Toasteh does StrongLifts

toasteh · 16 Jul 2014 at 11:56

mrthingyx said:
Sounds like you have been tipping forward during squats...?

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.

toasteh · 22 Jul 2014 at 17:28

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.

GSVBagpuss · 26 Jul 2014 at 07:53

What's the injury? Sounds sucky

toasteh · 28 Jul 2014 at 09:28

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...

mrthingyx · 28 Jul 2014 at 09:58

Sorry to hear it, dude...

May sure you keep your hips moving and mobile!

toasteh · 28 Jul 2014 at 14:00

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!

toasteh · 5 Aug 2014 at 09:28

I miss lifting

mrthingyx · 5 Aug 2014 at 10:31

What, you can't bench/curl/press?

toasteh · 5 Aug 2014 at 12:33

I'm sure I could, but I can't drive with this boot on so I can't get to the gym

mrthingyx · 5 Aug 2014 at 13:02

Now that sucks...

toasteh · 30 Sep 2014 at 10:53

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

toasteh · 21 Nov 2014 at 16:45

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.

toasteh · 24 Nov 2014 at 23:40

second SL sesh:

squat

bar 2x5
37.5 5x5

bench

bar 2x5
35 5x5

row

30 5x5

all pretty straightforward

toasteh · 26 Nov 2014 at 22:11

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

toasteh · 1 Dec 2014 at 12:25

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...

Mr.Stu · 2 Dec 2014 at 11:02

Are you finding it easier than the first time round to cycle up through the weights each week?

I'm on week 5 of strong lifts myself (1st time) and reading your earlier comments on the OHP makes me worry about the weeks to come

Dis86 · 2 Dec 2014 at 17:52

I found them to be a pain until I hit a plateau and started moving up in smaller increments.

toasteh · 3 Dec 2014 at 16:37

I'm not sure I'd say easier, I think being more familiar with what I'm doing is helpful though. OHP is always a bitch so I'll probably stall on that soon

toasteh · 3 Dec 2014 at 22:20

tonight:

squat

bar 2x5
30 1x5
45 5x5

ohp

25 5x5

deadlift

55 1x5

cable curl s/s w/cable pushdowns

18.75 4x8/4x16

toasteh · 7 Dec 2014 at 15:38

weekend sesh:

squat

bar 2x5
35 1x5
47.5 5x5

bench

bar 2x5
30 1x5
40 5x5

row

35 5x5

cable curl s/s w/cable pushdowns

18.75 4x8/4x16

pec deck

40 5x5
25 1x20