Friday, 7 October 2016

StrongLifts 5x5, Week 2, Day 3

Today went pretty good. I managed to conquer all of my sets without too much difficulty. I did notice a couple of minor things however:

  • My left hamstring was feeling a little tight or pulled when I was doing squats. I'm going to look into why this might be. I felt like my form was pretty good.
  • I don't think I've been resting enough in between sets. A good example was during my Overhead Press - I rested about 60 seconds between set 3 and 4 and struggled with set 4, then I rested 90 seconds and managed to complete set 5 with ease. 
  • My Deadlift form does not seem right. I feel like I'm doing something wrong and I know I am rolling my feet when I lift, which is wrong.


Week A
MondayWednesdayFriday
Squat 5x5 (35kg)Squat 5x5Squat 5x5
Bench press 5x5 (27.5kg)Overhead press 5x5 (27.5kg) Bench press 5x5
Barbell Row 5x5 (32.5kg)Deadlift 1x5 (55kg)Barbell Row 5x5

Week B
MondayWednesdayFriday
Squat 5x5 (27.5kg)Squat 5x5 (30kg)Squat 5x5 (32.5kg)
Overhead press 5x5 (22.5kg)Bench press 5x5 (25kg)Overhead press 5x5 (25kg)
Deadlift 1x5 (45kg)Barbell Row 5x5 (30kg)Deadlift 1x5 (50kg)

All in all I feel like this is progressing pretty good. No idea if I am getting stronger yet since I'm fairly certain this is all weight that I could have lifted prior to starting the program (with the exception of the Barbell Row, obviously because I failed on that one twice!) Supposedly all the exercises and the order has a "synergistic" effect on each other so I should steadily see gains across the board. I'm super curious to see what happens now and I'm wondering what weeks 6 or 8 will look like.

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