The Big Lifts - Goals and PR's

I have been lifting for a little while now. I am more experienced now and I'm at the point where I know what I want from it. Up until now I've been essentially following a hypertrophy/bodybuilder scheme, meaning 2-3 exercises per muscle and 3 sets of 10-12 reps. It's good for building muscle size, burning fat, and increasing strength. However I have decided I want to get really strong. See how much I'm capable of lifting. Hit some big PR's. So here's what I am doing now. 

Big lift of the day - one of the following
Squat, Deadlift, Bench Press, Barbell Row (maybe also Overhead press)
5 sets of 5

This is all out as much weight as I can lift.

The rest of that day's workout will be accessory work... maybe 2 more exercises for each muscle group following that bodybuilder format of 3x10, core work, etc. Or just whatever the hell else I wanna do.

I haven't trained like this before, and I'm still relatively new to the big compound lifts because I didn't work on them much before now. The squats and deadlifts are leaving my back and traps pretty sore but I think that is just cause I'm still new to them. 

Here are my starting stats for each lift, all 5x5

Squat - 115 
Deadlift - 115 (tried 135 but could only get 2 reps)
Bench - 85
BB Row - 65

My goals for now are to Squat and Deadlift over 200 and Bench 135. 


Monday is my leg day so I'm alternating squats and deadlifts each week. Today was a deadlift day and I found this right here to be 100% truth....


I think the girl next to me was a little disturbed. Sorry I'm not sorry. 


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