Brian's strength log

[Brian Stone]

Tue Mar 16

General W/U - jumping jacks and whatnot.

FS: 45x5, 95x5, 125x3, 155x2, 180x5x3 (PR)
155x5, 135x8
A little pain in one knee following. Will ice later

Chins +25#: 5
Dips: 5

Was going to do alternating sets, but didn't have much gas left in the upper body.

Walking.

[Brian Stone]

Wed Mar 17
Rest day

Thu Mar 18
Jumprope and double under W/U

BP: 45x10, 95x5, 145x3, 185x2, 210x5,5,3, 195x3, 175x5, 155x7
UGH - this lift has been plaguing me - it's the only area in which I'm not making progress. I put a lot of thought into what systems to work on to correct this and how to modify my programming, but I'm going to try keeping it simple first and get through it the way I did my last BP wall - drop back the weight. Next bench workout I'll be back to 200x5x3 and I'll climb from there.

DB Rows: 55x5, 75x5, 95x3, 120x5 (sloppy), 110x8,2, 95x10

Walking

Overall crappy workout. I didn't feel energized. Poor sleep last night after out late drinking for Paddy's, as god intended.

[Brian Stone]

Fri Mar 19
Rest

Sat Mar 20
Jumprope and D/U W/U

HPC: 45x8, 95x5, 115x5, 135x5

PC: 175x3,2,2,2,

C&J: 155x1,1,1,1

Trap Bar DL: 225x5, 275x3, 315x5, 355x4, 335x5, 295x8

Walking


Liked the trap bar

[Brian Stone]

Mon Mar 22

Lot of NEPA stuff throughout the day.

Workout:
Light jumprope W/U

Press: 45x10, 95x4, 125x2, 150x3x3 (PR), 135x5x2

BP: 95x5, 145c5, 185x5c3

Chins: 6,6,6,6 (spaced out quite a bit - this was really following my workout. I wanted to get in some pull work)

[Brian Stone]

Tue Mar 23
No workout

Wed Mar 24
Bowling + beer. No workout

Thu Mar 25
Eliptical W/U

FS: 45x5, 95x5, 125x3, 155x2, 185x5x3 (PR - easy!),
165x5, 135x8
Knees felt good after these. Only the 185's were belted.

DB Snatch: 50x5, 70x5, 90x4(f5), 5,5
Might have jumped into the first set too soon after the front squats.

DB Shrugs: 110x10,10,8

Walking

[Brian Stone]

Fri Mar 26

W/U Eliptical 5 mins

BP: 65x8, 105x5, 145x3, 175x2, 200x5,5,7, 185x5,4
Had dropped back to 200 to try to smash thru a 210 plateau I hit for a few weeks.

DB Rows: 75x5, 95x3, 110x10x3

Thick Bar Press: 45x5, 105x5x3
This felt very heavy after the other work

Walking


Weight: 224
This has been pretty steady for a while and might explain my glacial progress. I have vacation next week and will figure out if I want to ratchet up eating afterwords.

[Brian Stone]

Sat Mar 27
Jumprope and D/U W/U

HPC: 45x5, 95x5, 115x5, 135x5

PC: 155x3, 175x2,2,2,2, 155x2,2,2
175's are getting more explosive.

DL: 225x5, 285x3, 335x2, 375x5 (PR!), 325x5, 295x5, 245x6
Felt I probably could have gotten 385x5 today, probably because of my unusually high energy level

Walking

Notes:
For some reason had a TON of energy today during and post-workout. Felt I could have done a lot more work.

[Brian Stone]

Sun Mar 28
Pretty horrendous eating last couple of days. No workout, but did about a 3.5 mile NEPA walk in the evening.

[Brian Stone]

Mon Mar 29

Jumprope and D/U W/U

Press: 45x8, 95x5, 115x3, 135x2, (belt) 150x4x3 (rep PR), (no belt) 135x5x2

Bench Press: 95x5, 145x5, 190x5,5,4

Chins+25#: 3
Chins: 6,5,5

NEPA walk on treadmill

[Brian Stone]

Sun Apr 11

Just got back from a 2 week vacation. Outside of a lot of walking and eating, not much in the way of exercise. Will be a bit regaining strength next week or two.

Morning: NEPA walk pre-breakfast. ~1 mile

Gym: Warmup - Eliptical 8 mins

Press: 45x8, 95x5, 115x3, 130x2 (belt), 145x4,4,3 (belt), 130x5x2 (no belt), 115x5

DB Snatch (R/L): 50x5, 70x5, 85x5x3 (pretty easy. Back to 90 next time)

DB Shrugs: 100x10x4

Walking