Squats 2x5 225 1x3 225...nothing to say except for I pussed out on the last two reps

Bench 3x5 185

Deadlifts 1x5 215

Squats 3x5 225

Press 3x5 95

Assisted chin ups 3x5 100

Swiss ball crunches 4x25

Weighed in today

239.9 lbs. (though I was wearing a hoodie and jeans which I wasn't last time) so it's up 1lb.

Body fat was 27.4% down from 32.9% last month

Need to diet better, was going well for the first two weeks, then got worse. Also more cardio this month. I think I can lose way more body fat this month and that's what I plan on doing.

I went to squat today, and my knee has been bothering me, but has been less bad the last couple days, so I went to squat and there was still pain when I was just warming up with the bar, so I looked at my knee and there was some light bruising all around the painful area, so I decided not to squat today. Has anyone else experienced anything like this? What did you do? Should I take some time off of squatting and see if this goes away? Any answers or experiences are much appreciated.

Bench 3x5 185

Deadlift 1x5 235

Had no knee issues deadlifting.

Ran for 40 minutes today, back was hardly an issue, and stretched it out afterwards.

I feel like I was running faster than normal for most of the time, and my legs didn't have the normal pains that I feel like I get when running. Maybe that means my legs are a lot stronger than they used to be.

nice progress so far, keep it up

Thanks for the good words

I squatted again today, I did my worksets at a lighter weight than normal due to the layoff and not being sure about my knee. It popped nearly every rep, but I did feel strong and I felt my form was pretty good. Above average.

3x5 205

Press 3x5 95

Swiss ball crunches 4x25

Assisted chinups 3x5 100

Squats 3x5 225

Bench 2x5 195 1x3 195, did two other reps after the three but they were assisted by a spotter so I'm not going to count them, though the 4th one was almost good.

Deadlifts 1x3 245...I pussed out. I probably could have gotten 2 more, but my grip was slipping, and I just pussed out. No good excuse. I need to get some videos up, I'm pretty sure my deadlifts were poopy as hell.

Ran for 40 minutes. Some back pain early on but it dissipated and I toughed it out.

Squats 3x5 235 (this is definitely a record for reps with a squat I'm sure. I have done a 1rm at more in my life, but back then I definitely didn't go as deep as I do now, if I even went deep at all)

Press 3x5 105

1x4 assisted PULLups

4x25 swiss ball crunches

1x3 assisted pullups

I couldn't do my pullups for **** today, and it's because my shoulders were ****ing dying after presses today, I thought I would feel better if I did my crunches and then got to my pullups later but no. Also, maybe it's because I haven't been doing pullups and have been doing chinups instead. I don't know.

All in all despite the failure of the pullups, I feel really good. I feel like I can definitely do more weight squatting next week. The presses were way more difficult to finish than the squats were, so much so that I almost failed my last rep, thus I'll probably stay at that weight next week.

Oh the heavy shame!

Squats 1x5 245, 1x4 245, and I went down in the squat rack. I went all the way down on my 4th rep of the second set, and I guess I stayed down a little too long, and I tried to forge ahead and get up but it just wouldn't happen, and I collapsed in the rack. Very embarrassing, but I didn't hurt myself so that was good. I decided not to squat anymore for the day after that.

Bench 1x5 195, 1x4 195, 1x3 195 I'm a serious pussy today, I don't know why. Maybe carry over shame from the squatting fiasco?

Deadlift 1x4 235, couldn't get that 5th rep.

I'm pretty upset with how everything went down today, including me in the squat rack. But whatever, I think some of it was, I only took one day off before working out again. Usually I take 2+, maybe that had something to do with it. Anyway, I'm not quitting, but I'm discouraged with today's workout.

**** happens man.

It's how you deal with aforementioned **** that matters.

If you never have to bail on a squat then you aren't trying hard enough. That's why they have pins.

Yeah, I know you can't just go up in weight all the time without facing some adversity. I'm fine with it and I'm looking forward to getting back in there and pushing forward.