Got Wood? Woody's Lifting Journal

[Woody-5]

Ill be down for that shi.t! Fun times, all these massive deadlift singles going up!

Hells yeah!!!

[TKD]

Strong looking fronts Woody! Great back position all the way during that lift.


You getting strong mate!!

[DoubleDwayneBow]

Thanks dude!
No plans for much deadlifting. Ill work in more next training cycle but I dunno about any PRs- we'll have to see. Next summer I plan on running the Hudson deadlift program again (hopefully another gangbang thread- I know jshaw and Kenshin are interested)

In on that.

[lllDBOlll]

80s music FTW!!!

Thanks my man, really feeling good after that session. I'm looking forward to the day when I can walk in after 6 weeks and pull 500 like that lol

Yeah buddy!

Maybe not so long away looking at how light it seemed

[Woody-5]

Strong looking fronts Woody! Great back position all the way during that lift.


You getting strong mate!!

Thanks fella! Form is feeling awesome on those now that I'm back doing them on the regular

In on that.

Nice! Have you ever run it before?
It'll probably be in the spring or early summer. I know a few of the candidates plan on cutting some fat first (myself Included)

Yeah buddy!

Maybe not so long away looking at how light it seemed

Hoping by the end of Hudson next year that 500 will be just a warmup on the way to a 550 pull

[Woody-5]

Friday 11.30.12- Macenkos 4B

Phucking Internet is down so I can't upload my videos and I hve to type this up from my phone

Session went well today. No PRs but I was much happier with my form vs Tuesdays session. I slowed down my descent a bit which probably cost me a few reps on the amrap sets but I felt much more in control.

I've been trying to lower the bar a bit lower on my chest- sometimes I'm a bit too high and I think that's causing some of the shoulder strain. I don't really want to tweak form too much mid program, but I can Phuck around a bit on the lower weight sets. I have one side view vid if I can ever post it


Failed one rep on 260 set. It was a form failure rather than going for too many reps. Touched the bar too low and it got in front of me and that was it. I didn't try to grind it out, just dumped it on the safeties.

Bench
45x10
135x8
155x3
175x8
220x6
230x5
245x4
260x3 (failed 4th)
230x9
225x8 (should have been 220 but no phucking way I was unloading the bar just to put little plates back on.

stopped as soon as they started to get grindy on the last two amrap sets. You can see me pause after the 8th with 230 and contemplate a 9th but I did the smart thing and racked it


Vids hopefully will be up later when my Internet provider gets their sh!t together.

[punkybj]

Grrrrr! I hate it when my internet connection cut out. Great lifts today though woody

[nads786]

Just benching today? I'm always curious to see how failure works on the pins, when I get a home gym I'm sure those pins will be getting hit often with my bench failures lulz

[Ironlife]

Sweet workout man, i hate that feeling of misplacing the bar on the chest. LOL i did 185 CGBP once a weight for normalliy 10-12 reps easy. and i completely botched the placement on rep 7 and couldnt get it up lol

[Woody-5]

Grrrrr! I hate it when my internet connection cut out. Great lifts today though woody

Thanks Punky!
Internet is back this morning (kinda). Spotty at best, but I at least uploaded my video. Hopefully they'll fix it completely so I can watch netflix tonight lol

Just benching today? I'm always curious to see how failure works on the pins, when I get a home gym I'm sure those pins will be getting hit often with my bench failures lulz

Yeah, my schedule got messed up this week so everything got pushed back a day. I just wanted to bench and GTFO. Squats today though!
Lol just watch the second set of the vid and you'll see my graceful slide out from under the bar after the failed rep

Sweet workout man, i hate that feeling of misplacing the bar on the chest. LOL i did 185 CGBP once a weight for normalliy 10-12 reps easy. and i completely botched the placement on rep 7 and couldnt get it up lol

Thanks mate! I gotta play around with it a bit more, but doing it on an 85% set and a 90% AMRAP probably isn't the best time to do it haha





Vids finally!
You can see on the 245 & 260 sets, I'm really trying to tuck the elbows and touch the bar a bit lower on my chest. Felt awkward with the bar moving away from me on the descent, although the press back up felt strong. Any tips /suggestions are welcome (including stop fukking around with your form on heavy sets!)

