Oklahoman does it Texas style

[HoneyBadger300]

Been busy lately...

Last Friday's workout

Sheiko 29
Week 3 Day 3
6/7/13

Squat
45 x 2 x 5
135 x 1 x 5
205 x 1 x 5
245 x 1 x 4
290 x 2 x 3
330 x 6 x 3
Squats were a huge headgame. I had to talk myself into every set, and fight for every single rep.

Bench
45 x 2 x 5
145 x 1 x 5
175 x 1 x 4
205 x 2 x 3
230 x 7 x 3
Bench was super easy today. Had a guy working in with me and we were going set for set with now down time.

Face pulls
Cable pull aparts
Chin ups

[HoneyBadger300]

Man, things have been crazy. Car accidents, summer courses, and tornado after tornado. I've still kept on the program though. No missed days, but as you can see earlier, some days I've had to scratch some sets of squat. Not today though.

Sheiko 29
Week 4, Day 1

Cardio
Actually been doing this every workout
5 minutes of bike
3 minutes of shoulder bike

Face Pulls
60 x 3 x 12

Squat
45 x 2 x 5
135 x 1 x 5
205 x 1 x 5
245 x 1 x 4
290 x 2 x 3
330 x 5 x 3
Switched from all the free trial pre workouts that I've been using back to 2 scoops of C-4 and finally got back my old focus and muscle memory and everything for squat. Craze, white flood, and some other brand just didn't quite cut it. Finally had a good weekend for recovery too, slept and ate well for the first time in a while. Came in the gym strong and knocked everything out

Bench
45 x 2 x 5
160 x 1 x 5
190 x 1 x 5
215 x 5 x 4
Bench is getting so easy. So pleased with myself that I'm finally getting bench to work out.

Front Squats
Phuck my life
45 x 2 x 5
95 x 1 x 5
165 x 2 x 5
205 x 2 x 4
245 x 3 x 3
Front squats were so stupid hard. My legs were fine, but my lower back started to round, upper back was super tight, but the real problem was with my wrists kinking. Definitely need to work on loosening my triceps, shoulder, elbow, and wrist flexibility.

3 Super Sets of
Face Pulls
Cable Pull aparts
Chinups

[xRequiem]

just do paused beltless oly squats lieu front squats

and **** Sheiko

[izzygrant]

just do full cleans in lieu of front squats

ftfy

[HoneyBadger300]

just do paused beltless oly squats lieu front squats

and **** Sheiko

Oly squats, not even once. I'll leave high bar bs for you brah.

ftfy

mmm. Maybe. I'll probably just have to get better at front squats. Felt fine recovering from them yesterday.

Sheiko 29
Week 4, Day 2
The end is near
BW 171.4 (WTF? Summer time, dropping water weight?)

Bench
45 x 2 x 5
145 x 1 x 5
175 x 1 x 4
205 x 2 x 3
230 x 2 x 3
245 x 3 x 2

Sumo Deads
135 x 2 x 5
225 x 1 x 3
260 x 1 x 3
305 x 2 x 3
Add Belt
350 x 2 x 3
These were gettin pretty hefty
370 x 3 x 2
Felt heavy, no grinders though
350 x 3 x 2
Hands were killing me, got them though.
All in all, pretty awesome. Hook gripped everything, so my thumbs are a bit sore, no biggy, I'll get used to it.

Back to Bench
45 x 2 x 5
145 x 1 x 5
175 x 1 x 5
205 x 4 x 5
Is that all you got? Bench was really easy today.

Face Pulls
Pull aparts
and such.

So lately, bench has been super easy, deadlifts have been just alright, and squats have been "holy ****" killer. Obviously I've got 1 more workout left on Sheiko 29, but I missed a couple of the second squat sessions, so I don't feel right moving on to 37. I'm thinking about running 29 again but with an extra 2.5% on bench, 2.5% on deads, and squats staying the same. What are you guy's thoughts? Do you think I could jump to 37 using my previous weights and just not add anything yet? Or would it be worth it to go back and get these 4 weeks perfect before moving on?

Lemme know what you think

[xRequiem]

Oly squats, not even once. I'll leave high bar bs for you brah.


So lately, bench has been super easy, deadlifts have been just alright, and squats have been "holy ****" killer. Obviously I've got 1 more workout left on Sheiko 29, but I missed a couple of the second squat sessions, so I don't feel right moving on to 37. I'm thinking about running 29 again but with an extra 2.5% on bench, 2.5% on deads, and squats staying the same. What are you guy's thoughts? Do you think I could jump to 37 using my previous weights and just not add anything yet? Or would it be worth it to go back and get these 4 weeks perfect before moving on?[/center]

Lemme know what you think

i squat low bar now ***, do you even read my log anymore?

just continue with 37 and add 5lbs to your bench and 10 to your deadlift if anything at all.

[psychodiver9]

The beauty of sheiko is you can donut how you like. Nothing wrong with running 29 again. I love the program

[pyaarawala]

Haha dropping weight again? Nice session btw

[randomalias]

Nice deads. Good to see that you'r deadlifts are progressing again. I know how much it can suck to struggle with weights that used to be easy. (Hook grip ftw, hurts like a bitch but the bar ain't going anywhere)

[HoneyBadger300]

i squat low bar now ***, do you even read my log anymore?

just continue with 37 and add 5lbs to your bench and 10 to your deadlift if anything at all.

