28/01/11 - Whatever.....Back's Back...think about it

Smolov is dead, as of today (the routine, not the person).

Got to the top set, and could only do 1 rep... therefore decided to drop this and do some bench and dead work.


Positive = the high reps and volume of the last two workouts have pretty much healed my back. But my knees were begining to go.

So, I can take from this is I can rehab injurys with a decient amount of weight, as long as the warmup is suffient and the reps are high.

Well anyway here is the workout...

Friday: 28/01/11:
Warmup: Dog walk 30mins, BB complexes 60 reps total. Some light stretches

1) Squat
Weight    Reps    Sets
60kg         5          1
60kg         3          1
100kg       2          1
140kg       1          1 - ha, no belt, could bearly sq 100kg a week ago
160kg       1          1 - belt, felt heavy
175kg       1          1 - nothing left

2) Bench (med grip) long pause
Weight    Reps    Sets
60kg         3          1
80kg         1          1
100kg       1          1
120kg       1          1 - felt heavy, so stopped here.
100kg       9          1

3) Deadlift
Weight    Reps    Sets
60kg         3          1
100kg       1          1
140kg       1          1
180kg       1          1 - added belt
220kg       1          1 - Felt heavy so stopped here, also back felt a little off

To conclude, my back has rapidly recovered in less than 5 days, via high reps and volume.

Prob will do Texas method up to the meet, but treat the meet as just an intensity day, with no deload after leading up to my skiing holiday.