Smolov Squat Log

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

FUCKING LIAR!!!

As I Sat Shitting(As I Lay Dying)

I think to find great thrash, you just have to
be fucking ANGRY!
FUCK care those radio bullshit!
let hell break loose (WITCHING HOUR!!! [Venom])

You're a liar
A fucking liar
Filthy liar
Liar
You fucking liar
Liar

"Liar" - Megadeth

Time to rise your Flag of Hate
Destroy the world is our only aim
To strike'em down is the only way
To make'em dead and make'em pay


"Flag Of Hate" - Kreator

Visions of suffering stab from the inside
...
Souls are being raped by the maze
Lost in these halls... endlessly

"Maze Of Torment" - Morbid Angel

Song: MAZE OF TORMENT
Band: Morbid Angel

Monday, December 29, 2008

Schmuck

Had to post this make fun thing, long due!

Piercing For My "Serpentine" (Bullet For My Valentine)
Second-hand Grenade (Secondhand Serenade)
A-kayu (Atreyu)
Penis Skinfolds (Avenged Sevenfold)
Dickhead! At The Disco (Panic! At The Disco)

29 December

Squat

5x5-----102.5kg

Bench Press

5x5-----80kg

Pendlay Rows

2x5-----60kg

Dips

3x5-----20kg

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Comments:
Squats were okay. (I have to stop repeating this line, goodness.) I messed up somewhere on one of the reps, my lower back is some what pulling right now. Shall rest more, had to quit Pendlay Rows on the third set. Really need to buck up my dips.

Song: Pedigree Butchery
Band: Carcass

Monday, December 22, 2008

22 December

Squat

5x5-----100kg

Press

5x5-----55kg

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Comments:
Squats were okay, now legs are beginning to hurt. Press had some trouble with set 3 or 4 till 5 but I'm trying again, have not done dips in a long time. Maybe that's why, checking my blog hmm seems quite useful. Last weighted dip session : 26 November!! Shit man that's close to one month. Okay since there is no training tomorrow I'll bring my 10kg to do dips at the nearby exercise corner.

Song: Stained Class
Band: Judas Priest

Friday, December 19, 2008

Fat Cat's Big Day Out

Well Fat Cat broke his personal best of 117.5kg with 135kg on the squat. Absolutely could not do 137.5kg. Bench press was aiming for 107.5kg it seem Daniel (gym instructor) had his hand there, so according to the great Rippetoe, NO COUNT!

Was chatting with Daryl just now about the church people hangout, made some interesting scenarios (our bullshit, we don't expect you to put up with it) so here's one at Fish & Co.

"Hi, I would like to order a beef steak."
"Sorry sir, but we do not serve beef."
"Well you better be sorry!"
"Sorry, we only serve food from the sea."
"Well, in that case, I'll throw a cow into the sea then!"

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Tomorrow's the Big Day

Well well well its been a long 13 weeks, many things have happened since i started this blog. I've come to a close for my Smolov squat program. No this blog won't shut down. Well tomorrow's the 1 RM day. I want to hit 130.

Learnt many things, more discipline to sleep well, because squats don't come easy! Well you could say i miss those days of the 9 and 7 grueling rep days (4x9, 5x7) as well as those mother fucking crazy 3 rep days (3x10). Well it's all OVER now. Pulling through was good but I let myself down in certain aspects. I lost steam, did not sleep well, enough or early for that matter. But one things for sure! Milk baby MILK! Carton by carton of milk! Weight increase of 2 to 4 kilos. Strength increase, those 112.5's certainly did not feel like a fat cake anymore! Well 2, ah okay FINE! 4 kilos COULD actually be just enough to justify me as a fat cat but HOLD IT! *Counting* "One...two...three, four, five, SIX! Hahahaha! Well that's another story.

Alex is helping me getting my jeans altered to slim, thinking about it I surely will need to look for a godly belt to match with it. I don't think pyramid stud belts cut out to match worn-blue jeans very well. And scrap those branded belts which got their brand all over the belt body or buckle, just does not establish that strong vibe I am demanding. Well I know, you must be thinking, FUCK YOU! But hey! Who am I to say anything but "This is my blog wanker! There's always that little 'x' at the top right of your screen! Tomorrow's my big day and I should be as happy as I want to be!"

