Reactive Training Systems

Jonathan Stewart · Senior Member

RE: Jordan's training log.

TRON · Senior Member

Huge pulling!!!!!

JordanLinteris · Senior Member

Thanks man. It is a shame I squat and bench like a 12 year old girl.

JordanLinteris · Senior Member

Intensity cycle
Day 12 of 12

Today was supposed to be equipped pressing but I put my bench shirt on and It was ridiculous. It was alreadytoo big, and since I have lost weight I was swimming in it. Raw it is. I am going to get new gear but I am getting married in 3 months so the bills for that make me not wanna splurge on powerlifting gear. Anyways...

Bench:x1-3@9-10 First time pressing in 2.5 weeks.
225x3
275x3
315x2@7
345x1@8 paused
365x1@9
380x0 Had the rep but I plowed it right into the pegs. Oh well I am not counting something that i dont do cleanly.
345x1@8

DB shoulder press -First time doing shoulders in weeks as well.
100's x 10@9
110's x 5@9.5 Not too shabby
80's x 15@ 8

Abs

Well not too great. I dont expect much for not benching in a while, but my bench was only like 390ish before I hurt my pec and before I got sick so this wasnt too bad. I think the route I have to take is too not press of of my chest and to work on what will work with a bench shirt on. Board presses and stuff like that. Man I am sore from the last few days of training.

Brady Stewart · Senior Member

Wow Jordan! Nice Deads!

What is the bodyweight at?

JordanLinteris · Senior Member

I am sitting at like 240 right now I think. Maybe even lighter at 6'2. I would like to eventually get up to 275.

-- Edited by JordanLinteris at 05:02, 2009-01-08

JordanLinteris · Senior Member

Mesocycle 3
Volume cycle
Day 1 of 12

Squats: +220B x5 Beltless @9
225x5
315x5@7
365x5@8
405x5@9 Good Pr!
365x5@8.5

4.75" Deficit Deadlifts: x3 @9
315x3
405x3@7
500x3@8
530x3@8.5
500x3@8

Front squats: x3
135x3
225x3
275x3@8
285x3@8
320x3@9.5

Grip work- Walk with 145 pound dumbbells for 100 feet x2

Good day considering it has been weeks since I have done these excercises. The excercises, expecially the beltless bands squats felt really wierd. That top set was a good pr for me. I think I tripled it last volume cycle@9. The deficit deads were hard. The bar is almost right on top of my feet. The top set was a full 100 pounds off of my set when I pull off of the floor. I am unsure if this is normal, or if this is a weakness for me. I will see next week when I do this excercise again. Front squats sucked. I am horrible at these. I dont really need to do grip work since I have never had an issues, but since I need to dumbbells to hold the bands for squats, I walk around with them for something to do.

JordanLinteris · Senior Member

Volume cycle 3
Day 2 of 12

Flat back floor press:x5@8-9
185x5
225x5
275x5@7
295x5@8
315x5@9
275x5x2@8,8

Skull crushers: x5@8-9
68x15- warmup
108x5
128x5@7
148x5@8
158x5@9
128x5x2@7,8

Wide grip p/u's- Extremely wide w/ all reps paused @ bottom.
x10,8,6 @9,9,9.

Good workout today. Floor press is getting way better. Elbows felt good, skull crushers were pretty solid. Only issue is with my hands again. Really sore from the rep day on deads. Ripped an area and I am worried that doing sets of 5's on deads in 2 days is going to make them worse. Oh well.

JordanLinteris · Senior Member

Intensity cycle
Day 3 of 12

Deadlift:x5@8-9 All reps paused.
405x5@6
500x5@7
585x5@8 Awesome Pr!
585x5@9
500x5@8

17" Boxsquats: x3@8-9
315x3
365x3@7
405x3@10 Waaaay too gassed. Skip rest of this excercise.

Apex leg extensions. 250pound stack
x10,9,8.

Definately the best deadlift day I have ever had. I normally pull 585x1@8, today was 585x5@8. I was deadlifting with my bodybuilder friend and I had to beat him. Sick of losing to him on powerlifting lifts. Anyways todays lift felt insane. I pulled 585 and the reps were accelerating as they left the floor. Normally they slow near lockout. Perhaps the 4.75" deficit pulls are having an immediate turnover. Either way I am pretty pumped and looking forward to the intensity cycle again.

