Welcome to this week’s Training Log thread

Use this space to:

  • Share your recent workouts

  • Reflect on what went well (or didn’t)

  • Track PRs, new programs, deloads, or changes

  • Stay accountable with your training

  • Ask for tips on progression or programming

  • exasperation@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    4 days ago

    @[email protected] has been super helpful at working through the details of switching programs.

    I did my first week of a 5/3/1 this week. It was actually a good week to do so, as I was coming off of some soreness and fatigue doing a Murph workout on Memorial Day with some of my neighbors, which left me sore enough to where I was really questioning my motivation to push hard on weights. So sub-maximal sets this week were helpful, and I still got to push to failure on one AMRAP set per day:

    Bench: 155 lbs x 10 reps
    Squat: 285 lbs x 6 reps
    Deadlift: 325 lbs x 8 reps

    Overall, I feel like I was getting great bar speed on my reps, definitely had the feeling of following textbook form, despite having soreness from earlier workouts. I’m excited to see where I’ll be with AMRAP sets next week and the week after.

    • shittydwarf@sh.itjust.worksOPMEnglish
      2·
      4 days ago

      I’ve been looking forward to this one, glad you enjoyed the first week. I know the calculators aren’t totally accurate but 10 reps at 155lbs puts you around 205lbs for a 1rm, a lot more than you thought?

      • exasperation@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        4 days ago

        puts you around 205lbs for a 1rm, a lot more than you thought?

        I think 205 is about what I would have expected in a normal week. I had 180 as a 5rm last week, and the calculators put that at around a 205 1rm, too.

        Still, though, this wasn’t a normal week. I walked into the gym already tired and sore from doing 200 push ups on Monday (I don’t think I’ve done 200 push ups in a day in like 15 years). So I was pleasantly surprised to be able to hammer out a 10-rep set on that one.