The Syla5 Files

Start to the last working week of the year :)

Squats(LB)
Bar x 20
Walking Lunge BW x 10 (reps per leg)
Bar x 10
60x5
60x5
80x5
100x3
115x5
115x5
115x5
115x5(b) just for the feels, felt good.
At this point I fancied just throwing some weight on the bar to see how things felt under some heavier weight again. All beltless lifts.
130x1
150x1 - felt solid
160x1 - beltless PB - felt nice
165xf - doh 2 mins rest after working sets and first heavy weight in a while not smart.
5 min rest
165x1 unrack felt wobbly as ****, deep breath, lock everything in, go...:D:D:D PB equal my belted PB with better form and far from fresh. Nice way to end my squatting year and not even planned.


Good Mornings
40x10
40x11 (dem counting skills)
40x10

OHP
40x3
52.5x5
52.5x5

Leg raises SS Planks
15 + 30sec
15 + 30sec
 
'Whats 35KG between friends? ;)'

Hopefully more like 15 soon ;)

Bench
Bar x 20
WG Bar x 20
Bar x 20
40x10
Paused onwards
60x5
80x3
90x5
90x5
90x5
DS 50x12 - had one or two left in there but didnt want to risk ending on 13 reps....silly supersition
All 90kg sets were PB sets for Paused bench.

Squats - not today jeff. I should have left the heavy squatting off on monday but nevermind. Nothing to serious i hope, but theres all kinds of tightness/soreness going on with the knee on the inside of my leg. Gave it some foam roller love and feels better for it.

Seated Row - Slow controlled reps
59x10
59x10
59x10
59x10

Dips SS Skullcrushers
15x10 + 25x10
15x10 + 25x10
15x10 + 25x10

Reverse Hypers SS Planks
15+60sec (side)
15+50sec (side)
15+60sec (normal)
 
Rubbish backload/general food intake last night, sleep a bit rubbish, wasnt planning much for this session

Deadlifts - after checking out plenty of old vids after Delvis pointed out my old belt position was a fair bit higher then i have been using recently I thought i would give it a go.
Bar x 10
Bar x 9
belt on from here
Bar x5
70x5
70x5
90x3
90x3
110x2
130x2
150x2
170x1 = PB and felt reasonably comfortable, and form looked ok to.
Belt off for Drop Set
DS 110x5
First 170kg rep for comparison

DB Walking Lunges (reps per leg, weight per DB)
10x10
10x10

BOR's
70x10
70x10

Seated DB Press
26x10
26x10

Face pulls SS leg raises SS Planks
41x10+20+40sec
41x10+20+40sec
 
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Well I haven't lifted since the Friday before Christmas but that was a choice rather then a lack of desire. I have been enjoying some family time and much needed R&R.

As the year is done I guess I should summaries my year.

Firstly the numbers.
Bench 95kg touch and go to 105kg paused
Squat 150kg belted to 165kg unbelted
Deadlift 170kg belted - no progress (120 beltless to 160kg beltless)

Overall going by the numbers a pretty meh year. In Feb-march time I picked up a consistent issues with a suspected hernia that had previously been inconsistent and unaffected progress. I stopped all belted lifting to stop the issue flaring up and also bring up my core strength. So although overall strength doesn't appear to have improved much, my core strength has. Hoping for a smoother 2014.

To help 2014 get off to a good start I have planned a few weeks of really smashing mobility work to help improve overall rom and stop me running in to limits on my deadlift setup. The first 4-6 weeks of the year will be quite dedicated to this. A new log may be in order for 2014.

Daily mobility routine has looked a little something like this.
Flat foot work 10mins
Ankle smashing and stretching 10 mins per
Foam rolling (lower body mainly) 10 mins
Couch stretch 5 mins per leg of pure evil
Hip opener stretching 5 mins
Hamstring stretching 3 mins per
10 min squat
Pre squat stretch 6 mins, just to help cool down after the 10min squat

So far I have found that my ankles are crazy tight and limiting and so when I am able to do some actual resistance band work on them that's going to be great.
 
Yeah do better then 2013 lol.

I would like to see a 120 bench, 185 squat, and 190 deadlift, and get back down to 74kg range.

First goal is get a lot more mobile
 
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