chunkmo - journey to lifting the heavy things

[klaery]

You would have got that squat if you didn't doubt yourself. It was in the bag. Nail it next week. On the plus side you got an extra dead

[chunkmo]

6 days until the deadlift competition so i thought i'd test myself today instead of the usual workout. I'm still weighing 69kg (152lb) so I should do alright. I'll spend this year lean bulking up to 73-74kg to max out my weight class.

Deadlift
60kg (135lb) x 5
100kg (225lb) x 5
140kg (315lb) x 1
160kg (352lb) x 1
170kg (375lb) x 1
180kg (396lb) x 1 (4 plates! PB)

Deficit deadlift (~10cm/3")
100kg (225lb) 5 x 5

GHR
BW 12 x 5

Hanging leg raises
BW 12 x 5

Pretty happy with that new PB. Felt like I might have another 5kg in me. We'll see this weekend

[chunkmo]

Yesterday

Squat
60kg (135lb) x 5
100kg (225lb) x 3
110kg (248lb) 5 x 4
100kg (225lb) x 5

Front squat
60kg (135lb) 5 x 5

Standing calf raises
BW x 50
BW x 50

Was aiming for 5x5 on the 110kg squats but the last rep was such a grinder i wasn't sure i'd get another set. Surprised me as i got 107.5kg 5x5 the week previous.

Today

Bench
60kg (135lb) x 5
72.5kg (163lb) 5 x 5

Barbell rows
40kg (90lb) x 8
50kg (112lb) x 8
60kg (135lb) x 8
70kg (158lb) x 8
80kg (180lb) x 8

Cable Flyes
10kg (22lb) x 12
12.5kg (28lb) 8 x 5

Dumbell pullovers
24kg (54lb) 8 x 5

Pullups
BW 5 x 5

Bench is going pretty well lately. Aiming for 80kg 5x5 / 90kg x 1 by the April comp

[Tom Bro]

Nice benching and rowing man!

[chunkmo]

^ Thanks man

Took it easy and had a deload week doing mostly 80kg squats and 60kg bench with some accessories. Came back today for some intensity stuff and smashed it. Pretty happy with my performance but i've still got a sore hip from last weekends deadlift comp (matched my PR of 180kg) so I wont go too hard on deads until that clears up.

Squat
60kg (135lb) x 5
100kg (225lb) x 3
110kg (248lb) x 1
120kg (270lb) x 5 (PR)

Bench
60kg (135lb) x 3
70kg (158lb) x 2
80kg (180lb) x 5 (PR)
60kg (135lb) x 5
85kg (191lb) x 1
90kg (202lb) x 1 (PR)

Deadlift
60kg (135lb) x 5
100kg (225lb) x 5
140kg (315lb) x 1
160kg (360lb) x 1

Narrow stance box squats
60kg (135lb) x 5
80kg (180lb) x 5
100kg (225lb) x 5

GHR
BW 8 x 5

Treadmill
15 minutes @ 6kph

[chunkmo]

Finally got a hold of last weekends deadlift competition video. 170 180x 180 @ 71.4kg
My form on 170kg looked a bit strange because it was my first time using a texas bar - felt like pulling on a wet noodle. Failed my first attempt at 180kg so that wasn't included, but nailed the 2nd attempt.

[chunkmo]

Back at uni now and i've been underestimating the amount of time needed to finish a workout (need to get to class on time), so Monday and Wednesday were cut short. I guess it kinda acted like a deload week cause the PR's i hit today felt pretty easy

Monday
Squats
60 x 5
100 x 2
110 3x5

Bench
60 x 5
77.5 3x3

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Wednesday
Squats
60 x 5
80 8x5

Bench
60 5 x 5

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Today

Squats
60kg (135lb) x 5
100kg (225lb)x 3
110kg (248lb) x 1
122.5kg (275lb) x 5 (PR)
130kg (292lb) x 1

Bench
60kg (135lb) x 3
70kg (158lb) x 1
80kg (180lb) x 5
90kg (202lb) x 1
95kg (214lb) x 1 (PR)

Pullups
BW + 20kg (45lb) 3 x 5

Deadlift
60kg (135lb) x 5
100kg (225lb) x 5
140kg (315lb) x 1
155kg (348lb) x 4

Deficit deadlift
100kg (225lb) 3 x 5

[GinjaNinja85]

I've missed loads of your training recently. Just caught up and your smashing it

Pulls 4 plates in a meet (looked easy, wtf happened on your fail???)

