Manveer Gets Competitive

[manveer]

Excellent work sir. Well done

Thanks!

Between you, Wolf, and a few others, you're slowly breaking down my resistance to getting Instagram.

Also, you're a beast.

Thanks, that's quite flattering. However, this is the real reason to get IG:

You've missed so many nudes on DM.

BW (8/2 morning): 242.6#

Sleep (8/1 evening): 8 hrs

2017-08-02 - C3W19D3
Squat w/ belt +65# chain (bar weight only listed below)
415x2 @6
440x2 @7
465x2 @8
465x2 @8.5
465x2 @8.5
465x2 @9
Hard to keep my back flat towards the end, but I was able to manage. +10 lbs on the last time I did this.

Video: Instagram

TnG Bench
360x1 @9, upper back got a little loose and I think I was just a little nervous. Also triceps felt weak. Supposed to be @8
285x5 @6.5
285x5 @6.5
285x5 @7.5
285x5 @8.5
285x5 @8.5
285x5 @8.5
Rests around 3 mins for the first few, around 4 for the later sets. Went OK. Triceps hurt. Pec is a little sore.

Video: Instagram

Pretty good session all around. Kind of excited for the meet. Usually I am terrified around now.

[Leah Lutz]

Yesssss! Can't wait for your meet. You will crush it.

[Sean Herbison]

You've missed so many nudes on DM.

Ah thanks. Just what I needed to bolster my resistance right back up. Appreciated.

[manveer]

Yesssss! Can't wait for your meet. You will crush it.

Thanks, Leah!

Ah thanks. Just what I needed to bolster my resistance right back up. Appreciated.

Your loss.

BW (8/3 morning): 242.8#

Sleep (8/2 evening): 7.5h

2017-08-03 - C3W19D4
Deadlift w/ belt + 65# chain (bar weight only listed below)
415x2 @6.5
425x2 @7
450x2 @8.5
450x2 @8.5
450x2 @8.5
450x2 @9.5
Reduced chain weight from 95 to 65 this time. Supposed to be 10-15% of 1RM, so this is more in that range for me. It feels closer to the comp movement and I'm also actually able to fully lock out every rep whereas before I would sometimes squeak by with a soft lockout.

Video: Instagram

2ct Pause Bench
350x1 @8 but I cut the pause a little short :-/
300x4 @9
280x4 @8
280x4 @8
Went OK.

Video: Instagram

Skipped SG SLDL because my glute/SI joint/all that shit is not feeling great.

[manveer]

BW (8/4 morning): 241.8#

Sleep (8/3 evening): ~7.5h

2017-08-04 - GPP
Airdyne
15:32
HR (avg/max): 123/137

Pendlay Row - 10 min AMRAP
225x8 @7.5
225x5 @8
225x5 @8
225x5 @8
225x4 @7.5
225x4 @10
Hit my shin loading a 45 and then scraped my knee with the bar on one of the rows. Having issues today.

[Chris McCarthy]

Ha...if I noted every time I bang myself a good one with a plate or chinned myself with the bar you'd think I was doing it on purpose.

[Cole Gorton]

Squat w/ belt
570x1 @8.5 PR

Comp Raw Bench
360x1 @8 e1RM PR
375x1 @9 PR

Animal. Great log btw. i read a little of your previous intermediate log also trying to track back to where my strength is currently and get a feel for how you progressed. real helpful reading about how you fought through some injuries and trained while traveling. great lifter, great inspiration, and strong as an ox!

[manveer]

Ha...if I noted every time I bang myself a good one with a plate or chinned myself with the bar you'd think I was doing it on purpose.

At least I'm in good company.

Animal. Great log btw. i read a little of your previous intermediate log also trying to track back to where my strength is currently and get a feel for how you progressed. real helpful reading about how you fought through some injuries and trained while traveling. great lifter, great inspiration, and strong as an ox!

Thanks, man! Appreciate that and I'm glad my log is helpful.

BW (8/5 morning): 242.4#
BW (8/6 morning): 241.4#

Sleep has been ~7-8 hrs. Wasn't able to catch my typical nap today, maybe a bit of nerves going into the session.

13 days out.

2017-08-06 - C3W20D1
Squat w/ belt (w/ singlet)
525x1 @7.5
525x2 @9 (hit the safety on rep 2)
495x2 @8.5
495x2 @8.5
This went fine. I knew my strength would be down after last week's training, so I just wanted to hit the right RPE targets without going over. Mission accomplished. e1RM is down a bit with fatigue, but it will bounce back next week and hopefully I will peak on meet day! This week is higher intensity, lower volume, as one might expect.

I've worn the singlet before just to try it on, but never squatted in it. It's a bit... tight in the crotch when I hit the bottom of the squat. Maybe I'm too tall for it or my back is too long. It will do, but I just wasn't expecting that.

Video: Instagram

Comp Raw Bench
365x1 @8.5, nearly @9
365x1 @9
345x1 @8.5
345x1 @9
325x1 @8.5
325x1 @8
Eh, not what I had hoped for, but I think my bench will bounce up a little next week too.

Video: Instagram

Push Press
115x9 @6
125x9 @6.5
135x9 @7.5
135x9 @8
135x9 @9
115x9 @8.5
115x9 @8
Fairly short rests. Ain't nobody got time for push pressing.

[manveer]

BW (8/7 morning): 239.4#

Sleep (8/6 evening): ~6.5h, shitty quality, pretty tired today

2017-08-07 - C3W20D2
Deadlift w/ belt
535x1 @8 (probably 8.5 at least, in retrospect)
525x2 @10
475x2 @8.5
475x2 @8.5
Didn't go as well as I had hoped. Mark said I need to bring my hips through faster/sooner to make lockout easier. I'll practice on Thursday.

Video: Instagram

2ct Pause Bench
350x1 @8 PR
335x3 @9.5
305x3 @7.5
305x3 @8
Pretty good, but my triceps hurt like hell after this.

Video: Instagram

Squat (no belt)
355x4 @7
375x4 @7.5
405x4 @8.5
385x4 @8
Fuck squatting after deadlifting and squatting the day before. Hip hurt at the beginning, triceps hurt from benching...yeah.

[Nick Klemetson]

Fuck, Manveer. Just fuck. Walter Palmer and I chatted about you at the conference this weekend, and then I come to the forums and find this.

Fucking great work.