Toasteh does StrongLifts

Keep going dude, I loved the stronglifts program. I stopped doing it about two months ago. But my current program is very similar and the weights keep on going up:)
 
bit of a change-up tonight, dropped the weight on el squats to focus on form and try to get that properly sorted.

squats

bar 2x5
40 1x5
50 5x5

these felt really nice, tried to get my chest up first and had my glutes activated for maximum butt efficiency.

rows

30 1x5
47.5 5x5

did these next cos the bench wasn't free, these seem to be progressing nicely.

bench

bar 2x5
30 1x5
45 5/5/5/4/5

so close on these, hoping if i just rest more between sets next time i should get the sets.
 
biggest issue is that the only other suit i have atm is a tighter fit than the one I split yesterday! At least now I can justify a new suit or three...
 
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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It's nice to see it all charted out in a graph like that. It's really no surprise that overhead press isn't moving as quickly though, it can be quite a tough one full stop. I've strained places a few times going for OHP PBs, and then sometimes you just get a nice boost to push you over.
 
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
 
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