Smash Fuarking Weight

[tund3]

From what I can tell, you made too big of jumps between increasing the lifts. You shouldn't be missing reps within the first few weeks of the program.

i only went up 2.5kg ... any smaller than that would be an epic fail considering i was lifting almost twice that amount over a year ago lol. Besides, my squats and deadlifts are keeping up, it's just kinda weird :S but yeah i guess i'll go back to 40kg next workout.
Strange that you posted that here and not in my log though lol

[Kiknskreem]

Ah ****, I read your PM and then forgot all about it.

I gotta catch up.

[RipCJ]

SQUAT:
45 x 5
45 x 5
85 x 5
130 x 5
130 x 5
130 x 5

PRESS:
45 x 5
45 x 5
70 x 5
70 x 5
70 x 5

POWER CLEAN:
45 x 5
45 x 5
70 x 5
70 x 5
70 x 5

WEIGH-IN:
150 lbs

COMMENTS:
Squats felt light, but presses felt a tad heavy. I might start micro loading soon, since I feel I started too high. I was happy about finally being back up to 150 lbs, still a lot of weight left to gain, though.

[no_one089]

Gj on getting back to 150 man and good workout

[liftingbuddy1]

Nice work today, CJ. 150 lbs? Good job!! Weight is coming back and the strength will come back shortly!

Mike

[RipCJ]

Gj on getting back to 150 man and good workout

Thanks, Brandon.

Nice work today, CJ. 150 lbs? Good job!! Weight is coming back and the strength will come back shortly!

Thanks, Mike. The thing I like about Starting Strength is you can make progress every single workout. I guess that just comes with being a novice.

[JayZyzz]

SQUAT:
45 x 5
45 x 5
85 x 5
130 x 5
130 x 5
130 x 5

PRESS:
45 x 5
45 x 5
70 x 5
70 x 5
70 x 5

POWER CLEAN:
45 x 5
45 x 5
70 x 5
70 x 5
70 x 5

WEIGH-IN:
150 lbs

COMMENTS:
Squats felt light, but presses felt a tad heavy. I might start micro loading soon, since I feel I started too high. I was happy about finally being back up to 150 lbs, still a lot of weight left to gain, though.

Lol already doing great on the squats and gaining you're weight back! What was your weight before discontinuing your workouts?

[mjw8204]

Nice session, CJ. How are the cleans working out so far?

[MISSINGLINK]

Nice journal. SS will treat you well.

[RipCJ]

Lol already doing great on the squats and gaining you're weight back! What was your weight before discontinuing your workouts?

Thanks, Johnny. I was around 160-162 lbs. I'm looking forward to gaining that back, and more.

Nice session, CJ. How are the cleans working out so far?

Thanks, Matt. The cleans feel great, much better form than before.

Nice journal. SS will treat you well.

Thanks for stopping by, Link.

[BaFtub]

Why not just load it up with 135 haha. Id prefer the two 45's as opposed to the various weight :P

Gjob CJ

[RipCJ]

Why not just load it up with 135 haha. Id prefer the two 45's as opposed to the various weight :P

Gjob CJ

As much as I'd like to start using the big plates, that would screw up my linear progression. I know it's not a big deal and I'm sure I could handle a few 10 lb jumps, but mentally it would be annoying. My plan is to keep it nice and consistent to get back up to higher weights.

[RipCJ]

SQUAT:
45 x 5
45 x 5
95 x 5
135 x 5
135 x 5
135 x 5

BENCH PRESS:
45 x 5
45 x 5
95 x 5
95 x 5
95 x 5

DEADLIFT:
155 x 5

WEIGH-IN:
150 lbs

COMMENTS:
Today I felt I was going too deep on squats, therefore bouncing out of the hole. I will have to fix that on Saturday. Bench press was light, but deadlifts are still somewhat heavy. I'm not sure when I should start to add a warm-up set for deadlift.

[no_one089]

Gj man, Id say around 175-185lbs for deadlifts.

[mjw8204]

I don't think a 115 lbs warm-up set would be a bad idea at all.

[spider813]

Another Rippetoe log. Nice to see. Good luck with it!

[RipCJ]

Gj man, Id say around 175-185lbs for deadlifts.

Thanks, Brandon. That might be too long to wait. I will try what Matt said.

I don't think a 115 lbs warm-up set would be a bad idea at all.

That's what I was thinking, but it would be a hassle to change plates. I will try 115 lbs next time, though.

