Got Wood? Woody's Lifting Journal

[Woody-5]

Fuking bad ass bench effort a page or two back. **** is motivating! You get lower back cramps while benching?

Thanks fella! Did you see the deadlift the page before the bench? Not nearly as much of a grinder but it was a milestone

Hah yeah when I get that big arch going on the bench and really dig my heels in on a hard rep like that, the lower back gets a nasty cramp. It was worth it to hit that rep tho

[Woody-5]

Friday 11.2.2012- Deload Sesh


Quick and easy today. I would have done this early in the week but the head cold has had me down. Felt good to get under the bar today. I ramped up and hit some quick triples w/ 70% on squat and bench just to grease the groove before the good sh!t starts again Monday!

BW is down 2-3 pounds due to my lack of appetite while being sick. Was sitting at about 203 this morning. I'm sure once I get back up to my usual calorie intake, the weight will shoot right back up.

Squat
45 x 10
135 x 5
185 x 5
225 x 1
260 x 3
260 x 3
(used 70% of my next 5/3/1 cycle max) Felt strong but a little off. I think the cold and stuffy head through my balance off a little bit. Belt felt loose too- I guess the few pounds i've lost this week came from my belly

Bench
45 x 10
135 x 5
175 x 3
210 x 3
210 x 3
real easy, bench felt strong! I definitely feel ready for Macenko's on Monday, just gotta kick this cold and get some calories into me!

Chin Ups
BW x 8
BW x 8
easy. I really exploded up from the bottom of each rep on the second set. Feelsgood

[dopamine72]

Feel like I need a deload too haha. Smart move Wood man. Hope you have a kickass weekend bro.

[jshaw5]

Nice recovery session man. Doesn't it feel good knowing your light recovery weights were your working weights not that long ago?

[Woody-5]

Feel like I need a deload too haha. Smart move Wood man. Hope you have a kickass weekend bro.

Thanks big guy! 8-10 weeks then A week off except for 1 light session seems to be working awesome for me. Right about week 8-9 my motivation starts going down and I feel tired a lot. After a week off I'm ready to kill it again!

Any weekend plans mate?

[Woody-5]

Nice recovery session man. Doesn't it feel good knowing your light recovery weights were your working weights not that long ago?

Haha that is a good feel. Never thought when I started lifting that 210 bench would ever be speed reps for me

[moshvr]

Nice little session. Feelsbad that your deload week is some of my working weight still ... lol

Gotta work harder!

[howimliving]

good job on the chins

well, good job on everything, especially on a deload session, but you know how i feel about dem der chins/pullups

[Juggernaut0]

Easy weights are E Z. Rest up Woodman. The fun has just begun.

[RedSoxBrah]

Solid work bro, keep pushing

[llahhsoj]

Hi woody! I stumbled across this journal of yours. I add this one to the 2000 something other ones. Doing good work in here!

[Woody-5]

Nice little session. Feelsbad that your deload week is some of my working weight still ... lol

Gotta work harder!

Lol these were my working weights a year ago. Keep hammering away, it takes time

good job on the chins

well, good job on everything, especially on a deload session, but you know how i feel about dem der chins/pullups

thanks dude, felt so good to get some work in even if it was light stuff.

Easy weights are E Z. Rest up Woodman. The fun has just begun.

Right on!

Solid work bro, keep pushing

Thanks Fella!

Hi woody! I stumbled across this journal of yours. I add this one to the 2000 something other ones. Doing good work in here!

Thanks mate! Looking forward to getting back to it next week!

[nads786]

How often are you deloading? You were doing 210 a year ago? big time progress man! How much did you weigh a year ago?

[Woody-5]

How often are you deloading? You were doing 210 a year ago? big time progress man! How much did you weigh a year ago?

Every 8-10 weeks seems to be the sweet spot for a deload (deload for me is week off with 1 or 2 light sessions)

Just looked back at last year's lifts at about this time-

Squat- 300x1 max (250 4x4 worksets for an early november session 2011)
Bench- 260x1 max (215 4x4 worksets in late Oct 2011)
Dead- 405x1 max (pulled in Sept 2011)

So I've definitely added some poundage in the last year, especially to Deadlift thanks to the Hudson program last spring. BW was right around 190 in Nov 2011

[Woody-5]

Bit of a workout today unloading wood into the basement! My old man brought down a trailer full so I'm all stocked up for the coming winter.

It was a good visit, I hadn't seen him in a few months. He lifts a little bit (usually lifts a lot over the winter then not so much when summer gets here and he's busy).
He told me his BW is 142 and he's been benching about 175x1. Not bad at all considering he's almost 60 and doesn't really put a lot of time into it.

I still had my bench set up in the rack from yesterday with 210 on the bar. he unracked that and did a negative. It was pretty controlled for about half of the way down then it took a free fall for the last little bit onto the safeties lol I'm sure he could put up some bigger numbers pretty fast if he put in a little more time, but I think it's cool that he at least does what he does

Here's to the rest of the weekend, hope everyone has an enjoyable sunday!

[pastorpritch]

Nice
My pops is bringing some down tomorrow. I thought about putting it in the basement but seems like a PIA ...
Looking forward to what I hope will be a good winter with lots of indoor fires and some ski trips

[Woody-5]

Nice
My pops is bringing some down tomorrow. I thought about putting it in the basement but seems like a PIA ...
Looking forward to what I hope will be a good winter with lots of indoor fires and some ski trips

We've got a pretty good setup for getting in to the basement. We'll take one of the windows out to pass the wood through and load up a wheelbarrow to haul it to the woodpile on the other side.

Woodfires are where it's at! That's one part of winter that I'm actually looking forward to

[jshaw5]

[Raigs]

Nice easy session. Get ready to crush macenkos

[Woody-5]

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lmao I don't even

Nice easy session. Get ready to crush macenkos

Thanks dude!
Oh I'm ready for macenko's, bring it on!

[The Shoeless Wonder]

what was the thread you wanted to start? i saw you had a few guys for it, but i never looked for the cause.

where do you live? we are always looking for fire wood

[Woody-5]

what was the thread you wanted to start? i saw you had a few guys for it, but i never looked for the cause.

where do you live? we are always looking for fire wood

I live in Maine

Group thread is for the Macenkos bench program.
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=149334093

A few people have started the program but most are starting on Monday. You in?

[The Shoeless Wonder]

no. i havent lifted in almost a month. im thinking ill go back to sheiko. my gains lost shouldnt be too dramatic.

[jshaw5]

[The Shoeless Wonder]

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rg3 is looking better than cam

[Juggernaut0]

rg3 is looking better than cam

Not today he's not though. lol

[The Shoeless Wonder]

Not today he's not though. lol

alex smith is

[dopamine72]

I'm getting SCREWED on FF ^^^

That's awesome your pops lifts. Is it east coast tradition to have your dad bring you fire wood? lol

[PeterGibbons316]

Where are the freaking workouts???

50 PPP, let's get with the program here.

[jshaw5]

Where are the freaking workouts???

50 PPP, let's get with the program here.

It's the weekend, does anyone lift on the weekend? Also, I think this was his deload week.