Pickle's log - So sexy it hurts.

[El Freako]

Do you work your way up to your working weight? Or just do some light high-rep work then throw on your working weight?

 

[Pickle]

^ i pyrimid my warm up weights. 2-4 sets depending on how heavy i intend on lifting

 

[tim290280]

^^ try using increments with only a couple of reps each time instead of the pyramid. Last warmup should be 90% of first work set and for half the reps or less that you will use.

 

[El Freako]

Try working up in smaller increments so you're really ready for your working weight.

Eg. working weight= 100kg
20xbar
10x40kg
5x60kg
3x70kg
2x80kg
2x90kg
?x100kg

Edit: like Tim said.

 

[Pickle]

Saturday 30th of may
Bench press
105kgs 8 sets of 4 (next week back to 110kg ill go for 10 sets of 3)
Inverted rows
2*12
Seated rows (supersetted inbetween rest of workout)
130p 6*12
Db bench press
32.5kgs 1*12 1*11 1*10 ...
Side raises
7.5kgs 2*15
one arm tricep extensions
15kg 2*8

had a nice 15min stretch and then went and watched the mrs swim in the pool

 

[Pickle]

2 june- what a fucked session

wasnt feeling like lifting tried an 80kg clean and jerk failed and felt like lifting even less. didnt end up doing all that much after that. ill probably scrap them until i get into a gym with olympic plates

Clean and jerks
80kg fail,
77.5kg *2
77.5kg *1...
meh push press. did a few sets of 2 on 80kg

Good mornings meh. didnt do them my back wasnt up for it nor my heart.

Incline dumbell press i said fuck it to those as well after abysmal clean and tims.

Chins!!!!!!
me 5 Sets of 8
Fuck yeah. at least my chins didnt suffer 5 reps up from last week
Seated rows
3*12 130p
One legged calf raise
15kg+me 3*12

that was it. should be better for my wednesday session heavy chins and moderate bench...

 

[Natzo]

good work pickle! keep it!

 

[Pickle]

thursday 4th of june.
Chinups me+20kg 8*3
close grip bench 82.5 kgs 5*8
seated rows 100p 3*15
biceps db curls 22.5kg 2*6
legpress and 1 legged stiffies to finish

bludged on legs a bit but mainly because of my lower back from tuesdays session. otherwise it felt good to get another up weight for chins and close grip bench

 

[Skeptic]

Nice lookin chins Pickle!

 

[tim290280]

Finally someone else who does 1-legged-SLDL's!!!

Have to say that you really need to be able to drop the bar in a C&J. Bumper plates, or rubber flooring or not caring are really important. Maybe just practice the jerk from the rack, should help a bit.

 

[Hypocrisy86]

Interesting workout man, one legged Deads seem to me like a killer leg/back workout.

 

[Pickle]

Saturday the 6th of june
Did 2 hours of tai chi this afternoon. Very interesting. my body wasnt expecting it (only done it once before and that was 2 years ago)

this morning
Flat bench
110kg 8sets*3 reps (next week 105 8*5... eep)
Inverted rows
Me 4sets*10 reps
dumbell bench
32.5kg 2*12 1*10
Seated row
100-120p 3sets*15-12 reps
Skull crushers
40kg 2*6
Side raise
7.5 2*15

finished with a stretch and that was it. xoxoxo thanks for stopping by

 

[miamiracing]

great workout man! thai chi sounds interesting.. never tried it..

 

[Pickle]

tuesday 9th of june.
todays session consisted of
push press,hyperextensions,chinups,incline db press,calf raises seated rows. chinups were good i did 3 lots of 9 2 lots of 8. everything else i couldnt be bothered to blog. i want thursdays heavy chin session already.

 

[tim290280]

How do you go with the push presses?

Do you start with them in the rack or do you clean them from the floor?

 

[miamiracing]

put some weight on the bar brotha !!

 

[Pickle]

Thursdays session went to schedule. Todays was a bit off
but oh well going to change tuesdays session to include heavy bench and if i fail on reps again ill deload and change splitt completely

Sunday 14th of june
Inverted rows me 4 sets of 12
Flat bench press 105kg 4*5 1*4 1*3 meh. it seems it was too much of a jump for me to go from 105kg for 8 sets of 4 to 110 kg for 8 sets of 3 to hope to get 105 8 sets of 5 this week. on tuesday ill go for and hopefully do 107.5kg 8-10* 4 reps and hopefully on sat ill get 105 8*5 2nd time round.
seated rows 150p 4*12
machine bench press (l0l) (weight is irrelevant)4*12
one arm tricep extension 20kg*4 (l0l) 12kg*12
side raises 12kg 2*15

stretch and that was it. hopefully i wont stuff up tuesday. I didnt want change the basic outlay of my program till i had 110 8*5 but if i stuff up again *shakes fist*

 

[tim290280]

Sounds like you've hit the sticking weight on bench. It is surprising how much a couple of kilos can affect you. Just take the small increments and work hard, even if it means more sets of fewer reps to get the target volume (double progression).

 

[El Freako]

Maybe dump the bench for a couple of weeks and focus on heavy DB work. That has helped me a lot recently. Just choose a weight and rep out with it for 5 sets.

 

[miamiracing]

sounds like a good workout..