TDetroit’s ramblings and nonsense

well, I did 350 bb squat.  the old max was 325.  (i know the profile says 379, but that is based on the calculator - clearly the calculator is wrong, because it was definitely 350)

anyway, the pledge came out to $681 for the Bittersweet Farm.   so far, this year, the farm has had a record with over 3700 pounds of food donated to the food bank.  that’s a lot of food, and the canned food remains on the shelf waiting for the winter months - a good thing.

the funny thing is that tonight, several people were congratulating me for doing this, while at a benefit to raise money for my wife to have some play money for somehitng fun before she dies.  so the charity wheel was rolling around.  Everyone was donating money to me, I was donating to the farm, the farm was donating to the food bank, the food bank is donating fresh veggies to the poor, the poor in MI are probably raising money for the victims of hurricanes Ike and Gustav.  Wow!

Short workout due to the landscape blocks

Squats 1×5 @ 135, 1×4 @ 285, 1×5 @285.  when I get to these high weight levels in the plan, I push for the exra reps - it let’s me know I am accomplishing progress.

DB Bench with 65’s 1×9, 1×7

Dead Lifts - I decided to push ahead to the next weight - 295

1×5 @ 135, 1×4 @ 295, 1×6 @ 295

Pull ups (by this time I was spent, the deads left me dizzy) 1×5, 1×2

Then I went home, ate some food and got to work on the 80 lb landscape blocks.  the wall is almost finished.  I just need some more stone for behind the wall, and when it gets warmer, I can get some dirt from the bottom of the swamp and backfill everything and finalize the edge of the pond.

Long and short of it, the great 80 lb block workout is almost done.  The forearms are greatful for the chance to grow ( I know this because they are screaming very loudly - or is that screaming in pain)

Bittersweet Farm now has a machine they can use one time only to raise capital and expand operations.  Last year was 3300 lbs of food donated to the food bank, hopefully we can raise enough money to make next year a 4000 lb year - that’s 2 tons of food.

If my theoretical 1 rep max is 309, then the 12 week program to increase to the next level would be:

week 1  2×12  215

week 2  2×10  225

week 3  2×9   235

week 4  2×8   245

week 5  2×7   255

week 6  2×6   265

week 7  2×5   275

week 8   2×4  285

week 9   2×3  295

week 10  2×2 305

week 11  rest

week 12  test

but I think I will go to 225 on the first week for 2×10 and 225 on the second week for 2×12

225 is easier, because it is 2 plates per side, that = less thinking, and if you are body building, that’s a good thing.  JUST DO IT!!

so that’s my plan, 12 weeks, and get to 325 for a 1 rep max.  it will be the theoretical max, I am not nuts enough to put 325 on a bar and squat.  I’ll put 305 on the bar and try to do 3 reps, that is equal to 323 = close enough to 325 to call even.  so that’s the plan