jshaw's Starting Strength log

[jshaw5]

Damn fine volume work especially for still being sick. Weight bump on the bench and still easy = win

Thanks wood man.

Bump on bench and still easy = win

Bump in cals and weight still down = double win

Hit a 3,700 cal refeed yesterday, bumped daily cals up to 3,100 today, weight is still down over 2 lbs since the cut ended and the reverse diet began. Here lies the real race, which of us can get up to 4,000 cals/day and still not see the scale move

[MatTheCur]

Nice stuff Josh-man, ESPECIALLY for feeling sick!

Do you find that you get a little better while you're working out? Or are you just sick all the time?

[howimliving]

nice 5x5 work on both the squats and bench josh

[jshaw5]

Nice stuff Josh-man, ESPECIALLY for feeling sick!

Do you find that you get a little better while you're working out? Or are you just sick all the time?

Thanks Matt. I don't think it's so much that I start to feel better as it is that I'm just relieve to be finished with squats lol. There's nothing that sucks worse than trying to squat while sickness is robbing your energy, especially volume squats.

nice 5x5 work on both the squats and bench josh

Thanks bro.

[Sinaku5]

Great work on the clean and press AND squats Josh! And you did those clean and presses without a belt right - looks like it in the vid. Solid work.

And an easy 180x5x5 is awesome Josh.

Sux about the cold now. Sometimes life just throws stuff at you and you need to show it whos boss. Keep training hard.

Getting to 4k without gaining weight?!...Lucky bastard. I'll be jelly if you do lol. Sitting at 3k right now

[jshaw5]

Great work on the clean and press AND squats Josh! And you did those clean and presses without a belt right - looks like it in the vid. Solid work.

And an easy 180x5x5 is awesome Josh.

Sux about the cold now. Sometimes life just throws stuff at you and you need to show it whos boss. Keep training hard.

Getting to 4k without gaining weight?!...Lucky bastard. I'll be jelly if you do lol. Sitting at 3k right now

Thanks man. Yeah I've been staying beltless on the cleans so far, really don't see changing that up. The comment about 4k cals was in jest, Woody and I have both just both been slowly bringing our cals up after long cuts and so far have been having nice progress with increasing the cals without gaining weight. I'm up to 3,100 cals/day with weight holding steady so far. I should hopefully have a few more weekly bumps before the weight starts to climb, but 4k would be insane haha.

[howimliving]

i'm going to give your pullup advice a go. just toss a few in between pushing sets and see what happens in a few weeks. thanks man

[MatTheCur]

i'm going to give your pullup advice a go. just toss a few in between pushing sets and see what happens in a few weeks. thanks man

ONLY during pressing sessions?

[jshaw5]

i'm going to give your pullup advice a go. just toss a few in between pushing sets and see what happens in a few weeks. thanks man

Nice. With bw pullups, I think the key is just accumulating lots of volume.

ONLY during pressing sessions?

Yeah, just ohp and bench sessions. I wouldn't superset pullups in with squats or deadlifts as those are much more "full body" lifts and you don't want to be taxing your upper back between sets.

[Woody-5]

Thanks wood man.

Bump on bench and still easy = win

Bump in cals and weight still down = double win

Hit a 3,700 cal refeed yesterday, bumped daily cals up to 3,100 today, weight is still down over 2 lbs since the cut ended and the reverse diet began. Here lies the real race, which of us can get up to 4,000 cals/day and still not see the scale move

At 3500/ day now and the only time the scale moves up is the morning after a cheat meal (such as Super Bowl snacks Sundays night).
Insanity

[jshaw5]

At 3500/ day now and the only time the scale moves up is the morning after a cheat meal (such as Super Bowl snacks Sundays night).
Insanity

I get plenty of daily fluctuations, up a couple lbs the day after refeeds, then back down the rest of the week. Average weight seems to go up a lb for a week, then goes back down a lb for another week.

[howimliving]

ONLY during pressing sessions?

kind of. pushing, ie: not pulling. i will still do them as regular sets on back day but randomly toss them into every non-pulling session

Nice. With bw pullups, I think the key is just accumulating lots of volume.

Yeah, just ohp and bench sessions. I wouldn't superset pullups in with squats or deadlifts as those are much more "full body" lifts and you don't want to be taxing your upper back between sets.

you read my mind. i did do them today between leg extension sets but only 20 total and then nothing tomorrow since its a conditioning/recovery day

[jshaw5]

Cleans Volume and Recovery Day – Week 3

Couldn't do cleans yesterday since we had people over for my son's birthday, and I couldn't make it to the gym today due to the weather, so I combined my cleans volume day and recovery day again.

Hang Cleans
45 lbs x 3 reps
65 lbs x 3 reps
85 lbs x 3 reps
105 lbs x 2 reps
130 lbs x 2 reps

Cleans
130 lbs x 2 reps x 2
145 lbs x 2 reps
150 lbs x 2 reps
Cleans felt really good today, seemed to be receiving the bar much better.

