whacky's Workout Log

[whackybeanz]

11 Mar '15
Training progress
Squats
-N/A-

Bench
46.5kg/102lbs: 3x5

Pendlay Row
51.5kg/113lbs: 3x8

DB Flies
3kg/6lbs: 3x10

Calf Raise + Tricep Pushdown Superset
17.5kg/38lbs: 2x15
25kg/55lbs: 6,4

- Everything that could go wrong with sleep has been going on recently. Been working on tight deadlines and sleep is kinda all over the place even if I have eight (or more) hours of sleep still. It's not as quality as I'd like.

- I'm trying to force myself to eat more where possible. Or at least, drink my calories in. Part of this involves sleeping and waking early so that I can throw in an extra snack time prior to my first meal. Hopefully this will lead to more weight gain and an improvement in lifts again.

[whackybeanz]

09 Mar '15
Training progress
Front Squats
N/A

Incline Bench
49kg/108lbs: 5,5,4

Romanian Deadlift
N/A

Lat Pulldown
52.5kg/115lbs: 3x8

Abs Pulldown + Dumbbell Curls Superset
40kg/88lbs: 2x16
10kg/22lbs: 2x10

- My bad on getting the weights used for Bench wrongly today. Will do 46.5kg the next session.

- Tried doing very light squats with just the bar to see how my hip flexor was coming along. Feels a lot better! I'll be going back to Squats the next time I return to the gym.

[whackybeanz]

16 Mar '15
Training progress
Squats
71.5kg/157lbs: 3x5

Bench
49kg/108lbs: 3x5

Pendlay Row
54kg/119lbs: 8,8,7

DB Flies
3kg/6lbs: 3x10

Calf Raise + Tricep Pushdown Superset
20kg/44lbs: 2x15
25kg/55lbs: 8,2

- Good to be back on Squats, finally. I seem to have lost lots of strength though; squatting 71.5kg felt pretty heavy.

[whackybeanz]

18 Mar '15
Training progress
Front Squats
59kg/130lbs: 3x5

Incline Bench
47.5kg/104lbs: 3x5

Romanian Deadlift
76.5kg/168lbs: 3x8

Lat Pulldown
55kg/121lbs: 7
52.5kg/115lbs: 6
52.5kg/115lbs: 6

Abs Pulldown + Dumbbell Curls Superset
40kg/88lbs: 2x16
10kg/22lbs: 2x10

[whackybeanz]

20 Mar '15
Training progress
Squats
72.5kg/159lbs: 3x5

Bench
49kg/108lbs: 3x5

Wide Grip Seated Row
40kg/88lbs: 8
45kg/99lbs: 8
45kg/99lbs: 8

DB Flies
3kg/6lbs: 3x10

Calf Raise + Tricep Pushdown Superset
20kg/44lbs: 2x17
20kg/44lbs: 2x10

- I was told that my bar placement was too much to the right, so I tend to tilt left when I go down in my squats. A little lost with how to approach squats currently; will record my form the next time I go to the gym.

- Swapped Pendlays with seated rows since all the bars were taken for a long time.

[whackybeanz]

23 Mar '15
Training progress
Front Squats
64kg/141lbs: 3x5

Incline Bench
49kg/108lbs: 3x5

Romanian Deadlift
82.5kg/181lbs: 3x8

Lat Pulldown
55kg/121lbs: 6
52.5kg/115lbs: 8
52.5kg/115lbs: 6

Abs Pulldown + Dumbbell Curls Superset
40kg/88lbs: 2x17
9kg/19lbs: 2x10

[whackybeanz]

25 Mar '15
Training progress
Squats
72.5kg/159lbs: 3x5

Bench
N/A

Wide Grip Seated Row
45kg/99lbs: 3x8

DB Flies
3kg/6lbs: 3x10

Calf Raise + Tricep Pushdown Superset
20kg/44lbs: 2x17
20kg/44lbs: 2x10

27 Mar '15
Training progress
Front Squats
64kg/141lbs: 3x5

Incline Bench
49kg/108lbs: 3x5

Romanian Deadlift
82.5kg/181lbs: 3x8

Lat Pulldown
47.5kg/104lbs: 3x8

Abs Pulldown + Dumbbell Curls Superset
40kg/88lbs: 2x17
9kg/19lbs: 2x10

- Our gym lost both the flat bench station and the incline bench station simultaneously. Now everyone's moving to the squat racks to do them, but it's getting so packed that waiting there for my turn just isn't efficient at all.

- Ended up not doing flat bench the previous time, and swapping Pendlays for wide grip rows (again).

- Energy has been taking a big hit recently with very late nights and poor sleep patterns. Not getting enough food in the day, so that's another thing I need to take note of. Hopefully this semester just gets over and done with so that I have one less thing to worry about.

[whackybeanz]

Sorry for not updating recently.

It's been a really rough ride trying to get through assignments for college recently. Coupled with late nights and bad diet, I've found myself not focusing well during each training session. Indeed, I haven't been pushing as hard as I wanted to. That said, I'm not giving up at all. Rather, I've decided to take a couple of weeks break from training until my semester is over, which is next week. In the meantime I'm also planning out my schedule and looking at options I can take to consume more food. Early sleep has been a thing lately (assignment submission peak season ended) and I'll make sure to stick to it and wake even earlier from now on. Perhaps the one biggest thing that has gone wrong for me is the failure to plan, and I'll make sure not to make that mistake again.

I lost some weight, but I'm surprised I did not lose as much as I thought. Still feel a lot smaller after not lifting for just a week though. "Progress" pics below.