Day 244

Whelp, I've finally started a new program to makeup for the slow progress that I was getting with 5-3-1. This will be working alongside what I was doing for 5-3-1 for my bench and overhead press...especially since I have no real desire to have massive man-arms! I like my skinny, yet muscularly defined arms and I want to keep it that way. Any way to fight that dreaded 2 wave goodbye...aka the flappy, fatty arm old women get...is what I'm looking at maintaining.

This new program is great, but I am also only making my way into week three as of right now. I keep getting told that it's going to get much harder, but right now I would like to remain positive. So far so good...minus the soreness, but hey it hurts so good!! 

5-3-1 Round 2

Since 5-3-1 is doing it's job of healing up injuries, this workout is staying for a little while. I haven't had problems with my hip in quite a while which makes for great lifting days. Unfortunately, I'm not getting the fast progress I was seeing with Starting Strength; so, this is creating a bit of frustration for me on this end. 

Everything seems to be healed up and a new program is in the works for my squatting and dead lifting days. The next post will best show what I've got going on these days and where I'm at in regards to progress. Thankfully I am injury-free and hope to remain this way!!

Buh Bye Starting Strength, Hello 5-3-1!

From Starting Strength came 5-3-1 starting on the last day of February. I was dealing with a hip flexor problem, and this was going to be my golden ticket to getting back in the game. It was meant to regain the strength I had gained, especially in terms of my squat, by starting me off at a much lower max for healing.

5-3-1 has been a decent program, especially when dealing with injury, but I am getting a bit frustrated weekly due to the fact that I only squat 1 day a week. On Starting Strength I was handling 3 times a week, so this is easier, but very irritating.

The End of an Era!

I've been terrible about updating this thing over the past few months, but I have been keeping track of all my progress through excel spreadsheets. I have an accurate depiction of what I have done since late December until the beginning of March on this chart. This information is the exact same as what those previous blog updates stated, but now its much easier to see what I did, when I did it. 

Progress is a great thing, but eventually the starting strength program had its toll on my hip flexors. I since moved onto a program called 5-3-1 to heal up while still gaining strength. It's progress wasn't as grand as that with starting strength, but backtracking was necessary. I'll have that program in my next post!