Experiments

Weights last night...

Squat: 92.5kg 3x5, OH Press: 42.5kg 3x5, PowerClean: 67.5 3x5-ish.

I failed on a few of my PC attempts in the second and third sets, due to what felt more like cardiovascular failure rather than muscular failure. Next time I'm gonna try doing 5 sets of 3 instead of 3 sets of 5, and see if that helps.

I'm also embarking on a diet experiment. Since I've reached my PR on all of my lifts, I'm gonna try and use the momentum to push through the ceiling that has beaten me a couple of times before. I think that the only way to get through is to put on a bit of size and weight, and to do that I need to eat. Lots. All the time.

This should also help with recovery times, and avoiding injury. I may put on a bit of fat as well, but I'm gonna try to eat as clean as I can to keep it to a minimum.

Basically I'm gonna eat mostly what I usually do, but up the serving sizes, and snack on fruit and nuts between meals.

I'll see how I go after 2 weeks. I definitely wouldn't mind putting on a kilo or two.

J

Bodyweight bench

Did a weights sesh in the shed last night.

Squat: 90 3x5, Bench: 75 3x5, Dead: 125 1x5

That's a bodyweight bench press right there people!

Also, the DL is equal to my previous PR, and the squat is 2.5kg under my previous PR.

That's all.

J

Epic rails

Saturday arvo I met up with Jo and we had a bit of a sesh out at EPIC rails. Some good balancing, continuous vaulting and underbar work was done.

All landings are grass, and my knees seem fine (woot). I will continue to foam roll every day though to keep 'em good.

J

24/7/08

Went to the gym again last night. I'm very much enjoying the heavy weights room at the ANU gym, as it's got an olympic lifting platform and bumper plates, so I can dump the weights on heavy powercleans, and use chalk etc. They also have 2 squat cages and a bunch of free standing squat stands, so there's always equipment free. I chucked in a couple of explosiv pullups at the end

I've nearly got my squats back up to my PR (I'm at 87.5kg 3x5, aiming for 92.5kg), and am still gaining on all lifts. Overhead press is going slow, and I'm at 3x5 @ 41kg, but I just gotta increase it slowly and I should be fine.

I'm foam rollering my legs every night (as wells as the exercises from the physio), to help with rehab for shinsplints and ITBS.
I'm thinking of going for a jam of some sort this weekend to see how I feel.

All for now.

The knees

Well I've been out of action for a month or two with knee issues which have been diagnosed by my physio as Iliotibial band syndrome. This sucks, but it could have been worse. It means that I have a few exercises to do, and some foam roller work to get things back in shape, and I will soon start easing back into impact work. In the long run, it means a conscious change in the way I move my lower body... i.e. using my glutes more, to reduce the work my knees are doing.

I've still been able to lift though, and my latest numbers go like this:
Squat: 85kg 3x5, Deadlift: 125kg 1x5, Bench: 72.5kg 3x5, Powerclean: 62.5kg 3x5, OHPress: 40kg 3x5.

all for now.

J