Briks log
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2018 11:55 am
Just found out about this site last week and decided to start logging here. Used to log at SS as it seems a lot of people here did.
Here are some quick relevant stats and recent training history before I start logging:
Name- Bob or Bobby
Age- 36
Height- 6’3”
Current bodyweight: 203 lbs
Squat PR: 290x5 (337.9 e1rm)- Feb 2013
Bench PR: 345x1- Feb 2015
Deadlift PR: 400x5 (455.1 e1rm)- Dec 2014
Press PR: 205x1- March 2014 at 200.8 bw
As you can probably tell from how long ago my PR’s are, my more recent training history isn’t great. I have always had knee issues (3 scopes on left knee for removal of loose bodies due to tons of dislocations and 1 patellar tendon repair after it ruptured in August 2015.), and they are a convenient excuse for my bad squat numbers historically.
More recently though, other health issues have been more of a problem than my knees (which are actually pretty healthy now). In January of this year I started suffering from constant dizziness which was diagnosed as vestibular migraines and Ménière’s disease. I couldn’t train at all early this year, but once the dizziness subsided some I started back again. It is still a problem for me and prevents me from playing sports or anything, but I can train through it now so I have.
Then in late September of this year, I had a stroke. Turns out it was caused by a blood clot in a vein in my brain. It is under control now, but the genetic testing showed I have a mutation of a gene that makes me more likely to have blood clots. So I will be on blood thinning medicine for life. Not too bad all things considered.
But between those health issues and also the birth of my second baby in February, it’s been a sporadic training year. But I have stuck with it and continued to do what I could and never let myself get too weak or out of shape.
So now that all those things seem to be in the rear view I’m ready to get serious again. One of the secondary effects of the stroke was that on the blood thinning medication I can no longer drink alcohol. While annoying, as I enjoyed drinking, it should help my training because alcohol often screwed up my workout plans. So between no drinking and my knees/body feeling good right now, I’m expecting some of those old PRs to fall in the next 6 months.
My current program:
I just started week 2 of a scheduled 12 week training program.
Sunday- bench- 5x5 at 74% of e1rm, with sets starting every two minutes apart
Weighted chins- 2 amrap sets
Squats- LP 3x5
1 mile run
Tuesday- seated dumbbell shoulder press- 3 amrap sets
Curls- 4 amrap sets
Deadlifts- LP 3x5
1 mile run
Thursday- bench- 2 amrap sets
Weighted chins- 5x5 at 74% of e1rm, with sets starting every two minutes apart
Squats- LP 3x5
1 mile run
Friday/Saturday- 400m runs or hill sprints.
Weight used on the bench/chin amrap days are determined by using weekly rep targets and choosing a weight where if the rep target is met, the e1rm would go up. The “volume” days are done every two minutes for the dual reasons of keeping the weight used down a little bit and also to speed up the workout. Seated dumbbell shoulder press is used instead of press because press bothers my lower back too much anymore. The running is just to stay in solid cardio shape without putting in very many miles. I’m going to try to improve my times but it’s not nearly as important to me as my lifts going up. My one mile runs are done ona hilly loop located right near my parents house where I lift, so those runs will always be done in a fatigued state, right after squatting or deadlifting. And I just suck at running in general outside of sprinting.
So that’s the whole intro. I’ll log my most recent workout here now and hopefully continue to log here going forward.
Sunday- 10/28/18
Bodyweight- 203.0
Bench press (every 2 minutes)- 230x5x5
Weighted chins- 35 (238.0) x 8 (295.1 e1rm)
35 (238.0) x 5
Squats- 225x5x3
1 mile run- 8:42
Solid workout. This is the beginning of 8’s week so hit my target reps on the chins.
Here are some quick relevant stats and recent training history before I start logging:
Name- Bob or Bobby
Age- 36
Height- 6’3”
Current bodyweight: 203 lbs
Squat PR: 290x5 (337.9 e1rm)- Feb 2013
Bench PR: 345x1- Feb 2015
Deadlift PR: 400x5 (455.1 e1rm)- Dec 2014
Press PR: 205x1- March 2014 at 200.8 bw
As you can probably tell from how long ago my PR’s are, my more recent training history isn’t great. I have always had knee issues (3 scopes on left knee for removal of loose bodies due to tons of dislocations and 1 patellar tendon repair after it ruptured in August 2015.), and they are a convenient excuse for my bad squat numbers historically.
More recently though, other health issues have been more of a problem than my knees (which are actually pretty healthy now). In January of this year I started suffering from constant dizziness which was diagnosed as vestibular migraines and Ménière’s disease. I couldn’t train at all early this year, but once the dizziness subsided some I started back again. It is still a problem for me and prevents me from playing sports or anything, but I can train through it now so I have.
Then in late September of this year, I had a stroke. Turns out it was caused by a blood clot in a vein in my brain. It is under control now, but the genetic testing showed I have a mutation of a gene that makes me more likely to have blood clots. So I will be on blood thinning medicine for life. Not too bad all things considered.
But between those health issues and also the birth of my second baby in February, it’s been a sporadic training year. But I have stuck with it and continued to do what I could and never let myself get too weak or out of shape.
So now that all those things seem to be in the rear view I’m ready to get serious again. One of the secondary effects of the stroke was that on the blood thinning medication I can no longer drink alcohol. While annoying, as I enjoyed drinking, it should help my training because alcohol often screwed up my workout plans. So between no drinking and my knees/body feeling good right now, I’m expecting some of those old PRs to fall in the next 6 months.
My current program:
I just started week 2 of a scheduled 12 week training program.
Sunday- bench- 5x5 at 74% of e1rm, with sets starting every two minutes apart
Weighted chins- 2 amrap sets
Squats- LP 3x5
1 mile run
Tuesday- seated dumbbell shoulder press- 3 amrap sets
Curls- 4 amrap sets
Deadlifts- LP 3x5
1 mile run
Thursday- bench- 2 amrap sets
Weighted chins- 5x5 at 74% of e1rm, with sets starting every two minutes apart
Squats- LP 3x5
1 mile run
Friday/Saturday- 400m runs or hill sprints.
Weight used on the bench/chin amrap days are determined by using weekly rep targets and choosing a weight where if the rep target is met, the e1rm would go up. The “volume” days are done every two minutes for the dual reasons of keeping the weight used down a little bit and also to speed up the workout. Seated dumbbell shoulder press is used instead of press because press bothers my lower back too much anymore. The running is just to stay in solid cardio shape without putting in very many miles. I’m going to try to improve my times but it’s not nearly as important to me as my lifts going up. My one mile runs are done ona hilly loop located right near my parents house where I lift, so those runs will always be done in a fatigued state, right after squatting or deadlifting. And I just suck at running in general outside of sprinting.
So that’s the whole intro. I’ll log my most recent workout here now and hopefully continue to log here going forward.
Sunday- 10/28/18
Bodyweight- 203.0
Bench press (every 2 minutes)- 230x5x5
Weighted chins- 35 (238.0) x 8 (295.1 e1rm)
35 (238.0) x 5
Squats- 225x5x3
1 mile run- 8:42
Solid workout. This is the beginning of 8’s week so hit my target reps on the chins.