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littlehulk50
07-20-14, 7:05 pm
Sup fellas...

Just want to introduce myself and bring you guys along with me as I begin powerlifting and train to hopefully break some recordreallys in the process.

Here's a little info about myself and some stats to start off with.

Height- 5'5

Weight- 156lbs

Current 1rm

Bench- 260

Squat- 400lbs

Deadlift- 405


Squat and deadlifts were done belt only, no wraps or suit and bench with only wrist wraps.


Im currently running the cube kingpin program and did my first workout today. It was supposed to be a heavy deadlift day but due to something causing a lot of pain and stiffness in my neck I chose to do explosive squat day. Here's what I did today:


Squats:
3 warmup sets

Work sets:

260lbs x 3 reps x 8 sets

Front squat:

195x 5

205x5


Pause squats:

240lbs x 8

240lbs x 8

Glute ham raise (first time ever doing these):

3 sets 8-12

Leg press calf press:

3 sets x 20


Bench is tomorrow. So follow along and feel free to give any feedback or tips that I can use to improve my training.

littlehulk50
07-21-14, 6:00 pm
Today was a rep bench day. The wrist felt pretty good today. I have a slight tear in a ligament that needs scoped but I'm holding off on having that done for as long as possible. Here's today's workout...


Bench:

Three warmup sets at 135lbs

180 x 12

180x12

180x10

Close grip bench:

185x8

185x8

185x7

Pause bench:

140x12

140x10

140x10

Lat pull down:

100x15

120x15x3

Dumbbell side lateral:

30lbs x 10 x 3 sets


Pull ups:

3 sets to failure

Cable crunches:

120x20x 3 sets



Tomorrow is a rest day, then wednesday will be heavy deadlifts.

littlehulk50
07-23-14, 8:44 am
Heavy deadlift day....

Got this workout in after a long shift at work. Everything felt great this morning. Deficit deadlifts are new to me, and they were pretty fun and challenging. Its only my first week of this cube method and im already loving it. Looking forward to seeing how far I can go and what numbers I can put up...

Heavy deadlifts:

Three warmup sets

Working sets:

325lbs x 2 x 5 sets


Block pulls:
345lbs x 3

345lbs x 3


Deficit deadlifts:

305lbs x 6

305lbs x 6

305lbs x 4


Lat pulldown:

120lbs x 15

100lbs x 15 x sets


Db shrugs:

80lbs x 10 x 3 sets


Pullups:

3 sets to failure