1/28

Microsoft interview + ski trip + catching up on a ton of work = not lifted for past 2 weeks

I've only done 2 workouts after this off period, and I've lost a lot of strength. But unlike the last time this happened, I feel much more motivated and willing to train and cram food down my mouth.

Today I did upper body:

bench: 185x6x3, 195x4
12 pullups + 3 chinsup
85 lb dumbbell barbell row x 10
100 lb ez-curl bar row x 10
ab circuit lots of reps thing to failure
leg raises with 30 lbs x 8
weighted situps 45 lbs x 10

12/6

Haven't lifted in the past few days due to a couple hard sets.

Was going to do squats but it was taken, so I did a barbell complex endurance workout.

Basically I repeated power clean + 2 front squats + push press + 2 hang cleans with 155 until I couldn't do anymore sets, and then I did the same with 145.

11/30

Did 5 sets with little rest:

10 dips, 6 wide grip pullups, 10 hanging leg raises
10 dips, 6 wide grip pullups, 10 hanging leg raises
10 dips, 6 wide grip pullups, 10 hanging leg raises
10 dips, 4 wide grip pullups + 2 parallel chinups, 10 hanging leg raises
10 dips, 6 chinups, 10 hanging leg raises

Then a few hours later I did a little boxing.

11/28

Hm, squats seems to be down a bit, but I think that's just because I did a small leg workout yesterday and I've been doing a lot more leg endurance than low rep workouts.

Back Squats:
135x6, 185x6, 205x6, 225x6, 235x3, 225x3

Dumbbell Lunges:

(PR) - 2 80 lb. dumbbells x 6 on each leg

11/27

First time going to the gym in like 5 days because I've been doing a project.

Dumbbell Bench:
80's x 6, 90's x 6, 95's x 4

Dumbbell Rows:
90 x 10, 90 x 10, 95 x 6

Leg Raises:
32.5 lbs x 11

Situps:
70 lbs x 5

Back Squats:
205x6 (Too tired to finish legs, so I did them later that night at like 5 AM.)

Front Squats:
135x10, 155x6, 175x6

11/21

Tried to do a few sets of power cleans today.

135x2, 155x2, 165x2, 175x2, 185x1, 195x1 (PR), 205x1 (FAIL)

11/19

Did an upper body endurance workout yesterday. My workout partner and I alternated doing sets so that there was about a minute rest between sets.

Set 1: 10 dips, 10 wide grip pullups, 10 hanging leg raises
Set 2: 10 dips, 10 wide grip pullups, 10 hanging leg raises
Set 3: 10 dips, 4 wide grip pullups + 2 parallel chinups, 10 hanging leg raises

Water Break

Set 4: 10 dips, 4 chinups, 10 hanging leg raises
Set 5: 10 dips, 4 chinups, 10 hanging leg raises
Set 6: 7 dips, 4 chinups, 10 hanging leg raises