Sunday, July 27, 2014

Bench press:
255 x 3
290 x 3
325 x 2
> Much stronger than a week ago.

Close-grip bench press:
215 x 5 x 10
> Only meant to do 3 but I felt too fresh to stop.

Chin-ups:
10
Weighted chin-ups:
25 x 8
45 x 8, 8
50 x 9, 10
> Holy crap, this barely felt any different from bodyweight. I think I'm going to be retarded and order that 150 lb weight vest.

Wide push-ups, curls for the girls, 6 minute cooldown jog

Definitely train both days on the weekends. At first I was worried about doing something physical 7 days a week but this felt like a luxury vacation.

Saturday, July 26, 2014

Mat pulls ( 9 ):
475 x 8
> No rest pause this time. Pretty amazing considering how sore my back has been from lifting at work all day, but it's been great. Loading up the huge lumber tarps is like doing Atlas stones. I've stayed late on my own time to help other people with theirs just because it's so fun. Typically it's two people swinging a tarp into the truck/lumber dump but I insist on going solo.

Squats:
303 x 10, 8, 8

Tried to do GHRs with a couch and a barbell, respectively. Both failed miserably. I'm looking at a cool home GHR online that sits on the floor.

Home gym is a lifesaver for training while working. Still need to replace my barbell, gonna pester Play It Again again about it (they keep saying they'll call me to issue the trade-in and then never do, been going on for months now) and if that doesn't work I'll just splurge on a Texas power bar and leave them a scathing review (poor them, huh?).

Friday, July 25, 2014

Have lost 7 lbs because of my job, down to 227. Strength-wise, I got much weaker the first week and am now much stronger on the second (though not at pre-employment levels).

Overhead press:
165 x 3
190 x 3
210 x 2
> The attempted third rep was the closest I've ever come to locking something out but failing.

125 x 3 x 10

Chin-ups:
15, 15, 15, 10

Band pushdowns:
30

Slowly adding more stuff in every week. My body is getting used to the labor.

Thursday, July 24, 2014

Squats:
365 x 5
400 x 1

Bench press:
235 x 5
270 x 5
290 x 3

Close-grip bench:
213 x 3 x 10

Chins:
30

Friday, July 18, 2014

Been working hard. First two days were absolutely brutal because of poor sleep (literally got 1 hour on one night), but forcing yourself to wake up at 5:30 and do manual labor will cure any insomnia problems fast and I'm able to sleep early now. When I'm rested it's all pretty easy.

 Trained yesterday. Much weaker but it's expected after a work day. I'd like to eventually wake up at 4 and train before work.

Press:
210 x 1

123 x 3 x 10

Chins:
45

Volume is very low, I'm just going for frequency right now.

Monday, July 14, 2014

Secured a job doing landscaping, starting tomorrow at 6:30. The increase in pay standards is very nice compared to Portland.

Squats:
320 x 5
360 x 5
405 x 2
> Everything felt so heavy. Could be a lack of sleep lately or just not doing enough volume, but tonight isn't the night to add to that since I'm only going to be sleeping 4 or 5 hours.

Squat drop-set:
325, 225, 135, 55 x 10

Friday, July 11, 2014

Been severely sleep-deprived but my girlfriend was visiting for 2 days so it was worth it. Made sure to train for 2 days beforehand and then spent the next 2 showing her around and going to Santa Cruz. My bench press didn't seem to suffer.

Bench press:
235 x 5
270 x 5
310 x 5

Close-grip bench press:
10, 10, 10, 10,

Bent-over dumbbell rows:
178 x 5, 5, 5, 5

Chin-ups:
15, 20

Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Mat pulls, 9:
475 x 8
> Finally made some weight move on this day. Had to pause after rep 5 because I forgot to put clips on the bar. Ultimately stopped for my back before I needed to start struggling. I'll have to learn how to hitch in the future.

Goblet squats:
50 x 51, 45, 45
> Hard because of soreness from yesterday. This made my upper-back feel it.

Monday, July 7, 2014

Overhead press:
155 x 5
175 x 5
203 x 5
> Weak day.

145 x 10, 10, 10, 10, 10
> Paradoxically this felt like air.

Chin-ups:
15, 15, 15, 15, 15, 15

Kettlebell skullcrushers:
50 x 10, 12
Preacher curls:
50 x 12, 12
Two-hands:
20

Band pull-aparts:
100

Short jog

Thursday, July 3, 2014

Deload

Bench press:
145 x 5
180 x 5
215 x 5

Close-grip bench:
157 x 5 x 10

Dumbbell rows:
120 x 5 x 5

Chin-ups:
10

Deload

Goblet squats:50 x 3 x 30

Deload

Overhead press:
90, 115, 140 x 5

100 x 5 x 10

Pull-ups:
5 x 10