tech-money's log - gainz and dessert

[thekmoney]

My body mass is composed primarily of ice cream, brownies, donuts, chocolate, and also lots of chicken and broccoli.

Anyways, I have migrated from Starting Strength over here, where I was t-money. I'm certainly not doing the program anymore anyways.

2/15

LBBS
10 @ bar, 5 @ 115, 3 @ 135, 2 @ 155, 1 @ 175, 190, 200, 185, 3 @ 180, 3 @ 185, 3 @ 180
- 200 is the most I've ever squatted. It felt easy. This squat PR I'd like to dedicate to the quart of ice cream I polished off earlier in the week.

Dumbbell bench
5 @ 35#, 40#, 3x5 @ 40#

Lat pull-downs
3x8 @ 110

Also ran 1.5 miles because of that feeling I get when I eat too much and my arteries are crusting over...

BW: 151.4

[Wilhelm]

Congratulations on the PR, @thekmoney! And thank you for adding your log here. \o/

[Chebass88]

Welcome! That is a good training method - a quart of ice cream to make a squat weight feel easy. You should write an e-book on that one.

[thekmoney]

2/17

LBBS paused 2 seconds
5@115, 135, 145, 155, 2@160
- thought I had tweaked my back today, but no deadlifts in recent past, christmas just came early this month. sigh. didn't put too much pressure on it today.

lat pull-downs to chest
3x8 @ 110

DB bench
2x5 @ 40#, 8 @ 40#

[thekmoney]

Congratulations on the PR, @thekmoney! And thank you for adding your log here. \o/

Thanks!

[thekmoney]

Welcome! That is a good training method - a quart of ice cream to make a squat weight feel easy. You should write an e-book on that one.

Mmm I've been looking to make some extra cash on the side. "GAINZ - How to make your food and lifting addictions work together" has an OK sound to it. Squat every day - but eat ice cream every day too.

[thekmoney]

2/18

Front squat
5 @ 95, 115, 3 @ 135, 150, 160, 2,f+1 @ 155
- PR for 3 (and overall) so I'm celebrating it.

Neutral grip pull-ups
4x5 @ BW

DB OHP
3x5 @ 30#

Deadlifts
5 @ 135, 175, 1 @ 185, 205, 225, 2x3 @ 235

[thekmoney]

2/20

New program but I will probably do my own thing

LBBS
many @ bar, 5 @ 115, 135, 3 @ 155, 1 @ 175, 2x5 @ 180 @ RPE 8.5
- easy new 5rm. I love gainz. Ice cream every day.

Bench
many @ bar, 3 @ 95, 2x5 @ 110 - not really
- I scrunch up my shoulder and my scaps get out of place so I should actually mark these as all missed reps. Ugh. Why do I do this?

Incline DB bench
10 @ 25# 2x10 @ 30#

Lat pull-downs
4x8 @ 110#

Dips
5,3,5,3 @ +25#
- Program's rep scheme makes no sense- it's 5,4,3,2,1 with adding reps ala next would be 5,4,3,2,2 but... why? will probably just do 2 or 3x5

My right shoulder pops when I go too low in the incline bench and pretty much always when I do lat pull-downs. It doesn't hurt but it's a concern.

[Wilhelm]

I do my own "programming" if you can call it that.

But it seems to me like if you have a program that doesn't make sense to you, or that you don't have confidence enough in that you buy into it, maybe another program would be better for you and make you feel better following it.

Regardless, keep up the good work.
My left shoulder has varying degrees of wonkiness. I mostly only notice it now when i do dislocates with my stick.
There are some rotator cuff specific exercises you could do, and i often see people suggest dead hangs.

I'm not sure what you have going on, so i don't know if either or both those suggestions are worthwhile.

This could be worth a read.
https://www.t-nation.com/training/crack ... -conundrum

[thekmoney]

I do my own "programming" if you can call it that.

But it seems to me like if you have a program that doesn't make sense to you, or that you don't have confidence enough in that you buy into it, maybe another program would be better for you and make you feel better following it.

Regardless, keep up the good work.
My left shoulder has varying degrees of wonkiness. I mostly only notice it now when i do dislocates with my stick.
There are some rotator cuff specific exercises you could do, and i often see people suggest dead hangs.

I'm not sure what you have going on, so i don't know if either or both those suggestions are worthwhile.

This could be worth a read.
https://www.t-nation.com/training/crack ... -conundrum

I agree totally on having faith in your program. From what I can tell, a lot of programs are written by males and are geared more towards what a guy could get away with, e.g., doing bench once a week and making gains (lolololol not happening with these lady pecs here). So I just pick and choose the things I think I could benefit from this program, namely incline benching, single leg/single arm work, and a lot of rows, and do a lot more of it.

Thanks for the recommendation for the shoulder exercises! I'm incorporating the cuban presses. Dead hangs are a great warm-up too.

