Philosopher - Microloading Madness

[philosopher]

what up man?

put some more weight on teh squats, i know you can do more.. try to push yourself to the limit the 5x5 looks pretty sweet G,

Its early in the progression. In about 4-5 weeks the weight will be back to what I normally do and hopefully beyond that

 

[philosopher]

Easy with the vit C bro. Don't exceed 2g/day or it will have the opposite effect. (It'll work as a pro-oxidant instead of an antioxidant).

Take in more water, protein and glucose. That seems to be the cure for me.

Get well soon man.

Its already getting a bit better lucky enough. Ive been taking 500mg vit C, 3 times a day.

 

[Rageking]

good job, cant wait to see how the 5x5 gonna work for ya

 

[PrizeFighteR]

Wow I haven't done Pendlay Rows in a while, thanks for reminding me philo! 5x5 is looking awesome btw

 

[El Freako]

I'm tempted to give those Pendlay Rows a go myself one day.

^^ I found I had to swap between which went first and accept that performance would be down in one or the other week to week. But you will certainly learn how to train hard doing it.

Personally I'll always do squats first because I'm always left gasping for air after I'm finished with them. Its much less of a problem with bench. And I echo the sentiment that deads are by far the most killer exercise.

 

[philosopher]

After having a cold I thought it went better but it got worse and to top that all I went to a restaurant a few days back which made me vomit all night long because of the food, I thought it was food poisoning but after that night it was slowly getting better. But I'm better now, a little sore throat but I can live with that. I decided to restart my 5x5 cycle so here we go again.

w1 d1

Squats
5x40kg
5x50kg
5x60kg
5x65kg
5x75kg

Bench Press
5x20kg
5x30kg
5x35kg
5x40kg
5x50kg

Pendlay Row
5x20kg
5x25kg
5x30kg
5x35kg
5x40kg

Hyper Extensions
2x10x10kg

Comments
Nice workout, didt had much time because I had to work so thats why I skipped the abs.

 

[Hypocrisy86]

Awesome work on those squats, and hyper extensions man

 

[The_KM]

Solid workout bro. Awesome compound session- short and sweet.

 

[philosopher]

Here's yesterdays workout since I havent got the time to post it yet.

W1 - D2

Squats
5x40kg
5x50kg
5x60kg
5x60kg
Light day

Incline Bench Press
5x20kg
5x30kg
5x35kg
5x40kg
Light weight

Deadlifts
5x50kg
5x60kg
5x65kg
5x75kg

Decline Abs
3x10xno weight

Comments
Nice session in good company although he wasnt too sure about the 5x5 methode haha.

 

[Hypocrisy86]

Congrats man!, good workout

 

[philosopher]

W1 - D3

Squats
5x40kg
5x50kg
5x60kg
5x70kg
3x80kg
8x60kg

Bench Press
5x25kg
5x30kg
5x35kg
5x40kg
3x50kg
8x40kg

Pendlay Rows
5x20kg
5x25kg
5x30kg
5x35kg
3x40kg
8x30kg

Dips
10xbw
6xbw+20kg PR
8xbw
8xbw

Incl dumbell curl
4x10x12kg

comments
Weight are light atm but I'm still having some light DOMS

 

[Achilles]

Good training Philo. How long are you going to follow the 5x5 schedual

 

[philosopher]

w2 d1

Squats
5x40kg
5x50kg
5x60kg
5x70kg
5x80kg

Bench Press
5x20kg
5x30kg
5x35kg
5x40kg
5x50kg

Pendlay Row
5x20kg
5x25kg
5x30kg
5x35kg
5x40kg

Hyper Extensions
2x10x10kg

Abs
3x15x15kg

Comments
Squats felt heavy but nice. Benching is still light but thats how it should feel at this stage.

 

[Daniel Andersson]

Nice stuff Philo, those Pendlay rows is deffenatly something I will test

 

[Lionheart]

Nice philo.Congrats getting PR on dips

 

[philosopher]

W1 - D2

Squats
5x40kg
5x50kg
5x60kg
5x60kg
Light day

Incline Bench Press
5x20kg
5x30kg
5x35kg
5x45kg
Light weight

Deadlifts
5x50kg
5x60kg
5x70kg
5x80kg
I suck at deadlifting, this felt so damn heavy

Decline Abs
3x10xno weight

Comments
Deadlifting didnt felt good. I dunno why but its by far my suckiest exercise.

 

[The_KM]

Don't matter if you suck at deadlifts bro, progression is progression. Keep up the consistent session and you'll be there in no time. Nice workout!

 

[philosopher]

Due the lack of time I made this workout a quicky

W1 - D3

Squats
5x40kg
5x50kg
5x60kg
5x70kg
3x85kg
8x60kg

Bench Press
5x25kg
5x30kg
5x35kg
5x40kg
3x55kg
8x40kg

Pendlay Rows
5x20kg
5x25kg
5x30kg
5x35kg
3x45kg
8x30kg

Dips
10xbw
10xbw
10xbw

Cable Curl
4x10x40kg

superset

Rope pushdowns
4x10x45kg

comments
All done in 45 mins

 

[PrinceVegeta]

For a quick session it looks good man! like the superset at the end! squats are getting big man!keep training hard!

 

[Achilles]

6 sets per exercise, nice going