TPower81’s BodyBlog

Today I squated 3 sets of 8 at 295 lbs.  It felt really good.  My back felt good going into it and I decided to just throw it on and pump them out.  I really felt like I could go higher.  A few weeks ago I was doing 285 and it felt really heavy.  Today 295 didn’t feel heavy at all, lol.

 Right now I"m at 186lbs.  186 x 1.5 = 277 so I"ve accomplished part of my goal of BW x1.5!  I think dips will be next.

I weighed in around 190 this week and thought I’d update my progress towards my goals.  This weeks working sets were:

 Dips: 270lbs x 6 x 5 sets

Flat bench: 225 x 6 x 5sets

Squat: 265 x 6 x 5 sets

Pull ups: 190 x 8 x 5sets (will add weight next week and drop back down to 6 x 5)

I wasn’t counting barbell bent over rows but I increased to 185lbs x 6 x 5 sets this week also.  I can’t imagine doing 285lbs of this at my current weight…my back would be massive!

 On a side note, I love dips I guess because I’m good at them.  I see a lot of guys go to the dip bars and do BW…these guys are ripped though and I’m like…hmm why not throw some weights on?  A friend of mine joined me in the gym this past week.  I started dipping with 80lbs on the belt and it just made him collapse.  Was a pain pullin 45 lbs off every time it was his turn.

Bench press was a bit easy, however, I used to do 225 all day so I’m not suprised.  I was hoping to be able to bench 250 easily now, but since its been a while I am starting at 225 and will increase by 10 lbs per week, breaking 250 by the 4th week.  Once I am doing 255 x 6 x 5 I am going to work my way up to 10 reps a set, and then reset once I can do that.  I feel like my body has adjusted to this low rep range and needs to see higher volume for a bit.  Its great to go into the gym and lift pretty heavy weights, but I need to change it up soon to shock my body back.  I really enjoyed the simplicity of the 10×10 sets method, or German Volume Training so I may return to that once my cut is completed.