Haha, sorry I must have missed that. I remember when you were making the switch, but I didn't know if you stuck with it. Things have been really crazy lately and I've hardly had enough time to update my own log, much less check out everyone else's, sorry brah, I'll have to catch up on it.

Thanks on the advice about Sheiko. Still not sure what I'm going to do. Missed the Friday workout yesterday because life happened, but oh well. I"ll use the weekend to rest and recover and then do the week 4, day 3 workout on Monday. Finish strong, ya know? Use Wednesday and Friday as some rest and refit light days, and then start whatever I'm going to get into next on the following Monday. Missing a workout feels like chit brah... Ready to get back into it.

The beauty of sheiko is you can donut how you like. Nothing wrong with running 29 again. I love the program

Thanks for the tip, I might go with xReq's advice. May as well get into 37 and see what it's about, even if I hot dogged 29 a bit. I can always come back to it, and of course I'm going to be making gains pretty much no matter what I do... as long as I'm workin hard. Thanks for checkin out my log, welcome brah!

Haha dropping weight again? Nice session btw

Haha, yeah it's up and down. Summers are hot and humid here so I'm sweating my ass off 24/7, have to drink double the water I should normally be drinking... and I never drank enough to begin with. Blows.

Nice deads. Good to see that you'r deadlifts are progressing again. I know how much it can suck to struggle with weights that used to be easy. (Hook grip ftw, hurts like a bitch but the bar ain't going anywhere)

Thanks for the encouragement on Deads, it really is good to feel some weight on the bar again and to be able to pull it with confidence. 370 feels so far away from my 435 max, but I guess doing 3 doubles of it isn't too bad. I'm sure I'll keep progressing as I go along on this Russian bull crap.

It's good to hear from all of you, thanks for sticking with me even though I haven't had much to offer this thread, or your own workout logs either. I appreciate the support and I'll get back to you all as soon as I can. Been having a hard time with some stuff lately, but it'll all get figured out eventually. Keep eating.

[budreiser2]

I totally get the weight loss. It's been hitting me like a truck. I dropped from 182 down to 172-173 in like a month.

[HoneyBadger300]

I totally get the weight loss. It's been hitting me like a truck. I dropped from 182 down to 172-173 in like a month.

Man that's a lot to lose! Are your still gaining strength though? How's your bench coming?

[budreiser2]

Man that's a lot to lose! Are your still gaining strength though? How's your bench coming?

well my bench is still 305, but i'm like 10 pounds lighter so thats like being stronger right? My deadlift shot up 20 pounds though, because that makes sense.

[HoneyBadger300]

well my bench is still 305, but i'm like 10 pounds lighter so thats like being stronger right? My deadlift shot up 20 pounds though, because that makes sense.

Yeah, stronger on bench. Deadlift totally makes sense... not really, haha. Solid work though.

[Marshall28]

Any lifting going on in here?

[HoneyBadger300]

Any lifting going on in here?

Kinda. This past 4 weeks really took the fun out of lifting. I haven't been able to eat enough to keep up with the training. My squat feels like I've regressed on my form and gained no strength at all, my bench feels like it has exploded, and I've gained deadlift form, but I don't think I've gained any strength. Pretty tired, tied of being sore every day and not being able to eat enough to recover for the next lift, even though I just skipped Friday. Not sure where to go from here, maybe the body is calling for some time off. My knee has ached during and after squats for a couple weeks now. I think sheiko is too much overload for my current life situation. Pretty discouraged right now. Half way through my workout and I just have no motivation. Did 2 sets of 330 squat instead of 6, just not feeling like doing anything today. Everything feels the heaviest it's been. Blows.

[xRequiem]

Should have stayed on TM

[Marshall28]

Sounds like you need a week away from the gym. Keep your head up man.

[budreiser2]

that sucks man, I'd take a little bit of time off. It isn't set in stone that you have to use sheiko though.

[HoneyBadger300]

Should have stayed on TM

No I definitely needed to branch out. TM was turning into the same old same old, and if you remember, I had stalled out on bench, and my deadlift was stagnant for around 2 months. Change was good, but Sheiko is a bitch.

Sounds like you need a week away from the gym. Keep your head up man.

Yeah, I really need things to settle down so I can sleep and eat like I should, but oh well. How's the new addition to your family?

that sucks man, I'd take a little bit of time off. It isn't set in stone that you have to use sheiko though.

Yeah I know it's not set in stone. I had just wanted to do 29/37 but it looks like it turned out to be too much of a good thing, haha.

[pyaarawala]

Did you ease into Sheiko the way it's recommended? I agree with the others that perhaps you could take a week or two off from the gym. Eat whatever you want and enjoy, and then re-attempt Sheiko. You'll have tons more motivation when you finally get back to it.

[L The Pirate]

[Marshall28]

Yeah, I really need things to settle down so I can sleep and eat like I should, but oh well. How's the new addition to your family?

Been awesome. Not sleeping much but she is worth it. Also, not the best time to start Sheiko meet prep but I am giving it a go. July 20th is show time.

[izzygrant]

in a world where peanut butter chocolate exists, i just don't understand how this is possible.