Journey To My First Powerlifting Meet

[T o m m Y]

Here we go..

Box Squats(90% of 1rm = 245)
Deads(90% of 1rm = 345)
Military Press(90% of 1rm = 130)
CGBP(90% of 1rm = 225)

[T o m m Y]

3/5/09

Standing Strict Military Press
Barx10
65x5
85x5(65%)
100x5(75%)
115x12(85%)

I may have underestimated my max a bit lol,oh well i guess ill just leave it where it is..

Dips
45#x10x2

Chins
BWx10x2

Rev Pek Deck
70x15x2

[T o m m Y]

3/9/09

Deadlift
135x5
185x3
205x1
225x5(65%)
250x5(75%)
290x5(85%)

RDL
225x8x3

AB Wheel
3x10

I wasnt feeling it today,work kicked my ass,oh well i still went in and did work and got the reps i needed to on the main lift thats all that matters..

[geoffsherman]

Good job man, put in the work and you will see some great results...

[T o m m Y]

thanks for stopping in bro,yeah man thats the plan..I keep hearing good thngs about this program..

[wimarine88]

Hey man. 5/3/1 is a great program. I personally saw about 70# added on to my deadlift since December utilizing that method. After awhile, I threw in chains, bands and deficits.

Good luck on your path!

[T o m m Y]

WOW
that is AWSOME progress right there!
how many cycles did it take you?
did you start with 90% of your REAL max?

[T o m m Y]

3/10/09

CGBP(90% of 1RM=225)
Barx10
95x5
115x3
145x5(65%)
170x5(75%)
190x8(95%)

Incline DB Press
55x10x3

Dips
55x6x2
55x5

Hammer Chins
BWx10,8

[AlMohr]

Looks like your progressing quite well in short period of time.Give it everything you got on the top set of day, you'll get strong fast. Keep up the good work broski

[T o m m Y]

i screw up with the % on the last set of 190,it should be 85% not 95% lol

[T o m m Y]

Looks like your progressing quite well in short period of time.Give it everything you got on the top set of day, you'll get strong fast. Keep up the good work broski

thanks for stopping in man,yeah bro i hope so!

[T o m m Y]

3/23/09

Standing Strict Military Press
Barx10
65x5
75x3
90x5(65%)
105x5(75%)
120x9(85%)

Dips
60x6x3

Wide Grip Pull Up
BWx5x4

I am back from almost a 2 week lay off,i just have been so busy moving into my new house,but it is pretty much done so i am back and it feels great!
Awsome session,it feel great to be lifting again and BULKING!!!
I am carb cycling this time around for my gain phase,today was a high carb day it felt awsome to eat carbs again lol..

[Coke]

Good luck in your new home and with these efforts.

[Keith]

I want to steal your sig! Have fun with the 5/3/1 program, dude! Lots of people are using it now.

[T o m m Y]

Good luck in your new home and with these efforts.

Thanks Bro

I want to steal your sig! Have fun with the 5/3/1 program, dude! Lots of people are using it now.

hahah,yeah man i will..
Yess lots are using it with awsome progress,i hope im one of them....
DO WORK!

[T o m m Y]

Well i am a idiot lol,been reading q&a over at elite fts with Jim Wendler and someone asked if he could just use pretty good guesstimate maxes to start the program(thats what i did) and jim said **** no,find your true maxes before even thinking of trying the program,soooo i need to find my TRUE maxes before doing it..I will be finding my maxes this week and starting it next week..STAY TUNED!

[T o m m Y]

3/30/09

Standing Strict Military Press(Max=155)
90x5(65%)
105x5(75%)
120x9(85%)

Cgbp
135x10,10,10,8

Wide Grip Chins
BWx5x4

[Coke]

Nice session bro, way to regroup and start over.

[T o m m Y]

Thanks Bro,its time to get strong,nomore messing around...

[wimarine88]

WOW
that is AWSOME progress right there!
how many cycles did it take you?
did you start with 90% of your REAL max?

Sorry it took so long to respond. I started out with about 80% of my real max. I was pulling 390 in December, and just pulled 500 at a meet last weekend..you tell me if 5/3/1 works

and as far as cycles go, whatever 3 months would amount to..although towards the end we strayed away from the 5/3/1 again pre-competition. Hope it helps, any other ?'s, feel free to ask!

[T o m m Y]

wow,awsome progress dude!

[AlMohr]

excellent work with your 85%, if you did nine reps with that you'll blow your old PR out of the water very soon

[T o m m Y]

excellent work with your 85%, if you did nine reps with that you'll blow your old PR out of the water very soon

Thanks bro!!
Yesss i hope so!

[T o m m Y]

4/1/09

Deadlift(Max=375)
215x5(65%)
250x5(75%)
285x11(85%)

I could have got more reps with 285 but my grip was slipping hardcore after rep 10,the gym didnt have any chalk today,DOH!

Cambered Bar Gm's
135x3
155x3
175x3
185x3,3
195x3

First time doing these,they are def diff but i like them better then with a straight bar..I am going to keep these for the rest of this cycle..

Standing Pulldown Abs
120x10x4

[Keith]

Yeah boy!!! At least you were aiming to hit 5 reps, mine was for a single, LOL. That should probably tell me I should bump the weight quite a bit next cycle.