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135, 225 WU
275x5
315x5
365x5
385x5
405x5
425x1 - ab again, not as bad as before

LEG SLED:
4 plate warmup
5x8
8x8
9x5
10x2
11x1 I believe this is about 1040 lbs.

AB MACHINE:
120x10
140x10
150x8 this is beginning to feel sort of like a hernia, but I never had one, so I dunno. I stopped
before things got worse.
 
Slightly improved session; I love going up.
DB PRESS:
60x10 WU
80x5
90x5
100x5
110x5
115x4
120x4...and a half...

DB WIDE DIPS:
60x8
80x8
100x8
120x8 PR

FRONT CABLE RAISE, ROPE:
57x10
65x10
72x10
85x10

FACE PULLS -light weight x 25x2
PEC DEC:
150 wu
170x10
190x8
230x8
290xfail
250x7,5
 
SKWOTZ:
45, 135 wu
225x5
275x5
315x5
365x3
385x1
405x1,1,1,1

SLDL's:
135, 225 wu
315x5
365x5
405x1 -estop! Erectors feel blasted.
365x1 -estop again. Dat's it.
 
Friday saw a disaster in strength; I guess it's time for a couple days off and a change of program again?
Bench is going down.

BENCH
45,135, 185 WU
225x6
245x4
275x2
315xfail??? WHAT???
225x10

INCLINE DB's
50x5
60x5
70x5
80x5
90x5
100x4

CABLE ROWS
220x10
260x8
275x8
295x5
315x5 PR?
315x5 straight bar
 
8 day deload over, still feeling poor but gonna try a break-in workout anyway.
I feel really weak instead of refreshed.

BENCH
135X5
184X10

DECLINE BB
135X5
185X10

INCLINE BB
135X5
185 X 2,2

PENDLAY ROWS
225X8
275X10

PULLDOWNS
180X10
200X10

DEADS
225X7
275X10

SQUATS
225X10
275X8

DB CURLS
35X10
45X10

Right arm is real sore from my injection 2 days ago...I must have hit something in there or it's just been so long.
Fell out for a nap 2 hours later, on schedule; I don't think the test has kicked in yet. Cruddy, but we'll see.
 
Waited another week until feeling better.
Bench:
Played around with 135 wu, then
185x12's, explosive repping

DECLINE BB:
135 wu
185x12
225x10,9

PULLDOWNS:
140, 160 wu
200x10
220x10 ng
220x10 mg

CABLE ROWS:
200x10
220x10
240x10

CROSSOVER CURLS:
35x10
42x10,10,10

That was yesterday, and DOMS is much less this time, mostly just pecs. I'm good to go, but
will do legs just as easily tomorrow.
 
May 31. Yesterday saw more fatigue instead of less (again) so I'm pushing for the endo appt. to check out thyroid and adrenal fatigue as a possibility. My low test could just be a symptom, from what I'm reading. Got just a little libido going now, sleep seems better, but don't feel rested.

SQUATS:
135 wu
225x4
275x4
315x4
365x1,2
315x4

SLDL's:
225x5
275x5
315x5
335x7

POWER SHRUGZ:
315x8
365x8
385x8,9

CAMBERED BAR FRONT RAISES:
Misc weights x 10 up to 75 lbs.
These are stiff armed up to shoulder height.
Oddly, I feel pretty good this morning. Must have actually slept.
 
Feeling better again, and went in for blood lab today; endo appt. the 10th.
BENCH:
cable row & pulldown wu
135x8
205x5
245x3
275x3
295x2
315x1 - got it back
275x3, wanted 4

INCLINE BB
135X5
185X5
225X1
205X5

PENDLAY ROWS
135x8
225x8
275x6
315x3 uh oh

CABLE ROW
Stack x 10, 10

FACE PULLS
 
I must be getting better. Today was pretty good work with good energy.

DEADS:
135 wu
225x10
315x5
365x5
405x4
455x1
475xfail - didn't really expect to hit so close to max today
405x6

LEG SLED:
5plates x 5
6x8
8x8
10x3
12x2 + 1 cheated rep - PR, 1125 lbs.
Most I ever did before was 1150 for 1.
 
