Training - Squats

Bodyweight - 245

Rehabbing the adductor this week even more.  So upping the volume to get some work in..........

Squats - 135 x 10, 225 x 5,

315 x 5,5,5,5,5

365 x 3,3,3,3,3

405 x 1,1,1,1,1

1-legged Calf - 3 sets of 10

Adductor was sore but didn't feel any twinges on any of the squats.  So next week I will push the weight a little more.

Weekly Q&A Thread

Something I am going to start doing is simply putting up a post like this for a weekly Q&A.  You can ask anything from why I am so ugly and stupid looking to diet, training, movies, music, football, MMA, anything.  

So fire away if you got anything.

Training - Pressing

Bodyweight - 245

Seated Pulldown Ab Machine - 210 x 17

Incline Press - 135x15, 185 x 5, 225 x 5, 275 x 3, 315 x 5, 225 x 15

Close Grips - 225 x 5, 315 x 1, 365 x 1, 385 x 1

Tit Machine - 2 sets
Pushdowns - 4 sets

Notes - Tired as hell.  Not a good session.

Training - Deadlifts

Weight - 248

Well I know I posted that I was going to take the week off but I called myself bad names in the mirror long enough that I ended up manning up and going into the gym and pulled.  

Deadlifts - 135 x 5, 225 x 3, 315 x 3, 405 x 3, 500 x 1, 550 x 1, 585 x 1, 605 x1, 550x3, 515x3

All these were smoked.  Super fast, super easy.  Thought about 620-630 but had a little twinge in my adductor on the 605 so I played it smart and just did the back offs after that.

Shrugs - 315 x 30

Pulldowns - stack + 15 x 14 x 6

Hammer Curls and Various Forearm work for the tennis elbow

Notes - Well I'm glad I went in because I had a great little session.  I think I'm going to split the squat and dead up for now to increase the volume on both.  My squats feel out of groove, like I'm not getting enough practice in.  Plus with this adductor strain I will need the volume.  The weight gain was nothing more than me overeating on carbs for the last 4-5 days.  We had a big UFC party and I ate two cakes over the weekend.  That's not a misprint.  

Thoughts about life, training, crap and stuff

Fold em
I'm taking this week off of lifting I think.  I've only got 5 weeks of training time left but my training cycle has not been going well, I just went to the ER for a UTI, my elbow and adductor are killing me and I still feel like shit.  Like I wrote in that other article, sometimes you hold em and sometimes you fold em.  I'm gonna fold em this week, try to feel better and then see if I can have a nice run to to finish the month up.

UFC
Carwin was robbed.  That fight is stopped 99% of the time.  He landed 47 strikes with Lesnar doing nothing but turtling up like a bitch.  I laugh at the people who talk about what a warrior Brock was for coming back to get the sub.  Get a clue.  Carwin wiped himself out going for the finish.  The ref kept saying he was going to end it if Brock didn't improve his position.  He never improved his position and the ref never called it.  Makes no damn sense.  Either way, giant holes were exposed in Brock's game.  His stand up is shit and so much for him being some freakish athlete.  Carwin had no trouble stuffing his take down attempts when they were both fresh.  Funny how throwing a guy the same size as him in there neutralized all of his "freakish" ability eh?

Avatar
I finally saw Avatar.  It was solid.  I wasn't blown away by the story of course because it was about as straight forward as you can get (Pocahontas is the SAME story).  But it was really eye popping.  I am usually a high brow movie guy but I sometimes allow myself to enjoy eye candy.  This was one of those occasions and it did not disappoint.

Worst service evar
AT&T has the worst service ever.  Cell phone service sucks and we tried to get their U-Verse.  The guy that was supposed to install it never even showed up!  NEVER EVEN SHOWED UP.  No call, no nothing.  Just didn't show up.  Wow.

Stupid jobs
My wife sent me a link for a job for fitness writers.  They want two articles a week of 400 words.  No pay.  Kiss my ass.  If I'm gonna do it for free I'll just do it here.

Joke of the week -

A man was dragging a young boy into the woods as it neared dark.  The kid cried

"Mister please don't hurt me.  I'm so scared."

The man looked at the kid and said "You're scared?  I gotta walk back alone!"

Hope everyone had a great 4th!  

  

Training - Squats and Injuries -

Well I have not been feeling too great for the last several days but I had been sucking it up and working through it.

Today that would catch up to me.  I worked up to 515x3 on squats then pulled my left adductor on the 3rd rep. I shut it down after that and went home.  But the constant pain in my abdominals and painful urination caught up with me and I went to the ER and I tested positive for a urinary tract infection.  I guess peeing brown for a day is not normal?  Who knew?

Anyway I should be good in a day or so and I will do some light squats tomorrow and maybe do the pulling portion of my workout.  I should be fine and will do some rehab work for the adductor this week and then squat heavy again maybe in two weeks.

Training - Pressing - Week 5 / Phase 2

Bodyweight - 240

Incline Press - bar x 50, 135 x 15,10, 225 x 8, (wrap elbows) 275 x 12, 225 x 10

Close Grip Bench - 225 x 3, 275 x 3, 315 x 1, 365 x 1, 225 x 20

Db Bench Press - 50's x 30, 20, - phone call - 50's x 25

Notes - Right elbow is just completely trashed.  I may need to get a shot in there at some point.  Been icing it and taking anti-inflammatory but nothing has helped.  Have to rethink this.