JordanLinteris · Senior Member

Volume cycle- I wrote Intensity cycle yesterday for some dumb reason
Day 4 of 12

Equipped bench
225x3
275x3
315x3@8
Add f6-50
315x1 touched with ease. Wtf
365x1
405x1x2@9 Ok Eff this shirt. It is obviously way to big now. Only 20 pounds out of it. It has to go.
275x1-Touched easily with shirt on. Hah yeah perhaps I am going to order a new one.

3 board press:x3
275x3@7
315x3@7.5
335x3@8
355x3@9

Very unmotivated today. Pressing never seems to get any better. Pulls and squats go up daily but pressing has always sucked.

On a side note, I am done with my bench shirt. It is a size 50 F6. It has been used for about 6 bench workouts. I AM GIVING IT AWAY. First come first served. Only thing I ask is that you pay the shipping, plus it is covered in chalk so you clean it as well. Cant find a better deal than this.

JordanLinteris · Senior Member

Volume cycle
Day 5 of 12

Choked band squats-Beltless:x3@7-9
225x3
315x3@7.5
345x3@8
365x3@8.5
315x3@7.5

7.25" deficit deadlifts- x3@8-9
315x3@7
405x3@7.5
500x3@8.75
455x3@8.5
405x3@7.5

Abs
Roman chair leg raises.
1x20 reps

Incline situps
1x15 reps

Dumbbell side crunches
100# x 10

Grip work
Hold onto 145 pound dumbbells for time
1 x 46 seconds

Today was challenging. I saw a vid on youtube of a guy choking the strong bands at the base of the squat rack so i tried it today. The base is 3.5 inch square metal so I figured that took a full foot off of the band to choke it. This literally felt like the tension doubled. I had trouble just getting the band over the bar. With band unchoked I squatted 405x5@9, today I got 365x3@ 8.5 so the ammount of weight taken off of the set was huge. I really like these because there was no slack in the band, even at the very bottom.

Deadlifts- I used my4.75 inch box and double stacked 45 pound plates as a platform. The weight actually squished the top of myfeet a tiny bit to get into the starting position. This is the absolute highest deficit possible for me. Was happy to pull 500x3@8.75. Very long way to move the weight. I am going to play around with randon deficits with additional chain work in the future on these.

JordanLinteris · Senior Member

Volume cycle
Day 6 of 12

Bench press: +68C x3@8-9
185x3@7
225x3@7
275x3@8
290x3@8.5
300x3@9.5 Wanted to stay @9
275x3@8

Superclose Grip: x3@8-9
225x3
275x3@8
295x3@8
305x3@8.5
315x3@9
275x3@7.5

Widegrip Pullups
x10,8

Going to start doing chain bench and close grip to try to get the triceps working more accordingly for what I want to accomplish. Bench still lags, but now I have some baseline numbers to work with and to try to get some gains out of.

JordanLinteris · Senior Member

Volume cycle
Day 7 of 12

Deadlift: +92C x3@8-9
225x3
Add chain
315x3
405x3@7
500x3@8
580x3@8.5 Pr! Might have even been an 8.
550x3@8.5
500x3@8

17" Boxsquats: x3@8-9
225x3
315x3@7
405x3@8
425x3@8.5
405x3@8

Deadlift 580 +92C @8.5 Video http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=dVmR5tu2J-I

Pretty good training session. Deadlifts with chains went a lot better than the last time I did them. A month ago I used 510 for my set and it was pretty heavy. I am going to use this excercise in my intensity cycle for a single and see what I can do.

Box squats were good this week. No pr's but big improvement from last week.

Got called for an overtime shift so I had to cut the assistance work out of my workout AGAIN! I really got to make a point of doing it. On a good note my deadlift suit has finally been shipped. Been taking forever.

-- Edited by JordanLinteris at 00:12, 2009-01-23

Tony Parrella · Senior Member

deads look strong bro

JordanLinteris · Senior Member

Thanks man!