Hits strong squat PR

Benches nice heavy single PR

WINNING

[chunkmo]

Thanks Training has been amazing lately, especially bench. My 1RM was 80kg around xmas! So much progress

I pulled 170 without really giving it respect, since i've done it heaps of times already... which made it feel a lot harder than it actually was. Then going into the 180 I was doubting myself . Not good.

1st attempt I got it about 10cm off the ground before I lost momentum and had to drop it. 2nd attempt I got angry

[chunkmo]

5x5 day with some uni mates during our break.

Squats
60kg (135lb) x 5
100kg (225lb) x 2
110kg (248lb) 5 x 5 (PR)

Bench
60kg (135lb) x 5
70kg (158lb) x 2
77.5kg (174lb) x 5 - was supposed to do 5x5 but i didnt have enough time to rest between sets so i dropped the weight
70kg (158lb) 5 x 5

Starting to find out that powerlifting and this semesters uni schedule is getting increasingly hard to fit in because of the longer sessions with rest times + shower/change clothes + walk to class and fitting in a meal. Missed out on the accessories i was supposed to do too I might have to start doing accessories on a separate day to get everything done.

[GinjaNinja85]

Nice volume day. We're using exactly the same squat weight for VD. What are you aiming for on ID?

Splitting assistance to the following day is a good idea if you can't get it all in.

[chunkmo]

Squat buddies!
I hit 122.5kg x 5 last week so i'm bumping it up to 125kg x 5 for this week. Isn't that what you're supposed to do? I actually haven't read all of Texas Method yet haha. Progressive overload

Yeah i'd much rather do assistance on the same day, but it's looking like I just don't have the time.

[chunkmo]

Deload day.

Squats
60kg (135lb) x 5
82.5kg (185lb) 8 x 5

Bench
62.5kg (140lb) 5x5

Pullups
BW 8 x 2

Barbell rows
40kg (90lb) 20 x 5

[chunkmo]

5RM day

Squats
60kg (135lb) x 5
100kg (225lb) x 2
110kg (246lb) x 1
125kg (281lb) x 3 (failed 4th rep. dang)
125kg (281lb) x 2
90kg (202lb) x 10

Bench
40kg (90lb) x 5
60kg (135lb) x 3
70kg (158lb) x 1
82.5kg (186lb) x 5 (PR)
60kg (135lb) x 12
90kg (202lb) x 1

Deadlift
100kg (225lb) x 5
140kg (315lb) x 1
160kg (360lb) x 5 (PR)

I think I failed my squats cause I came late and rushed into it, and the rack was set up to face the mirror instead of out into the gym like usual. Oh well. Try again next week

[chunkmo]

Been sick all week and haven't gone to the gym, and today was probably the worst day out of all of them but i've been itching to go cause staying home makes me feel terrible. Didn't really stick to TM but whatever, I just wanted to get some blood flowing again.

Squats
60kg (135lb) x 5
100kg (225lb) x 3
110kg (248lb) x 1
120kg (270lb) x 1
130kg (293lb) x 1
135kg (304lb) x 1 (PR)
100kg (225lb) x 10

Pause squats
60kg (135lb) 5 x 2

Bench
60kg (135lb) x 5
70kg (156lb) x 5
80kg (180lb) x 5

Decline bench
60kg (135lb) 5 x 5

Deadlift
100kg (225lb) x 5
140kg (315lb) x 2
162.5kg (365lb) x 3

Hanging leg raises
BW 12 x 5

[chunkmo]

Tried splitting my volume workout over 2 days so i can fit some assistance in. I still feel like my assistance work is really lagging though so I need to find somewhere to squeeze it in.

