My powerlifting journey

[UK_Powerlifter]

Still enough to make your lower body twist around which would fuck up anyone's bench.

[UK_Powerlifter]

28/2/2010
DE Bench
Bench Press 9x3 60kg
JM Press 3x6 35kg
Chest Supported Rows 5x10 75kg
H rolls 3x10 5kg
Leaning DB side laterals 2x12 4kg

[UK_Powerlifter]

1/3/2010
ME Squat
Worked up to 130kg for 3 reps. Pretty easy. Decided to hold back there to build fire up for next time. Feels good to be squatting very close to my previous max for a triple. I try to clear my head by visualising how chilled out Ivan Chakarov is before he does his squats.

[crashcrew56]

Good stuff, there's nothing like seeing progress. Did you do any assitance work?

[UK_Powerlifter]

Doing it tommorow.

[UK_Powerlifter]

2/3/2010
RDL 1x10 105kg 1x5 1x5
Stopped making progress in this. Type to switch it up.

4/3/2010
ME Bench
Bench Press 3RM 90kg. I didn't really trust anyone in the gym to spot me so I went into the power rack. The benches there suck though. They are too narrow, don't allow you to bring your feet back and move around when you use your legs. I pretty much did this without any leg drive at all.
DB Rows 3x6 50kg.

[UK_Powerlifter]

5/3/2010
DE Squat
Squat 10x2 85kg
Deadlift 6x1 110kg

DE Bench
Bench Press 6x3 60kg
JM Press 3x6 37.5kg
Chinups 3x5
H-Rolls 3x12 5kg
Leaning DB Side Laterals 3x12 5kg

[crashcrew56]

What's an H-roll?

[UK_Powerlifter]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qm17uUuuH5A"]YouTube- George Halbert - Rotator Work - ALN Strength Training[/ame]. Really hits them hard.

[UK_Powerlifter]

9/3/2010
ME Good Morning
Wide Shallow GM 3RM 130kg.

[UK_Powerlifter]

15/3/2010
ME Day
Seated Shallow GM
Worked up to 135kg. Could have gone higher. Pleased with the PR. Done with no belt cos I forgot it.

Gonna order some omegalyse now that I can get it in the UK. Not quite sure about the dosage that I am meant to take though.

[Mr.Bones]

Oh that looks hard.

[crashcrew56]

Congrats on the PR, a lot of times in my training I stop once I hit a PR

[UK_Powerlifter]

Oh that looks hard.

Were you being sarcastic?

18/3/2010
ME Bench
Incline Bench Off Pins 1RM 85kg
bar
40kg 3
60kg 3
75kg 1
85kg 1
90kg 0

Key Presses 6x8 20kg
Chinups 2x6 1x5
Seated DB Side Laterals
H-rolls

[UK_Powerlifter]

20/03/2010
DE Squat
Squat 12x2 70kg.
Deadlift 8x1 90kg.
Reduced the rest time to 30 seconds. My hamstrings got very sore during the squat. My speed in the deadlift has gone up considerrably. After reading starting strength I realised that my shins should have been an inch or two behind the bar when I was standing. The reps felt a lot easier.
Contrast shower

Weighed in at 77.5kg this morning. 3.5kgs were lost within just a few days. I'm guessing this is all just water. As long as it is not muscle I am not complaining.