Kerpal's Training Log

[Kerpal]

02/08/10

Squat:

3 x 5 x 305 lbs

1 arm dumbbell overhead press:

6 x 60 lbs (per arm)
4 x 60 lbs (left arm)

Failed 5th rep, got pissed off and just went to deadlift.

Deadlift:

5 x 385 lbs

Felt good.

 

[Kerpal]

02/10/10

Squat:

2 x 5 x 315 lbs
4 x 315 lbs (failed last rep)

Bench press:

5 x 180 lbs
4 x 180 lbs (failed last rep)

Called it a day here. I was feeling tired and my lower back was very fatigued. I didn’t sleep enough last night and I didn’t eat enough today because I had a test so I was studying for it the night before, and I was nervous so didn’t feel like eating.

 

[Quagmire911]

How is the 1/2 gomad going? I'm thinking of doing 1/4 .

 

[Kerpal]

^ Going pretty well. I want to weigh myself but the batteries on my scale are dead, will have to pick up some new ones when I have money.

Went thru a mini-bout of depression lately, probably back to training by Wednesday.

 

[Kerpal]

02/22/10

Squat:

3 x 5 x 325 lbs

Overhead press:

5 x 125 lbs
4 x 125 lbs
5 x 120 lbs

Deadlift:

5* x 395 lbs

I waited a long time between reps 4 and 5, probably too long to be considered a strict set. I felt totally wiped out after the squats and after the deadlifts felt like I was going to throw up for a few minutes. Didn't eat enough today, missed my 1st meal because I had a lot of weird dreams last night and kept waking up so slept in, and since I didn't eat my 1st meal I wasn't very hungry when it came time to eat my 2nd meal. I'll repeat this weight next time I deadlift.

 

[Kerpal]

02/26/10

I ran low on funds early last week so I couldn't eat very much. Tried to train on Wednesday but I went in and was so ****ing sore I had trouble hitting full depth on squats, so I decided to bail. I attribute this to not eating enough. Anyway, got that sorted, here's today:

Squat:

3 x 5 x 330 lbs

These felt great.

Bench press:

15 x 135 lbs
12 x 135 lbs (Didn't rest long enough here)
14 x 135 lbs

I was trying what Quicksilver posted on page 15 of this thread. I'm assuming that my 1RM is 200 lbs. It felt very strange to do such high reps, I started getting sore after the 1st set and my form went to **** after 10 reps. I forgot that I was only supposed to do 2 sets. On the 3rd set, I thought I was going to get the last rep and failed like 3/4 of the way up. I'll try 140 next time, I think I should be able to get it.

Deadlift:

5 x 405 lbs

I know I said I was going to repeat 395 this time, but I felt pumped after how easy the squats felt, and just decided to go for it. These felt great.

 

[Quagmire911]

Nice work man. Lets see 4/5 on the squat and dead soon!

 

[Kerpal]

^ Thanks.

Lately I've been drinking raw eggs. Does anyone else do this? I just blend them for a few seconds. I can consume a lot more eggs this way, I have no problem drinking 8 eggs but if I cook them I can only get down 3 or 4.

 

[Fuglydude]

Nice deads... you come back from an injury and you're basically doing the same reps as me w/ 4 plates within a short time...Great job. Pretty bad embarrassing for me though!

 

[Kerpal]

Nice deads... you come back from an injury and you're basically doing the same reps as me w/ 4 plates within a short time...Great job. Pretty bad embarrassing for me though!

Thanks. I was reading your log though and you do a lot more reps/sets than I do. I don't feel like the injury held me back at all once it was fixed. It feels totally fine, like it never happened. Thank god for laparoscopic surgery :yes: I didn't even know about it before, so when I got the hernia I thought I was going to be out for months.

 

[Fuglydude]

Ya laps are nice... minimally invasive. On occassion we do see botched laps for things like cholecystectomies. Those aren't pretty. But for something simple like a hernia repair, laps are great! Good to hear you're feeling 100% again.

