Grasping at the Barbell Immortals

[ChadTheMeatBeast]

Last conditioning work of Deload:

running late
2 min treadmill warmup
c2 rower 20s/1:40 x 10, damper = 5

feel good, ready to peak

[ChadTheMeatBeast]

Peak: Week 1: Bench

Bench: 265x2, 285x1 (9.5 lb paused-PR), 290x0, 275x2 (Rep PR @ previous paused 1 RM)
1st Reps Paused on All

Recovery Circuit: 3 rounds
Pushups
Inverted Rows
Rolling Triceps Extensions
DB Curls
Shoulder Lat Raises

I don't like missing reps, especially on the 1st day of a peak phase. But, I don't think I did too badly, especially when I get another chance next week. Trying to not be negative about it.

My form was kind of shit: really slow descent which for me makes me much weaker, random touch points, first move off my chest toward my feet too much.

[ChadTheMeatBeast]

10/16

Peak: Week 1: Deadlift

Deadlift: 470x2, 510x1 (8.5 lb PR), 500x1, 480x1 (PR'd today, but the guy I asked to film it didn't press record. oh gad. The 470x2 was much harder than I was expecting, and I thought I was screwed in terms of not being able to PR)



Chins: BWX8, (BW+35)x5, (BW+30)x5, (BW+25)x4
Neck Harness

Recovery Circuit: 3 Rounds
DB Russian Swings
Air Squats
Plank
Chinese Arch
Pallof Press

[Jordan Feigenbaum]

Dude, 470 x 2 was smoked. You could do a little better job squeezing the slack out of the bar and then ripping the bar off the floor. 500 x 1 moved slow because you were fatigued after 510. No worries.

[ChadTheMeatBeast]

Ah, I guess I was expecting it to be easy so my experience was colored by that. It does look pretty decent now after the fact.

I will work on pulling slack out/ripping off the floor.

[Rob Israel]

You PR'ed. That is awesome. Congrats!

[ChadTheMeatBeast]

You PR'ed. That is awesome. Congrats!

except there is no evidence, lol. however, thanks, man

[ChadTheMeatBeast]

Peak: Week 1: Press

Press: 167x2, 185x1 (7.5 lb PR @ 5 lbs lighter), 177.5x2 (PR, previous 1 RM)

almost passed out on 185

Recovery Circuit: 3 Rounds
Pushups
Inverted Rows
Rolling Triceps Extensions
BB Curls
Lateral Delt Raises
Facepulls

[ChadTheMeatBeast]

Peak: Week 1: Squat

Squat: 380x2 (Rep PR), 410x1 (8 lb PR), 390x1, 380x1



Recovery Circuit: 3 Rounds
DB Russian Swing
Air Squat
Plank
Pallof Press

And the PR's keep coming.

The original plan was to have a 2-week peak, where I would set even higher PR's in the second week. But, that might change given the proximity of my next meet, the American Open in December. Stay tuned.

[Rob Israel]

I knew you were going to PR the hell out of that. Congratulations! Great work this cycle man, you killed it. That rep looked great, very smooth-- you crushed it dude, you have more!

One piece of input if you don't mind-- you are taking too many steps out the rack. It's like you are going for a walk. This may be partly because of the angle squat pins and you need to back up further than you'd want, but it's about twice as many steps as you'd want. Shoot for 2 steps. Watch Mike Tuchscherer on YouTube. He's got the step-out mastered.