Das Zurechthämmern von Karl: An Attempt at Block Periodization

[Karl Schudt]

Competition Squat 450 x 3 x 5
Competition Bench Press 340 x 5 x 5
Press 192.5 x 5 x 5

We are lowering volume and raising intensity on the squat. Strength is a skill! I feel like a newborn giraffe these days, but the squats looked better than they felt.

[Karl Schudt]

Saturday fun: chinups + 56lbs. 6 sets of 5.

[Karl Schudt]

Today's work.


Deadlifts 471 x 1, 482 x 1, 493 x 1, 504 x 1 510 PR!
Press Lockouts 204 x 5 x 3
Close Grip Bench Press 340 x 6 x 3
Weighted Pull ups 53 x 8 x 3

You may find the PR at instagram @karlssc

[Karl Schudt]

Box Squats 370 x 4 x 5
Bench Press TnG 350 x 4 x 4
Bench Press 3 ct pause 335 x 3 x 5
TNG deadlift Ninja Touch 2 x 6 RPE 8 308lbs

[Chris McCarthy]

Congrats on the PR!!

[Sean Herbison]

Haven't been logging. Have been training.

Deadlifts ... 510 PR!

We all stalk you on Facebook anyway. What was your best sumo pull?

[Karl Schudt]

We all stalk you on Facebook anyway. What was your best sumo pull?

562. Here's fat me:



Note that later that year I failed some ridiculously low number conventional at the coaches' conference. You may have been there to see it. It is possible to sumo lots of weight and still have a crap posterior chain.

[manveer]

Look at that masterful video work.

[Karl Schudt]

Look at that masterful video work.

Youtube told me the video was shaky.

I left it as is as a monument to you, Manveer.

[Karl Schudt]

Deadlifts 385 x 5 x 2
Board Press 425 x 2 x 7
Slingshot Bench Press 430 x 2 x 7

Yes, 14 sets of bench variants.