My work out for Monday February 10th 2014. The single sets are my warm ups and the multiple sets are my work weights.

Squat

5x20kg

5x40kg

5x60kg

5x80kg

5x100kg

4x120kg

3x140kg

1x160kg

5x5 167.5kg

Bench Press

5x20kg

5x40kg

5x60kg

3x80kg

2x100kg

3x5 107.5kg

Barbell Row

5x5 85kg

Notes

Well that began a new week of lifting and the hardest I have had in awhile. The weights are now back to a point to where you can really feel them and it takes a good 4-5 minute rest to get back into it. I am happy to be feeling the stimulation of heavier weights and hopefully I can keep it going a little longer.

Squats- well this is another 5x5 PR for me. Right now any 5x5 I advance to is a PR. It is a feeling I haven't had in awhile and it's pretty cool. I had to give it a good push but not what I would call a grind just yet.. but soon, that's for sure.

 

Bench press- This is getting really heavy for me. I thought about switching to 3x3 but my workout partner wanted to push on at 5x3. I'm glad he did, no sense in cheating myself out of potential gains. We will see how it goes next time but the switch is coming.

 

 

Rows- we were so spent after squats an benching that these almost got a miss but I like heavy rows and banging them out. Plus I was groovin' so bang them I did

 

There were a couple of young guys watching us squat tonight. My partner Ken hit his first 3 plate 5x5 (it was cool to watch) and these guys climbed under the bar after we cleared the rack. When the kid put the pad on the bar I knew he was needing some help. So Ken and I stepped over and gave some pointers to him on how to squat. I hate these kids that squat down past parallel with no problems. I have to do hip stretching and warm ups before I can get down that low and I think he was getting lower still. After a couple of minutes the kid had a good idea of what to do. hopefully he will listen and make some gains following a program.

 

Bring on Deadlift Wed.