http://www.strengthandfitnesstraining.com How to get fit, grow stronger and lose weight Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:16:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Week two of the Texas method. Squat: 117.5kg 5x5 Bench Press: 77.5kg 5x5 Deadlift: 150kg 1x5 - 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. http://www.strengthandfitnesstraining.com/160/texas-method-week-2-volume-day 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 2x5 Overhead Press: 56.25kg 3x5 ... http://www.strengthandfitnesstraining.com/157/first-texas-method-recovery-day 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 ... http://www.strengthandfitnesstraining.com/149/first-texas-method-workout I'm going to be switching my own training routine to a version of the Texas Method with an emphasis on powerlifting. The essence of the Texas method is three days per week. The first day is a volume day, the second a recovery day and the final day an intensity ... http://www.strengthandfitnesstraining.com/151/the-texas-method-for-powerlifting 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 ... http://www.strengthandfitnesstraining.com/146/i-see-snow Reading a forum the other day I saw someone asking about buying larger diameter plates for the deadlift. He wanted them in order to raise the starting height of the bar so it'd be eaiser to add additional standard sized olympic plates. Fair enough it's one way of making the loading ... http://www.strengthandfitnesstraining.com/143/deadlift-loading-tip 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 ... http://www.strengthandfitnesstraining.com/136/trail-running-in-the-snow Feeling knackered after the Christmas holidays still and training on a different day as a result of fatigue. Squat: 110kg 3x5  - 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 ... http://www.strengthandfitnesstraining.com/141/i-will-have-that-bench-press 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 3x5 hard work, but went up well enough. I'm looking forward to trying 125kg. Overhead Press: 52.5kg 3x5 ... http://www.strengthandfitnesstraining.com/138/christmas-squats 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 3x5 - a bit of a struggle, it didn't feel heavy as such, but I felt drained. Bench Press: ... http://www.strengthandfitnesstraining.com/133/last-squats-before-christmas