Overheads

BW - 210

Seated, CG Front Presses -
BarX15
65X5
95X3
115X1
85X16

DB Preacher Curls - 25sX20, 20, 15, 15

DB Hammer Curls - 40sX6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6

Shoulder Cuff work

McGill Curl-Ups - X25
Side Planks - 60sec. each side
Bird-Dogs - 25 each side

Never done seated front presses before.  Kept the grip close (index on the smooth) and elbows forward to try and put more pressure on the triceps.  All these weights were crisp.  The unrack was the "heaviest" part.  Will move the back-off weight up to 95 next time.  Should be able to work with that weight for awhile.

One-arm preacher curls were kind of awkward at first.  Never done them before.  Never really gone this heavy on hammer curls, either.  Lots of firsts today.

Conditioning. Week 3. Upper Body and Jogging

BW - 202

Friday
Bench -
BarX20, 20
95X5
135X5, 5
165X5

BB Rows -
BarX20
95X10
135X15, 13, 12, 10

Cuff Work - Lots

Chins - BWX10, 6, 5, 5 (26 total)

Decline Sit-Ups - BWX15, 15, 10 (40 total)

Saturday
Jogging - 2 miles; 20 minutes

Bench still feels weak, and my shoulder feels like crap for a few days afterwards.  Probably gonna start looking for a Physical Therapist this week.

Everything else went well.  Including the jogging on Saturday.  I'd hoped to be much further along that a 10 minute mile pace at this point, but with all the set-backs I'm just happy to be able to jog the distance.

Conditioning. Week 3. Lower Body

BW - 203

Squat -
BarX10 (paused)
95X5 (paused)
135X5
185X5
215X5
235X5

Deadlift -
135X5
185X3
225X3
275X2
305X2
325X1, 1, 1

Cuff Work - Lots

Rope Extensions - X20, 20, 15, 13

Crunches - BWX80

So what I'm doing here is alternating each week between light volume and weight on one lift and super-light volume and slightly heavier weight on the other.  So today was the heavier Deadlift day.  This worked out well so that I could continue to test out the adductor.  I had no issues with it, and all the squats felt fairly strong.  Deadlift felt good too, however I can tell that both lifts are down from my winter bests.

This was supposed to be a day to work on push-up strength with push-up volume and weighted dips, but I'm continuing to rehab the shoulder strain.  It's feeling better, though.

Doing the rope extensions to keep some triceps work going on my off-bench day since the push-ups and dips are out.

Upped the total reps on crunches.  I could do more here either in the single set, or with more sets, but since the decline sit-ups are so hard, it's nice to have a lighter day on these as well.

Just for a reference diet-wise, this is what my bodyweight fluctuation has looked like over the past 2 1/2 years that I've been tracking it regularly:

I generally feel pretty good about this pattern, but I'm still working to tweak both diet and life-style so that each can meet the goals of the other.

Conditioning. Week 2. Upper Body

BW - 205

Cuff Work - Lots

CG Bench -
BarX20, 15
95X5
135X4
155X3
165X3, 3, 3

BB Rows -
BarX25
95X10
155X12, 10, 10, 10

Chins - BWX10, 5, 5, 5 (25 total)

Decline Sit-Ups - BWX10, 10, 10, 5, 5 (40 total)

Don't know if the shoulder's getting better or not.  The cuff pain has subsided somewhat, and I can bench...somewhat, but there's  a new issue right around where the outside of my left trap meets the point of my left collar-bone.  My Acromion?  Impingement?  I'm probably a few weeks away from looking for a Physical Therapist.

The bench started to feel strong as I went through the warm-ups, but the 165X3 sets did not.  I dunno.

Rows felt okay, though.

Chins and sit-ups were fine.  Upped the volume on both over last week.