Song: Master Of Puppets
Band: Metallica

"Black is the code for tonight
Atomic force, feel no remorse
Crank up the amps now it's night
BLACK METAL" - Black Metal (Venom)

"
Following our instinct not a trend
go against the grain until the end
" - Damage, Inc. (Metallica)

"Circle of Destruction, Hammer comes crushing
Powerhouse of energy
Whipping up a fury, Dominating flurry
We create the Battery" - Battery (Metallica)


Tuesday, December 16, 2008

16 December

Squat
4x-----87.5kg
4x4-----100kg

Jerk

5x5-----60kg

Pull Ups

3x5-----22.5kg


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Comments:
Squats may not have been much of a challenge but worked on my form and quality. Did some jerks for some variety, need much work on stability in the split stance, actually both leg and shoulder stability. Pull ups were hard, struggling to get my chin up there, will try again on Friday.

Song: Ten Years Gone
Band: Led Zeppelin

Sunday, December 14, 2008

NWOBHM



To whoever seems fit. Such a non-specified statement.

Saturday, December 13, 2008

A Tout Le Monde



This post is dedicated a close friend of mine in secondary school days. Dedicated to his beloved two grand mamas and mother, I'm sure they are in a better place.
Thinking about it there is no way I can understand how he feels. Frankly impossible since I did not get to know both my grand mamas and neither am I in contact with those who shower so much love on their grand children.
Well I'd like to think of him as strong/resilient rather than numb. Either way it's either you choke your emotion, or the other way around. Why don't you try and imagine having a loved one passing away every semester for 3 semesters consecutively.

On a side note: The above video of Megadeth's is in no way promoting suicide. But rather, it's when people have a loved one that dies and they end on a bad note, you know, they wish that they could say something to them.
The lyrics:

A tout le monde
A tout les amis
Je vous aime
Je dois partir


translates to:

To all the world
To all my friends
I love you all
I must leave



The next video is by Morbid Angel, yes yes death metal, just shut up and listen will you the first 1min 41 seconds and last 1min 25 seconds of the video the middle will most probably not interest you!

12 December

Squat
3x-----87.5kg
4x-----105kg
3x4-----112.5kg

Bench Press

5x5-----85kg

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Comments:
Last hard day for squats, once more session then its break till testing 1 RM! Bench press was okay, testing for 1 RM after the 5x5. Still stuck at 105, will improve by end of this year! Did rows with some machine thingy quite okay la, probably corrected the form of my left shoulder. Doesn't count as work though, haha.

Song: Ten Years Gone
Band: Led Zeppelin

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

10 December

Squat
3x-----82.5kg
3x-----95kg
4x3-----112.5kg

Press

5x5-----55kg

Pull Ups

3x5-----20kg


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Comments:
Squat okay still can tahan. Press screwed up on set 4 with 4 reps, I should have rested more, last set knocked out a five, so next week try 55 again.

Song: Paradise City
Band: Guns 'N Roses

Monday, December 08, 2008

*Tick-Tock*

Granted these were the most 2 boring days of my life, great weather - but great boredom.

8 December

Squat
3x-----82.5kg
3x-----95kg
5x5-----105kg

Bench Press

5x5-----82.5kg

Dips

15x
13x
10x

Pendlay Rows

5x5-----62.5kg

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Comments:
Very slow day today. Great weather, a bit cold, but still great for going out. At least perspire less. So bench - up! pendlay rows - up!

Song: Reborn In Flames
Band: Vader

Saturday, December 06, 2008

5 December

Squat
3x-----77.5kg
3x-----87.5kg
3x-----100kg
4x3-----112.5kg

Pull Ups

3x5-----17.5kg

Press

5x5-----52.5kg

One Arm Deadlift

3x3-----40kg

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Comments:
Squats were great! Pull ups and press same. One arm deadlift was quite the challenge, GREASE THE GROOVE!!!

Song: Act On Instinct (C&C Soundtrack)
Band: Frank Klepacki

Wednesday, December 03, 2008

3 December

Squat
3x-----70kg
3x-----82.5kg
3x-----95kg
3x3-----112.5kg

Pendlay Rows

3x5-----60kg

Bench Press

5x5------80kg

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Comments:
Squats were fastest today, everything in 3s. Bench press no problems encountered. Clean and jerks were okay stopped at 80 today.

Song: Welcome To Hell (Evil Spells Demo)
Band: Morbid Angel

Monday, December 01, 2008

1 November

Squat
3x-----70kg
3x-----82.5kg
3x-----95kg
5x5-----105kg

Pull Ups

3x5-----15kg

Press

5x5------50kg

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Comments:
Managed through squats, knees buckle in sometimes. Will work on that soon.

Song: Don't Cry (Alt.Lyrics)
Band: Guns N' Roses