Gains. Why have you forsaken me!

[mrthingyx]

Rubbish routine the past week, combined with busy-ness and feeling a bit ill.

Finally back in the gym and trying to get a routine going... This means early starts and relatively short gym sessions so far. Today was only deadlifting (120*5).

Plan at the moment is to alternate lifting with cycling and see how that goes. Making FTP gainz has proven very difficult, so am rolling back a bit to hit consistency first and then gains. But I do love strength training...

 

[mrthingyx]

Back in the saddle today... Some unpleasant "rest day" from Zwift's TT Tune Up (Aerobic 12s or something).

 

[mrthingyx]

Squats!

100*5, 110*3, 110*3, 110*6...

What a difference a week off makes.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Squats!

100*5, 110*3, 110*3, 110*6...

What a difference a week off makes.

Agreed. Whilst not quite 100%, I actually have something in the tank this week and should break through the plateau I reached.

 

[mrthingyx]

Deadlifts...

120*5, 130*3, 130*3, 130*6...

 

[mrthingyx]

Back squatting 100kg for triples... No drama.

Strict press with 40*12 was nice to Grease my shoulders, too. Weight is rubbish, but whatever.

Might find some time to get on the bike, one day...

 

[mrthingyx]

Squat day...

115*6, then 70*12 and RDLs of 70*16.

 

[mrthingyx]

Deadlifts... 140*3

 

[mrthingyx]

Squats. 90*10 for 3 sets.

 

[mrthingyx]

Did deadlifts at 130kg for 5, I think... Then squats at 92.5kg for 10 on Saturday.

Last week was weird because of some work stuff, but hopefully back to normal now!

 

[mrthingyx]

Deadlifts, 140*5... Could probably have done a other 2 but didn't want to rechalk my hands.

 

[mrthingyx]

Went out on my bike in the real outdoors, yesterday, and felt knackered.

So, today, with tired legs I went squatting, and did the heaviest triple I have done in ages (3 years?) @ 120kg*3.

It felt heavy, but - most important to me - came up without either too much trouble or form destruction.

 

[mrthingyx]

Heavy singles as I am fasting at the moment...

MONDAY (SQUATS): 110*1, but hurt something on the inside of my knee.

WEDNESDAY (DEADLIFT): 150*1... Heaviest for a good few years again!

 

[mrthingyx]

Oooh... Long overdue an update.

DEADLIFT: 145*5
SQUAT: 105*10
BROCEPS: Every day (almost)

Decided that - after squatting 105*10 I wasn't going to chance much more weight whilst I am concentrating on cycling, so just volume, amirite?

90*12 hurts quite a lot more than 105*10, weirdly. Probably because the former was for 2 sets, and the later was one set after a brief warmup.

Nice that muscular endurance workouts are close to hypertrophy in terms of rep ranges.

 

[mrthingyx]

I really suck at updating this...!

Was off for a while due to COVID, then finally got back into a light hypertrophy regime, then changed jobs, had a bit of a mental meltdown and am finally back at it...

HANG POWER SNATCH (5@40, 5@50, 5@50)
BACK SQUAT (6@60, 6@75, 12@80)
RDL (8@80, 8@80)
STRICT PRESS (8@45, 8@45, 8@45)
CHINS (6@8, 6@8, 6@8)
PUSHUPS (12@BW, 12@5, 10@10)
NARROW STANCE FRONTIES (12@20, 12@20)

 

[mrthingyx]

32 miles on the bike yesterday... Was a bit sore!

Today...

Deadlift: 100*5, 122.5*5, 132.5*5, 132.5*5
Bench: 60*10, 62.5*10, 62.5*10
Barbell row: Same as bench
DBSS: 8kg*10, 8*10
Klokov press: 40*8, 40*8

A bit shorter than I'd prefer, but it was late!

 

[Syla5]

Well hello there

 

[mrthingyx]

Well hello there

I am on a similar journey to you at the moment... Cut, slice and peel.

 

[Syla5]

I am on a similar journey to you at the moment... Cut, slice and peel.

Still out deadlifting me by a fair margin as well!

 

[mrthingyx]

Still out deadlifting me by a fair margin as well!

That's because I am a lot heavier than you.