My Journal

Age-22
Height 5ft 10
Weight ~ 85kg

Mon 2nd Feb
Light Deadlift - 90*12,12,12
Bent Over Row-70*10,10,9

EZ curl- 40*10,10,10
Hammer curl-35*10,10,10
EZ 21's- 20 *2

As I'm restricted on how heavy I can deadlift, I will try reduce rests times and increase reps per set

First pic is Jan 08 around 73kg                                                        taken Oct 08 around 85kg

Weds 4th Feb- chest/tri
Felt rubbish today, not eaten enough!!!
first time doing db bench, found much harder than what I thought I would, and hurt my shoulder so gave up rather easy

db bench- 22.5*6,32.5*7,7
bb incline-80*8,5,5

CGBP- 67.5*7,6,6
Skulls-40*8,7

Thurs 5th Feb- Cardio 30 mins HIIT cycling

Sat 07th Feb
first time doing squats in two months. felt heavy, kept it lighter than normal as I was alone.

80*8,8,8

Away until weds so no weights or cardio for a few days :(

11th Feb
Chest/Tri alone today as mate was unavailable so no spotter :(
Bench- 70*6, 87.5*5, 92.5*4, 80*5
Incline Bench- 70*8,8,6
CGBP- 50*10,10,9
Skulls- 30*10,10,8
Was rubbish today without someone spotting, had to reduce what I was lifting, didn’t fancy getting trapped!
only two nights doing weights this week as staying with the girlfriend again from Friday, for the weekend! will do back/bi's Thursday, squats again next week!!!

12th Feb
Back/Bi

Deadlift- 100*10,10,10-up 10kg, but dropped 2 reps
BOR-72.5*10,10,9 -up 2.5kg

ez curl- 41*10,10,10- up 1kg
Hammer-36*10,10,10-up 1kg
21's- 20 for 3 sets- up one set

felt sick after that! decided to drop chest and shoulders for a few weeks as left shoulder still playing up! will concentrate on back, legs and arms and then see how that goes

16th Feb
Squats!

50*8
80*8
100*5
100*5
70*6
got Dad to spot me when doing 100, will try and up it next week.
all the time I'm not doing shoulders and chest, I will do squats, back, then arms on different days. maybe some cardio soon.

18th Feb
Back

Deadlift- 105*10,10,10
bow- 72.5*10,10,10

Ordered some chalk, really dont want to drop the bar whilst deadlifting, will go through the ceiling! Arms tomorrow. havent felt my shoulder playing up this week at all, obviously doing it good leaving it alone.

19th Feb
Arms

EZ curls- 42.5*10,10,7 up 1.5kg felt much harder
Hammer curls- 37.5*10,10,10 up 1.5kg

Skulls-30*10,10,10
Bench dips-15,15,15

no CGBP as I thought it wouldnt be good for my shoulder, and kept skulls light, for the same reason, and because I'm still training alone. legs again Monday!

24 Feb

Back

Deadlift- 110*6,6,6,6
BOR- 72.5*10,10 73.5*10

26th Feb

Bi/Tris

Ez- 42.5*10,10,10
Hammer-40*10,7,8 wasnt happy with that

skull- 35*10,10,10
bench dips- 15,15,15

just brought myself a power rack with lat pull down thing, 145kg olympic weights and a new bench :D should be getting them next Wed. moving from upstairs to in the garage if I can get dad to move all his work stuff out the way. can hopefully progress with my deadlifting soon! and will start benching soon as my shoulder seems to be OK right now

Finally got my new rack, bench and weights :D took the day off to put together

4th Feb

Chest/tri

Bench- bar *10, 6*5, 80*5, 90*2, 80*5
Incline- 60*6, 65*6,6

CGBP- 50*10, 60*8,6
Skull- 40*8,7,6

First time hitting chest in a couple of weeks, either lost lots of strength or because its the first time ive used an oly bar. probs the latter.

Hi mate, just thought I would pop into your journal and say hi. I see you got your new kit you lucky bugger, looks good stuff, bet you're chuffed.
 
You've made some great progress in a short time and you're moving some decent weight as well.
 
I notice you say 36 x 10 for your hammer curl, is the 36kg both dumbells?

Cheers mate. Yea I'm really pleased with it. I've still got the lat pulldown part to put on yet.

I was using a hammer barbell thing from argos, if you know what I mean? but cant use that with the new oly weights. I need to buy a new EZ bar now, but they seem very expensive.

Ah I know what you mean now, I actually have one but don't use it. Shame you have to buy new stuff and yes olympic bars/ez bars cost a bomb, whats the cheapest ez bar you've found? If I come accross one cheaper I'll let you know.

From what I remember around £45 but I haven't looked properly as yet. I thought that can be for next month

5th March

back/bi

Deadlift- 60*6, 100*6, 120*6,6
BOW- 70*10,10,10

curl 40*10 hurt elbow using a straight barbell. need to get a EZ bar this week! dont want tennis elbow again

Pull ups- 10,10- Elbow hurts even more!

Will sort the lat pull down thing up for next weeks back session. have not squat this week. definately do them next week.