Press
45 lbs x 5 reps
65 lbs x 5 reps
85 lbs x 3 reps
105 lbs x 2 reps
130 lbs x 3 reps x 3
I couldn't find my microloading chains, so I decided to just keep the weight at 130. I tried a different setup, trying to press from the same position I push press from. I think my lack of mobility makes it a bit awkward, thus a bit more challenging, but not max effort by any means either.

Front Squats
145 lbs x 5 reps
150 lbs x 5 reps
Easy.

[howimliving]

good session-even more impressive to skip training for your sons birthday

urdoinitrite

[jshaw5]

good session-even more impressive to skip training for your sons birthday

urdoinitrite

Thanks bro. My love for working out pales in comparison to that little guy, but I don't need to tell you that. He tried to join in on tonight's training session though, after every set he's like "is it my turn now?"

[howimliving]

Thanks bro. My love for working out pales in comparison to that little guy, but I don't need to tell you that. He tried to join in on tonight's training session though, after every set he's like "is it my turn now?"

that is awesome man! again, great job

i got a pic of my little bug in the dungeon from a few months ago



she thinks it's pretty to cool to hang with dad in the gym-hope it stays that way for a looooooooooooong time

[Woody-5]

lol love the pic! Little guy going for 10x BW deadlift already

[dk240t]

Thanks bro. My love for working out pales in comparison to that little guy, but I don't need to tell you that. He tried to join in on tonight's training session though, after every set he's like "is it my turn now?"

Set that back and get those hips down to start.

Cute.

[Exane]

Cleans are looking really good Josh! You're form is always spot on bro

[audieswu]

Still a good session man especially with all the life stuff going on and that nasty weather. You guys have been hit like a mutha this year.

[jshaw5]

that is awesome man! again, great job

i got a pic of my little bug in the dungeon from a few months ago

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she thinks it's pretty to cool to hang with dad in the gym-hope it stays that way for a looooooooooooong time

That's awesome. I thought he would be a momma's boy, but he's all about daddy, copies everything I do haha.

lol love the pic! Little guy going for 10x BW deadlift already

Only like 5x BW, but if Richard Hawthorne can do it, so can he haha.

Set that back and get those hips down to start.

Cute.

We're working on it, gotta start them young haha.

Cleans are looking really good Josh! You're form is always spot on bro

Thanks bro.

Still a good session man especially with all the life stuff going on and that nasty weather. You guys have been hit like a mutha this year.

Thanks man. Yeah I'm just so done with this weather .

[jjeane]

Josh, are you still finding pulling from the floor awkward?

[jshaw5]

Josh, are you still finding pulling from the floor awkward?

They are feeling better off the floor. I honestly don't know why I started off doing hang cleans yesterday, but I just realized I messed up when I logged it. Everything up to the first set of 130 were from hang, everything after that was from the floor.

[jjeane]

I watched this one and the one before . They are coming along nicely but I think you could pull more efficiently. I could put together a short vid for you if you want.
When you pull, you want the bar path to be straight and tight. Close to your body. You are slightly hitching the bar. It is fine for now but will cause problems later when it gets heavier.

[jshaw5]

I watched this one and the one before . They are coming along nicely but I think you could pull more efficiently. I could put together a short vid for you if you want.
When you pull, you want the bar path to be straight and tight. Close to your body. You are slightly hitching the bar. It is fine for now but will cause problems later when it gets heavier.

I'll take any suggestions you can make. They did feel better, but I realize there's definitely room for improvement.

[dopamine72]

Careful with the cleans in the living room like that man. You got so much delicate sh*t around you. If anything were to happen it would make for an awesome video however lmao. Sorry for being a dick. Nice work though seriously.

[jshaw5]

Careful with the cleans in the living room like that man. You got so much delicate sh*t around you. If anything were to happen it would make for an awesome video however lmao. Sorry for being a dick. Nice work though seriously.

Haha yeah it's not ideal, but my platform is outside and I obviously can't lift on it when it's covered by a foot of snow lol. Cleans aren't too bad because if I fail, the bar would go forward and worst case crash into the couch. I am hesitant to do stuff like push presses where a failure can be a bit more erratic. Hopefully the weather cooperates and I won't have to worry about that this weekend.

[jjeane]

Hey. I hope this is helpful. You are progressing nicely. Let me know if I can help in any other way. Sorry I was really nervous.

[jshaw5]

Hey. I hope this is helpful. You are progressing nicely. Let me know if I can help in any other way. Sorry I was really nervous.

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Wow thank you so much. That makes a lot of sense. When I watch my clean videos, I always thought it kinda looks like the bar is getting out in front of me a bit and I'm looping it back rather than pulling it straight up and just getting under it. Now that I think of it, on some cleans where the catch just feels awful, I thought I just didn't get under it quick enough, but it makes much more sense that I'm just catching it too far forward. I'll be doing some more cleans on Saturday, I'll definitely work on this.

[howimliving]

Hey. I hope this is helpful. You are progressing nicely. Let me know if I can help in any other way. Sorry I was really nervous.

great vid JJ. even for a dipsh*t like me that stays away from the ****gy time l'oly stuff it was very informative