Squats
60kg (135lb) x 5
100kg (225lb) x 3
112.5kg (253lb) 5 x 5 (PR)

Bench
40kg (90lb) x 3
60kg (135lb) x 3
70kg (158lb) x 3
77.5kg (174lb) 5 x 5 (PR)

Pullups
BW 8 x 5

Barbell rows
40kg (90lb) x 8
50kg (112lb) x 8
60kg (135lb) x 8
70kg (158lb) x 8
80kg (180lb) x 8

Cable flyes
7.5kg (17lb) x 8
10kg (22lb) x 8
12.5kg (28lb) x 8
15kg (34lb) x 8
17.5kg (39lb) x 8


Our uni recently got a makeover and a new gym put in. Managed to score some free passes so i've been training there occasionally.

I love the fact that there's an oly lifing area (bumper plates and bands!) and the freeweights area is pretty well equipped also (power rack, squat rack, flat/incline/decline bench etc.). There's and a bunch of other stuff like group fitness room, cardio area, spin classes and a full size olympic pool. Honestly, it's probably the best gym i've been to.

[Tom Bro]

Where are you studying man?

[GinjaNinja85]

Nice VD fella. Re your last ID, you definitely have 125x5 if you had 110x5x5. I'm sure you'll nail it next time!

[chunkmo]

Sorry. I'm not subscribed to my own thread so i didn't know i had replies!

Where are you studying man?

I'm studying at QUT Gardens Point. I think they've got a similar gym at the Kelvin Grove campus too

Nice VD fella. Re your last ID, you definitely have 125x5 if you had 110x5x5. I'm sure you'll nail it next time!

Soooooo close. I'll get it next week!

5RM day on Saturday

Squats
60kg (135lb) x 5
100kg (225lb) x 3
110kg (248lb) x 2
125kg (281lb) x 4.5 (spotter barely touched the bar. i reckon i could grind it out though)

Bench
60kg (135lb) x 5
70kg (158lb) x 3
80kg (180lb) x 1
85kg (191lb) x 4.5 (spotter touched the bar. probably would have failed)

Deadlift
60kg (135lb) x 5
100kg (225lb) x 5
140kg (315lb) x 1
162.5kg (365lb) x 5 (PR)

Hip Thrusts (holy glute pump!)
60kg (135lb) x 12
80kg (180lb) x 10
100kg (225lb) x 8
140kg (315lb) x 5

Sunday
2.5 hours of indoor rockclimbing

[Tom Bro]

Ah sweet man. I studied at GP and KG. I had a look at the gym once but never trained there. Looks like its ok now!

[chunkmo]

Oh nice one Tom. Yeah GP is pretty damn nice now with the new gym/science block/cafeteria - feels like a real uni haha. My only gripe with the gym is that the bars are too slick. The knurling is almost non-existant and the collars can just slide off the bars which makes it useless for holding the plates. All the equipment there is IronEdge. Otherwise, its a great place to train

[chunkmo]

Haven't really kept up with the log (i keep forgetting). I usually do bench after squats (like in a meet) but both were taken so I decided to just go straight to deads... but then i was too tired to do a proper bench sesh after those deads haha

Squat
60kg (135lb) x 5
100kg (225lb) x 5
110kg (248lb) x 3
120kg (270lb) x 1
130kg (292lb) x 1
132.5kg (298lb) x 1
120kg (270lb) x 3
120kg (270lb) x 3

Deadlift
60kg (135lb) x 5
80kg (180lb) x 5
100kg (225lb) x 5
120kg (270lb) x 3
140kg (315lb) x 1
160kg (360lb) x 1
170kg (382lb) x 1
180kg (405lb) x 1
185kg (416lb) x 1
187.5kg (422lb) x 1 (PR)

Bench
60kg (135lb) x 5
70kg (158lb) x 5
80kg (180lb) x 3
90kg (202lb) x 1

[chunkmo]

And heres a 130kg squat from earlier this week