Another Rippetoe log. Nice to see. Good luck with it!

Thanks for stopping by.

[JayZyzz]

SQUAT:
45 x 5
45 x 5
95 x 5
135 x 5
135 x 5
135 x 5

BENCH PRESS:
45 x 5
45 x 5
95 x 5
95 x 5
95 x 5

DEADLIFT:
155 x 5

WEIGH-IN:
150 lbs

COMMENTS:
Today I felt I was going too deep on squats, therefore bouncing out of the hole. I will have to fix that on Saturday. Bench press was light, but deadlifts are still somewhat heavy. I'm not sure when I should start to add a warm-up set for deadlift.

Good workout bro, I agree with mjw8204 on the 115 warm up. 5 reps and you're good to go.

[RipCJ]

SQUAT:
45 x 5
45 x 5
95 x 5
140 x 5
140 x 5
140 x 5

PRESS:
45 x 5
45 x 5
75 x 5
75 x 5
75 x 5

POWER CLEAN:
45 x 5
45 x 5
75 x 5
75 x 5
75 x 5

WEIGH-IN:
149.5 lbs

COMMENTS:
Press was somewhat heavy, and the last rep of each set were slow. I will start to micro load next week.

[no_one089]

Good job man, progress is goin strong

[Arlecchino]

But still progressing though, that is what counts.

[MuscleMan009]

looking good cj, keep it up, 3 months tops you'll be back where you were...

[RipCJ]

Good job man, progress is goin strong

Thanks, Brandon.

But still progressing though, that is what counts.

Thanks, Eric. The plan is to continue that progress.

looking good cj, keep it up, 3 months tops you'll be back where you were...

Thanks, Matt. I think some exercises will take longer to get back to where I was, especially press. That is already getting heavy, and the bar speed is getting slower.

[BaFtub]

Gjob on the squat increase. Any idea if you ever want to compete in PLing?

[JiP]

work hard CJ

[RipCJ]

Gjob on the squat increase. Any idea if you ever want to compete in PLing?

Thanks, Brett. That is definitely a possibility in the future.

work hard CJ

Thanks, JiP.

[PokLim]

Looks like the progress is still going well.

I despise those Military Presses....lol. I really do.

Any updated weight goals and lift goals you're aiming for?

[bluedot]

It's good to see you're making steady progress, congrats. If you're looking for suggestions one thing I think you'll want to begin doing is structuring your warm-up sets differently. Doing 2x5 with the bar (or 1x10 like I prefer) is smart, and going up to 95 on the squat is a good idea. But it's very helpful, especially when the weights are heavy, to have some warm-up very close to your working weight. So if you're going to squat 155 you might want to consider

45 x 10 (or 2x5)
95 x 3
120 x 2
140 x 1
155 3x5

This really gets your CNS ready for the weight since you get to feel something very heavy on your back or in your hands, but by doing only one rep you won't tire yourself out.

Just keep at it and you'll get there in no time.

[RipCJ]

Looks like the progress is still going well.

I despise those Military Presses....lol. I really do.

Any updated weight goals and lift goals you're aiming for?

Thanks, PokLim. I always feel that my shoulders are always sore when I get to the presses. Maybe I just need some more stretching?

My goals are still the same as the first post, so nothing new there.

It's good to see you're making steady progress, congrats. If you're looking for suggestions one thing I think you'll want to begin doing is structuring your warm-up sets differently. Doing 2x5 with the bar (or 1x10 like I prefer) is smart, and going up to 95 on the squat is a good idea. But it's very helpful, especially when the weights are heavy, to have some warm-up very close to your working weight. So if you're going to squat 155 you might want to consider

45 x 10 (or 2x5)
95 x 3
120 x 2
140 x 1
155 3x5

This really gets your CNS ready for the weight since you get to feel something very heavy on your back or in your hands, but by doing only one rep you won't tire yourself out.

Just keep at it and you'll get there in no time.

Thanks for taking the time to write that up. I totally understand that, and I will start having more warm-up sets once the weight gets heavier.

[MuscleMan009]

Thanks, PokLim. I always feel that my shoulders are always sore when I get to the presses. Maybe I just need some more stretching?

My goals are still the same as the first post, so nothing new there.



Thanks for taking the time to write that up. I totally understand that, and I will start having more warm-up sets once the weight gets heavier.

Do you do any stretching PWO?