Squat & Bench Press Day, cycle 6. Still a little sick, but getting better. Workout improvement shows, so factoring this into my strength test results. Squat (w/Weight Belt): 1) 5 @ 195lbs. 2) 3 @ 205lbs. 3) 2 @ 215lbs. Singles to failure of 5 reps @ 225lbs. Felt good about this especially since my […]

Squat & Bench Press Day, cycle 5. Squat: 1) 5 @ 170lbs. 2) 3 @ 180lbs. 3) 1 @ 195lbs. 4) 1 @ 205lbs. 5) 1 @ 210lbs. 6) 1 @ 220lbs (this rep was a grinder). 7) 5 @ 170lbs. 8) 5 @ 170lbs. 4 reps of 30 second static holds. Bench Press: 3 […]

Squat & Bench Press Day, cycle 4. Squat: 1) 3 @ 195lbs. 2) 3 @ 195lbs. 3) 2 @ 205lbs. 4) 2 @ 205lbs. 5) 1 @ 210lbs. 6 sets of speed doubles 2 @ 160lbs. Bench Press: 1) 6 @ 150lbs. 2) 6 @ 150lbs. 3) AMRAP set of 8 reps @ 150lbs. Added […]

Squat & Bench Press Day, cycle 3. Pause Squats: 1) 9 @ 135lbs. 2) 9 @ 155lbs. 3) 9 @ 135lbs. Climbing 2’s to failure: 2 @ 180lbs. 2 @ 195lbs. 2 @ 205lbs. Plus extra sets of 1 @ 215lbs & 1 @ 220lbs. Bench Press: 1) 6 @ 145lbs. 2) 6 @ 145lbs. […]

Squat & Bench Press day, cycle 2. Squat: 1) 10 @ 160lbs. 2) 10 @ 180lbs. 3) 10 @ 160lbs. Bench Press: 3 sets of 6 @ 150lbs. Drop set of +10 reps @ 135lbs. Angled Leg Press: 6 sets of 6 @ 360lbs. Stiff Legged Deadlifts: 5 sets of 8 reps @ 135lbs. Simple […]

Squat & Bench Press day, cycle 1. Squat: 1) 3 @ 180lbs. Sets 2-4) 3 @ 195lbs. 5) 3 @ 205lbs. 6) 3 @ 210lbs. Bench Press: 1) 6 @ 145lbs. 2) 6 @ 145lbs. 3) 6 @ 150lbs. Interesting part of this was my calculations put me in the middle of both weights for […]

Squat & Bench Press Day, cycle 6. Squat: 1) 5 @ 175lbs. 2) 3 @ 190lbs. 3) 2 @ 200lbs. Strength test of singles, wound up being reps because I believe my training projections are still low. So 3 reps and a second set of 2 reps means 5 reps means the training projections are […]

Squat & Bench Press Day, cycle 5. Squat: 1) 4 @ 175lbs. 2) 4 @ 190lbs. 3) 3 @ 195lbs. 4) 2 @ 200lbs. 4 rep s of 30s static holds @ 220lbs. Bench Press: 1) 3 @ 155lbs. 2) 3 @ 165lbs. 3) 2 @ 170lbs. 4) 1 @ 175lbs. 3 reps of 30s […]

Squat & Bench Press Day, cycle 4. Squat: 1) 4 reps @ 175lbs. 2) 4 reps @ 175lbs. 3) 4 reps @ 190lbs. 6 sets of speed reps for doubles: 2 @ 135lbs. Last rep was a grinder here. Bench Press: 1) 3 reps @ 155lbs. 2) 3 reps @ 155lbs. 3) 2 reps @ […]

Squat & Bench Press day, cycle 3. Pause Squats: 3 sets of 5 reps @ 155lbs. Climbing doubles: 2 @ 165lbs, 2 @ 175lbs, 2 @ 190lbs, 2 @ 200lbs. Pause Bench Press: 2 sets of 8 reps @ 115lbs. Two bonus round sets to failure, 12 reps. Clock Lunges: 4 sets of 2 rotations […]