Squatter's Journal-The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

[J_Byrd]

Looks great, 290x8s makes it a 415 projected max. That means next week we move on to 420 and 295x8s. 2 of the 3 ME days have gone great. How is the back feeling? Make sure you hit some stretches and foam rolling during the week to get the blood moving.

[Squatter]

Originally Posted by Hunterace

Great workout Super Jim! Squats then groceries and then set up the tree....volume hog!

Thanks Jay!! I hate it when life gets in the way of my lifting!! Haha

[Squatter]

Originally Posted by J_Byrd

Looks great, 290x8s makes it a 415 projected max. That means next week we move on to 420 and 295x8s. 2 of the 3 ME days have gone great. How is the back feeling? Make sure you hit some stretches and foam rolling during the week to get the blood moving.

Well, the 290's X8 did sort of feel like 415!! Nah, not that bad of course, but everyone was not really feeling the love of the squat bar post meet. I am quite confident next week's squats will feel much better. Looking forward to crushing the 295's next time. I am also looking forward to rack pulls, as I have never done them before.

Lower back had a good pump going today and thus was a bit achy after-wards. The good news is that my facet joint was OK. I stretched it out after the session and tonight it is feeling pretty good. It was even good setting up the Xmas tree and doing dishes. (For some reason doing dishes irritates my lower back if the facet joint is out) Thus, I am sure the facet joint is OK. Another indicator my facet joint is out is if I lean excessively on my squats.

I'll do some rumble rolling and stretching every day for that blood flow. Would doing some very light cardio help in this regard? I do have an elliptical machine at home.

[ravimolasaria]

Great going Squatzilla ... waiting for you to smash some PRs ... make your ground buddy ... solid strong working ...

[markievicz]

great squat volume Jim.
off to a great start with the JB project

[Squatter]

Originally Posted by ravimolasaria

Great going Squatzilla ... waiting for you to smash some PRs ... make your ground buddy ... solid strong working ...

Thanks Ravizilla!!. I am confident some PR's will fall at the end of the first cycle when I do some singles/maxes.

Originally Posted by markievicz

great squat volume Jim.
off to a great start with the JB project

Thanks Alan!! Indeed this volume for the first 2 weeks is a real butt kick but will provide a more solid foundation for the upcoming gains.

[MikeM]

Yeah, great start Jim. Killed those squats. Man, the volume with this is amazing. You're going to hit some big numbers at the end of this! I figured it out that we'll be testing maxs around the first week of Feb. Should be interesting.

[Hunterace]

Jim will never wait that long to test his max.....he's a max whore

[mab54]

Some very strong squats Jim!

[Squatter]

Originally Posted by MikeM

Yeah, great start Jim. Killed those squats. Man, the volume with this is amazing. You're going to hit some big numbers at the end of this! I figured it out that we'll be testing maxs around the first week of Feb. Should be interesting.

Thanks Mike!! I am already looking forward to the max testing as it will be quite the relief!!

Originally Posted by Hunterace

Jim will never wait that long to test his max.....he's a max whore

LOL - can't argue with that. However, this time I am going to be good and follow the program to the letter.

Originally Posted by mab54

Some very strong squats Jim!

Thanks Mike!! Reppage is a killer.