No workout tonight as family stuff came up. Figure I will press tomorrow and dl on Saturday.

Dinner was my responsibility tonight and decided to try my hand at a non-breaded chicken Parmesan. Made one batch with sauce and one without. They both came out great but I surprisingly preferred the one with sauce (I tend to not like tomato sauce).

A friend on FB shared this video. Some interesting possible things that could contribute to my squatmornings and how to fix them. Figured I would share with you all just in case you have any of these issues.

TY very much for that video link skeletor. It was just what I needed.

I mentioned this video, and another one, in my recent log post about trying to address similar issues. There are a few videos in that series (that I think are chopping up footage from the seminar they held at Untamed Strength), with more in the queue, I believe.

Chicken parm looks tasty too. Sauce4lyfe

I hope it helps you out. I know I have had this issue for a long time and never figured out my issue, maybe these things will help me out too. Can't be worse than what I am doing now.

I plan on checking out his other videos too. Maybe he has some other pointers that can help out my lifting.

I plan on squatting tomorrow instead of tonight and re-doing last week's session. Life interrupted me again so I figure starting over is a good idea.

Today's workout

Scarecrows
Squat: 290 lbs x 5; 335 lbs x 5; 375 lbs x 5, x 3

Felt like it was an ODB day, so that is what I listened to this whole session.

Trying to work on not squatmorning these anymore. Think I do better going a little slower on the reps right now, wich tired me out quickly causing form failure/breakdown on the last few reps of the sets. Definitely think using a lower bar position will help me in the long run.

Today's workout

Scarecrows
Press: 95 lbs x 5; 105 lbs x 5; 120 lbs x 8
BBB Press: 70 lbs x 10 x 3
Hangs

Press felt fine. Probably could have gotten another rep or two at 120 but I didn't time by breathing correctly and gassed out. Only did 3 sets of BBB because I rushed and forgot it was supposed to be 5.

Today's workout

Deadlifts: 285 lbs x 5; 325 lbs x 5; 370 lbs x 3
Shoulder retractions
Planks

The last set was supposed to be 5. On the third rep it felt like I was using my lower back and figured it would be better to just call it at 3 and not hurt myself. I don't think I would have been able to correct that issue on the last 2 reps, because I have done that in the past. Grip felt good, which is a good thing (hook grip).

Today's workout

Scarecrows
Bench: 150 lbs x 5; 175 lbs x 5; 200 lbs x 5
Shoulder hangs and retractions

My left shoulder was bothering me due to repeated snow clearing sessions. Had heard a few pops and cracks while doing it and the muscles got sore. Decided it was a good idea to wait to lift again until now as it is starting to feel better. Other than overall feeling weak, my shoulder felt good. Decided to start this past 5/3/1 session over (had only completed the 5 week, so not losing too much ground).

Today's workout

Squat: 275 lbs x 5; 315 lbs x 5 x 2, set 2
Press: 135 lbs x 2; 155 lbs x 1

Haven't worked out all summer due to a lot of excuses/reasons. I decided it was time to get back at it a week or so ago. I'm focusing mainly on squat, press, and shoulder/upper back strengthening for now. Once I feel I have fixed some shoulder and upper back weaknesses I will add in some bench. I will probably start adding in deadlifts soon. The plan is to just slowly work my way back up to some real weights, but don't want to push too far too fast and either hurt myself or give myself crippling DOMS.

I started squats at 225 lbs and have been increasing them each workout. Today was supposed to be 275 lbs x 5 x 3, but the first set at 275 felt too light. Decided to up the weight to 315 lbs and see how it goes. First set at 315 felt great. Didn't think of videoing these until after that set, which is why only the second set is linked. While this isn't the prettiest set of squats, the weight felt pretty good IMO. Looking forward to getting up into some decent weights soon.

Was supposed to press 120 lbs x 5 x 3 today but felt like trying to see how the shoulder felt with a little more weight on the bar. Did 135 lbs x 2 and decided to see if I could do a bit more. 155 lbs felt like it was my limit and I shut it down there. Shoulder felt great during these (still does), think I just need to work on them a bit more to get my strength back up. Guessing it will come back quickly.

