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[Joseph Rodriguez]

This is my last training session before we leave on our honeymoon. We're leaving on Sunday and we will be in Hawaii for 9 days.

6-1-2017
Squat 390x6x3
Press 175x6x4
Deadlift 460x6
BW 233.3

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[Chris McCarthy]

Enjoy Hawaii!!

[Joseph Rodriguez]

Thanks Chris! Brittany and I had a great time on our honeymoon, but I was definitely really looking forward to getting back to training. I am feeling well rested and strong so I just jumped right back into the second week of Andy Baker's Garage Gym Warrior Program.

6-16-2017
Squat 450x5x4
Press 175x5x3
Deadlift 435x5x3
BW 230.5

[Chris McCarthy]

I expect you'll be living off the Honeymoon Gainz for a while!

[Joseph Rodriguez]

6-19-2017
Squat 390x5x2
Bench 265x5x4
BB Row 275x6x4
BW 230.5

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[Joseph Rodriguez]

6-22-2017
Squat 420x5x3
Press 190x5x4
Deadlift 495x5x1

We got a 1 month membership at Texas Strength Systems today. I have to dismantle and prepare to move our garage gym to our new home and rebuild the platform. We will have an awesome place to train in the meantime though.

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[Joseph Rodriguez]

6-25-2017
Squat 480x4x4
Press 190x4x3
Deadlift 465x4x3

[Joseph Rodriguez]

6-28-2017
Squat 420x4x2
Bench 270x4x4
BB Row 270x4x4
Power Clean: Worked up to a double with 264 for fun.

I need to start over and choose more conservative maxes for the GGW program. I initially chose my maxes based on the competition PRs that I set at the 2017 Starting Strength Challenge. I should have based my maxes on the results of the Texas Method intensity days before the honeymoon. Live and learn. And power cleans are better and more fun than BB Rows.

[Cole Gorton]

And power cleans are better and more fun than BB Rows.

agreed. never again dropping power cleans from my programming

[Joseph Rodriguez]

7-1-2017
Squat 395x6x4
Press 160x6x3
Deadlift 390x6x3

I restarted my run with the GGW Program. The following are my new more conservative training maxes for the program: Squat 565, Press 245, Deadlift 650, Bench 335. The first few weeks of the program start off pretty light so I am taking the opportunity to focus on improving my technique on the lifts.