x1x80kg

Bad form. 2nd pull came too early. Not racking it properly too.

3xbarbell curls for elbow pain.

Evening session

4x10 lateral raises, 4x10 front raises, 6x10 lat pulldowns, 4x10 triceps pushdown, 4x8 curls and 3x10 reverse situps



Tuesday, 1 October 2013

Tuesday 1st October 2013

Did 7 sets hill sprints. Going to cut them down to once a week from 2-3x, its too taxing on recovery and I'm not a rugby player or a sprinter.

But its rather therapeutic to sprint on a cold quiet evening at an empty carpark. Puts everything tough in your life into perspective. Seeing people I know fall off the training track due to army enlistment, busy work schedules etc is a daily reminder to myself how fortunate I am. Loads of homework and all, lectures, but I'm still able to carry on training. Learnt to stop whining and bitching about the 5hour sleeps I get sometimes. I just eat more and catch naps whenever possible. Seeing how scary work life can be, I'm even more determined to achieve many of my lifting goals before I graduate. 

Read through some of Mehdi's articles about training partners. Arnold spoke about how important Columbu was to his training and how he persuaded Weider to bring him over to the US. I'm lucky to have one at the gym I train at. Knows when to talk to me when I'm having a harsh session and when to tell me to shut the fuck up and go do my set. Helps alot when there's someone screaming at you to squeeze out the last couple of reps too.