Monday 28th Feb:

Chest, start 16:55

Flat Bench
20K x 20
60K x 12
100K x 8
115K x 5
125K x 3
140K x 1
140K x 1
140K x 1
115K x 5

end 17:30

now we are talking!!!

Good luck with the journal Pete, will be interesting to see how you train mate.

Meat Free Meat Head

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No intro, no messing about, i like it Pete.

Good luck Pete, i've been hearing you shift some big weights so i shall be following with interest bro!!

Gonna look forward to this journal!

Good luck pete, will be good to see a big dude like you shifting serious iron and seeing how you train.

Jimbo

"when are you going to join a gym? My c*ck is thicker than your arm." - heats1nk, 2005

Welcome aboard big fella. Dont forget to leave a space between sets if it appears you havnt done much

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Wednesday, 2nd March.

Yesterday was rest day, but today is my favourite - legs.
Start 17.00
Squats, regulation depth, by that I mean the surface of the thighs at the hip joint must go lower than the tops of the knees. But only just. None of this ass to grass stuff. I'll leave that to the bodybuilders and the oly boys.
80k x 5
80k x 5
130k x 5
180k x 5
227.5k x 5
227.5k x 5
227.5k x 5
227.5k x 5
227.5k x 5
End 18.05
A belt was worn, knee wraps were not, rest periods between the last five sets were 6 to 8 minutes. Finished tired, but happy.

Nice WO BFP. Its a far cry from Nov '02 and a 1RM of 220.

I see a 300 this year, in fact I see your sqt exceeding your DL soon.

We'll have you power snatching before your done

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Thursday 3rd March

Shoulders, seated military press, (bar to chest each rep)
start 17:00

20k x 20
50k x 5
60k x 5
70k x 5
80k x 5
80k x 5
80k x 5
80k x 5
80k x 5

End 17:30

Whats your training philosophy? I see you only do one movement, but lots of sets of it. Looks short and sweet.

Jimbo

"when are you going to join a gym? My c*ck is thicker than your arm." - heats1nk, 2005

ORIGINAL: lil_jimmy

Whats your training philosophy?

Man you better make a cuppa and sit down. This may take a while. Fat Pete can fair talk.

...dont mention Gordon Brown

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Fat Pete, what is your opinion of Gordon Brown?

LOL

Has a training journal ever been locked before?

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My purpose is to increase the weight lifted in the three powerlifts. The two things, in my opinion, that most people are guilty of is overtraining and undereating. The diet was sorted a long time ago but i have found that, particularly as you get older, the overtraining becomes easier and easier to do. Every exercise is therefore split into two cycles, 5 x 5 which is classed as work, and 3 singles which is classed as fun. Each exercise is done once per week. With one spare day for anything which you decide needs a little extra, currently shoulders, and three rest days.

The 5 x 5 cycle has no fixed time but has a weight increase has it's objective. The squat work cycle started at 220 kilos and will progress on, sometimes three sets, sometimes five sets but progress every week, whether an extra set, or once 5 x 5 has been done an extra 2.5 kilos, every so often, maybe every three or four weeks a light week is thrown in, say 190 kilos for a bit extra rest. But onwards and upwards until 20 kilos has been added to the start weight. In this case 240 x 5 x 5.

Now its fun time, warm up with a set of 12, then 8, then 5, then 3, then 3 singles at say 250, then a set of 5 to finish off with (at the same weight as before) After the efforts of 240 x 5 x 5, three singles at 250 is a walk in the park, extra rest again in a way. then the next week three singles at 255, then 260, then 265, 267.5, 270 etc. Every time you get 3 singles at 1RM - 5 kilos, the next session is 1 single at !RM + 5kgs. Keep going till you can get no more and then back to 5 x 5 again.

Currently as you can see I am on singles for bench and deadlift and 5 x 5 for squat.

Thanks for asking.

Gordon Brown is a one-eyed child murderer IMO

Unless of course, you mean the politician, who I regard as a lovely chap

ORIGINAL: Fat Pete

Unless of course, you mean the politician, who I regard as a lovely chap

& if you ever met him you'd be sure to make this known.

I'm so enjoying MT today

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Am already enjoying reading this!!

Pure machine!!! respect!

Sb

Bench 140kg/308lbs
Squat 220kg/484lbs*2
Deadlift 265kg/583lbs
Total 625kg@15st10

Here we go again - 2008

agree with your philosophy on training the three lifts with little assistance pete

you changing ur bench tech at all?

Badboy, I had'nt planned on doing, lower the bar, touch the chest, push it back up. Anything more than that comes under the heading of overthinking which in my opinion can only confuse matters.

Fregzample, the you walk down the street, you don't analyze stride length, stride rate, dsitance feet are apart etc etc, although these things will vary slightly every time, you just walk. As long as you get there and don't keep hiting stationary objects, why worry. This is more or less my approach to the bench. (and most other things) However my mind is not closed on the matter. If you have any hints, tips or suggestions that you consider would be helpful, then fire away I would be happy to hear them.

Deadlift today, Yippeeeeeeeeeeee !

Walkings not a good example FP. I remember you leaving my house one new years eve and you were still only at the bottom of the street at Easter. In fairness though you probably didnt bump into anything.

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you're a lot bigger/stronger than me mate so im learning off you rather than vice versa!

I just think your bench has a lot of untapped potential from what i saw, and technique is usually the quickest way to exploit potential.

maybe try lowering the bar to your sternum instead of upper chest?

You certainly have enough tricep/upper body muscle to press 400lbs