I survived my 20's

My birthday has come and gone. Sadly, life and work defined the week of my birthday, leaving rest, food, and training by the wayside. So, I suppose the bad news is that I very clearly did not meet the goals I set out to achieve. The good news is that, although the last week has been a little bump in the road, my training has never progressed better than it has this summer. I am becoming the physical specimen I want to become. Unfortunately, the same thing cannot be said for my overall personality as I am still, quite generally, a gigantic piece of shit. Here is where the training is:

8-2-2010

squat: 260X5X3
press: 155X5X3

8-3-2010

deadlift: 295X5X1
20m stair sprints X 10

8-6-2010

squat: 265X5X3
Bench: 215X5X3 (shitty spotter ruined these sets. Can't count them.)

8-9-2010

squat: 270X5X3
Bench: 215X5X3

8-11-2010

squat:135X3X3
press: 160X1, 160X3, 160X4
deadlift: 305X5

8-13-2010

squat: 275X5X3

8-16-2010

squat: 280X5X3
press: 157.5X5X3

8-18-2010

deadlift: 315X5X3

8-20-2019

squat: 285X5X2
press: 160X5X3

8-25-2010

deadlift: 325X4

Here is a video of a lot of this training:

8-2-2010

Training last week was okay. Tuesday and Thursday were fine but I was exhausted on Saturday. Our house is being remodeled and we don't have a kitchen which has destroyed the consistency and quality of my food intake (food is a HUGE deal when doing a linear progression). Anyway, I didn't warm up properly and I squatted lazily. As a result I really aggravated the tendonitis (best guess) throughout both arms. This has happened to me a lot in the past and I definitely know better than to continue squatting when I feel like this... but I went ahead anyway. I'm a an idiot. It didn't last long and hopefully the Bikram yoga I did yesterday helped. I think I'll try training tonight and see how it goes. Maybe I'll try pressing first to see if that gets my arms and shoulders nicely lubed up for the squats. If not then I'll find a way to train around it for a while.

7-27-2010

Squat:245X5X3
Press: 152.5X5X3
deadlift: 285X5X3

7-29-2010

Squat:250X5X3
Bench:210X5X3 (PR)

3 X

20 back extensions
10 strict pullups

Time: 5:00 min

Note: Conditioning was stupid. Strict pullups were killing the intensity so I switched to kipping during the last round and a half. The kipping may have actually contributed to the onset of tendonitis on the following training day. I'll be smarter next conditioning session.

7-31-2010

Squat: 255X5X3

8-1-2010

Bikram yoga