Ross unequipped journal
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| Ross_Harkins |  | ... | 22-05-2010 @ 18:02 |
Cleverer than YOU Member 1228, 1046 posts | Cheers guys, about time really, esp after being injured so long, still not away which is why I stopped at 140, as felt weakness caving in and a bit of pain, taking it slowly, just wanted a bench mark to work towards, going to drop the weight a bit and get more volume on board work. | ||
| Ross_Harkins | | Sat 22/05/10 | 22-05-2010 @ 18:08 |
Cleverer than YOU Member 1228, 1046 posts | Deadlifts (beltless) 70kgx5, 120kgx5, 170kgx4, 200kgx3, 230kgx2, 5x2@250kg a bit hard prob started too high this week, know now though what to do next week onwards to progress again, again finding my way after that maxing out nonsense! Seated front military presses: 40kgx5, 60kgx5, 70kgx3, 80kgx1, 90kgx1, 100kgx1, happy with this as it's a pb! 3x5@80kg mixed grip pullups: 5x5 in about 15 minutes so hard enough with bodyweight only, going to make time to start doing them weighted next week onwards. | ||
| Wiegieboard | | ... | 23-05-2010 @ 14:18 |
 as crimson as my last victims underclothing..... Member 899, 11370 posts SQ 180, BP 132.5, DL 190502.5 kgs @ 118kgs UnEq | f**k yeah shoulderpress pb! Well done Ross! That's my big goal for the shoulders over the next couple or few years. A 100k press! Rather good benchmark. | ||
| Ross_Harkins | | Tues 25/5/10 | 25-05-2010 @ 22:26 |
Cleverer than YOU Member 1228, 1046 posts | SQUAT: 70kgx5, 120kgx5, 150kgx3, 170kgx3, 190kgx2, 190kgx2, 2x2@200kg, felt like a ton today, not good! 4x3@180kg, 1x5@180kg, just no energy and pushed for 5 on last set. A crap session today, worth forgetting, hopefully next week be back to my best as was not feeling up for this today at all as seriously drained from two days of long shifts at work. ah well f**k it, better next week! | ||
| Ross_Harkins | | Thurs 27/05/10 | 28-05-2010 @ 18:27 |
Cleverer than YOU Member 1228, 1046 posts | Had physio on a recently picked up glute injury as it's hampering my squatting and pulling, when I unrack the bar in the squat and when bending over to start the pull, advised it might be mild sciatica, anyway just training through it same as the shoulder. board press: 60kgx8, 80kgx5, 100kgx3, 120kgx2, 3x1 @ 130kg & 1x2 @ 130kg, getting better will keep building reps. Bench press: 6x2 @ 115kg not bad but not as strong as last week strict bent over barbell rows: 5x5 @ 90kg very hard to up the weight on these as upper back weaker than my lats and never really focussed on upper back/rear delts before, will maybe up it 2.5kg a week if feeling stronger each week. | ||
| Ross_Harkins | | Sat 29/05/10 | 02-06-2010 @ 12:46 |
Cleverer than YOU Member 1228, 1046 posts | DEADLIFTS(NB): 120kgx5, 160kgx5, 200kgx5, 230kgx8, 240kgx4 Front presses: 40kgx5, 60kgx5, 70kgx5, 80kgx5, 5x5@85kg parallel grip pullups: 5x5 close grip bench: 80kgx5, 90kgx5, 100kgx5 | ||
| Ross_Harkins | | Tues 01/06/10 | 02-06-2010 @ 12:56 |
Cleverer than YOU Member 1228, 1046 posts | SQUAT: 70kgx5, 110kgx5, 130kgx5, 150kgx5, 5x5@160kg parallel grip pullups: 5x6 glute feeling it too much to go heavy, which was why I decided to go light on deadlifts on Sat and squats yesterday, just going by feel, if this does not go away and I can't get back to my best will have to sack the unequipped! the pain is when I unrack the bar and when my hips break parallel in the squat, also kicks in when I bend over to start the pull and when locking out in the deadlift, not good. On a positive note though, Shetevie is back in the gym last night!!!  He mentioned seeing a physio near where he lives, advised has not yet had any deep tissue manipulation done yet only heat treatment, felt the injury last night it is deffo a bulbous heamatoma at the injury site, I'm no expert but I rekon his physio is doing things wrong, he needs to get the scar tissue broken up by deep tissue massage first before heat as if he doesn't and tries benchin he would simply re-tear the injury again creating another pool of blood filling up the crater at the tear, that's what happened to me, I advised him to see the guy I saw as he'll do it right and cost a lot less, however he wants to go with this one first then he'll see. | ||
