I'll take the over on a prepubescent kid being bigger than you.

i absolutely hate the florida gators but i like this log, keep up the good work.

Winner. 1 tech, 1 intentional foul, and one creepy father staring at me thus far

lol...male children that age are terrible

girls too now that I think about it

I'm sore in a lot of places(in a good way), but the only part that hurts is the upper back where the bar rests for Squats. Is this normal?

1/19/10

Squat:
2x5 - 45
1x3 - 55
1x2 - 75
3x5 - 95

Bench:
2x5 - 45
1x3 - 55
1x2 - 75
3x5 - 85

DL:
2x5 - 45
1x3 - 55
1x2 - 85
1x5 - 95

At what point should I begin taking 5# jumps instead of 10?

Ideally you keep the big jumps up as long as possible. For squat and DL you can probably continue for awhile, maybe even make some 20 lb jumps in the DL. For bench you might have a couple workouts left with 10 lb jumps. For press its probably already time for 5 lb jumps.

So if I fail a weight, should I do the same weight at the next appropriate workout and then jump 5 from there? ty

that sounds like a good plan, unless you fail on like the last rep of your third work set, in which case I'd keep progressing

If you fail on your last rep of your third work set, you've only done 4 reps that set. I think you're supposed to repeat that weight again next time until you can get all 3X5.

It doesn't matter. You can punch yourself in the dick and do any combination of 1) repeat the weight 2) make smaller jumps 3) reset 4) repeat dick punch and you'll do fine. At worst you'll cost yourself a week of progress, and this is if you make some horribly egregious programming error.

I don't agree that punching yourself in the dick is necessary, although I supposed it can't hurt. Except for your dick, that will hurt.

This is my program and if I want to make shaky, illogical arguments about esoteric issues that have nothing to do with training... I'll be like the Rippletoe fanboi club <3


~Thremp
"I thought we were pulling against gravity?!?"

I remember this exact post. Would is be frustrating to have blind followers that just back up everything you say and inject faulty reasoning into it because they may not understand what they are talking about?

I'd say maybe. But then again Star Wars Episodes 1-3 were made.

Food from Yesterday:

Fat(g) Carbs(g) Prot(g) KCals
97.43 315.17 175.39 2780

-Keep being able to eat a bit more each day it seems. I'm able to pound more milk as well.

Workout from Today:
Squat:
2x5 - 45
1x5 - 55
1x3 - 65
1x2 - 85
3x5 - 100
1x5 - 45
-Only went from 95 last workout to 100 this time, mostly because my left quad was hurting pretty bad during warm-ups. Last set was somewhat shaky so did a bar set after to work on form.

Press:
2x5 - 45
1x3 - 55
1x2 - 65
Failed 1st set of 75 for the 2nd time(out of 2) in pressing.
3x5 - 65
-I know I'm rounding the press just a bit, but it seems to be improving. Gonna watch some more of the dvd & focus on better form so I can finally get 75, lol.

DL:
2x5 - 45
1x3 - 65
1x2 - 85
1x5 - 105
-Last rep was kind of shaky, probably start going to 5# jumps now.

Thanks for any feedback!

You should be able to maintain 10# jumps on the dead for quite some time imo. Provided you're resting and eating enough for recovery obviously.

Yeah, if you start 5 lb jumps on DLs now, your squat's going to be >>>>> your DL in a short time, which is not what you want.

Ok, staying with 10# jumps on DL.

Are 5# jumps ok on squat?

tfg, so you are doing DLs every 2 days, is that why you are only adding 10#? a lot of SS sources say that jumps of 20# are not uncommon in the beginning, but that could be because of you are doing them half as often.

I'm doing DLs every workout.

oops, misspoke. you are doing them twice as often. thus, the smaller jumps. correct?

Ah, k.. You might want to play it by ear then. Use the final warmup set as a gauge. Like say you did 120# last workout. Then make it so that your last warmup set is 120# and only do 1-2 reps. If the weight feels very heavy then only add 5#, otherwise go for the full 10#.

I say yes. Most people will tell you to do 10 as long as you can, and they might be right. I did 5 lb jumps starting pretty early though. I mean, you're squatting 3 times a week, so adding 15 lbs a week to your squat is a lot anyway.