Comeback trail 1/28/11

- Deadlift 5x45, 5x225, 4x315, 3x345, 3x365, 0x375, 1x375
- Bench 5x45, 5x135, 3x185, 3x205, 1x225
- Chinup 7xBW+30

Hurray for back to a 2-plate bench. Boo for obviously still being weaker. And strong WTF to fail on deadlifts so early. Ugh. Wanted to go up to 395 today but that failed hard.

Comeback trail 1/27/11

- Press 5x45, 5x95, 5x115, 5x115, 5x115, 4x115, 0x125, 1x115
- Inverse Row 10xBW, 10xBW, 10xBW, 10xBW, 10xBW

Bah. Can't get the volume up on my upper body. Dunno why.

Comeback trail 1/26/11

- Chinup 5xBW, 5xBW+25, 5xBW+25, 5xBW+25, 5xBW

Categorically one of the worst workouts ever. Was in there for about 10 minutes due to time constraints. Fuck snow.

Comeback trail 1/25/11

- Bench 5x135, 5x185, 5x190, 5x195, 4x195
- Deadlift 5x225, 5x315, 2x365

Developing some semblance of routine. Pretty psyched. On the other hand, the guy who spotted me for bench kinda sucks since he simultaneously scares the shit out of me because I don't understand his English and also tries to encourage me to do extra reps and assisted reps when I really don't want to. But I'm too scared to say no since I kinda have to yell at him and stuff and never know if we understand one another.

Comeback trail 1/24/11

- Squat 5x45, 5x225
- Squat/Chinup 5x275/5xBW, 5x275/5xBW+5, 5x275/5xBW+10, 5x275/5xBW+15, 5x275/5xBW+25

Not a lot of stuff, but I'm feeling like I'm reentering the groove. Surprised at how high I could go in weights for the chinup. Will work with +25 as the benchmark from now on since I guess the volume really isn't taxing after having done sets of 8-12.

Probably can't do as many pullups as I'd like, but I don't really have anything else that focuses on biceps, so I think I can afford myself that luxury.

I can't remember the last time I did 5x5 squats, so this is also a victory.

Comeback trail 1/21/11

- Deadlift 5x45, 5x225, 3x315, 2x345, 2x370, 1x390, 0x400

Getting closer on this one. Not much to say.

Comeback trail 1/20/11

- Bench 5x45, 5x135, 5x185, 5x190, 4x195 (plus one more, assisted)
- Chinup 8xBW, 8xBW, 8xBW+5, 5xBW+10, 4xBW+10

Need some more bench tbqh. Otherwise, first time I upped the weight for chins, so I'm alright with it.

Comeback trail 1/19/11

- Press 5x45, 5x95, 5x115, 5x115, 5x115
- Deadlift 5x225, 3x315, 2x345, 1x365

Once again, was very short on time here and was thus unable to increase the volume. Hoping time constraints aren't an issue later down the line.

Comeback trail 1/17/11

- Squat 5x115, 5x225
- Bench 5x45, 5x135
- Squat/Bench 5x275/5x185, 5x275/5x185, 5x275/3x205

More 'lol weaksauce,' but I gotta try to save face by excusing away some of that due to my being under mental stress and time constraints. Tomorrow I'm hitting chins and maybe deadlifts, depending on exactly how blasted my legs are after the recovery squats.

Comeback trail 1/14/11

Almost too embarrassed to post these numbers.

- Press 5x45, 5x95, 5x115, 4x125, 0x135, 1x125
- Chinup 8xBW, 8xBW, 8xBW
- Dip 8xBW, 8xBW, 8xBW

Taking the weekend to heal my satisfyingly sore body and prepare for squats and bench on Monday before we get back into the game. Again, it's a short interlude in the middle of my winter, but I'm hoping it makes a satisfactory bridge between here and New York.

Comeback trail 1/13/11

Hello 2011. Hello gym.

- Deadlift 5x45, 5x225, 4x315, 2x345, 1x365
- Chinup 8xBW, 8xBW

Blasted my lower body and back. Felt great. Unfortunately, the weight didn't feel great at all. Back with the much more knurled bar from summer, which I suspect of being a bit thicker, and coming off a four-week stretch of inactivity. This is gonna be a brief lifting reprisal, but hopefully it'll set me up alright before I head to the brave new world.

Looking forward to some pressing tomorrow.