Ola's 5/3/1-log

[Ola Persson]

Originally Posted by Per Karlsson

You are not doing it right, its common knowledge that beer has anabolic effects

No wonder I´ve stalled, Easter was all about snaps.

Regarding conditioning: my sessions has been too few and to far apart to tell. Normally it shouldn’t affect your strength gains that much. For a more detailed answer regarding the Greyskull LP see the sticky thread over at Strength Villain.

27 April
Press 62,5 kg 2*5 1*15
Deadlift 180 kg*9 – huge disappointment. I aimed for at least ten but felt tired warming up. Hopefully this is due to infrequent training over the last couple of weeks, lack of nutrition and/or too few rest days since I last DL:ed. If not and this trend continues I need to do something.
Neck Harness 22,5 kg 4*30

[Per Karlsson]

Originally Posted by Ola Persson

No wonder I´ve stalled, Easter was all about snaps.

I "motbevisade" my beer hypothesis today...

[Ola Persson]

Caught a cold and haven't trained for a week.

4 May
Press 65 kg 2*5 1*13 - underachiever
Back Squat 160 kg 2*5 1*8 - since the press felt awful I didn't add weight today
Neck Harness 24 kg 4*25

[Ola Persson]

My lower back has been a bit irritated the last couple of days. It always gets like this when I'm stressed. No DL:s or squats due to this.

6 May
Close Grip Bench Press 80 kg 2*5 1*14
Neck Harness 24 kg 4*25
Weighted Chins

9 May
Press 66 kg 2*5 1*14 - finally some progress
Neck Harness 24 kg 4*25
Weighted Chins

[Ola Persson]

11 May
Back Squat 162,5 kg 2*5 1*7
Close Grip Bench Press 81 kg 2*5 1*13
Neck Harness 24 kg 4*28

14 May
Press 67,5 kg 2*5 1*13
Neck Harness 24 kg 4*30
Weighted Chins

16 May
Close Grip Bench Press 82,5 kg 2*5 1*13
Neck Harness 24 kg 4*30
Weighted Chins

18 May
Back Squat 165 kg 2*5 1*7
Press 68,5 kg 2*5 1*12
Neck Harness 24 kg 4*30

Stress levels are high right now. Not much sleep and long hours at work. This has affected my lower back as mentioned, and I've opted out of deadlifting for a while. I plan to make my reset even bigger and go down from 200 kg to 170 kg due to this.

Luckily I'm off to NYC for pleasure and then to Detroit for business. This means I will take two whole weeks off from training. Hopefully I'll be rested and hungry again when I'm back home in Stockholm.

[Ola Persson]

Back from the trip. Still jet lagged and I felt woozy so I skipped lower body work.

30 May
Press 65 kg 2*5 1*14 - decrease with 3,5 kg since last time due to the long rest
Neck Harness 24 kg 4*30
Weighted Chins 2*6