Had some time constraints on this workout so I didn't add in any accessories for my shoulders today.

Will go back to a more scheduled approach next workout, probably 125 lbs x 5 x 3 for press and 320-325 lbs x 5 x 3 for squat.

Do you even lift?

Unfortunately no.

Today's workout

Squat: 325 lbs x 5 x 3, set 1, set 2, set 3
Press: 125 lbs x 5 x 3, set 1, set 2
Shoulder work

Fairly straightforward today. Forgot to hit record on the third set of press, but I got them all in pretty easily.

Yesterday's session was supposed to be completed on Saturday. Decided it was too nice out to not go hiking/hunting. Went looking for grouse/ptarmagin/hares but didn't find any. I did get to hike around some cool hills in Hatcher Pass while looking though (Thanks Monte for the Imgur recommendation):

Awesome pictures!

Today's workout

Squat: 345 lbs x 5 x 3, set 1, set 2, set 3
Press: 135 lbs x 5 x 3, set 1, set 2, set 3
Shoulder work

Today felt pretty good. Really happy I could do full plate press work sets again. Think I may go with 5 lbs increases on press from here on out, but we'll see how I feel next session - if I feel good I may go with 10 lbs again. Not sure how I will increase squats: 10, 15, or 20 lbs. Will decide during warmups of the next session. I'm kind of just going with what my body says until I get back into some decent weights, then I will implement a more traditional program.

I have been doing 2 sessions a week so far with the plan on adding in deadlifts once I could press 135 lbs for 3 sets of 5 (because I care more about press than deadlifts). Now that I am there I will be adding in a third session beginning next week. Going to continue to squat/press twice a week with deadlifts/rows/shrugs in between those 2 sessions. Think I am going to shoot for M/W/F but we'll see how things go.

Today's workout

Squat: 365 lbs x 1 x 2, first, second
Press: 145 lbs x 5 x 3, set 1, set 2, set 3
Shoulder work

Not a great squat workout. Went into today a bit tired, distracted, and with ankle pain due to hiking around this weekend. First rep didn't feel great (mostly my ankle) so I figured I would try one more rep/set, but stopped there as I didn't want to push it. I think I may reset to 355 on the next workout (probably what I should have gone to today, but I think I would have had the same issue).

Planned on doing 140 lbs for press. Realized it was misloaded after looking at the first set video. Figured I could push through 2 more sets so I did. Went to touch and go to make sure I could make the third set. Definitely need to do 5 lb jumps on these.

Tfw a detrained skeletor NLPs your max after week 2.

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What does NLP stand for?

Neuro-Linguistic Programming?
That is my google-guess.
I'm still working on a good sadwhitetigerwithciginmouth.jpg
No Look Passes? No Look Presses?

Novice Linear Progression

I was so close...

That is what I got when I googled, which made me ask here. I got out of the military but the internet makes sure I can’t escape random acronyms.

Thanks for the clarification. Don’t be sad as I outweigh you by 40+ lbs (guess, might be more) and I’m working back up to an old working weight so not quite novice progression.

Today's workout

Deadlift: 275 lbs x 5; 315 lbs x 1
Rows
Shrugs

Wanted to go fairly easy into deadlifts today. Planned on 275, which felt fairly easy. Wanted to see how 315 would feel as I haven't done that in a while. Think that one went fairly well too. Plan on doing these each week from now on.

Today's workout

Squat: 355 lbs x 3; x 5
Press: 150 lbs x 5 x 2, set 1, set 2; x 3
Shoulder work

Still feeling off. Not sure if it is allergies, a sinus infection starting up, or a combination of those but I feel like crap. That along with a bunch of stress (starting last Friday and carrying through the week) has caused me to not sleep well and not have great sessions this week.

Tried for a 4th rep on the last set of press but didn't have it in me so I shut it down there. I knew the last set was going to be difficult so I threw my belt on to see how that would feel. I did not like pressing with it on so I won't be doing that again anytime soon.

Think I may start doing a volume day and a heavy day sometime soon. Plan on resting up this week and see how I feel on Monday to figure out a lifting plan for that day.