Texas Method intensity day.
Foam Rolling
- 10 minutes
High Bar Squat
- 45lbs: 20
- 140lbs: 10
- 230lbs: 5
- 320lbs: 3
- 410bs: 2
- 460lbs: 1
- 495lbs: 1
- FINALLY! After a couple of weeks of missing at this weight, finally got.
- 500lbs: MISSED
- Felt the bar move forward a little bit in the hole. Cannot power it up.
- 460lbs: 1
- Failed at 2nd rep. Out of Chakra.
Face Pulls
- 60lbs: 15
Close Grip Bench Press
- 45lbs: 12
- 140lbs: 5
- 230lbs: 3
- 280lbs: 1
- 345lbs: MISSED
- Forearm pain.
Rack Pulls
About 6 1/4" off the ground. (at the #3 hole in my power rack and standing on a 3/4" piece of wood).
- 140lbs: 10
- 230lbs: 5
- 320lbs: 3
- 410lbs: 2
- 500lbs: 1
- 600lbs: 1,1
- Torn a callus on my right hand, ring finger during the last set. First time ever tearing a callus! Picture below.
About John Phung
Ever since I started taking strength training seriously, I was bitten by the Iron Bug. Then it burrowed under my skin and laid eggs in my heart. Now those eggs are hatching and I... the feeling is indescribable.
Quick Stats
Height: 5'4"
Weight: 200 lb
Credentials
1RM | 2RM | 3RM | 4RM | 5RM | 8RM | 10RM |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low Bar Squat | 515 | 460 | 480 | 440 | |||
| High Bar Squat | 500 | 480 | 460 | 440 | |||
| Front Squat | 390 | 320 | |||||
| Bench Press | 385 | 365 | 350 | 330 | 320 | ||
| Overhead Press | 260 | 240 | 230 | 225 | |||
| Deadlift | 540 | 500 |
Oh yeah, I also have a piece of paper that says:
- -||| NSCA-CPT (which is short for "National Strength and Conditioning Association Certified Personal Trainer")
- FMS Level 1 (Functional Movement Screen)
Programs
- Texas Method: March 4, 2011 - April 28, 2013
- Smolov Jr for Bench Press: June 4 - 22, 2012
- Starting Strength: Nov 29, 2010 - March 4, 2011
