Overtraining for strength and size

[Bar-barian]

I tell you this as a motivation that I am targeting you on the strength ranks. We are similar ages and are both early intermediate. You are a but higher in Wilks. I'm deloading now so your gonna have an advantage. Cheers.

[Eiji]

I tell you this as a motivation that I am targeting you on the strength ranks. We are similar ages and are both early intermediate. You are a but higher in Wilks. I'm deloading now so your gonna have an advantage. Cheers.

Hehe. Yeah I know. I been watching you. Good luck.

[beastmaster103]

Thanks man! Hip tightness was a huge issue for me when I was runnin SS in March-May this year. It got so bad I had a hard time walking without a limp. I was miserable and my squat hit a wall at 290. I knew I had the legs for it but the hip pain was stopping me. It pissed me off because I really wanted the 3 wheels.
I figure I just couldnt handle back squats so often and started focusing on front squats once or twice per week. My hips started feeling better, most likely due to the lower weight and less hip involvement.
Then I found Joe Defranco's Limber 11 and read Matt Perryman's - Squat Everyday. Total eye opener dude.
I started doing the limber11 daily b4 squatting and the squats went up. Hips felt great and still do.

I found that my legs could recover from daily (4-6x per week) squatting but everything else suffered. my upperbody felt beat up every day while my legs felt fine. That was probably because I was trying to train my other lifts at the same time.
Squats every day = fine to awesome
Squats every day + other lifts = not so good.

Right now I'm running the LRB intermediate program from Strength, Life, Legacy - by Paul Carter
I'm not a fan of linear progression. I'm a big fan of double progression Hepburn style workouts.
Training more often is what lets you train more often.

I'm intrigued by your Hepburn "double progression" programming. I'm assuming it would take some time for me to acclimate my body to the volume increase (two weeks or so, I'm guessing). I will be trying the Limber 11 tonight, prior to my 335 attempt, which would be a new PR. I'll look into Paul Carter and Hepburn. It sounds interesting - and your log has provided obvious great results to the program.

I'm trying my best to run Callador's 4X4 for another month or so prior to transitioning into anything new. I may look into getting online training from a local guy in Pittsburgh that has some national records in PL. I had him fix my squat form issues a year ago or so, and he knows his shit. I've made the mistake of trying the "next best thing" in programming without giving the current programming a chance. I wish I had more patience...

Keep up the good work - I know you'll hit 265 in the BP - no need to reset that one.

[Eiji]

9/30

I'm now going to do a 90 in 90. I need to add 90lbs before Jan 1. Well before beastmaster anyway.

Close Grip
135 x 5
185 x 4
205 x 3
215 x 2
225 x 1
255 x 1 PR
205 x 9...damn almost had the 10th rep
60 sec
205 x 4

Incline Press
155 x 10,9,10

Kroc Row r/l
90 x 20/20
90 x 21/20

pull ups
BW x 8,8,8,8,7

[Eiji]

So last night I got 2 hrs of sleep and could barely stay awake for my class. I procrastinated, story of my life, and had to write a paper last night.

For some reason I went to the gym after class instead of taking a nap. I know, Ive never been accused of making the best decisions....

Anyway

Squat
45 x 10
135 x 8
185 x 5
225 x 4
275 x 3
315 x 2
365 x not gonna happen today buddy!
355 x 1 wobbly as all get out but it went up PR
I think with rest both of those attempts would have been better.
315 x 2

too tire to do anything else, even type...hehe

[Eiji]

10/3

1035 total!

OHP
85 x 5
105 x 4
125 x 3
135 x 2
145 x 1
135 x 2
Press felt very weak today

PBN
95 x 13
105 x 10,9,10
Why did these feel strong and OHP felt weak?

DB BP
75 x 8
70 x 7
65 x 8

DL
225 x 5
275 x 4
315 x 3
365 x 2
425 x 1 PR
315 x 3

[Eiji]

10/4

Squat
135 x 5p
135 x 5 front
185 x 3p
185 x 3 front
225 x 5p
275 x 3p
315 x 6 PR
315 x 3,3

Some bicep work

[beastmaster103]

Nice work on the DL PR - I'm jealous...I'll be attempting 425 in two weeks...You're getting ahead of me for the race to 1100...

[Eiji]

Thanks man! I'm actually happier with my 315x6 squat then the DL. It'll be another 4 weeks till I hit max singles again so that'll give you a chance to pass me.

[Jsutt]

You're obviously suffering badly from the effects of overtraining...nice work man, that's a lot of PR's there.