9/5

Tried some clean and jerks today.

All of these are for 1 rep:
135, 135, 135, 145, 145, 155, 155, 165, 165

I repeated the same weights a bunch of times to get my form back since it had been a long time since I'd done cleans.

I failed the 175 jerk, but was able to clean 175 twice. I failed the 185 clean.

9/3

Upper body day:

Bench:

195x6, 205x6, 215x5 (PR), 225x1 - I only did 1 because I didn't have a spotter, and I wanted to save my tricep strength for my next workout, where I'll try full Olympic style clean and jerks.

Seated Machine Rows:

180x6, 180x8, 180x7, 180x6, 180x6

4 sets of Farmer's Walks with 2 80 lb. dumbbells.

4 sets of abs:

decline situps w/ 45's -> 5 reps

leg raise w/ 40 -> 1 really slow rep

2 sets of hanging leg raises (about 9 or 10 reps)

9/2

Did 6 sets of sprints in front of my house today (don't know the distance, hopefully it was about 100m).

Also did a mega back/bicep day when coming back from Caltech... it involved a ton of pullups and curls... like probably 5 sets of weighted pullups, 3 sets of lat pulldowns, and 8 sets of curls.

The next day was chest/abs day... could only bench 225x1, but that's probably because there was almost no rest between sets.

I noticed that my grip is significantly weaker, as I tried 285x6 deadlift but couldn't really get it because my grip kept causing the weight to fall.

8/19

It was supposed to be a leg day, but I ended up doing 6 sets of 30 seconds of boxing. Today my back and abs are pretty tired. Since I didn't want to skip legs, I did 2 sets of 205x6 squats which turned out to be really difficult. I'm not sure if it's because I was completely exhausted or if it's because of my injury... but I guess I'll find out the next time I do legs.

I spent the next few hours before sleeping eating 2/3 box Cheerios (600 calories) and drinking some cantaloupe/whey protein/yogurt shake.

8/15, 8/17

8/15:

Tried deadlifts again - went surprisingly well... I think my injury is going away fast:

185x6, 205x6, 225x6, 245x6, 265x6, 285x6

8/17:

Bench:
195x6, 205x6, 215x4, 225x3

Chinups:

70x3, 80x3, 90x3, 105x1

Leg Raises:

35x6

Situps:

40's x 10

I've also been eating more again - last night I biked to Denny's and ate 2 grand slam breakfast meals. My workout partner is now 178 lbs, which is a whopping 13 lbs more than what I weighed in at.

8/11

My leg is still injured, but it's healing because yesterday I was able to do 205x6 deadlift pretty easily with no pain.

Also did 185x4 incline bench, some power cleans @ 155, 4 1 arm chinups with ~45 lb assist, and an easy 90 lb plank for 1 min (I attribute this to the ab-killing boxing).

After the gym my hallway had an "Alley UFC Fight" which was EXTREMELY tiring. We basically just wailed on each other with the sparring/boxing gloves and I constantly attempted to go for take downs and then mount them.

8/8

Legs are still crappy/injured.
Chinup: 90 lb max
Bench: 235 max
Abs have never felt stronger.

Also bought:

http://www.amazon.com/Everlast-2966-Traditional-Boxing-Gloves/dp/B00076ZDGS/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=sporting-goods&qid=1218216085&sr=1-4

for $13 (guess they just raised the price) since my dorm is going to get a punching bag and I just found out the gym has one too. It's a pretty good replacement for sprints now that I'm injured.

2 days ago I did 6 sets of 30 sec of punching, which left my abs cramping, my heart pounding, and my back really really tired.