Kyle's PL log

[Michael Wolf]

Cool. Looking forward to seeing how the RPE based programming goes.

Also, I'm late but that 604 snatch gripper was a helluva pull.

[KyleMask]

Dana, I'll likely drop the press 3 weeks out from the meet.

Thanks, Wolf.

3/25
Bench (brief pause) 295x5 (RPE 8.5), 280 5x5 (RPE 8,8,8,8,8.5)
Pullups bw+25 6x6

[KyleMask]

3/27

Deadlift 560x5 (PR, RPE 7.5)
Snatch grip deadlift 445x5, 465x5, 485x5 (RPE 7,7,8)
2 ct pause squat 315x5 (RPE 7), 345x5,5 (RPE 7,7), 365x5 (RPE 8)

--Felt great today. Might have undershot some of my RPEs, whereas I thought I overshot some on Tuesday. Still adjusting to this. Probably could have taken the squat a few sets further, but I'd been in the gym long enough.

[John Petrizzo]

Congrats on the PR, Kyle. Looking forward to seeing how the new programming works for you.

[KyleMask]

Thanks, John.

3/28
Press 190x5 (RPE 7.5), 180x5,5 (RPE 7,8)
Close grip bench 255x5,5, 260x5, 255x5 (RPE 7,7,7.5,7.5)
Db row 130x15
Pulldown 3x10

--I hope everybody has a great week (Petrizzo already wishes everyone a good weekend, but the actual week gets no love).

[KyleMask]

3/31
Squat 470x5 (PR, RPE 9.5), 445x5,5 (RPE 8,9.5)
Reverse hypers 3x10
GHR 3x10

--Hell of a good day. Sometimes we set five or ten lb PRs, but they aren't really PRs. The previous, lighter PR actually moved so much better that we know we were capable of more weight on that day than on the day we hit our new PR. But this wasn't one of those days. This weight moved so much better than 465x5 about a month and a half ago, and my technique was so much stronger.

Today was also one of those days where you can't trust how you feel. Going into this workout, I felt sleep deprived and sluggish, and it didn't help matters that I ate lunch at a pizza/wing buffet. When I started warming up, however, I knew it would be a solid day. You can feel slow and weak but be fast and strong. And vise versa.

[Adam Skillin]

3/31
Squat 470x5 (PR, RPE 9.5), 445x5,5 (RPE 8,9.5)
Reverse hypers 3x10
GHR 3x10

--Hell of a good day. Sometimes we set five or ten lb PRs, but they aren't really PRs. The previous, lighter PR actually moved so much better that we know we were capable of more weight on that day than on the day we hit our new PR. But this wasn't one of those days. This weight moved so much better than 465x5 about a month and a half ago, and my technique was so much stronger.

Today was also one of those days where you can't trust how you feel. Going into this workout, I felt sleep deprived and sluggish, and it didn't help matters that I ate lunch at a pizza/wing buffet. When I started warming up, however, I knew it would be a solid day. You can feel slow and weak but be fast and strong. And vise versa.

Congrats on the PR, man. That's some seriously good work.

[KyleMask]

Thanks, Adam. Today was not so good.

4/1
Bench (brief pause) 305x4 (missed 5th)
5 ct pause bench 225x5,5,5 (RPE 7,8,9)
Pullups bw+25 5x7 (that's five sets of seven)

--Started having that pain in my right collar bone on bench and my right shoulder gave out suddenly on the 5th rep. Like to the point that Gentry had to pull the bar off me. I backed it way down and did some super long pauses with a weight that didn't hurt. Second week of training and already I'm paying for trying to bench twice per week. Oh well, enough of that nonsense. Wed will be bench day and Saturday will be press day. There will be no benching whatsoever on Saturdays.

[KyleMask]

4/3
Deadlift 573x5 (PR, RPE 9)
Masks 445x5, 470x5, 495x5 (RPE 7,8,9)
2 ct pause squat 370x5 (RPE 8.5, quit here, overshot this and my spinal erectors were too fatigued by this point to maintain extension)

--Good workout until I got around to the squats. No worries. It has been a tough week in the gym. May have to skip workout tomorrow (just presses, so who gives a shit?) b/c gym is getting a new roof, and we haven't assembled my buddy's home gym yet (will be working on that tomorrow).

[KyleMask]

4/7
Squat 490x3 (RPE 9), 435x3,3,3,3 (RPE 7,7,7,8)
GHR 3x10

--Thought I hit rock bottom this weekend, but the floor I was standing on crumbled beneath me tonight. And if there's one thing life has taught me, things can get even worse. Watch me train right fucking through it. Right goddamn through it.