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  1. Well, I bought a 750ml bottle of some local lager, but didn't drink it . . . a habit of mine. Felt pretty nice to wake up on Sunday with no hangover of any sort. Seems to really rip into me these days. Must be getting older. Last few times I put some beers down I could barely make it past 4 bottles before wanting to crawl in bed. I feel you so much on this. If I'm with it enough to chug down an electrolyte drink (I like Rehydrate from Advocare) before bed that usually staves it off at least enough that I'm still functional the next day haha However, I've got a bomber of some White Monkey (Golden Monkey aged in wine barrels) that I keep telling myself I'm going to bust into and just never quite seem to feel ready to tackle the full 750... Ahhhh somday! Speaking of beers, we found BCBS down here by the caseload. It's ridiculous. A year ago in Chicago I wouldn't have been able to imagine walking in somewhere and just walking out with a full four pack of BCBS without having to fight someone on my way out the door haha Have you had any of this year's batch? Are you into Stouts?
  2. I've been on this program for three whole weeks now and I only just got through the squat session all the way through for the first time this week. Tuesdays are really tough for me, scheduling-wise, and I usually end up home ~2hrs later than other days. I got through the first half, had to take a quick break to go pick my partner up from work, then got through the second half as best as I could after I had already cooled down and started to get a little sore. It wasn't the prettiest, but I got it done. Whew. 24MARCH2015 Squat 3x30.8kg 3x40kg 3x56kg 3x66.8kg 5x4x76.8kg Bench Press 3x22.8kg 3x32.8kg 5x4x42kg Deadlift 3x62.8kg 3x72.8.8kg 5x4x84.8kg Box Squat 3x5x70.8kg 3 x Cluster of 5 "singles" x 76.8kg (INTERMISSION) Front Squat 5x5x48kg Bulgarian SS 5x5x42kg Leg Extension (w/2 sec hold at peak, toes pointed) 5x5x38.8kg
  3. Tracking lifts is one of the things that keeps me going most. I'm definitely able to convince myself that I've made no progress if I've got no paper trail and no videos to reflect on, so being able to look back and see that, for instance, 5x85lbs was tough for me on bench not all that long ago, keeps me pushin. This week is the long heavy week for phase 1 of Indigo, so I'm going to be dragging myself from the gym to the couch most nights this week. Oh well, I'm going to let myself eat all of the things to make up for it 23MARCH2015 Squat 3x30.8kg 3x40kg 3x56kg 3x66.8kg 5x4x76.8kg Bench Press 3x22.8kg 3x32.8kg 4x4x42kg 7x42kg Deadlift 3x62.8kg 3x72.8.8kg 5x4x84.8kg Floor Close Grip Bench Press 3x5x26.8kg 3 x Cluster of 5 "singles" x 30.8kg Incline DB Press 5x5x34.8lbs Floor Nosebreakers (w/EZ curl bar) 5x5x22.8kg DB Power Flies 5x5x34.8lbs
  4. Welcome back to the forum and congrats on all your milestones!! How has it been starting things off again? What's training look like these days?
  5. Here's the first set of my deadlifts from yesterday (16March2015). I hit all four sets at 5x196lbs easily. Weights felt like they were just flyin up after taking the weekend off. Form is feeling really good in general. Strange to think that a couple years ago I thought I basically had form down, and I'm still tweaking it hard two years later. Powerlifting is a strange and wonderful sport - I always feel like there's room for so much growth while still feeling like I'm kicking ass. Also, here are my squat warm ups from yesterday (4x5x176lbs). Everything feels like it's coming together. I never thought my squat would be on track to catch up to my deadlift. Clearly the extra work I've been putting into squats has been paying off, but I'm hoping that putting in similar effort to the deadlift will help keep my deadlift strong and get stronger as well. Also this is what I look like these days when I like to pretend for a few minutes that I'm aesthetic lol lol lol ~12March2015, I think about 145lbs BW
  6. 16MARCH2015 Squat 4x24.8kg 4x34.8kg 4x46kg 4x58kg 4x5x72.8kg Bench Press 4x22.8kg 4x30.8kg 4x5x38.8kg Deadlift 4x58kg 4x68.8kg 4x5x80.8kg Floor Close Grip Bench Press 4x5x24.8kg 2 x Cluster of 5 "singles" x 28.8kg Incline DB Press 4x6x34.8lb Floor Nosebreakers 4x6x18kg DB Power Flies 4x6x30.4lbs
  7. 13MARCH2015 Squat 4x22.8kg 4x32.8kg 4x44.8kg 4x56kg 3x6x68.8kg Bench Press 4x16kg 4x26.8kg 3x6x34.8kg Deadlift 4x56kg 4x68kg 3x6x76.8kg Deadlift off plates (~1.5" deficit) 4x5x68.8kg Cluster of 4 "singles" x 74.8kg RDL 3x7x66.8kg Hang Clean High Pull 7x22.8kg 3x7x30.8kg Strict Barbell Shrug (3 sec hold at peak) 3x7x62.8kg
  8. That link is exactly where I started (specifically - I'm following the Strength template). I've read a lot from Christian Thibaudeau, and I think in general he's got some really good ideas. Indigo training was designed to be undertaken while on a supplement from BioTest (Indigo3G) in order to keep their consumer trials a little more controlled. I came across it while I was looking for a good powerbuilding set up that would be easily adapted to what I have available at my home gym. I wanted a program that would let me continue squatting every day while working on bringing the other two lifts up too. I'm two weeks in, and I'm really enjoying it. Right now, with my recovery being what it is, I'm really into hitting the big three at a little bit sub-maximal weight every day and then focusing in on one specifically for the rest of the session. Even after only two weeks I feel a lot more confident in my technique both on squats and deads, which I think I can attribute mostly to just doing them every single day in somewhat higher rep ranges than I have been normally. There are a few maybe complicated things, but at least in the Strength template usually he doesn't get much fancier than holding at the peak for a few seconds or the double contractions on some bicep curls. I think mostly the program just forces you to work in a few different rep ranges to stimulate the muscles in different ways. Also, each monthly phase incorporates different foundation and structure accessory lifts, so hopefully this will help keep my wandering eye in check when it comes to training I'll keep posting how it's going for me, but so far I might even like it better than Starr's 5x5 which has been my favorite up until now. If you had specific questions maybe I could answer them to at least how I'm doing it and/or how I've seen other people doing it in their Indigo training logs?
