Upper Volume 10/31/10

- Bench 5x135, 3x185, 5x205, 5x205, 5x205, 5x205, 5x210
- Pullup/Chinup 5xBW/5xBW, 5xBW/5xBW, 5xBW/3xBW

New PR on bench hell yeah bitches. Legs are still aching, which I take to be a good sign. Weight was around 192, though it might be lower than that at times.

Took a look at pullups again since I haven't done those in a while. Managed each of the 5s fairly easily, switching to chins after that.

Volume 10/29/10

- Squat 5x225, 5x275, 5x275, 5x275, 5x275, 5x275
- Press 5x45, 5x95, 5x115, 5x120, 5x125, 5x105
- Chinup 8xBW, 8xBW, 8xBW

It's always a huge challenge to start squatting after X amount of time away from it. I haven't done this much work on the overhead press in a long ass time, so I was pretty pleased that I managed to shit it out. That 5x125 might be a record. Chinups I was lighter on, since I've been doing lots of them.

Weighed in around 191 or so. Back after some calories...

Some lifting 10/27/10

- Bench 5x45, 5x135, 3x185, 4x205, 5x205
- Deadlift 3x225, 4x315, 3x365
- Chinup 10xBW, 10xBW, 10xBW

'Whatever.' Swung by the gym for the hell of it, and this is it.

Upper Body Volume 10/23/10

- Bench 5x45, 5x135, 1x185, 3x185, 5x195, 5x200, 5x205, 4x205 (+1), 3x205 (+2)
- Chinup 7xBW, 7xBW, 7xBW, 7xBW, 7xBW

Uh-oh.

Absolutely no motivation to squat yesterday. Too long a layoff, too little energy, whatever... I just wasn't feeling it, and that's a bad sign. Gonna squat and deadlift today or tomorrow and hope that I can get into at least something of a good pattern here. If I'm successful, I might be moving into routine changeup zone, both a scary notion and an oddly empowering one.

In addition to the layoff from lifting, I've also neglected eating right for far too long, and I weighed in under 190 last night. Gonna try to fit in three square meals today and see if I can bring myself back up. I realize I'll hate myself twenty years down the line for saying this, but it's just so hard to eat enough to gain good weight. It could be time to start looking into whey protein, though I hate to suggest it even to myself.

Texas Intensity 10/16/10

- Bench 5x45, 5x135, 3x185, 3x205, 3x225, 1x235
- Squat 5x135, 5x225, 3x315, 3x335
- Deadlift 2x315, 2x365
- Chinup 14xBW, 10xBW, 9xBW

Failed on my quest for 385 on the DL. Felt wicked bad. Temporary weakness there might be due to a few consecutive days of poor eating and sleeping. On the other hand, continuing to make strides in max bench always feels good. Looking for a 205 5x5 soon.

Pumped out chinupas really fast, so complete ROM wasn't there; in particular, the last reps of the latter sets were hilariously bad. But I wanted to do a large number of them, and at that I believe I succeeded. There was a chick with awesome legs also using the pullup machine but I strayed away.

Swimming 10/13/10

Did 8 lengths today. One lap, rest, one lap, rest, one length, rest, one length, rest, one lap. Overall took about 20 minutes.

'Whatever.'

Texas Volume 10/12/10

- Squat 5x45, 5x225, 5x275, 5x275, 5x295, 5x295, 5x305
- Bench 5x45, 5x135, 3x185, 5x200, 5x200, 5x200, 5x200, 5x205
- Chinup 7xBW, 7xBW, 7xBW, 7xBW, 7xBW

Losing motivation on those squats, but one presses forward. The bench press is encouraging, especially since I managed to put up those numbers even with some sets where the barbell was not solidly in my grip at all.

First time getting 7 across for chins, so there's that, too. Might be pertinent that it was the thinner handlebar.

Texas Intensity and swimming 10/8/10

- Squat 5x45, 5x225, 2x335, 3x315 'ugh'
- Bench 5x45, 5x135, 3x185, 3x205, 2x215, 2x215 'ugh'
- Deadlift 2x385, 1x405 (FAIL)
- Chinup 12xBW

Happy with the chinups, not on anything else. I DON'T FEEL LIKE TALKING ABOUT THAT WHAT. The deadlift came up, but I think my back rounded, and I fucked up trying to straighten out... gonna try for 4 plates again next week I hope.

Swam around seven lengths in around half an hour. Embarrassingly low, but hey, I cranked it out. Will try for 10 lengths on Monday or Tuesday.

Muay Thai club 10/7/10

Exhausting as always! Went on a Thursday night 'cause it's fall break 'whoo.' It was a pretty standard Muay Thai workout, honestly, though two rounds of pad-hitting reminded me of just how heavy those goddamn Thai pads are... got more tired from holding them than from hitting them. Worked on some knees later in the class, a weak area of mine.

Texas Upper Body Volume 10/4/10

Ruh-roh! Didn't have it in me to do a 5x5 of squats today, so maybe I'll make that up tomorrow. In the meantime...

- Bench 5x45, 5x135, 5x195, 5x195, 5x195, 5x195, 5x200
- Chinup 8xBW, 8xBW, 8xBW, 5xBW

Can probably start adding in auxiliary exercises... Don't want to get off of Texas until I have to, but the single volume day kinda kills me. I'm thinking of doing a scheme of Mondays being upper body volume, Tuesdays being lower body volume, Wednesday and Thursday being recovery of some sort, with Friday still as the intensity day.

Well, we'll see.

Texas Intensity 10/2/10

Running one day behind schedule. Will try for volume on Monday, in hopes that I haven't ruined everything by being a day late.

- Squat 5x225, 5x335 (sketchy form)
- Bench 5x45, 5x135, 3x185, 2x205, 2x225, 3x215 (last set felt part-curled)
- Deadlift 4x365, 1x395
- Chinup 10xBW, 8xBW

More of the same disappointment for squats. Will try for 330x5 next time, I guess.

Hurray for two reps of two plates on the bench. The set at 215 at the end was the first time that my spotter curled the bar as I benched. Definitely didn't expect it after benching with spotters for about 10 months without having that happen, but there you go.

Pulling 395 feels awesome. On Monday, I'm gonna shoot for the big 4-0-0, and I'll go for four plates next Friday. Wish I had someone to brag about it to, but not interested in sounding like a douche (or an idiot to stronger people), so HELLO BLOG.