Konada's Workout Journal

[Konada]

30 July 2011


Did a weigh in and I'm now 110.6lbs (0.6lbs gain). I feel terrible today, had a headache and fever so I'm passing on gym to recover for next week's workout.

 

[EFFORT]

Doing good, rest up, make sure to nail your diet and come back strong next week.

 

[Konada]

1 August 2011

Ugh today was a so-so workout. I just HAD to check my phone just before I was about to bench. My chemistry teacher decided to give me a 0 for skipping a lecture which was a total waste of time, I could plan my time better without it. Needless to say I was taken out of the zone for my bench though I didn't really care about getting 0. (Note to self: Use a real stopwatch instead of the phone timer instead.)

3x5 Bench Press 85lbs (Could have done 90lbs if I was focused enough.)
2x5 Squats 120lbs
1x5 Deadlifts 140lbs

After 2nd set of squats I had this really weird feeling just directly below my left knee. As if something was loose in there. Definitely could've finished the last set but didn't want to risk messing up my knee again. Overall still good, increased loads on DLs and squats.

Any idea what feeling it might be? I make sure my knees don't drift forward too much during the squat and still keep my knees shoved out when ascending. Back locked, no movement of barbell.

 

[Konada]

3 August 2011

I witnessed typical chump behavior at the gym today. HB7 walks in, bam, 3 guys start chatting her up, showing her how to use the weight machines (lol). Enough about that, squats are getting tougher day by day but still as awesome.

3x5 Squats 120lbs (nailed it)
3x5 Standing Military Press 60lbs
3x5 Bent BB Rows 90lbs

Haven't been doing standing militay pressss and bent rows for quite some time now due to coincidentally missing em on my busy days. Will rack up the weight next week for rows and presses.

 

[Konada]

5 August 2011

Missed my workout again due to fvcking school. This extra commitment to extra lessons is really pissing me off.

 

[Konada]

8 August 2011

2x5 Squats 125lbs 1x5 Squats 120lbs (Felt I couldn't take the last 125lbs set to finish so I lowered the weight)
2x5 Standing Military Press 65lbs - more on this later
3x5 Bent BB Rows 95lbs

Okay so the only thing I see that's not progressing is my Military Presses. Today I tried doing 65lbs sets but on the last set I failed on the 1st rep. 60lbs is easy for me but 65lbs is too hard.

So I have a question here, should I increase intensity of 60lbs military presses (i.e reduce rest time) or should I juat reset the weight and climb back up again?

 

[Konada]

10 August 2011

Damn my dad passed a flu-bug to me. Now I feel jelly all over (congested nose, sore throat, coughing) , no choice but to lie in bed and pass on my workout. I want to push this through so bad but I'm afraid I might end up worse than now.

 

[Konada]

12 Augus 2011

3x5 Squats 120lbs
3x5 Standing Military Press 55lbs (failed last rep)
3x5 Bent BB Rows 85lbs

Decided to take things slow first since I just recovered fron flu. Was focusing on form on rows today and I decreased resting time for presses to 2 minutes. Will nail presses with 2 mins breaks inbetween sets before increasing the weight again.

 

[Konada]

Did a weigh in, gained 1.6lbs. Now 112lbs

 

[Konada]

15 August 2011

Its been a long time since I did BPs and DLs. Wasn't suprised when I dropped 10lbs on bench presses.

3x5 Squats 125lbs
3x5 Bench Press 75lbs
1x5 Deadlift 140lbs

Some buff dude was talking behind my back about how he could lift those 'pu55y weights' more than I could. True but his fvcking ego was uncalled for. i left the gym pissed.

 

[Konada]

17 August 2011

3x5 Squats 125lbs (stopped at last set 3rd rep)
3x5 Standing Military Press 55lbs
3x5 Bent BB Rows 90lbs (poor form)

Finished presses with 2min rest intervals. Gonna up the weight next week. For squats I felt I wasn't ready for the 20kg plates yet so I decided to increase intensity by reducing my rest time from 2min30secs to 2min15secs. Could've completed it but I lost focus after the 3rd rep.

For BB Rows I suspect my form is way of. I'm going to take 20lbs off the next workout to nail the form and slowly climb up again with proper form.

 

[Konada]

19 August 2011

3x5 Squats 125lbs
3x5 Bench Press 80lbs
1x5 Deadlifts 145lbs
2x5 Dips

Added accessory work to help me progress better in my presses. Will be doing chin ups next workout as well. I don't know lol but I feel that I'm mentally unprepared to take on 20kg plates on my squats...something that I have to get rid of.

20 August 2011

Weigh in today, gained 0.2lbs ugh.

 

[Konada]

22 August 2011

3x5 Standing Military Press 60lbs
3x5 Bent BB Rows 65lbs

I felt kinda uneasy in my left knee today so I decided not to work on squats lest I injure myself again. Still focusing on Bent Row form, have to start from scratch again at 50lbs to nail my form.

 

[Konada]

24 August 2011

3x5 Squats 135lbs
3x5 Bench Press 85lbs
1x5 Deadlift 150lbs
2x5 Dips (Trying to work up to 8 reps per set)

My right hand is starting to lose grip on the bar during deadlifts, don't know whether I should start using an alternate grip.

 

[Konada]

26 August 2011

3x5 Squats 140lbs
3x5 Standing Military Press 65lbs (yay!)
3x5 Bent Rows 60lbs (focusing on form)
2x5 Chin-ups (trying to work up to 8)

Feels good bros.

 

[Konada]

27 August 2011

Weigh-in today, 113lbs

 

[Konada]

29 August 2011

It's been 12 weeks since I started SS (this being the 13th). I was feeling quite burnt out just now, my lifts went down by quite a few pounds. Will be taking 1 week break for my body to recover and start hitting the weights again.

Week 12:

Squats 3x5 140lbs
Bench Press 3x5 85lbs
Deadlift 1x5 150lbs
Standing Military Press 3x5 65lbs
Bent BB Rows 3x5 60lbs

 

[Konada]

5 September 2011

Never thought that a 1 week break could leave me winded when I continued lifting. Decided to take it light before coming back up to speed.

Squats 3x5 130lbs
Bench Press 3x5 75lbs
Deadlift 1x5 135lbs

 

[Konada]

7 Sept 2011

Military Press 3x5 65lbs
Bent BB Rows 3x5 60lbs
Skipped squats because a sausagefest was going on there. Bunch of douchey guys hogging the rack.

9 Sept 2011

Squats 3x5 135lbs
Bench Press 3x5 85lbs
Deadlift 1x5 140lbs

 

[Konada]

Its been a rough week for me trying to balance study, exams and workouts. Hence the lack of updates.

13 Sept 2011: Mantainence work (no time for proper gym)

3x5 Military Press 65lbs
3x5 Bent BB Rows 65lbs

15 Sept 2011
3x5 Squats 135lbs
3x5 Bench Press 90lbs
1x5 Deadlift 145lbs
2x8 Assisted Dips