Kuytrider's Training Log: Dipping my Rippetoe into powerlifting!

[BendtheBar]

Good luck Kuyt. Get it!

[Kuytrider]

Originally Posted by BendtheBar

Good luck Kuyt. Get it!

Moving it tomorrow. Was just too wrecked this morning to make my usual 5.30am start. Didn't get up till 7.30am and I have far too much work today to hit the gym. It doesn't matter though, today and tomorrow were interchangeable and I do bench on Thursday so it's all good Plus I get an extra day to finally get over this flu which is subsiding at long last.
Incidentally, it's a horrible day over here. So glad I work from home I should add that to the 'things that make me happy' thread!

[markievicz]

Originally Posted by Kuytrider

Attempting 5 x 135kg single deadlifts tomorrow provided I still feel strong

no doubt you will get these buddy

[Kuytrider]

Originally Posted by markievicz

no doubt you will get these buddy

You were right
My hands were destroyed in the warm ups which I couldn't understand. They first few sets cut my my hands badly which has never happened before. By the end of the last 5 rep set, my hands were practially bleeding. Other than that, the strength was there easily.

Deadlifts
135kg: 5 x singles
No problems at all barring cut hands

105kg: 5 x 5 last 2 sets hard simply because of aforementioned hand trouble. Weight was light.

Abs:
Rope pull down
Point 16: 1 x 12
Point 17: 1 x 12
Point 18: 1 x 12

Woodchop: 10kg: 2 x 12

Cardio: Treadmill 20 mins

Incline 8%, Speed: 3.6 mph


Bench tomorrow

[markievicz]

Awesome!!

nice pushing through the pain barrier....


"pain is temporary , pride lasts forever"

[BendtheBar]

Originally Posted by Kuytrider

Deadlifts
135kg: 5 x singles
No problems at all barring cut hands

A few battles scars. Glad to see you nailed this. Nice work.

[tank]

Originally Posted by BendtheBar

A few battles scars. Glad to see you nailed this. Nice work.

mark of an iron warrior. nice work kuyt.

[Kuytrider]

Thanks guys but I will probably wear gloves during the warm up and take them off for the heavy stuff. If I find they are tearing up in the 5x5, I will put them on again, no sense in missing a lift because I lose the grip and I don't think the gym will take kindly to my blood on their equipment I don't need wraps or gloves for my singles and that's the main thing I guess.

Since I ditched the wraps a few months ago and went bare handed as it were, my deadlift has increased monstrously. I can honestly see me hitting 400 in the deadlift in 2012. Squat will be much harder to do I reckon.

[tank]

get it brother!

[Kuytrider]

Week 1 Day 4
Could be a problem in the bench in future since no one in the place knows how to spot and I don't want to have to ask anyone to spot me 5 times! Felt tough today but possibly because I was a bit complacent. The singles I focused on flew up.

Bench:
50x8
65x5
75x3
85x1
95kg: 5 x Singles

75kg: 5 x 5
Pretty easy actually

Row
62.5x5x5
Last sets felt a bit rough, really had to force the issue.

Cardio:
Cross country trainer machine intervals:
1 x 30 secs
2 x 25 secs
2 x 20 secs
1 x 15 secs