Starting my powerlifting career with Madcow's 5x5 : tank's training log!

[Shadowschmadow]

Not bad tank...

[tank]

Originally Posted by Shadow

Not bad tank...

thanks bro.

[MikeM]

Nice! I use double overhand until I can't use it anymore, then I opposite grip and chalk, until that fails, then I go home.

Nice work!

[tank]

Originally Posted by MikeM

Nice! I use double overhand until I can't use it anymore, then I opposite grip and chalk, until that fails, then I go home.

Nice work!

thanks!

[tank]

Date: 18 NOV 11

Workout: Week 4, Day 5
Time: 3:00 AM – 4:20 AM
Duration: 1 Hour and 20 Minutes


Squat: Felt really good, no problems.

120 x 5
145 x 5
175 x 5
205 x 5
245 x 3
175 x 8

Bench: When I got to the 5th set, I did 3 reps then thought that 2 more wouldn’t kill me since I have the next 2 days to recover.

100 x 5
125 x 5
150 x 5
175 x 5
205 x 5
150 x 8

Row: Lower back was on fire again by the end of the session, but that means it’s improving. I accidentally did 5 reps on the 5th set instead of 3… oh well.

75 x 5
90 x 5
110 x 5
125 x 5
150 x 5
110 x 8


Cable Crunches: I’m doing these standing now (as opposed to on my knees) after I saw someone from elitefts say it makes no sense to him to do ab exercises laying down or seated when you use them for stability when lifting while standing. It made sense to me.

35 x 10
35 x 10
35 x 10


Chins: Superset with dips.

BW x 5
BW x 5
BW x 4


Dips: Superset with chins.

BW x 15
BW x 10
BW x 10

Shadow Boxed for 1-2 minutes.

I weighed in at 206.5 today, which is the most I’ve ever weighed, so congrats to me. Yay, me! Also, despite having a cold that is kicking my ass, the weights were moving pretty easily. I feel strong. I’m going to probably keep chins and dips this way (on day 5 and superset) because of the 2 days afterward reserved for recovery. Week 4 is done, week 5 here I come. Time to eat a lot and fight this sickness. As always, thanks for stopping in!

[markievicz]

good work Tank, hope that cold is much better by now.

wk 5 will see the weight increase i guess?

[Fazc]

Good work Tank. So the 245 is a PR right?

[Spartigus]

Strong work!!!!

[tank]

Originally Posted by markievicz

good work Tank, hope that cold is much better by now.

wk 5 will see the weight increase i guess?

thanks bro! the cold is actually clearing up, thankfully. week 5 should be getting heavy!

Originally Posted by Fazc

Good work Tank. So the 245 is a PR right?

thanks! it's not a true PR because I used lower weights than I knew I could do for the program for the sake of extending linear progression. soon, though, they'll all be PRs.

Originally Posted by Spartigus

Strong work!!!!

thanks spartigus!

[BendtheBar]

thanks! it's not a true PR because I used lower weights than I knew I could do for the program for the sake of extending linear progression. soon, though, they'll all be PRs.

Let the PR train roll on!