JTurner's Eat, Lift, Eat Log

[LtL]

Nice work JT. Looking forward to seeing how this goes for you.

LtL

[RobMoriRB]

Finally I found someone just like me....that loves to do heavy Squat while Heavy DL lol. strong number, keep it up an subbed!!

[Kuytrider]

Great work J. It's amazing to think that sessions can feel brutal when you feel fresh and strong yet they work out well when you feel like crap. We mention this very often here because it's very true,
I'd always put 9.99999 as my RPE for heavy squats!

@Fazc, that post WAS very helpful indeed. Thanks

[JTurner]

Originally Posted by LtL

Nice work JT. Looking forward to seeing how this goes for you.

LtL

Thanks LtL, time will tell, I'm confident days like today will get me closer to the year end numbers.

Originally Posted by RobMoriRB

Finally I found someone just like me....that loves to do heavy Squat while Heavy DL lol. strong number, keep it up an subbed!!

"Love" is a strong word ha. Thanks Rob.

Originally Posted by Kuytrider

Great work J. It's amazing to think that sessions can feel brutal when you feel fresh and strong yet they work out well when you feel like crap. We mention this very often here because it's very true,
I'd always put 9.99999 as my RPE for heavy squats!

@Fazc, that post WAS very helpful indeed. Thanks

I agree, I also think that full weeks off are no good for me, next deload will be a lot more active. Ye, I can see some of those days coming.

Just finished stretching and eating. Stopped trying to cover every body part from head to toe with stretching/mob and concentrating on the crappy areas, particularly ankles/calves and thoracic/shoulders, its been working well for the last few weeks.

Bench tomorrow, days in the gym are a little messed up but 4 days a week with at least 72 hours between each upper/lower should be easy to manage.

[BendtheBar]

First time with rack pulls, I was expecting to be able to shift some weight with these but they felt worse than from the floor!?

Oh yes. They were a weakness of time too. Hang tight, you're not alone there. I think they gave Hazz fits too.

[JTurner]

Originally Posted by BendtheBar

Oh yes. They were a weakness of time too. Hang tight, you're not alone there. I think they gave Hazz fits too.

Will hopefully do me some good, definitely sticking with them although they have destroyed my upper shins .

[big_swede]

Real nice session and program!

[JTurner]

27/05/12 - Bench

Bench
Not Very Paused
40kg x 5, 60kg x 3, 80kg x 1 @7

95kg x 1 @8
100kg x 1 @8.5
105kg x 1 x 3 @9, @9, @9.5

TnG
95kg x 3 x 4 @8.5, @8.5, @8.5, @9.5

Military
40kg x 5 @7
50kg x 5 @8
60kg x 4 @9

Facepulls
30 x 20
60 x 20 x 3

Not the best, things felt heavy again and just not happy with bench. Early pauses were a joke. Pretty sure that the reason I flatten out on the unrack is a lack of leg drive, can see in the video on the first 105 that I flatten out mid lift but as soon as I remembered to drive the legs the belly shot up and the bar speed increased.

Back-offs were tough, reps were all over the place. First time pressing overhead in months when there was shoulder pain, pain-free today and felt good.

Tweaked upper back a little on the bench and it was already beat up from yesterday so no shrugs, facepulls work wonders for bench pains.

2012-05-27 Bench - YouTube

2012-05-27 Bench - YouTube

[RobMoriRB]

solid work out mate, keep it up.

[Kuytrider]

All we can do is keep fighting! Crap workouts have a habit of taking it out of your mentally. I'm with you on rack pulls! I lift much better from the floor.