  9. 12MARCH2015 Squat 3x22.8kg 3x32.8kg 3x44.8kg 3x56kg 3x6x68.8kg Bench Press 3x16kg 3x26.8kg 3x6x34.8kg Deadlift 3x56kg 3x68kg 3x6x78.8kg Push Press 4x5x22.8kg Cluster of 5 "singles" x 28.8kg Wide Grip OHP 3x7x16kg Barbell Front Raise 3x7x8kg Resistance Band Upright Row 3x7 DEADLIFT DAY TONIGHT I'M SO EXCITED
  10. 11MARCH2015 Kayak Row 3x6x18kg Straight-Arm Pulldown 2x8x18kg ---BRIEF INTERMISSION (actually long intermission - 2.5 mi wander around the neighborhood with my partner to go get a snack because she decided it was too nice a night to be inside and I agreed and it was glorious)--- Straight-Arm Pulldown 3x8x18kg Supinated Medium Grip Pulldown (2sec hold at peak) 3x8x32.8kg Plate Pullovers 3x8x25lbs Hammer Curls 3x8x26lbs (superset with resistance band pushdown, 3x12) Preacher Curls 3x8x21.6lbs (superset with Overhead Extensions 3x10x26lb) Seated Alternating Curls, double contraction at the bottom 3x8x17.2lbs (superset with close grip pushups on bench 3x20
  11. Last night was rough. I had a long day at work, hadn't really eaten properly, and for whatever reason my body was just giving out on the split squats. After I missed in two sets after barely getting started, I called it and skipped the rest of the split squats and leg extensions I had planned. Totally disheartening, but I worked a little posing afterwords to strengthen that mind/muscle connection and I'm feeling solid and ready to go again today. I don't know what happened yesterday, my body just said "nope" so I listened. Remain to fight another day. 10MARCH2015 Squat 3x22.8kg 3x32.8kg 3x44.8kg 3x56kg 3x6x68.8kg Bench Press 3x16kg 3x26.8kg 3x6x34.8kg Deadlift 3x56kg 3x68kg 3x6x76.8kg Box Squat 5x40kg 5x56kg 4x5x62.8kg Cluster of 5 "singles" x 68.8kg Front Squat 7x48kg 2x6x48kg
  12. 09MARCH2015 Squat 3x22.8kg 3x32.8kg 3x44.8kg 3x56kg 3x6x68.8kg Bench Press 3x16kg 3x26.8kg 3x6x34.8kg Deadlift 3x56kg 3x68kg 3x6x76.8kg Floor Close Grip Bench Press 4x5x22.8kg Cluster of 5 "singles" x 26.8kg Incline Bench Press 3x7x22.8kg (my homegym set up is really weird and kind of wrenches my shoulders doing this, might have to switch to DB Inclines) Floor Nosebreakers 3x7x14kg (EZ-bar - probably weighs closer to 10lbs) DB Power Flies 3x7x26lbs
  13. 08MARCH2015 Kayak Row 3x6x18kg Straight-Arm Pulldown 3x8x18kg Supinated Wide Grip Pulldown (2sec hold at peak) 3x8x32.8kg Plate Pullovers 3x8x25lbs Hammer Curls 3x8x26lbs (superset with resistance band pushdown, 3x12) Preacher Curls 3x8x21.6lbs (superset with Overhead Extensions 3x10x26lb) Seated Alternating Curls, double contraction at the bottom 3x8x17.2lbs (superset with close grip pushups on bench 3x20)
  14. 06MARCH2015 Squat 3x22.8kg 3x32.8kg 3x44.8kg 3x56kg 3x6x68.8kg Bench Press 3x16kg 3x26.8kg 3x6x34.8kg Deadlift 3x56kg 3x68kg 3x6x76.8kg Deadlift off plates (~1.5" deficit) 4x5x66.8kg Cluster of 4 "singles" x 72.8kg RDL 3x7x66.8kg Hang Clean High Pull 3x7x26.8kg Strict Barbell Shrug (3 sec hold at peak) 3x7x62.8kg
  15. 05MARCH2015 Squat 3x22.8kg 3x32.8kg 3x44.8kg 3x56kg 3x6x68.8kg Bench Press 3x16kg 3x26.8kg 3x6x34.8kg Deadlift 3x56kg 3x68kg 3x6x78.8kg Push Press 4x5x22.8kg Cluster of 5 "singles" x 28.8kg Wide Grip OHP 3x7x16kg Barbell Front Raise 3x7x8kg Resistance Band Upright Row 3x7
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