Don't go chasing Bicep Curls...

[ChasingCurls69]

Update: Bodyweight is up to 203-206 depending on the day. Best lifts are 407 squat, 248 bench press, and 612 deadlift at 200lbs, with a random 160x1@8 press every once in a while.

[ChasingCurls69]

2/16/18,

Deadlift- 170kg x1, 185kg x1@7, 200kg x1@8.5, 170kg x5@9.5, 170kg 2x5@8

Had to adjust my set up after the first set of 5 with 170kg to have my hips a little higher and shoulders a little further in front of the bar. Last two sets were considerably easier with the adjustment so I ended up not having to drop weight, and was better able to maintain back extension.

[ChasingCurls69]

2/17/18, Tarragon in Sixty Seconds

I never saw that movie.

Bench Press- 145lbs x8@7, 155lbs x8@8, 165lbs x8@9, 170lbs x7+1@Guess I’ll go fuck myself

Squat (no belt)- 215lbs x8@7, 225lbs x8@7.5, 230lbs x8@8, 230lbs x8@8.5

Bench form was good until rep 7 with 170, so I racked it and did another instead of risking a miss. Elbows got behind the bar. Squats started to get a bit forward and my back was rekt+knees wanted to come in. Really should’ve gone to the gym earlier ajd done these yesterday.

TnG Bench e1rm from today is about 15lbs higher than pause bench e1rm from Monday, so that gives me a better idea of how they compare. 55 total work set reps for bench this week.

[ChasingCurls69]

2/21/18,

Squat- 310lbs x1@8, 280lbs 3x4@8 ran out of time before work.

[ChasingCurls69]

2/22/18,

Pause Bench- 185lbs x1@6, 195lbs x1@7, 205lbs x1@8, 185lbs x4@9, 3@8, 3@8.5

Using the open barbell for bench and bar speed decays really fast for pause benching plus I think I got fatigued really easily. I may just stop pause benching anything more than 4's because it really annoys me and isn't making me stronger.

[ChasingCurls69]

2/23/18,

Deadlift- 185kg x1@6, 205kg x1@8, 185kg x2@10 (grip slipping, not real 10), 175kg 4x4@8 (add straps after two sets, fuck OPB's)
Chin Ups- 4x8

Back extension was really fucking good going into the heavy single, but for the back-off sets I had issues with my grip slipping despite chalking every set and my right knee coming in during the pull. Adding straps fixed one of those since I was too lazy to switch bars, but I think the bar not being lined up made the right want to roll away and fucked me up.

This still leaves me on track to pull 500 for the meet in just over two weeks. One more heavy DL day next Friday.

[mgil]

Good luck at your meet!

[ChasingCurls69]

Good luck at your meet!

Thanks! Hopefully there will be a small squat PR there, the first in almost two years.

2/24/18,

Bench Press- 157.5lbs x8@7, 167.5lbs x8@8, 170lbs x8@8, 170lbs x8@10?

Went to work for 3 hours then came back to do...

Squat- 225lbs x8@8, 230lbs x8@8, 235lbs x8@8, 240lbs x7@8.5
DB Curls- 35lbs x11, 9, 9?
LTEs- 65lbs 3x9

Squats had my back rekt by the end and the last rep was kinda GM-y so I called it. Arms were done in a 7 minute block.

[Wilhelm]

Oh man, when is your meet, @ChasingCurls69?

[ChasingCurls69]

Oh man, when is your meet, @ChasingCurls69?

It's on March 12th, so just over two weeks out.

2/26/18,

Squat- 300lbs x1@7, 315lbs x1@8, 285lbs 4x4@8
Pause Bench- 187.5lbs x1, 197.5lbs x1, 207.5lbs xF, 182.5lbs x2+F. 170lbs x4@7, 172.5lbs x4@7, 175lbs x4@7.5, 175lbs x4@7
Pause Deadlift- 315lbs x3@7, 330lbs x3@8, 340lbs x3@8.5, 345lbs x3@9, 350lbs x3@9
DB Curls+Tricep Pushdowns- 35lbs 3x10, machine+20lbs x8, 8, 10

Squats got faster with each single up to 315, and I got to test the new build of the Open Barbell app this workout. My squat ROM is around 750mm, so now I'm gonna ask people what there's is to compare and be sad about how much distance I have to squat.

