new cycle

It's new cycle time!

Week 1

Monday 22^nd Deadlift – 87kg x5, 93kg x5, 99kg x5+

Tuesday 23^rd Squat  – 41kg x5, 44kg x5, 47kg x5+

Thursday 25^th Overhead press  – 23kg x5, 24kg x5, 26kg x5+

Friday 26^th Bench – 45kg x5, 48kg x5, 51kg x5+

Week 2

Monday 29^th Deadlift  – 93kg x3, 99kg x3, 104kg x3+

Tuesday 30^th Squat  – 44kg x3, 47kg x3, 50kg x3+

Thursday 2^nd Overhead press  – 24kg x3, 26kg x3, 27kg x3+

Friday 3^rd Bench  – 48kg x3, 51kg x3, 54kg x3+

Week 3

Monday 6^th Deadlift – 87kg x5, 99kg x3, 110kg x1+

Tuesday 7^th Squat  – 41kg x5, 47kg x3, 52kg x1+

Thursday 9^th Overhead press  – 23kg x5, 26kg x3, 29kg x1+

Friday 10^th Bench  – 45kg x5, 51kg x3, 57kg x1+

Week 4

Monday 13^th Deadlift  – 70kg x5, 75kg x5, 81kg x5

Tuesday 14^th Squat  – 33kg x5, 36kg x5, 39kg x5

Thursday 16^th Overhead press  – 18kg x5, 20kg x5, 21kg x5

Friday 17^th Bench  – 36kg x5, 39kg x5, 42kg x5

This cycle is going to be particularly hard, especially the bench.  I've decided to repeat last months bench press numbers because I just don't feel ready to progress onwards.  Programmes are good and should be stuck to, but you should also operate an element of sense.  

I was doing bench on Saturday and finally managed to nail wide grip and IT WAS SO MUCH EASIER.  For forever I've only felt comfortable with a narrow grip but this was affecting the weight a lot.  Finally it just clicked (either that or my form has improved, which is probably more likely) and I was able to do a wider grip and hit all my numbers.  Now I want to concentrate on hitting my numbers using that wide grip for the next month and hopefully on the next cycle I can up my weights by 2.5kg and start making the progress I want.  I am aiming for about 70-80 kg in competition so I have a lot of work to do!