Shortstuff's I need to stick to a program log

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Squat- 265X2,2
Incline- 232.5X2,2,2,2
BB rows
Curls

[CamLeslie]

How close are you to testing 1RM? I'm interested to see your progress.

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Cam Leslie:
I'll have a deload week coming up followed by a week of maxes.

With that said I don't know if I would take my progress as the norm especially on deadlifts as I feel I just didn't execute the deadlift programming all that well I should have just stuck with deadlifts on medium day

But on the bright side my squats have been going pretty dang well.

Today's lifting:
Squat- 300X2,2,2
Bench- 245X2,2,2
Deadlift- 355X1,1
Chins
LTE's

Was supposed to do a double on my deads but I didn't think it was happening so just did two singles.

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Deload week:
Squat- 300X3,3,3
Bench- 242.5X3,3,3
Some chins

Squat- 265X3,3,3
Bench- 215X3,3,3
Some curls

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Deload week:
Squat- 300X3,3,3
Bench- 242.5X3,3,3
Some chins

Squat- 265X3,3,3
Bench- 215X3,3,3
Some curls

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Max week
Bench-290Xfail
Squat- 365X1
Bench went terribly as expected. Gonna really have to go a different route here.
Squat was like RPE 9.5 I think I may have had 375 but I wanted to end it on a good note.

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Deadlift- 365X1, 380X1(small PR)
Press(freakin press!)- 95X5,5,5
Chins
Curls

Small deadlift PR made me happy all things considered. Felt good to press, didn't hurt but the weight was light.

Programming:
Deciding between another round of GGW or just going to the baker barbell club. I'm leaning towards a slightly modified GGW. Either way I have to figure out what I'm going to do with the bench press. I need something that's 3 days a week probably at least some exposure to heavy weights every week. I may have to wing it which I don't like.

[CamLeslie]

Either way I have to figure out what I'm going to do with the bench press.

Why not just...

Monday - Medium Bench
Wednesday - CGBP / Floor Press
Friday - Heavy Bench

Don't think you have to throw out the baby with the bathwater. I recently added floor presses and close grips to my program the last 6 months or so and they really helped me.

[Shortstuff]

Why not just...

Monday - Medium Bench
Wednesday - CGBP / Floor Press
Friday - Heavy Bench

Don't think you have to throw out the baby with the bathwater. I recently added floor presses and close grips to my program the last 6 months or so and they really helped me.

Well I dont really have a huge problem with the set up you've layed out (I'd have to switch heavy and medium bench so I could bench heavy with my spotter) but I was more thinking sets and reps.
I'm definitely gonna give close grips a shot on light day though, I'm getting nothing out of inclines. How are you doing floor presses? Just taking them out of a power rack? I need to do some YouTubein.
If you've got any other ideas I'm all ears but I think I've gotta add some more work somewhere. I never regressed, I just didn't get any stronger either.

[CamLeslie]

How are you doing floor presses?

I just move the hooks down in the power rack and lay on the floor. Make sure to pause with tri's on the ground. Bro tip.

If you've got any other ideas I'm all ears but I think I've gotta add some more work somewhere.

I mean I'm just some guy on the internet so thats my disclaimer. But here is what I've done the last couple of training cycles, I do my 5x5 Bench or whatever, then I hit the close grips or floor press for similar reps and sets but I do them by feel not from a predetermined spreadsheet number. Like RPE 8ish. If I'm feeling good I hammer them, if not I just do em. Here are two examples from earlier this year.

1/2/17 Happy New Year!

Bench 260x1 (Smoked it, RPE:7) 235x5, 235x5, 235x5, 235x5
Floor Press 205x5, 205x5, 205x5, 205x5
Curlz + KB Swings + Lat Pull Downs + Mid Rows

1/24/17

Bench 280x1 (@8), 260x3, 260x3, 260x3, 260x3
Floor Press 245x3, 245x3, 245x3

All about that progressive overload. Just titrate up the volume a little bit. Another idea is to go to the programming forum and ask andy directly.