My raw journey to 1900...

[Brian Hopper]

Wednesday
01/04/12
Bench

Bench press
Warm-ups
Bar x 20
135 x 10
135 x 5
185 x 5
Working sets
255 x 5
295 x 5
335 x 5
335 x 5
335 x 5
Drop sets
50% of 1RM: 215-2x10

Dips
BW x 10
BW+25 x 10
BW+25 x 10
BW+25 x 10

Nosebreakers
95 x 10
135 x 10
155 x 10
155 x 10

Pushups w/my feet on a 3brd
BW x 15
BW x 15
BW x 15

Decline sit-ups
BW x 10
BW x 12
BW x 12


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Done...It wasn't the day I was looking for, but still not a bad one. It was taking forever to get warmed up and i'm sure it has something to do with it being 30 degrees outside. I got all the required reps, but I was wanting to go for AMAP on my 3rd set of 335. Tomorrow I am squatting and i'm not sure yet if i'm going to start 531 or my program. I might do 531 for this month and then start my program next month.

[Brian C]

Great work Bri. I like the plan of adding the extra sets of the last prescribed reps. Should pay off.

[HJP]

Found ya new journal! 1800 will fall!

[LuNa]

Almost missed this, was wondering why your old journal was locked . Will be tagging a long whilst on my own journey to only 1200.

[GazzyG]

Definitely keeping my nose in here to see how you're doing, Brian! Great stuff.

[Brian Hopper]

Great work Bri. I like the plan of adding the extra sets of the last prescribed reps. Should pay off.

Thanks alot B, i'm hoping so Today's session kicked my ass.

Found ya new journal! 1800 will fall!

Thanks alot Hayden....1800+

Almost missed this, was wondering why your old journal was locked . Will be tagging a long whilst on my own journey to only 1200.

I wanted to start a new log so I went ahead and locked my old one. I'll be following you as well.

Definitely keeping my nose in here to see how you're doing, Brian! Great stuff.

Thanks alot Gazzy.

[Brian Hopper]

Thursday
01/05/12
SQ-5/3/1

Squat
Warm-ups
Bar x 10
150 x 10
150 x 5
240 x 5
Working sets
355 x 5
405 x 5
460 x 5...added knee sleeves
460 x 5...added belt
460 x 10

Leg presses
2pps x 10
3pps x 10
4pps x 10
4pps x 10
4pps x 10

Walking lunges
65 x 50ft
65 x 50ft
85 x 50ft
85 x 50ft

Back raises
BW+25 x 10
BW+45 x 10
BW+45 x 10
Drop set
BW+70 x 10
20 second rest
BW+25 x 10
20 second rest
BW x 10

Standing leg curls
Single leg
30 x 10
30 x 10
30 x 10


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Done...That last set put a hurting on me, lol. I swear I have the 3 plate curse, because whenever I go up to 3pps everything starts to feel heavy. I need to get back into squatting shape so I can handle these reps. I also had to bring my stance in some because my right side hip was bothering me.

[Coke]

Great leg work Brian, props on your benching sets as well.

[covpride]

Great work man, looked solid to me.

[HJP]

Agree on the 3PPS curse! Sucks!!

Nice reps there though man. Thinking of getting some knee sleeves an I see you wear them, how do you find them?

[Brian Hopper]

Great leg work Brian, props on your benching sets as well.

Thanks alot Coke!!!

[MarcusWild]

Back in squatting shape? That was a lot of volume.

[Brian Hopper]

Great work man, looked solid to me.

Thanks alot, I wanted to curl up and die at the end, lol.

[GazzyG]

A lot of volume there, Brian! Legs'll be sore in the morning, haha!

[Brian Hopper]

Agree on the 3PPS curse! Sucks!!

Nice reps there though man. Thinking of getting some knee sleeves an I see you wear them, how do you find them?

Yeah it blows, hopefully it will get better.

Today I wore my Tommy Kono bands, they are great for warmth and not so much with rebound. If you want support and rebound I would go with the EFS heavy or super heavy knee sleeves.

[Brian Hopper]

Back in squatting shape? That was a lot of volume.

It was a lot of volume, lol. Just a few months ago I was able to do 500x10 and today that 460 kicked my butt. I guess it's all in my head.

[Brian Hopper]

A lot of volume there, Brian! Legs'll be sore in the morning, haha!

Just the way I like it

My legs are hurting right now, so I'm sure they'll be sore for a couple days.

[April Mathis]

I'm pretty sure the weight never really feels a lot lighter, it just becomes easier to do. 460x10 after 2 sets of 5 is still not bad any day.

[Brian Hopper]

I'm pretty sure the weight never really feels a lot lighter, it just becomes easier to do. 460x10 after 2 sets of 5 is still not bad any day.

Thanks....I also might be relying to much on my belt. But I'm trying to play it safe with my back.

[joey54]

I know what you mean Brian. The jump from 405 to 450 always kills me when squatting. It seems so much heavier.

[Brian Hopper]

I know what you mean Brian. The jump from 405 to 450 always kills me when squatting. It seems so much heavier.

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one.

[Brian Hopper]

I was suppose to go in and do some upper accessory work, but I decided to stay home and catch up on some sleep. I'm thinking about skipping the CSGM's on Monday and finishing up 531. Then after my first cycle of 531, I might go back to squatting and pulling in the same session.

[NickAus]

You have a 12pps curse pal, you are a 1030 squatter!!

Like that day, the back raises would have indeed killed!!

Good stuff.

[legosinmyegos]

Interesting, I have never seen someone as advanced as you running 5/3/1, in.

[Brian Hopper]

You have a 12pps curse pal, you are a 1030 squatter!!

Like that day, the back raises would have indeed killed!!

Good stuff.

Haha, good point. The weird thing is, that 1030 felt just as heavy on my back as my 960 opener did. Hopefully I'll have another 1k squat left in me before I retire my gear.