Week 12, Day 1: Volume Day

Deadlifts

Warm Up: 135/10, 225/5
Work Set: 350/5
For whatever reason, this seemed much easier than 345/5 did last week.

Video- Deadlift: 350/5:

Squats

Warm Up: 45/10, 135/5, 225/3
Work Sets: 295/5,5,5,5,5

Press

Warm Up: 45/14, 115/7
Work Sets: 165/5,5,5,5,4
I have no idea where this came from. (Take a look at previous posts.) This is, far and away, a personal record!!!!

Week 11, Day 3: Intensity Day

Squats

Warm Up: 45/11, 135/6, 225/3, 275/1, 295/1
Work Set: 305/5

Bench Press

Warm Up: 45/10, 135/7, 195/3
Work Sets: 235/3, 250/1

Chinups

11,9,9

Box Squats

Warm Up: 135/6
Work Sets: 225/5,5,5

 

Week 11, Day 2: Recovery Day

Squats

Warm Up: 45/10, 135/7, 205/3
Work Sets: 235/5,5

Press

Warm Up: 45/10, 115/7
Work Sets: 150/5,5,5

Pullups (Wide)

7,7,7

Glute-Ham Raises (Bosu Ball)

10,10,10,10,10

Week 11, Day 1: Volume Day

Deadlifts

Warm Up: 135/12, 225/7
Work Set: 345/5 (difficult, will attempt 350 next week- expecting it to be a tough challenge)

Squats

Warm Up: 45/10, 135/5, 225/3
Work Sets: 290/5,5,5,5,5 (first time squatting in socks- felt fine & seemed to help my heel issue, so I will continue to do so)

Video- Squats: 290/5
 

Floor Press

Warm Up: 45/15, 135/10
Work Sets: 215/5,5,5,5,5

Week 10: Volume Day

Only did one day of Texas Method this week, as other things came up that prevented me from lifting weights.

Deadlifts

Warm Up: 135/13, 225/7
Work Set: 340/5

Squats

Warm Up:  45/10, 135/5, 225/3
Work Sets: 290/5,5; 275/5,5; 290/5
I dropped down to 275 because I felt that my form was off on the second set of 290. After I discovered that it wasn't, I went back to 290 for the final set. I will stay at this weight next week, as I barely made it through the last rep on the last set.

Press

Warm Up: 45/15, 115/6
Work Sets: 160/5,5,5,5,5
I barely did 5 reps on the last set. There is no way I will be able to do 165/5X5 next time, so I have no choice but to stick with 160 until it gets easier.  This may be a good time to purchase some 1 pound and less weights to carry with me when I lift.

Video- Press: 160/5

Week 9, Day 3: Intensity Day

Box Squats

Warm Up: 45/10, 135/5, 185/3, 225/3, 275/2
Work Set: 295/5 (felt much easier than I thought it would)


Bench Press

Warm Up: 45/15, 135/7, 185/3
Work Sets: 230/5, 245/1

Chinups

12,9,8

Good Mornings

Warm Up: 45/10
Work Sets: 135/5,5,5

Video- Good Mornings: 135/5- focuses on the bottom of the movement. (The entire movement is visible if you look at the mirror in the background.)

Week 9, Day 2: Recovery Day

Box Squats

Warm Up: 45/10, 135/7
Work Sets: 225/5,5

Press

Warm Up: 45/11, 115/6
Work Sets:  150/5,5,5

Pullups- Wide Grip

7,7,7
Form started to die out on the last few reps of each set, as I was going less than full extension by then.

Back Extensions

10,10,10,10,10