 

[Quagmire911]

I used to do raw eggs back when Warboss was putting weight on me. He said that they were the closest thing to steroids he knew.

And didn't I say it? A month out = no muscle loss as long as food is adequate. All that needs to happen is too start back low and get the CNS back up to par over a few weeks. Look what happened .

 

[Kerpal]

I used to do raw eggs back when Warboss was putting weight on me. He said that they were the closest thing to steroids he knew.

And didn't I say it? A month out = no muscle loss as long as food is adequate. All that needs to happen is too start back low and get the CNS back up to par over a few weeks. Look what happened .

Yeah, and eating more has made a HUGE difference. Not only has my strength increased quickly, but I've noticed I'm not very sore after workouts anymore (except for when I didn't eat enough last week). I actually started too low in weight, I should have started back a bit heavier but I wanted to be very careful after the surgery.

I've been drinking raw eggs, olive oil straight from the bottle, 1/2-1 gallon of milk a day, and eating tons too but I like the liquid meals because it's easier to get a lot down. I can drink a gallon of milk and 8 eggs a day easily with no ill effects. I'm probably putting on some fat too but I don't give a ****, as long as I keep getting stronger, it's a lot easier to lose fat than it is to get strong and I'm tired of banging my head against the wall not eating enough and not making progress.

 

[Kerpal]

03/01/10

Squat:

3 x 5 x 335 lbs

Overhead press:

3 x 5 x 125 lbs

Chin up:

2 x 8 x bodyweight

 

[Fuglydude]

With the kind of weights you pull on deads I'm pretty sure you can easily hammer out at least 15-20 reps of bodyweight pull ups. Are you doing really strict form? Consider adding some extra weight w/ a weight belt? I'm a huge proponent of weighted dips/pull ups.

 

[Kerpal]

With the kind of weights you pull on deads I'm pretty sure you can easily hammer out at least 15-20 reps of bodyweight pull ups. Are you doing really strict form? Consider adding some extra weight w/ a weight belt? I'm a huge proponent of weighted dips/pull ups.

I do full ROM, all the way up, all the way down, none of that half rep bull****, no leg swinging. I could probably do more chin ups, but I haven't done them in a while and I was tired from squatting and pressing. I used to be able to do 18 chin ups, but that was before doing anything else. I probably should try weighted, haven't done those in a while.

 

[Quagmire911]

Losing fat is easy until you get to about 12%, then it is a cun*.

You could try doing the chins before the deads/squats. I've been doing that for a while. It doesn't affect my dead strength aterwards, and I've been able to progress on the chins more easily.

What do you weigh now? That will make a big difference in the number of reps you can get. When I took off 10lbs excess fat chins became way easier.

Sick squat btw. Isn't that a PR?

 

[Kerpal]

What do you weigh now? That will make a big difference in the number of reps you can get. When I took off 10lbs excess fat chins became way easier.

Sick squat btw. Isn't that a PR?

Got a battery for my scale today and weighed myself... 202 lbs! This is the heaviest I've ever been. This was in the morning on an empty stomach too. I was 195 when I went in for surgery in December.

3 x 5 x 335 is a PR, I did 1 x 5 x 335 (with ammonia) a while back.

 

[fred1234]

02/10/10

Squat:

2 x 5 x 315 lbs
4 x 315 lbs (failed last rep)

Bench press:

5 x 180 lbs
4 x 180 lbs (failed last rep)

Called it a day here. I was feeling tired and my lower back was very fatigued. I didn’t sleep enough last night and I didn’t eat enough today because I had a test so I was studying for it the night before, and I was nervous so didn’t feel like eating.

My bench

7 x 135 lbs warmup
20 x 225 lbs
6 x 315 lbs

easy

 

[Rampage1]

wow your back and lower body is so much more developed than your chest/shoulders. Maybe you should concentrate on them.......