Thursday, 13 October 2016

StrongLifts 5x5, Week 3, Day 2

Today was another cushy day at the gym. All exercises on the short program completed, although I have to confess that I made a slight mistake. I don't know why, but I had math failure (people who know me will be shocked at this) and added an additional 10kg onto the Deadlift exercise. I still completed it, but I wasn't supposed to get to that weight until almost 2 weeks from now, at least according to the plan.

I think I will stick with the recorded weight below however and continue to work up to 65kg "naturally" so that I don't miss any potential gains due to the compound nature of the exercise by skipping up a rung or two.

MondayWednesdayFriday
Squat 5x5 (35kg)Squat 5x5 (37.5kg)Squat 5x5 (40kg)
Bench press 5x5 (27.5kg)Overhead press 5x5 (27.5kg) Bench press 5x5 (30kg)
Barbell Row 5x5 (32.5kg)Deadlift 1x5 (55kg)Barbell Row 5x5 (35kg)

Week B
MondayWednesdayFriday
Squat 5x5Squat 5x5Squat 5x5
Overhead press 5x5 (30kg)Bench press 5x5Overhead press 5x5
Deadlift 1x5 (60kg)Barbell Row 5x5 Deadlift 1x5
Overall I'm still going strong on this program. Let's see what happens with the infamous Barbell Rows when I go to do my next workout.

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