Stealth's Workout Journal

Great workout. Hit some wide-stance squats today to mix things up. Very fired up today and was real pumped to get under the bar. Worked up to a solid double @ 605 (only 15lbs off best wide-stance double), and then worked my way back up squatting against the heavy blue bands, which add about 225-250 at the top. Ended up with a new PR, beating my previous 500 for a single against the blues. Was completely wiped after squatting so I finished with some curls and ab roll-outs.

Wide-stance Squats:
135x12x1
225x10x1
315x8x1
405x3x1
495x2x1
545x1x1
585x1x1
605x2x1

Wide-stance Squats against Heavy Bands (~+225-250 at the top):
225x5x1
315x5x1
405x5x1
505x3x1 (PR)
315x10x1

Standing DB Curls (60s rests):
25x12x1
45x12x1
35x15x1
30x15x1
25x15x1

Ab Roll-outs (30s rests):
bw x12x1
bw x12x1
bw x20x1

+ stretching

Duration: 80 minutes

This workout was solid, and was a complete 180 from the previous workouts. Elbow/tricep tweak is still feeling off, but I hit some decent weights on inclines and push presses. Set a PR on db flyes and ab roll-outs. Obviously not big milestones, but they are steps in the right direction. I was amazed at how difficult ab roll-outs get just adding 25lbs. Did some yoga for 30 min after my workout to help get loosened up, mentally and physically, again.

Incline Bench Press:
135x12x1
155x12x1
185x12x1
225x10x1
255x1x1
275x1x1
295x1x1
305x1x1
295x1x1
295x1x1
295x1x1

Push Press:
135x12x1
155x3x1
185x1x1
215x1x1
225x3x1
245x3x1
225x5x1

Military Press:
155x20x1
135x20x1

Flat DB Flye (60s rests):
55x10x1
70x10x1
80x10x1
100x4x1 (PR)
90x6x1

Band Pushdowns (30s rests):
light band x15x1
light band x15x1
light band x15x1
light band x15x1
light band x15x1
light band x15x1

Y-Lateral Pulldowns (30s rests):
160x12x1
160x12x1
160x12x1
160x15x1
160x15x1
160x15x1

Ab Roll-outs:
bw x12x1
+25x10x1 (PR)
bw x15x1

+ stretching + yoga (30min)

Duration: 110 minutes

Lackluster performances continue…

Deadlift:
245x12x1
335x10x1
425x3x1
515x1x1
515x3x1
515x3x1
515x3x1

Lying Hamstring Curl (60s rests):
150x12x1
150x12x1
150x12x1

Extra-wide Wide-grip Pulldowns:
225x7x1
225x7x1
225x10x1

Standing Cable Adduction (30s rests):
40x12x1
40x12x1
40x12x1

Standing Cable Abduction (30s rests):
40x12x1
40x12x1
40x12x1

Standing EZ Curls (30s rests):
75x12x1
95x12x1
115x12x1
135x12x1
115x12x1
95x12x1
75x12x1

Ab Roll-outs (30s rests):
bw x12x1
bw x12x1
bw x30x1 (PR)

+ stretching

Duration: 60 minutes

Not one of my better workouts…

Incline Bench Press:
135x12x1
185x12x1
225x12x1
225x12x1
225x12x1

Push Press:
135x10x1
185x10x1
205x10x1
225x4x1

Neutral-grip Flat DB Bench (60s rests):
90x12x1
90x12x1
90x12x1

Rope Pushdowns (30s rests):
80x12x1
80x12x1

Dips (30s rests):
bw x12x1
bw x12x1
bw x12x1

DB Rows (30s rests):
150x12x1
150x12x1
150x12x1

Pec Flye Machine (60s rests):
170x12x1
170x12x1
170x12x1

Ab Roll-outs (30s rests):
bw x12x1
bw x12x1
bw x20x1

+ stretching

Duration: 70 minutes

Good squatting. Back up to 550 with my weak stance. Didn’t feel too tough. Probably another 20lbs there right now. On the ‘way down’ most of the reps were ATG (vs parallel on the way up). Last set had a long 10s pause thrown in. Leg curls were fine, pulldowns were strong, curls were light and easy with no forearm complaints really, and I finished with some ab roll-outs. My plan is to keep doing these every workout until I can come back to them each workout and not have any lingering soreness from the last time I did them. Some soreness was present from Friday, but not too much. Once I can get by without lingering soreness I’ll start adding resistance (stacking weight on my back).

Squat:
135x12x1
225x12x1
315x10x1
405x3x1
495x2x1
525x1x1
550x1x1
525x2x1
525x1x1
495x2x1
405x3x1

Lying Leg Curl:
157x7x1
174x7x1
199x7x1

Narrow-grip Pulldowns:
257x7x1
298x7x1
330x7x1
298x7x1

EZ Curls (30s rests):
75x12x1
75x12x1
75x12x1
95x12x1
95x12x1
95x12x1

Ab Roll-outs (30s rests):
bw x15x1
bw x15x1
bw x15x1

+ stretching

Duration: 80 minutes

This workout was pretty dull. On Monday I strained my right elbow/tricep connective tissues doing those DB overhead extensions and it really limited my pressing abilities, or at least my comfort/confidence in them. I only did a few sets at incline, then did some ‘spoon presses’ – a DB press movement for triceps that I saw in a recent article on EFS. Something different, and they felt pretty good. Did some real slow flyes for lots of TUT, then finished with some back and ab work.

