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Story of my [lifting] life…

5.24.13 Training

Well, it’s only been 1 week, but so far I’m really diggin’ The Cube Method.  Today was a lot more squat volume than I’m used to, that’s for sure.  Yes, the weight isn’t much, but I’m getting better depth than ever (it was much more obvious to me today because I was able to lift in front of a full length mirror and have a fellow trainer friend watch my form) and finally feeling good.  The weight will come up in time now, but man, hitting really good depth finally is starting to light up my quads…which I could never get to happen before.  I also paused all of the explosive 3-rep sets deep in the hole, and that felt good.  

Quads were almost starting to cramp by the 5x5’s and I forgot my belt, so I kept it pretty light for those.  Still pretty sure I’ll be walking funny tomorrow.  1st time doing banded RDL’s & really like those.  Also enjoyed doing KB swings again, but the heaviest KB the gym had was a 40 lb’er and I didn’t feel like using the DB’s, so I just stuck with it and focused on being as explosive as I could.  Damn my quads are still feeling all those squats though…& I have to personal train & coach a S&C session too.  Should be fun trying to pretend I’m not sore as heck…

• Barbell Squat:
  • 45 lb x 8 reps (+40 pts)
  • 95 lb x 3 reps (+40 pts)
  • 135 lb x 3 reps (+53 pts)
  • 155 lb x 3 reps (+60 pts)
  • 155 lb x 3 reps (+60 pts)
  • 155 lb x 3 reps (+60 pts)
  • 155 lb x 3 reps (+60 pts)
  • 155 lb x 3 reps (+60 pts)
  • 155 lb x 3 reps (+60 pts)
  • 155 lb x 3 reps (+60 pts)
  • 155 lb x 3 reps (+60 pts)
  • 205 lb x 2 reps (+71 pts)
  • 205 lb x 2 reps (+71 pts)
  • 135 lb x 5 reps (+66 pts)
  • 145 lb x 5 reps (+70 pts)
  • 155 lb x 5 reps (+75 pts)
  • 155 lb x 5 reps (+75 pts)
  • 155 lb x 5 reps (+75 pts)
  • oly style, 155x3x8 were 1 sec. paused at bottom, then explosive out of the hole, 205x2 were slightly assisted concentricly
• Romanian Deadlift:
  • 135 lb x 12 reps (+62 pts)
  • 135 lb x 10 reps (+61 pts)
  • 135 lb x 12 reps (+62 pts)
  • 135 lb x 10 reps (+61 pts)
  • band-resisted RDL’s (band not added to weight) - red EFS mini-band
• Reverse Barbell Curl:
  • 45 lb x 12 reps (+16 pts)
  • 45 lb x 12 reps (+16 pts)
  • 45 lb x 12 reps (+16 pts)
  • 45 lb x 10 reps (+15 pts)
  • ez-curl bar
• Two-Arm Kettlebell Swing:
  • 40 lb x 15 reps (+38 pts)
  • 40 lb x 15 reps (+38 pts)
  • 40 lb x 15 reps (+38 pts)
  • as explosive as possible

Pretty sure my quads will be utterly useless tomorrow…and for the rest of today.

So full of nervous energy this morning & don’t know why….

Guess its nothing 15 sets of squats won’t cure!