Tom183's Journal

[tom183]

30/07/11
222.0 lbs

Dumbell Bench Press

49x8
77x5
110x5
110x5

Bent Over Row

132x8
198x5
270x7
270x7

Incline Dumbell Press (~30 degrees)

98x8

Single Arm Row

138x13

Bridge

BW+51 for 1 minute

[NickAus]

Good stuff, bridge work sounds hard with weight.....never done that.

222 has a nice ring to it!!

[Off Road]

Nice one. I've never done bridges before.

[HJP]

Again solid pushing an pulling!!

[tom183]

Good stuff, bridge work sounds hard with weight.....never done that.

222 has a nice ring to it!!

Nice one. I've never done bridges before.

Again solid pushing an pulling!!

Thanks Nick, Off Road and HJP.

[tom183]

02/08/2011
222.0 lbs

Chin-ups

BWx3
BWx3
BW+41x8
BW+41x7

Seated Dumbell OHP

43x8
54x5
76x11
76x11

Seated Dumbell Curl

49x11
49x11

L Lateral Raise

37x19

Deadlift

248x5
287x5
330x3
375x3
419x1
463x1
502xfail

[HJP]

Good work, how come you deadlift last? That'd make PB's difficult wouldn't it!

[NickAus]

Looking good Tom!!

Hey bro, you need to mix up the pulls!

Have a max and a 3 rep max on:

Deads
Close sumo deads
4" blocks
6" blocks
2" defict

This will get you past the 500-510 mark in 10 weeks easy.

Hope you dont mind me saying....

[Off Road]

How close was the fail?

[bloodybob]

Stronggg

[Coke]

Still very nice with the deads and all man.

[tom183]

Good work, how come you deadlift last? That'd make PB's difficult wouldn't it!

Thanks HJP. I've just always deadlifted last. It's obviously a very taxing lift and I worry that if I did it first it would negatively effect the rest of the session.

Looking good Tom!!

Hey bro, you need to mix up the pulls!

Have a max and a 3 rep max on:

Deads
Close sumo deads
4" blocks
6" blocks
2" defict

This will get you past the 500-510 mark in 10 weeks easy.

Hope you dont mind me saying....

Not at all man, appreciate the advice. I have been thinking of tweaking my routine actually. I'll post what I come up with on here for you guys to critique.

How close was the fail?

Not very unfortunately, got it off the ground maybe an inch. To be honest though, I'm not all that concerned. It was my first decent deadlifting session in a month - the session previous I skipped deadlifts because of my neck injury and the session previous to that was rushed. Fairly confident I can move forward from here.

Stronggg

Thanks bloodybob.

Still very nice with the deads and all man.

Cheers CoCoa.

[tom183]

06/08/11
221.9 lbs

Squat

154x8
231x5
265x1
309x5
309x4

Dips

BWx5
BWx5
BW+34x1
BW+100x8
BW+100x7

Front Squat

215x9

Skull Crushers (straight bar, thumbless grip)

88x7
88x7

Standing single leg calf raise (from a 5 inch block)

BW+94x11

[Coke]

Solid numbers throughout, moving on strong man.

[Off Road]

You are rockin' those dips. Keep going and I'll try to keep up.

[bloodybob]

So. when are we adding some weight to that squat?

Nice session, Tom.

[HJP]

Fair call with the Deads. I suppose it depends which way you view it but either way as long as it's consistent you get a good idea of improvements!

Those dips are insane mate.

[tom183]

Solid numbers throughout, moving on strong man.

Thanks CoCoa.

You are rockin' those dips. Keep going and I'll try to keep up.

Cheers Off Road. No worries there. I love the motivation that these journals can give.

So. when are we adding some weight to that squat?

Nice session, Tom.

Hmm, good question. I was happy to get to 3pps for reps but do seem to be having trouble moving beyond it. Thinking of tweaking my routine in the near future to address it.

Fair call with the Deads. I suppose it depends which way you view it but either way as long as it's consistent you get a good idea of improvements!

Those dips are insane mate.

Cheers HJP. Yeh, what you said about consistency are my thoughts exactly.

[tom183]

09/08/11
221.8 lbs

Dumbell Bench Press

49x8
72x5
105x7
105x7

Bent Over Row

132x8
198x5
270x8
270x7

Incline Dumbell Press (~30 degrees)

94x10
94x10

Single Arm Row

138x14
138x14

Bridge

BW+53 for 1 minute

[Off Road]

Really strong session Tom.

[Coke]

Moving along at a fine pace, pretty much have it on lock these days.

[HJP]

Nice efforts!! Still loving the structure you follow. Is good!

[tom183]

Thanks Off Road, CoCoa and HJP.

[tom183]

11/08/11
222.0 lbs

Squat (light)

132x8
176x5
220x12
220x12

Bulgarian Split Squat

BW+88x10
BW+88x10

Deadlift

243x5
298x5
353x3
408x1
463x1

[Off Road]

Strong pulls