Bench started off as a shitshow, so I went down a lot in weight and norrowed my grip by two fingers; now it's ring fingers on the rings. I think since I have so much trouble with locking out while using a wide grip, and for anatomical reasons my chest is uneven (so the right side sits lower when set up for bench, and the pecs visibly insert onto the sternum differently), I'm better off benching with a closer grip and just getting really big arms.

Pause deadlifts are a PR for not getting injures on those. Arm work is going to be at least 2 but possibly 3x a week to take advantage of actually gaining weight and because I'm tired of being bad at upperbody stuff that isn't chin ups.

Oh, and the new build of Open Barbell uses some linear regression shit to calculate e1rm based on your actual bar speed data if you do enough sets and reps with it. I didn't do enough squats since it missed a set, but I did enough bench reps. You can set the bar speed for the app to estimate your max at, so going by my slowest successful bench rep I got 226lbs, although today I missed at around .2m/s so something was off technique-wise.

[ChasingCurls69]

3/1/18,

Paused Squat- 225lbs x4@7, 235lbs x4@8, 245lbs 3x4@9
Press- 135lbs x1@7.5, 115lbs x5@7, 120lbs x5@7.5, 125lbs x5@9?, 120lbs 2x5@8
Power Cleans- 82kg 2x1, 83kg 2x1, 84kg 2x1, 85kg 2x1, 86kg x1, 87kg x1
Chin Ups- +45lbs 4x4

Balance is always an issue on the press after 2 weeks of not doing it, but these were mostly good and easy to correct. Power cleans were also good despite 2 weeks of missing them. Weighted chins felt brutal on the first set since I don't warm up for them, but got easier. They seem to hit my triceps and pecs decently hard out of the bottom.

[ChasingCurls69]

3/3/18,

Deadlift- 463lbs x1, 490lbs x1, 396lbs 2x3, 401lbs x3

Bench Press- 155lbs x8, 165lbs x8, 172.5lbs x7, 165lbs x7

[ChasingCurls69]

Shug and his family would be better off dying in a fire x1.

[AllOurHeroesAreDead]

Dude that thread was so painful to read, Egypt is such a miserable place now.

[ChasingCurls69]

Dude that thread was so painful to read, Egypt is such a miserable place now.

It's basically SSCs helping actual novices and old white guys sitting in the sauna together jerking off into a muffin.

[AllOurHeroesAreDead]

And then younger white guys eat the muffin, desperate for the approval of their older reptilian overlords.

[ChasingCurls69]

And then younger white guys eat the muffin, desperate for the approval of their older reptilian overlords.

I wonder if there's anyone under 30 left at this point.

[AllOurHeroesAreDead]

Hey, are you doing a PL meet or an SL meet?

[AllOurHeroesAreDead]

Also which gym is the meet going to be at?

[ChasingCurls69]

3/5/18,

Squat- 131kg x1@7, 138kg x1@8, 122.5kg x3, 125kg x3, 127.5kg x1
Pause Bench, 85kg x1@7, 90kg 2x1 @8, 8.5, 85kg 3x3@9
Deadlift- 160kg x1, 180kg 2x1

My back was fucking fried from pulling 490 and then drinking a lot on Saturday. So my squat was down 5% from where I want to open, but my bench was okay and the narrower grip gives me a stronger lockout.


Just in case Shug is still reading this: don't fuck with me while you and your bulldog wife leave your Facebook open to the public. It looks like Greyhounds aren't the first type of dog you've fucked. Too bad you blocked me, I thought we could have a nice chat with my grandfather together.