[moshvr]

Stop fukking around with form on heavy sets!!

Nice lifting Woody!

[Ironlife]

I loved how you escaped! Been there a few times.

Id stick to your normal benching for heavy sets, especially at week 4 of a program.

[Woody-5]

Stop fukking around with form on heavy sets!!

Nice lifting Woody!

lmao agreed!
Thanks fella

I loved how you escaped! Been there a few times.

Id stick to your normal benching for heavy sets, especially at week 4 of a program.

haha that was a pretty graceful slide out of there

agreed, I just gotta make sure I don't start lowering the bar too high which I tend to do later in a set when I'm getting fatigued for some reason.

[KenshinH]

lmao agreed!
Thanks fella



haha that was a pretty graceful slide out of there

agreed, I just gotta make sure I don't start lowering the bar too high which I tend to do later in a set when I'm getting fatigued for some reason.

Seemed like a well-practiced maneuver lol

It's hard to resist tinkering with your bench form when we've got all these bros putting up nice vids with different styles and such. Guilty of it myself. We just gotta buckle down and keep things rolling.

[Woody-5]

Saturday 12.1.12- Squat Day


Nice session today! After a lot of thought over this past week, I've decided to skip the next 5/3/1 cycle. I want to dial my intensity back a bit. I've mentioned my lack of motivation on squat days for the past few weeks and it really caught up with me last week. Without that hard mental drive, form can go to sh!t fast when you've got 90% of your 1RM on your max. my 350 double was ugly last week and I'm worried it's going to get worse.

I dialed back to 75% of my last working max of 370 and will use a 4x4 scheme for a bit. 4x4 worked well with me last year when I did LIME's squat program. even if I do 10 pound jumps, this will still keep the weight manageable for a few weeks so I'm not killing myself every session.

Squat
45 x 10
135 x 5
185 x 3
225 x 1
275 x 4
275 x 4
275 x 4
275 x 4
not hard, but it's not like they were warmup sets, it still felt like I did some work. Due to the lighter weight I was able to stay much more upright

RDL
135 x 10
185 x 10
185 x 10
185 x 10
Kept these light and really focused on form and getting that stretch in the hammies. I'm gonna be feeling these tomorrow- every time I re-introduce these to the routine, my hamstrings hurt for 2 days afterwards

Chin Ups
BW x 5
+10 x 5
+10 x 5
+10 x 5
not hard at all

Kneeling Ab Wheel
x12
x12
x12

[Woody-5]

Seemed like a well-practiced maneuver lol

It's hard to resist tinkering with your bench form when we've got all these bros putting up nice vids with different styles and such. Guilty of it myself. We just gotta buckle down and keep things rolling.

Nah, I just have a natural grace about me

I hear you, and in the middle of all this high volume you really start to think about form and nitpick it. Just gotta be careful about making any major adjustments especially during a heavy set

[Raigs]

Nice work on the squats. I hope the change in program helps you want to kill it again

[KenshinH]

Saturday 12.1.12- Squat Day

Nice session today! After a lot of thought over this past week, I've decided to skip the next 5/3/1 cycle. I want to dial my intensity back a bit. I've mentioned my lack of motivation on squat days for the past few weeks and it really caught up with me last week. Without that hard mental drive, form can go to sh!t fast when you've got 90% of your 1RM on your max. my 350 double was ugly last week and I'm worried it's going to get worse.

I dialed back to 75% of my last working max of 370 and will use a 4x4 scheme for a bit. 4x4 worked well with me last year when I did LIME's squat program. even if I do 10 pound jumps, this will still keep the weight manageable for a few weeks so I'm not killing myself every session.

Good job recognizing that you gotta reset things a bit! That's how we make steady long-term progress.

Any particular reason for 4x4 versus 5x5? Less volume therefore you can be a little more aggressive on the intensity and focus more on each rep and set?

