Welcome to this week’s Training Log thread
Use this space to:
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Share your recent workouts
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Reflect on what went well (or didn’t)
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Track PRs, new programs, deloads, or changes
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Stay accountable with your training
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Ask for tips on progression or programming
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Did a TM test for 5/3/1 for the first time last week. (I just bought Forever and figured out I should do these regularly along with some other mistakes I’ve been making.) Had to lower my Press by something like 15 pounds, which is a big decrease when you’re already only around 100 lbs. Lowered squat a bit too.
This week, I’m really glad I did. It felt great to get a lot of nice, clean reps in. After eating a slice of humble pie last week, this felt like one of my better weeks in a while.
Tactical Barbell Grey Man w4d1
Behind the neck press 4 x 8 @ 100lbs
Back extension 4 x 12 @ 45lbs
Dumbbell shrug 4 x 12 @ 65lbs
Incline dumbbell row 4 x 12 @ 50lbs
Incline dumbbell curl 4 x12 @ 30lbsI tweaked my back on the weekend so decided to pass on deadlifts and did back extensions instead
What’s the standard way of noting down the weight of the exercises. Should you take the bar’s weight into account?
I’ve been ignoring the bar’s weight and only adding the plates on one side because I find it simpler, but my friend told me that was insane so idk.
Standard way to talk about weight includes the bar weight (usually 45 lbs or 20 kg, but I’ve seen others out there).
It’s not a big deal when you’re just tracking your linear progress, as long as you’re consistent, but it’s still helpful to include the bar weight when talking to other people (who will expect the bar weight to be included), and if you get later into more advanced lifting programs that prescribe certain percentages of some reference weight.
Barbell arithmetic becomes second nature after you’ve been doing it a while, too.
It includes the bar weight, a lot of apps will have plate calculators for you until you get better at plate math. But if it’s not broken…
