Toasteh does StrongLifts

no, ohp is horrible and cruel.

tonight:

squats

bar 2x5
40 1x5
55 5x5

these were so nice, now i've got the form dialed in better they went up so much easier. slightly longer break between sets helped too

ohp

bar 2x5
35 5/5/5/5/4

ohp you are a cruel thing, first 4 sets were ok, bit grind-y but went up. 5th set i managed 3 reps, had to push press the fourth and the fifth was just a non-starter :(

deads

60 1x5
75 1x5

standard
 
yeah overall i'm happy with the progress, gonna need to get my squats back on track if i'm gonna hit 80 by the end of the month.

you can see from my progress graph that ohp is the lift i have the biggest beef with, although bp is stalling now too. Other than the most recent drop on squats for form the only stall of DL and squat have been me loading the bar wrong. will be interesting to see how it goes from here...

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lovely session tonight, one of those days everything goes right.

squats

bar 2x5
40 1x5
50 1x5
60 5x5
70 1x1

did a cheeky 70 just to see how it felt, not bad form-wise but didn't want to do more after the working sets.

bench

bar 2x5
30 1x5
45 5x5

these went up nicely tonight, struggled in the past but made sure to get my shoulders back and had longer rest between sets.

row

40 1x5
50 5x5
 
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70 is where i'd gotten to before i dropped weight to fix form, so I knew i could do it, felt much better now though so give it a few more sessions and i should be doing >BW squats hopefully.
 
squat

bar 2x5
40 1x5
55 1x5
65 5x5

i could feel my form was off on these, idk whether to increase weight or try to get it sorted at 65 first.

ohp

bar 2x5
35 5x5

last set was grindy but it all went up in the end.

deads

60 1x5
70 1x5
80 1x5
 
Didn't get to the gym last night as my right heel is giving me grief, don't know what it is but it's sore when i put weight on it. Might tone the squats down tomo and so some more arm work instead, thoughts?
 
rank sesh tonight

squats

bar 2x5
40 1x5
55 1x5
70 5x5

these were literally the worst squats i've ever done in my life, i cant bear the thought of putting the weight up on weds, might even drop it.

ohp

bar 2x5
37.5 5/3/5/3/4

**** you ohp and all you stand for

deads

60 1x5
72.5 1x5
85 1x5

these were the best of a bad bunch tonight i think, at least the reps all went up.
 
so I thought I'd made it through yesterday without any suffering, got to the evening and my quads were starting to get sore, now getting absolutely DOMS-inated (that's a word now) this morning :o
 
mrthingyx said:
Sounds like you have been tipping forward during squats...?
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most likely, my form on monday was shocking. Think I'm gonna drop down to 50 again tonight and work on form again. Think my heel pain might be plantar fasciitis so hopefully dropping the weight will help resolve that too.
 
right, due to an ankle injury it looks like any progress here will have to be put on hold for at least a month, probably closer to two. I'll make up for my failure to squat 80kg by the end of july with (in)appropriate gifs in due course.
 
Managed to completely jaff the tendons in my ankle. Not sure how long it'll take to recover but I've got one of those big black boots on for another month or so...
 
Well I'm still walking about so I should be ok, might need to start SL from scratch again when i get back in the gym. Definitely for squats and DL, bench should be ok with just a slight drop. plenty of time to figure it out though!
 
Right, ankle is better (mostly) now, gonna see if I can get back into the gym soon. Think I'll lay off squats and deads for a bit until my ankle is 100% but that just gives me more time to bench/curl/row :D
 
Finally managed to get back in the gym for a Stronglifts routine, having been a couple of times doing bench/curls/pushdowns to get back in the swing of it. Halved the weights I had been lifting previously seeing as it's been so long...

Squat

bar 2x5
35 5x5

OHP

bar 5x5

Deadlift

45 1x5

Good to get back to it, hopefully i'll be back at my previous level soon.
 
can i have your aDENCHion please

squats

bar 2x5
30 1x5
40 5x5

ohp

22.5 5x6

dead

50 1x5

then some arms for lols

cable pushdown

18 4x11

cable curl (barbell)

18 4x11
 
last night:

squat

bar 2x5
30 1x5
42.5 5x5

bench

bar 2x5
37.5 5x5

row

32.5 5x5

pushdowns

5x10 18.75

slowly getting back to where i was before...
 
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