No reason to drop down on squats if you got off 5-5-4. Some would even say go up, but if you don't feel great about it, no harm in staying put.

Within 24 hours of landing in TN I break out. Every goddamn time. I hate this place.

So I'm thinking tonight I will try to do a ladder sequence of pushups/air squats. I still suck at full body pushups but I figure I'll go as far as I can then switch to knees. Good idea bad idea? Anything I should add that I can do easily in a hotel room? I'd like to get some activity in so that when I get back I don't get any nasty DOMS. I've been enjoying being sore-free.

DBZ's WIM is showing

I love it!!

cheers dbz

Bah that **** is hard. Wanted to do 3 sets but just did 2. Made it to 7 and 14 first round, and 5 and 10 next round while watching LOST. Managed to get to 5 pushups full body first round, and 4 pushups full body second round before I had to switch to knees. Might knock out another round later but now I'm all comfy and figure skating is on.

for cleans, one thing that helped me after months of frustration was re-reading a part from SS on page 195:

So, now, I just think "jump and then get elbows forward." And that's it. Has improved it for me imo.

I don't know maybe like take two chairs and do some tricep dips? I actually don't even know if that's good advice

Maybe there some big potted plants you could dead lift.

I'll unplug the fridge and just start heaving it around imo.

Not to hijack deebzer's thread, but I thought of this today while doing cleans and they felt way better/easier.

Back in the gym after a week (two workout days) missed.

Squats:
45x5x2
65x5x1
85x3x1
100x2x1
115x5x3

Bench:
45x5x2
55x3x1
65x2x1
75x5x3

Deadlift:
115x5x2
135x3x1
145x2x1
155x5x1

I dialed the squats bit a back because I hadn't been feeling good about my form at 125 and didn't want to push too hard after the week back. I figured if I killed it then I could easily up it next week. I don't feel like I killed it. I'm back to descending too fast. However, I think I did better in making sure to keep my knees shoved out, and forcing myself back on my heels if I felt my weight drift forward (which it did) and as a result I felt it (omg don't kill me kidcolin) in my glutes today in a way I haven't before. I predict this means good things for my goal of a super sexy booty.

squats set 1
squats set 2
squats set 3

Bench press I did up the weight on and felt really good about. It's funny how easy 45lbs feels now considering how wobbly I was to start. The workset wasn't easy, but it wasn't too hard. Felt my last set was the best form wise as I fought the most to keep it in the groove.

Deadlifts my back feels and looks better, but I was surprisingly tired by the time I got to my workset. Surprised a week off made me so wimpy so fast. Had ot rest a bit. I think I am ready to up the weight next workout, hopefully I won't feel so wiped out.

Deadlift

Interestingly, or not, my weight has not changed at all in 3 weeks according to the gym scale. Clearly I have gotten stronger so hopefully this bodes well for putting on muscle? I still don't see a lot of changes in my physique, other than arms. Hopefully I will start to see more soon.

A lady was in the gym today with a super hot thin tan body - the kind of body that other women automatically envy, and she was talking to another hot body (less of a hot body than her but still in good shape) and was asking if she looked weird cuz she felt funny and the other girl was reassuring her that no she looked great. We all have issues. They even had super hot workout clothes. I felt worthless. I consoled myself with the fact that super hot girl had boy hips and her boobs were likely fake.

Tomorrow I get a haircut and next weekend I get a free facial (yay Sephora). Maybe I will go on a spending spree. But I kinda don't want to buy new clothes until I get a bit super sexier. And know better what will happen to my thighs. Dammitall. At least it's getting close to skirt season.

Time to go watch a play and exercise my intellectual artistic side. It also has nuditiez in it. Unsure if male or female.

You can probably out-squat her (or will soon enough).

3 weeks is nothing. Staying steady and getting stronger is fine. Try to compare yourself less to other people. They are probably bulimic.

Squats look ok. Certainly not terrible. I think you need to be putting more weight on your heels. You could try to wiggle your toes during each rep which would probably help. You might be, but if aren't pick one spot on the ground about 5 feet in front of you and don't look at anything else during the entire rep. This might help a little as well.

DL is looking better. I think it would be a little better if you could get the bar closer to mid-foot (i.e. shin) at the beginning of each rep but it's looking a lot better than it was.


Keep up the hard work

Who cares about out-squatting someone, this is about looking good! The squat numbers are just a means to an end, not a bragging point like with you guys. Yeesh.

Bulimia would be awesome cuz I love eating, but I hate throwing up so I could never do it. Sucks. I need a coke habit. Except I'm already on adderall and that doesn't help so I don't think coke would help much either.

I feel like I have the bar right on my shin at the beginning of the reps (and I have the bruises to prove it) so I dunno how much closer to mid foot I can get!. I did try widening my stance a little this time and that seemed to help get the legs going so perhaps I need to widen just a bit more.

Also the nudity was peen. But it was on a guy who was an Air Force academy grad so it was ok. He was cute and in good shape.

I searched this log for "diet" and "calories" and didn't get any hits. Are you eating at a deficit?

Yeah, bulemia and coke habits seem like great ideas. Nothing seems hotter than what Lindsey Lohan looks like now.