Workout 11/8/2010

Squats:
3x5x255 (+10lbs)

Press:
2x5x125 (+10lbs)
1x3x125

Rows:
3x5x145 (+10lbs)

Might have been asked before, but why no power cleans?

Basically the gyms I go to suck. One literally doesn't have space for it, the other doesn't allow them.

Workout 11/9/2010

Squats:
3x5x265 (+10lbs)

Bench:
3x5x155 (+10lbs)

Deadlifts:
1x5x295 (+40lbs)

Went Macho Man Randy Savage on the deadlifts today. Not sure if it was a good idea or not, but I just felt that I was nowhere near failure on my last warm-up set. And while 295 was heavy, it was still pretty do-able so I'm not too concerned.

Squats are getting heavy, and I'm basically at 1.5x my BW on them, so I'm probably going to scale back to 5lb jumps on them from here on.

Bench was still pretty easy, probably have a few more 10lb jumps left on it.

295 dl should be no problem for you imo. Sucks about your gym

Workout 11/12/2010

Squats:
3x5x275 (+10lbs)

Press:
1x5x125lbs
1x4x125lbs
1x5x125lbs

Rows:
3x5x155 (+10lbs)

Workout 11/14/2010

Squats:
3x5x285 (+10lbs)

Bench:
3x5x165 (+10lbs)

Deadlifts:
1x5x305 (+10lbs)

Workout 11/16/2010

Squats:
3x5x290 (+5lbs)

Press:
2x5x125lbs
1x3x125lbs

Rows:
3x5x165lbs (+10lbs)

Just wanted to post some encouragement! Nicely done I'm greedily hoping my SS trajectory is pretty similar to yours. Make some jaw-dropping linear gains, then do some cutting, then back to the gains. Thanks for inspiration and good luck!

Workout 11/24/2010

Squats:
1x5x280lbs
2x5x225lbs

Bench:
3x5x175lbs (+10)

Deadlifts:
1x5x305lbs

Missed a couple days, decided to switch the MWF for my workouts, as 2 workouts each weekend kinda sucked.

My form on my squats felt like ****, so I'm going to do a bit of a reset and work hard on my form, will probably post some videos sometime next week when I get a chance to tape some sets.

Bench and Deadlifts felt fine.

Thanks for the post, good luck yourself.

Workout 11/26/2010

Squats:
3x5x245lbs

Press:
3x5x125lbs

Rows:
3x5x165lbs

Felt good to finally bang out the 3x5 on 125 for the press. Squat form felt a lot better but I still play to work hard on it Monday.

Workout 11/29/2010

Squats:
3x5x265lbs

Bench:
3x5x180lbs (+5)

Deads:
1x5x315lbs (+10)

Workout 12/1/2010

Doing a bit of a cut, as I'm following Lyle's advice of small bulks followed by small cuts.

Squats:
3x5x265lbs

Press:
3x5x125lbs

Rows:
3x5x165lbs

Finally decided to set a goal for myself fitness wise. As mentioned in the original post I played football in Highschool, and my University recently started a Football team, they're not in an official University league, they're in a less competitive league called the "Atlantic Football League" so the chances of making the team aren't really that slim. So I'd like to get myself into the best shape I can for try-outs this coming August.

So with that, I'm trying to decide what my best course of action would be. I played Full Back and OLB in Highschool, so I'm thinking I'd like to try to get myself to at least 200lbs by August.

My concern isn't really weight-lifting though, as I think SS is a far superior program to what a lot of people who will be trying out will be on. My main concern is how to go about working on the more skill related aspects of my position. I'm sure I could find some decent sources on the webs for different drills to do, but I was wondering if anyone had any experience in this area that could offer some advice?

I'd cross post in the **** thread/novice thread. No input from me.

Good luck man I have some friends on the UNB team. You go to Dal?

UNB myself actually.

Ahh cool, you workout at the dungeon? Didn't know there were others from around here in h&f.

I do indeed. Unfortunately.

Workout 12/5/2010

Squats:
3x5x275lbs

Bench
3x4x185lbs

Deadlifts:
1x5x325lbs

Ok so, exams, Christmas Break and all other various excuses are over. Back to work.

Workout 2/1/2010

Squats:
3x5x225lbs

Bench:
3x5x135lbs

Deadlifts:
1x5x245lbs

Figured I'd start back up fairly light, I'm getting pretty good at this whole starting up after a break business. -_-.

Not again!

Everything felt good and felt great to get back into the gym. Month's goal is to hit every work-out, once I'm back into the routine of things I'll start worrying about benchmarks.

Workout 2/4/2010

Squats:
3x5x235lbs

Press:
3x5x95lbs

Rows:
3x5x135lbs

Been having a brutal time sleeping lately, hoping that being back at the gym and doing some actual physical exertion will help that. We shall see.

Workout 2/9/2010

Already missed a workout, le sigh. Anyway,

Squats:
3x5x245lbs

Bench:
3x5x135lbs

Deadlifts:
3x5x255lbs

Almost missed the last rep on my third set of squats, was in a rush to get done before "primetime" hours, so I probably didn't give myself enough of a breather between my 2nd and 3rd set. I ain't worried!

Other than that everything felt a-ok.

Workout 2/11/2011

Squats:
3x5x255lbs

Press:
2x5x105lbs
1x4x105lbs

Rows:
3x5x145lbs

Rushed my last set on the press, which I'm fairly certain caused the missed rep. Other than that everything was good. Squat is getting heavy again.

Workout 2/14/2011

Squats:
3x5x265lbs

Bench:
3x5x155lbs

Deadlifts:
1x5x275lbs