| maca | | ... | 02-06-2010 @ 16:28 |
 Member 1224, 652 posts | thats s**t ross about your pains when squat and deads hopefully its just a minor set back and you'll be able to lift at the scottish because your trainings beens solid and your numbers consistant. was that stevie holmes that tore his pec? | ||
| SuperSteel101 | | ... | 03-06-2010 @ 13:16 |
 over 1000 posts and still no tagline Member 865, 1370 posts SQ 200, BP 155, DL 250605.0 kgs @ 80.6kgs UnEq | Sucks about the glute injury still bothering you Ross, hope it heals up fast mate and you can do the unequipped. Glad to hear Stevie is back in doing some training. | ||
| Ross_Harkins | | ... | 06-06-2010 @ 14:42 |
Cleverer than YOU Member 1228, 1046 posts | maca said:thats s**t ross about your pains when squat and deads hopefully its just a minor set back and you'll be able to lift at the scottish because your trainings beens solid and your numbers consistant. was that stevie holmes that tore his pec? yeah he tore it about 3 weeks ago, was quite a big rip, bigger than mine I think! | ||
| Ross_Harkins | | ... | 06-06-2010 @ 14:47 |
Cleverer than YOU Member 1228, 1046 posts | SuperSteel101 said:Sucks about the glute injury still bothering you Ross, hope it heals up fast mate and you can do the unequipped. Glad to hear Stevie is back in doing some training. Cheers, it's quite annoying, just kicks in suddebly when I bend over or when I sit down on the sofa or when I turn on my side in bed, just a sharp nerve type pain. Determined to keep squatting/pulling even if it means being taken home in a wheel chair lol! Thurs bench Bench: 60kgx5, 80kgx5, 95kgx5, 5x5@105kg, good went out 1 finger width wider past the rings, old grip coming back bent over barbell rows: 5x5 @ 95kg, tweaked the glute again here not good! | ||
| Ross_Harkins | | Sat 05/06/10 | 06-06-2010 @ 14:52 |
Cleverer than YOU Member 1228, 1046 posts | Deadlifts (light NB): 120kgx5, 160kgx5, 200kgx5, 2x6@235kg, good n easy but tweaked glute on warmups despite being v careful, can't win eh  Seated front military presses: 40kgx5, 60kgx5, 70kgx5 3x5@87.5kg much harder this week the extra 2.5kg but jumped too much! 1x8@80kg, 1x7@80kg just for bit of mass work weighted parallel grip pullups: 3x5@bwt+20kg chains That was it Burger king then home! | ||
| Ross_Harkins | | Tues 08/06/10 | 08-06-2010 @ 20:44 |
Cleverer than YOU Member 1228, 1046 posts | SQUATS: 70kgx5, 120kgx5, 140kgx5, 4x5@162.5kg & 1x5 @ 165kg, nice and easy went all the way down and squeezed them out smoothly, still taking it easy due to glute sciatica pain! weighted parallel grip pullups: 5x5 @ bwt + 20kg chains Happy with today as a lot less pain, although I had to be extra careful when unracking and re racking the bar when taking the load and releasing the load on and off the glutes to avoid severe acute pain, so all good! | ||
| Ross_Harkins | | Thurs 10/06/10 | 11-06-2010 @ 19:12 |
Cleverer than YOU Member 1228, 1046 posts | Board press: 60kgx10, 80kgx5, 100kgx5, 110kgx5 1 board, 120kgx5 2 board, 130kgx3, 130kgx3, 3 board, 140kgx1, 150kgxfail, 4 board, Normal bench: 4x4@107.5kg, ok but rhs shoulder misaligned few times. bent over barbell rows: 5x5@100kg blue band pushdowns: 4x12 | ||
| Ross_Harkins | | 13/06/10 | 13-06-2010 @ 11:40 |
Cleverer than YOU Member 1228, 1046 posts | DEADLIFT: 70kgx5, 120kgx5, 170kgx4, 210kgx3, 4x6 @ 232.5kg which is 80% and was hard work, had a hangover after this lol! Front military presses: 50kgx5, 60kgx5, 70kgx5, 80kgx5, 5x5 @ 70kg, dropped weight as shoulders still cooked from Thurs boards! barbell curls: 3x10 @ 40kg | ||
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