Legitimacy first, then greatness. Adam Skillin is a competitive powerlifter.

[Adam Skillin]

so your plan makes sense... just gotta figure out the de-load.... maybe plan for it rather than just crash into it?

I think I could get 315 x 5 this week but it would be balls out and I doubt I would be able to go much further with 5s. So I am thinking 305 x 5 and I am hoping to get 325 x 5 in a few weeks and then I think I will probably have to go to triples.

If I add 40lbs over 8 weeks I am only at 345lbs. 345 x 5 would be stellar but I doubt that I could do that. So at some point I am going to have to jump the weight by more than 5lbs and drop some reps. I kind of feel comfortable with 5lb jumps so that is why I am thinking of adding a couple of singles in. But what you say makes sense. If I do the singles first they will be like over warm-up reps and maybe that will make the 5 go easier.

I was also thinking doing the single/double first would be a good idea, because I know that a heavy set of 5, for me, would crush any possibility of even a remotely heavy single. But maybe I'm just a sacred, unique snowflake of special, unique specialness.

[Adam Skillin]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZr1...ature=youtu.be

B. Murphs started the camera after my first rep of my fifth set on squats. I didn't know he was rolling tape. So here's moderately ugly reps 22-24 of the night and bowling shoes ugly rep 25 at 350 lbs. Will post the rest of the details of the workout once we're done. Bad power cleans videos also forthcoming.

[Adam Skillin]

Here's my second power clean warm-up single @ 135 lbs. I think I didn't jump way way way horribly too early. But I did with my first set at my work weight (147.5), so I switched to hang cleans for the last 4 sets:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZr1...ature=youtu.be

Advice/criticism very very welcome.

[Adam Skillin]

Okay, so here's the workout that the two videos are from:

8/14/14:

Volume squats: 350 x 5 x 5
Intensity bench: 225 x 5 (PR), 210 x 6, 185 x 11
Power Clean: 147.5 x 3 (jumped way too early. horrible. surprised they racked)
Hang power clean: 147.5 x 3 x 4 (mixed results. some cleans felt good, some felt like I was shooting my hips forward and catching in a weird position)

[B. Murphy]

Why won't you let the horses out???
Squats are looking good and your depth isn't crazy low anymore. Will you finally squat 400 in a meet?

[Adam Skillin]

Why won't you let the horses out???
Squats are looking good and your depth isn't crazy low anymore. Will you finally squat 400 in a meet?

I should be 5-repping 415 based on volume day of 350. I hope I can squat at least that for a single in October. Time to get some skillz at heavy singles. Maybe I can get my power clean over 30% of my deadlift too.

[B. Murphy]

You just love volume; you need to work on hitting heavy singles so you can get your totals up.

[Adam Skillin]

You just love volume; you need to work on hitting heavy singles so you can get your totals up.

It really feels like I hate volume. Remember the part where I was lying on the floor after my last set with a vag full of sand crying for you guys to unload the plates?

[B. Murphy]

It really feels like I hate volume. Remember the part where I was lying on the floor after my last set with a vag full of sand crying for you guys to unload the plates?

I think you were too concerned with your pop-tart poverty. I think it's allowed to be laying on the floor after your 4th and 5th sets on volume day? At least until the stars go away.

[Adam Skillin]

8/16/14:

Light squats: 230 x 5 x 3
Bench: 210 x 5 x 5 (shoulder bothersomeness made this harder than it should have was been)
Chins: +60 x 6,6,4
LTE: 95 x 5 x 3
Curls: 95 x 3. Time ran out.