Skinny Strength 11/9/11

I'M BACK!! Took a break from serious lifting for a while but life without lifting is so boring. I've been training all lifts but from here on will be competing in RAW Deadlift only because I kinda have a knack for picking up heavy things :p My Edison yard has a weight room with an olympic squat rack and bench setup with decent free weights so all the ingredients are there for cooking up some boots to asses! Ive been training with a co-worker named Gustavo (aka The Goose) and he's a great lifting partner, sometimes gets the giggles and makes it difficult to stick to our routine, but is very enthusiastic about staying in shape and doing curlies for the girlies..we get along just fine.

10/31/11
ME Bench

Pete
Bench warm up
95x10
135x5
triples
155x3
165x3
175x3
185x3
195x3
205x3
215x2*
225x1* huge raw PR

Incline bench
65x10
75x10
95x10
105x10
115x10

DB rows and tricep pushdown superset
5 sets of 12

Gus
Bench
95x10
135x5
triples
155x3
165x3
175x3
185x3
195x3
205x3
215x3
225x1 (barely missed second rep)

Incline bench
65x10
75x10
95x10
105x10
115x10x2

DB row and tri-pushdown superset
5 sets of 12

11/2/11
Gus had his own squat/bench smorgasbord
my car broke down on way to lift so watched kaz videos on my phone while waiting for triple A to pick me up

11/4/11
accessory day

Pete and Gus

Speed Bench
95x15
135x10x5
155x5

lat pulldown
4 sets of 10

close grip seated shoulder press
75x10x3
85x10

Hammer curl bar
85x10x4

11/7/11
ME Bench

Pete

Bench
135x15x2
155x10
165x5
175x5x2

Seated straight bar shoulder press
60x20
alternating behind head and front shoulder press
60x15x3
70x10

Incline DB Bench
30x10
35x10
45x10

tri straight bar pushdown
50x12x4

Gus

Bench
135x20x2
155x18
165x15
175x12 & x8

Seated straight bar shoulder press
60x15
alternating behind head and front shoulder press
60x15x3
70x10

Incline DB Bench
30x10
35x10
45x10

Squats
155x10x4

11/9/11
Day of the Dead!
Pete
Deadlift warm up
135x5x3
155x5x2

hanging clean
135x5

RDLs
135x5x3
155x5x2

Heavy Deads
185x5
225x5
275x1
315x1
370x1 (current raw state record for 181 junior mens is 368!)

Gus
Squats
135x10x2
155x10x3

Deads
135x5x3
155x5x2*
225x1*

This was my first Deadlift day in almost 3 years and it felt great! 370 came up with some grunts but it was to be expected while wearing work boots with big heels on them and no belt or straps. trying to train completely raw for state so i have a shot at setting some sort of record. tonight was the goose's first deadlift workout and his form was excellent. I watched elite fts deadlift videos all last night so i felt confident in some amateur coaching and so far its gone great! we'll be lifting tomorrow due to a short work week so stay tuned for more skinny strength and goose results!