Kept the brakes on a bit today for a lightwork session.
REVERSING GRIP BENCH:
135 wu
185x5 Reverse grip
185x9 Forward grip
225x5 RG
225x6,8 FG

INCLINE BB
115x5 wu
135x10
155x8
175x4
155x6

PULLDOWNS:
140,160 wu
200x10
240x8,10

CABLE ROW:
220x10
240x10
260x10

SHRUGS:
315x10
365x8
385x10
Seriously thinking of returning to GST and running that again soon, but have to give this another run first.
 
I've usually been hitting 3/wk, not always on the same days. That's about all I can do now, but am hoping to get better with the TRT.
I've got an endo appt. this month too, and may find out more there. My maxes haven't been coming up because I was overreaching
a lot, which is why I took off the two weeks, but came back weaker anyway. It's a mess, really. I need a solid strength program too, so
was thinking about GST again; at least it was a lot of fun.
 
Endo appt. was disconcerting; bloodwork okay for the most part but some muscle breakdown possibly from the Simvastatin they had me on. Test was up, of course, LH shut down, with the exogenous hormones.
The endochrinologist was telling me that there is no such thing as andropause, it's a made up effect to make sales. And that at 200mg/wk dosage, I was in the abuse realm. He also said I was "high normal" at 350ng/dl - say what?
I'm doubting this guy has studied anything since he got his degree, but I'm shutting it down after this run because my cholesterol is too high (test can increase it too) plus it's now obvious that the test levels aren't the problem with the fatigue, nor was overtraining.
On to the sleep lab for a CPAP.

SQUAT:
135 wu
225x6
275x10
315x8
345x4

SLDL's:
225x5
315x5
345x5
385x5

POWER SHRUGS:
315x10
365x10
405x9
455x5
425x7

Test must be kicking in: I could have gone more in everything but the 455 set.
 
What is GST? What are you currently doing program wise? What's deloading? What's TRT? What's a PL peaking program?

I hope you don't mind me asking these questions.
 
Growth Strength Training - threads on BB.com and Clutch fitness
I'm just maintaining and working on the fatigue problem.
You are on a site where deloading is a primary factor in growth - cessation of lifting or backing off the weights and coming back up in progression.
Testosterone Replacement Therapy.
Powerlifting.
 
I'm not sure if you're jerking my chain or seriously clueless here, but I don't have time to research you right now. As for SST, I think that's an abbreviation of Rippetoe's book - what we called strength training before. I can't find any decent direction for beginners since I switched easily from building size to building strength simply by way of cutting out unecessary exercises and reps. Which built a little more size. Clutch is a science-based website just as here, so no real differences except they don't have any "clutch" program per se. There are even problems finding a program for powerlifting competition, since most all programs I've seen are written just for one lift at a time; nothing I find trains you for all 3. GST ebook now addresses weak point training, so that would be the alternative.
 
Yeah, see, I'm gonna get Rippetoe's book cause someone suggested it to me! I just haven't got it yet because the only place to order it is online....so, until I ordered it I would like a good place to learn some stuff.

I'm in no way jerking your chain...
 
Haven't had a program for a while as I've been instinctive training again while trying to defeat this fatigue syndrome. Lots of stuff doesn't work, including TRT, although that lessened the attacks.
I dropped bench and took up DB's for a while to let the shoulder and forearm settle down. I dropped deads but kept SLDL's after squats, so I've been back to leg day, back then chest each week.
My squat came up and I got a 435 clean yesterday. Deb was supposed to film the attempt but didn't know the camera and just got a picture of my 445 attempt, which failed, being back to back with the 435.
I may have been able to get a raw 430, but I always use knee wraps on new attempts.
435Squat007.jpg

My bi's got flatter than ever, not working them:
435Squat018.jpg

I gotta start curling again. Oddly, arms are 17-1/8 now.
 
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