[Woody-5]

Nice work on the squats. I hope the change in program helps you want to kill it again

Thanks dude! Hopefully a few week break from the intensity will work well for me. Then I can get that PR train rolling again!

Good job recognizing that you gotta reset things a bit! That's how we make steady long-term progress.

Any particular reason for 4x4 versus 5x5? Less volume therefore you can be a little more aggressive on the intensity and focus more on each rep and set?

Thanks dude! I've used the 4x4 scheme for squats on a program I did last year and it worked well for me

I considered resetting the 5/3/1 weights but the amount that I wanted to reset would take months to climb back from with the slow progression.

[jshaw5]

Nice easy squats wood man. Why not give TM a try?

[Woody-5]

Nice easy squats wood man. Why not give TM a try?

Thanks dude

TM is on my growing list of things to do in 2013 for sure

[Raigs]

Wood I like your workouts if you do TM it will save me a lot of reading since I could base it off your detailed logging

[Woody-5]

Wood I like your workouts if you do TM it will save me a lot of reading since I could base it off your detailed logging

Lol thanks, I try To keep some good details incase I want to go back and reference anything in the future

I'm considering a short run of TM after New Years but I'm still up in the air. If not now than I'll give it a shot next summer after I trim up a bit

[lllDBOlll]

Great work!

Even more classics hah

[dopamine72]

Nice work woody. Squats are always a bitch regardless of weight lol.

[johnblythe]

Saturday 12.1.12- Squat Day


Nice session today! After a lot of thought over this past week, I've decided to skip the next 5/3/1 cycle. I want to dial my intensity back a bit. I've mentioned my lack of motivation on squat days for the past few weeks and it really caught up with me last week. Without that hard mental drive, form can go to sh!t fast when you've got 90% of your 1RM on your max. my 350 double was ugly last week and I'm worried it's going to get worse.

I dialed back to 75% of my last working max of 370 and will use a 4x4 scheme for a bit. 4x4 worked well with me last year when I did LIME's squat program. even if I do 10 pound jumps, this will still keep the weight manageable for a few weeks so I'm not killing myself every session.

Squat
45 x 10
135 x 5
185 x 3
225 x 1
275 x 4
275 x 4
275 x 4
275 x 4
not hard, but it's not like they were warmup sets, it still felt like I did some work. Due to the lighter weight I was able to stay much more upright

RDL
135 x 10
185 x 10
185 x 10
185 x 10
Kept these light and really focused on form and getting that stretch in the hammies. I'm gonna be feeling these tomorrow- every time I re-introduce these to the routine, my hamstrings hurt for 2 days afterwards

Chin Ups
BW x 5
+10 x 5
+10 x 5
+10 x 5
not hard at all

Kneeling Ab Wheel
x12
x12
x12

great session man, and even better job on making a wise decision and drawing back some.

TM is on my growing list of things to do in 2013 for sure

ditto.

I'm considering a short run of TM after New Years but I'm still up in the air. If not now than I'll give it a shot next summer after I trim up a bit

same here!

Squats are always a bitch regardless of weight lol.

truth!

[Ironlife]

Excellent work on listening to the body with squats, i need to do something similar

Solid work

[Woody-5]

Great work!

Even more classics hah

Thanks fella!

I actually saw Debbie Gibson in a movie a few years back and she was looking fine as hell

Nice work woody. Squats are always a bitch regardless of weight lol.

Thanks Dope! Hopefully the reset pays off

And damn right they are

great session man, and even better job on making a wise decision and drawing back some.



ditto.



same here!




truth!

Lol right on! Thanks my man

Excellent work on listening to the body with squats, i need to do something similar

Solid work

Thanks mate! Should be a good break mentally for a few weeks while I climb back up

[Ironlife]

I recon youll squat a nice 1RM pr by new years eve

[PeterGibbons316]

My squats went to **** while on 5/3/1 as well, I think more because of lack of frequency/total volume than anything - switching up to a 4x4 will help I think.