THE TOOCH TRAIN-ing goes Intermediate

[davetooch]

5/22/17

(I) bench 267.5 x 5 - no lift off but had a spotter in case. this felt good
(V) press 177 - tried to repeat since i failed last week i got 5,5,4,4,3
Dips 12x1 - shoulders were hurting bad

goin to switch presses either keep going up in weight for 8 triples or lower it for 3 sets of 8...need to read some more before next volume press day

[davetooch]

5/23/17

Squat 460 3x3; BO 415x5 - squat pr? first time ever touching 460..455 felt like cake..this was a little bit of a fight...think my form broke down a little

[davetooch]

5/25/17

(I) press 185 3x2 - not a PR but concerned about my lockout



(V) bench 242.5 5x5 - 5th rep on 4th&5th set grindy. Dont at 4 min rest

Tricep rope pull downs - 100lbs 12x3

[MarthaF]

5/23/17

Squat 460 3x3; BO 415x5 - squat pr? first time ever touching 460..455 felt like cake..this was a little bit of a fight...think my form broke down a little

Damn homie! When did you start squatting in the 4's!! Nicee!!

[davetooch]

Damn homie! When did you start squatting in the 4's!! Nicee!!

lmao i ran my LP to 405 for 3 sets of five in the fall and then did some adv novice till december..i had a rather long lp cycle with squat and deads haha 500 soon tho

[Agilic]

Heavy weights being lifted = happy Agilic

Heavy weights being logged = very happy Agilic

[MarthaF]

lmao i ran my LP to 405 for 3 sets of five in the fall and then did some adv novice till december..i had a rather long lp cycle with squat and deads haha 500 soon tho

That's a monster LP. I'm jelly. 500 is definitely soon!

[davetooch]

5/26/17

never did paused squats so i figured i'd give it a whirl since i am taking a break from pulling for a week...

paused squats 405 5x2; 365x2 ...um what the fuck holy shit hahah these killed me
power clean 175x3...these just got so shitty..my rack sucks...im taking a pass on these for now until i get coaching again...i might keep practicing with lightweight just for practice purpose
sldl 175 5x2 - didn't know what to do here since i was suppose to be taking the week off from pulling so i did that



5/29/17
have been passing PR territory for benching is nice

(I)bench 270x5
(V) press 150 6,5; 135x8 - idk what went on here but i felt weak as fuckkkkkkkk

[davetooch]

5/30/17

squat - 465 1,3,1 - no idea what the fuckkkk. all over the place. form was off. felt heavy af. was rushed. this was just overall garbage

[MarthaF]

5/30/17

squat - 465 1,3,1 - no idea what the fuckkkk. all over the place. form was off. felt heavy af. was rushed. this was just overall garbage

Sorry to hear that. Next training will go well I'm sure.

Pause squats are the devil!! I realized that I have to go SUPER light, like even less than 70% of my working weight.

Power cleans are def tricky... I def think you should keep practicing with light weight. For me, I just have to stop thinking about it and just be aggressive with the jump.