[The Blind Monk]

Bench
20x5 30x3 40x3 50x3 60x3 70x10 80x4
Deadlift
60x5 80x3 100x3 115x5 125x5 135x5 140x3
Pendlay Rows
60x5,5,5
Chins
12

[The Blind Monk]

Overhead Squat
20x5 25x3 30x3 35x3 40x3 45x3 50x3
Front Squat
55x3 60x3
Back Squat
70x5 80x3 90x5 100x5 (belt up) 105x5 110x3 120x1 (lost form for no.2)
Press
20x5 25x5 30x5 35x5 40x5 45x5 50x5 55x1

[The Blind Monk]

Got up to Incline Dumbell 40kgx3 38x5
Dumbell Row 40x12
Happy

[The Blind Monk]

4 hours sleep. Is bad for you
Power Snatch+Overhead Squatx5
20,30,40,50,55
Deadlift
60x3 70x3 80x3 90x3 100x3 110x3 120x5 130x5 140x4 (last rep was bad...)
Face pulls, EZ bar curls, chins and back extensions.

[The Blind Monk]

Haven't really slept enough again. Work is rough.
Bench
20x5 30x3 40x3 50x3 60x3 70x5 80x4 90x1 (spotter touched)

[The Blind Monk]

Squatted on thursday
worked up to
90x5 100x5 110x5 (belted) 127.5x1

Today
Snatch
20x5 25x5 30x3 35x2 40x2 45x2 50x2 42.5x2 47.5x2 52.5x2 55x2
Deadlift
60x3 80x3 100x3 115x5 125x5 145x4 (belted)
some EZ bar curls, chinups and 1 arm rows. nothing significant in terms of work effort. Upper back fried.

[The Blind Monk]

Bench
20x5 30x5 40x5 50x5 60x5 70x5 82.5x2 90x1 very excited: no spotter touch, ass on bench etc
Squat
worked up to 90x3 105x5 Belted 115x3

[The Blind Monk]

Some seriously rough sleep etc. Not good.
Bench
20x5 30x5 40x5 50x3 60x5 75x5 82.5x3 20x3 40x3 60x3 65x3 70x3 75x1 77.5x1 80x1,1
Deadlift
60x5 70x5 80x4 90x3 100x3 110x3 120x5 130x5,3,1,1 just didn't feel right afterwards so didn't really attempt more weight. Feel slightly overtrained and look lean. So probably undereating and undersleeping. No real excuses apart from on monday, where I had to wake up at 5am for an interview.

[The Blind Monk]

Just feel run down. Mainly my grip though, which has gone down the toilet.
Deadlift
60x5 70x5 90x5 100x1 120x1 130x1 140x1,1,1
Bench
20x5 30x5 40x3 50x3 60x3 70x5 85x1 60x5,5,5
Curls and face pulls

[The Blind Monk]

Squats.
unbelted 120x1 Belted 130x1 miss 135x1
Rack pulls
up to 200x1 210x0 missed half way through
Jerks
up to 80x1 (messy)

[The Blind Monk]

I hate volume. And not using the belt.
Deadlift:
worked up to 130x5,5,4,4,3
Bench:
worked up to 70x5,5,4,4,3

[cowsforsale]

Nice rack pull.

Where did you pull from?

[The Blind Monk]

Knee level pretty much.

[Antonious Block]

Looks good.

I wish I had a more sensible upper/lower body strength balance as you appear to have. My squat is stuck on 115 but my bench is plowing on through the 80kgs without any stalls!

Sorry if you've mentioned already but when and why did you start using the belt?

[The Blind Monk]

Be grateful for any lift that goes onwards and upwards without stalls. Seriously. You're still building the 'strength base' which is quite easy to acquire and requires no funky programming. Mine was absurdly low and it's taken me a good while to get here, which isn't even very much weight at all.

I've always used a belt for heavy squats and deadlifts. I just prefer it and feel stronger. It's probably just as much a psychological crutch as anything else but I'm not too bothered. Currently not really using it because it makes me use less weight. Which is good because I'm actually doing multiple sets at the same weight for the first time in months. Which sucks. And reminds me why I just like working up to 1-2 work sets.

[The Blind Monk]

Squats felt ***** for the 3rd week in a row. So I'm deloading the weight...by doing the legendary 20 rep squats once a week. No pullovers or anything but I am thinking the change will a) hurt b) do good things for my leg size. Perhaps after couple of fast triples on 70% of 1rm. We'll see. will be sticking with 3-5x5 for everything else important
Bench
75x5x5 [competition grip for heavier sets] 80x4 85x2
Squats
110x4,2 No clue what's going on there.
Power snatches
55x1

[Antonious Block]

Seriously, you're starting 20 rep squats!?

Good luck, will be interesting to see how you progress!

[The Blind Monk]

Snatches
worked up to 50x3
Cleans
70x2
Deadlifts
135x5,4,3
Squats
70x20
Too light for a real 20 repper. Tiring but that's because my cardio is terrible. Will switch 20 repper to bench day and add 10kg. Should be. Fun?

[The Blind Monk]

Have not been sleeping or eating well. Quite foolish but trying to save money/many chores to do when I get home late etc.
Flat Dumbell Bench
work up to 36x8
Dumbell Rows
work up to 36x8
Bench
work up to 77.5x4,4,3,3,2
Face Pulls/Hanging Leg Raises

45 minutes (20 minutes of sparring) Jiu Jitsu. Haven't done this in about 18 months. Very, very tiring. And not too kind to the spine.

[Antonious Block]

I did muai thai for 2 and a half years at uni, was never very good so I thought I'd try switching to wrestling in my last semester.

I have never been so consistently close to passing out for an entire hour than I was at my first BJJ session!