[thekmoney]

2/22

LBBS
10 @ bar, 5 @ 115, 3 @ 145, 2 @ 165, 2x5 @ 185 - RPE 9, 10
- new 5rm

OHP
5 @ bar, 3 @ 65, 5 @ 70, 5 @ 75 - RPE 8, 9.5
- gotta not flare my ribs

DB lunges
2x10 each @ 40, 45

DB single side OHP
4x3,5ish on left, right as right is stronger @ 35#

DB single side row
5 @ 45, 50, 55, 60, 60

Chins
5 @ bw
-ran out of time, was going to do some weights on these

BW: 153.6
Goal: 158

[JuniorMinion]

I share your love of dessert and raise you a truffle and an ice cream bon bon (trader joe's). Welcome fellow lady lifter!

I have also had trouble with the fact that programs and all the tips etc of when to move on / where you should be stalling are geared towards guys. I am a pretty tank like chick but stuff like chin ups and deadlifting 2x bodyweight are not something I was going to accomplish on basic starting strength...

[Wilhelm]

Honestly, and i did it without even thinking much about it, but i always have adapted things too.
So my suggestion wasn't really all that well considered.

Your reply made me think about what i had said.
Sorry if i sounded preachy. I think i kind of did.
I don't really know enough to be preachy.

I was doing the cuban presses for a while, and i really liked them.
Doing my first meet put me in a spot where i had to eventually drop a bunch of what i was doing.
But i'd like to get back to those. Was doing a "cuff stuff" day on the first of my two days together off.
Didn't take long.

[thekmoney]

Honestly, and i did it without even thinking much about it, but i always have adapted things too.
So my suggestion wasn't really all that well considered.

Your reply made me think about what i had said.
Sorry if i sounded preachy. I think i kind of did.
I don't really know enough to be preachy.

Not at all! Even if you did preach I appreciate a good preach from someone who, you know, actually lifts.

And I generally do put too much weight in programs rather than what I've seen work for me, but everyone is the ultimate coach on what works for their own bodies, so it was a good reminder of that.

[thekmoney]

I share your love of dessert and raise you a truffle and an ice cream bon bon (trader joe's). Welcome fellow lady lifter!

I have also had trouble with the fact that programs and all the tips etc of when to move on / where you should be stalling are geared towards guys. I am a pretty tank like chick but stuff like chin ups and deadlifting 2x bodyweight are not something I was going to accomplish on basic starting strength...

Good god yes I live out of Trader Joe's. Haven't had the ice cream bonbons. Right now I'm rounding out my daily calories with icelandic style cheesecake. I have no idea what makes it icelandic and don't really care, because it's feckin delicious, and the only thing that can make me keep hitting >2500 calories a day.

I've been following your log! You got gainz.

[mgil]

@thekmoney thanks for signing up and logging here! My anagram-ism turns your name into @themonkey, but no matter, thanks for coming over this way!

[thekmoney]

@thekmoney thanks for signing up and logging here! My anagram-ism turns your name into @themonkey, but no matter, thanks for coming over this way!

Yeah I thought I might spell it phonetically in the title to clear up confusion.

[thekmoney]

2/23

Which is continued from yesterday... still working out the details of how I'm going to program.

Half mile run warm-up at ~7:45/mile - omg my crusty arteries

Neutral grip pull-ups
3 @ bw, 2x5 @ +10#

Weighted planks
2 x 1 min @ +45#

Not sure how to work on core and decrust my arteries with cardio. It's hard to not do all the things and just work on an LP instead.

[thekmoney]

2/24

Sleep was 6/10, food was 4/10 yesterday with ~1000 calories missing, and weighted planks before squat day were a bad choice too, so today was about preventing losses.

LBBS
many @ bar, 5 @ 115, 3 @ 145, 1 @ 175, 190, 175
- Kept trying to do more than singles at higher weights and body was like, nope

Front squats
5 @ 115, 135, 145

Bench
2x5 @ 105 @ RPE 6
- Shoulder stays better in place

Incline BB bench
3x10 @ 65#

Dips
5 @ BW, 2x5 @ +30#, 15 @ BW

BW: 151.0
- Dehydrated? Is it because I ran out of cheesecake?

[thekmoney]

2/25

Deadlifts
5 @ 135, 185, 1 @ 215, 230, 3 @ 245, 2x5 @ 225
- Need to get a real gym membership with real bars and chalk because my form suffers when my grip slips. Still a PR for 3 and I think 5

RDLs
5 @ 135, 2x5 @ 145 - super easy RPE but grip slippage

Lat pull-downs
5x5 @ 112.5#

BB rows
3x5 @ 115, 5 @ 125, 135
-Thinking a little too much body english on these, but rowing with a barbell is just kinda awkward. May just do DB rows.

Curlllllz
3x10 @ ez bar + 20#

Skull crushers
3x10 @ ez bar + 25#

Today's workout was brought to you courtesy of in-n-out and a massive piece of chocolate cake.