Incline Bench Press:
135x12x1
185x5x1
225x5x1
245x3x1
265x3x1
265x3x1

DB Spoon Press:
40x12x1
55x12x1
70x12x1
80x10x1 (PR)
80x10x1 (PR)

Flat DB Bench (superset behind spoon presses):
80x12x1
80x12x1

Flat DB Flye (60s rests):
40x12x1
40x12x1
40x12x1

Wide-grip Pulldowns (60s rests):
200x12x1
225x12x1
225x12x1

Y-Lateral Neutral-grip Pulldowns (30s rests):
160x12x1
160x12x1
160x12x1
160x12x1

Standing DB Press:
50x50x1

Iron-Cross Laterals:
20x50x1

Ab Roll-outs (30s rests):
bw x10x1
bw x10x1
bw x15x1

+ stretching

Duration: 70 minutes

Pretty decent day for pulls. Things weren’t feeling quite ‘right’ – hips and low back felt out of alignment so I focused on reps today. Elevated the weights ~3″ for these pulls (plates sitting on a single 100lb plate). Despite things feeling off, I ended up with some solid rep work that I am pretty happy with. After deads I did some light’ish shrugs to get the upper back some more work. Closed out with light ham curls, db curls (forearm slowly tolerating these more), and ab roll-outs. Did some ab roll-outs, which were super painful today since my abs are still real sore from doing them on Monday.

Elevated Deadlift (plates raised 3″):
135x12x1
225x12x1
315x12x1
405x5x1
495x2x1
585x3x1
585x5x1
585x8x1
585x4x1

Shrugs (60s rests):
225x12x1
405x12x1
495x12x1
585x12x1
495x12x1
405x12x1

Standing Ham Curls (60s rests):
95x7x1
125x7x1
125x7x1

DB Curls (30-45s rests):
25x12x1
30x12x1
35x12x1
40x12x1
35x12x1
30x12x1
25x12x1

Ab Roll-outs (60s rests):
bw x12x1
bw x12x1
bw x12x1

+ stretching

Duration: 90 minutes

Good pressing workout today. Finally got 265 for a set of 8 for a reps PR. Push presses felt decent – tied a PR with 245×3. DB presses were tough – lots of fatigue by that point. Finished with some good tricep and back work.

Incline Bench Press:
135x12x1
155x12x1
185x12x1
225x10x1
245x8x1
265x8x1 (PR)
225x10x1

Push Press:
135x5x1
165x3x1
185x2x1
205x1x1
225x1x1
245x3x1 (PR)
225x4x1
225x3x1

Flat DB Bench (60s rests):
110x12x1
110x10x1
110x8x1

OH DB Extensions:
120x7x1
130x7x1
150x7x1

Extra-wide Wide-grip Pullups (60s rests):
bw x12x1
bw x12x1
bw x10x1
bw x10x1

Y-Lateral Pulldowns (60s rests):
160x12x1
160x12x1

Ab Roll-outs:
bw x15x2

+ stretching

Duration: 80 minutes

Nice quick and easy deload workout. Pushed push presses a bit using a wider grip, but nothing real intense. Matched a PR despite just cruising. All high rep assistance work – nothing taxing.

Push Press:
135x10x1
155x2x1
175x1x1
195x1x1
215x1x1
235x5x1 (PR)
215x3x1
195x5x1
175x5x1
155x7x1
135x10x1

Cable Pushdowns:
80x50x1
80x50x1
80x50x1

Freemotion Wide Pulldowns:
80x60x1

Freemotion Narrow Pulldowns:
80x60x1

DB Curls:
25x50x1

Flat DB Flyes:
40x50x1

+ stretching

Duration: 30 minutes

Pretty good squat day. After doing the high rep wide-stance squats on Tuesday I felt like giving them a heavier go today. Wasn’t sure what to expect, but was pleased to still hit 585 without too much trouble. Upper back was more of the limiting factor than anything today; not used to the walkout/weight on the back after squatting ‘light’ for the last few months. That will shape up quickly. Got some good volume in, and finished squats with 4 triples of paused atg squats. Great exercise. Did some back work, light curls to work the crappy forearm, and finished with more push presses. Light stuff working with a wider-grip. Great cardio movement to finish a workout with.

Wide-stance Squats:
135x12x1
225x12x1
315x5x1
405x3x1
495x2x1
555x1x1
585x1x1
550x2x1
500x2x1

Paused ATG Squats:
405x3x1
405x3x1
405x3x1
405x3x1

CG Pulldowns:
257x7x1
267x7x1
277x7x1
284x7x1
291x10x1

Standing DB Curls (30s rests):
25x12x1
25x12x1
35x12x1
35x12x1
35x12x1

Push Press:
135x10x1
155x10x1
155x10x1
155x15x1

+ stretching

Duration: 80 minutes