My Road to a Lean(er) Mean(er) Aurik

[LtL]

Smash the cycle!!!!!!!

LtL

[Aurik]

Thanks, Steve & Al. I figure if I can actually hit all the prescribed singles by the end of this cycle I'll be one very happy camper.

[J_Byrd]

Whats the goals for the end of the cycle. Looks like you been making great progress.

[Aurik]

JB, well, the program has me doing a single for 525 on week 11. I figure if I can hit that, I'll consider this program a serious WIN. I figure my true 1RM is somewhere around 475-485 right now (455 is pretty easy, but I can't quite get that elusive 495). Depending on how I react to this, I may end up taking a week or two deload after this cycle and run it again.

[jesseisrael]

I'll be following your progress on this cycle with much interest...

[Aurik]

Nothing really to see here today. Just did the deload for the military press & bench press:

Press (Warmup): 45/5 45/5 45/5
Press (5@40%): 80/5
Press (5@50%): 100/5
Press (5@60%): 120/5
Bench Press (Warmup): 45/5 95/5
Bench Press (5@40%): 125/5
Bench Press (5@50%): 155/5
Bench Press (5@60%): 185/5

So the only excitement today was that I nudged my grip out by a finger's width to the forefingers just barely touching the rings. This is going to take some getting used to, but I definitely felt it in the pecs a bit more today. I'll try this for this cycle and see where it gets me. I felt really good after the workout and went off in search of a PL-friendly gym I heard rumors of in the McKinney area. Unfortunately either it's not really there or my directions are off. I'll look again later after doing some more research.

[big_swede]

Good luck Aurik, ill be following your cycle. Good benching btw

[LtL]

Good luck finding that gym. It will make a big difference if you can!

LtL

[BendtheBar]

Originally Posted by Aurik

So the only excitement today was that I nudged my grip out by a finger's width to the forefingers just barely touching the rings.

You must have a much larger wingspan than me.

How did the shoulders handle it?

[Aurik]

The left shoulder was a tad bit more sore from this than usual, but not horribly so. I'll not be pressing the # of reps as hard this cycle, and I will be foregoing the usual 5lb increase until I can get the hang of this and get my bench at or above my strength levels with the narrower grip.