Training Log 13 August 2009

August 16, 2009

Workout #10 Same warm up as previous Work sets Squat 3×5 40kg Press 3×5 27.5kg Squats were fine, don’t feel any major struggle yet so can still keep piling on the weight. Press however I had a feeling I wouldn’t get that far and unfortunately sacrificed a lot of form to make the set which [...]

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Training Log 11 August 2009

August 12, 2009

Workout #9 Changed my warm up a bit and introduced some warm up sets as instructed in Starting Strength. 2×5 20kg and 1×5 30kg squat Work sets Squat 3×5 37.5kg Bench 3×5  27.5kg Deadlift 1×5 57.5kg Not many comments but the dipping on the right side of squats is starting to cause some knee pain [...]

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Training Log 8 August 2009

August 9, 2009

Workout #8 Warm up – as previous posts Work set 35kg 3×5 squat 25kg 3×5 press Don’t think my squats were as good, my mind wasn’t fully focusing.  On the last rep of the last set I exaggerated the hip drive and ended up smacking the bar into the rack pins. Press is starting to [...]

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Training Log 6 August 2009

August 8, 2009

Writing this up quite late, starting to slack a bit but can still remember my workout. Workout #7 – Evening workout Warm up 3×5 body weight squats, 1×5 20kg squat, squat stretches, shoulder dislocations, supermans. Work set 32.5kg 3×5 squat 25kg 3×5 bench 52.5kg 1×5 deadlift Squat strecthes in the warm up are getting easier [...]

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Training Log 4 August 2009

August 4, 2009

It’s been quite warm here in England recently so decided it was essential that I work out in just a t shirt and boxers shorts and that turned out to be a good decision since I had more free movement. Workout #6 – Evening workout Warm up 5×5 body weight squats, 4×10 second squat stretches, [...]

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Training Log 1 August 2009

August 3, 2009

Workout #5 – Evening workout 5×5 bodyweight squats, 3×10 second squat stretches, 3×10 shoulder dislocations – still widest grip, 5×10 second supermans. Work set 27.5kg 3×5 squat 22.5kg 3×5 bench 47.5kg 1×5 deadlift Squats seem good and getting the bar on my back easier since I sort of fixed the wrist problem.  I think I [...]

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Training Log 30 July 2009

July 31, 2009

Definitely starting to get more used to the squat and feel a lot more confident in the lift.  The weights don’t seem much more heavy after increase so I guess things are going well.  I seemed to correct most of my bent wrist problem as I think the bar was just really low.  Now it’s [...]

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Training Log 28 July 2009

July 29, 2009

On to week 2 and starting to get more used to the weights and looking forward to lifting more.  I decided that I am going to do Rippetoe’s Starting Strength program instead of my originally intended Stronglifts 5×5.  I think the starting strength program seems more simple and efficient and is more targeted at what [...]

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Training Log 25 July 2009

July 26, 2009

I’m writing my training log a day late as I had a busy day yesterday and only just about managed to fit in workout although it was a top priority. I did not feel much soreness after my workout so a little concerned that I havn’t been working hard enough.  I know I normally really [...]

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Training Log 23 July 2009

July 23, 2009

Well on Thursday 23 July 2009 I decided to do my first ever weight training workout with a barbell.  This is my first ever post on this blog but I won’t go into detail about myself in this post and my reasons for training as i’ll save that for an about page. In summary, i’m [...]

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