Week two of the Texas method.
Squat: 117.5kg 5×5
Bench Press: 77.5kg 5×5
Deadlift: 150kg 1×5 – been really working on making sure the first part of the lift comes from my quads, improving.
Pull-ups: 2xNegativesx5 trying to get these up.
A good session, despite feeling like I have a minor cold.
Today was the first recovery day in my new training programme built around the Texas Method. I was surprised to find I was still sore following Monday’s volume day, after all whilst I’d done two more sets of five I’d also dropped the weight used.
Squat: 100kg 2×5
Overhead Press: 56.25kg 3×5 – made up some of [...]
I’ve decided to change over from the Starting Strength routine to a version the Texas Method. Perhaps if I wasn’t also running three times a week I could have eeked out more from the novice routine but I’ve got several trail races and a half marathon to run this year.
So the new routine has Monday [...]
The UK is still covered in snow, which my son loves. So today I found myself training in the garage with the door open whilst my wife and son played in the snow on the drive. Beats the hell out of looking at yourself in a mirror if you’re stuck in a globo-gym I can [...]
The UK is covered in snow at the moment. Locally we’ve had around 10-15cm of snow 2 nights ago followed by temperatures of around -8C last night. As a result the snow has stayed and Wiltshire is white!
Fortunately the snow is very powdery so despite the roads being tretcherous the local paths aren’t too bad [...]
Feeling knackered after the Christmas holidays still and training on a different day as a result of fatigue.
Squat: 110kg 3×5 – backed off on these to rest my back.
Bench Press 82.5kg 5,5,3 – damn nearly managed all three sets of 82.5kg, I really need to get some fractional plates sorted and microload this lift.
Powerclean: 30kg [...]
Just because it’s Christmas day that’s no reason to miss a workout. Besides I was looking forward to this workout as I was due to try a new squat personal best (PB).
Squats: 122.5kg 3×5 hard work, but went up well enough. I’m looking forward to trying 125kg.
Overhead Press: 52.5kg 3×5 making some progress here.
Deadlift: 145kg [...]
Christmas is coming! Hurray! Unfortunately it’s been a hectic month though and I’ve missed a few workouts and failed to log those that I have done. Oh well, today’s workout was:
Squat: 120kg 3×5 – a bit of a struggle, it didn’t feel heavy as such, but I felt drained.
Bench Press: 82.5kg 3,3,4 – a terrible [...]
Although I’ve not been updating this site I have still been working out. Slowly building back up to my recent best lifts with the expectation of moving from the novice programme (aka Starting Strength) to a programme based on the Texas Method.
Today’s workout:
Squat: 115kg 3×5 – Good, but my barbell, despite being “rated” to 350kg [...]
After Monday’s lighter workout following the recent trail race today saw me return to heavy squats. Today’s workout was:
Squat: 107.5kg 3×5
Bench Press: 75kg 3×5
Barbell Row: 60kg 3×5
I was pleased to find that my elbow stayed strong on the bench press so hopefully I’ll soon be pushing some personal bests.