2016-10-31: Monday workout

Mondays is one of my "main" lifting days.  These being Monday, Wednesday and Friday.  This means it's a heavy and exhausting day.  While I've pretty much exhausted it, I still follow Stronglifts 5x5 a year into my lifting.  Progress is nothing like what it used to be, but I love the app - and I find it to be a good base program.

Even so, I'm still doing my Smolov Jr bit for bench press, so although today isn't benching day according to SL5x5, I start out by benching.

Todays lifts:

Bench Press

20x20kg

5x40kg

3x60kg

3x80kg

6x6x95kg

Barbell Squat

5x20kg

5x40kg

3x60kg

3x80kg

3x100kg

1x120kg

4x5x130kg

1x6x130kg PR

Overhead Press

5x20kg

5x40kg

1x60kg

5x5x62.5kg

Deadlift

5x60kg

3x80kg

3x100kg

1x120kg

1x140kg

1x160kg

3x172.5kg PR

1x172.5kg

0x172.5kg (failed lift)

3x160kg

Todays meals

08:00: 500ml milk w/20g whey

13:00: 500ml milk, two slices of cold leftover pizza from yesterday
15:30: Breadroll with cheese and iberico salami

17-19: Various halloween candies.  Mmm, Bad me.
19:00: About 350g pork.  My wife decided to use a whole habanero when preparing it.  Spicy!

2016-10-30: Sunday workout

You might notice that I'm squatting, again.  Yes, I'm trying to squat every day.  Whether that's a good idea or not.. I'm not entirely sure.  It's fun though.  Not actually following the squat every day program, just doing what I think I can do.

Todays lifts:

Barbell Squat

5x20kg

5x40kg

10x60kg

3x80kg

3x100kg

1x120kg

1x140kg

1x160kg

Barbell Front Squat

5x20kg

5x40kg

5x60kg

1x80kg PR

0x90kg (failed lift)

Power Clean

5x40kg

5x50kg PR

1x60kg

1x65kg

3x1x70kg PR

Power Snatch

2x50kg

3x50kg

0x55kg (failed lift)

3x50kg

Pull Ups

4x5 @ -30

1x2 @ -30

(I stand on a platform that provides 30 units of lift.  The units aren't denoted on this thing, so whether its pounds or kg or wossnames, I have no idea)

Todays meals (edited throughout the day)

09:00 500ml milk w/20g whey

12:30 500ml milk
13:00 3 small pizza slices
14:30 Protein bar
17:00 Home made pizza w/minced meat and pepperoni.  Red wine.

2016-10-29: Saturday Workout

Currently in yet another Smolov Jr cycle for bench press.  This being a saturday, it's 3 sets of 10 reps.

Todays lifts:

Bench press

20x20kg

5x40kg

3x60kg

3x80kg

3x100kg

10x3x110kg

Barbell Squat

3x5x20kg

5x40kg

5x60kg

3x80kg

3x100kg

1x120kg

1x140kg

1x160kg

Here's a video of set 7 of the bench press sets:

Todays meals (edited throughout the day):

09:00: 500ml milk, 20g whey
12:30: 500ml milk, 30g whey
14:30: 12 chicken Gujons.
15:30: Breadroll w/cheese and iberico salami
17:30: At Restaurant Luna having a 3 course meal w/wine
20:00: At Vintage Cocktail Club for a couple of cocktails.
21:00: At Porterhouse for a couple of beers

First Post!

The Lifting Blob

Welcome to this little blog about lifting.  I'll jot down notes on my continous journey of eating and lifting.

While I enjoy working out, I also enjoy eating.  Hence the name - The Lifting Blob.  I'm still shaped as a blob after having lifted for a year and some months.  Let's see how I look in another years time.

Personal records as of 2016-10-29:

Deadlift: 200kg [youtube]
Squat: 160kg [youtube]
Bench Press: 130kg
Overhead Press: 82.5kg