200/300/400/500

[hector_garza]

Awesome stuff, hector! You'll definitely tame 300!

Thanks! That's the dream. And the mission!

[hector_garza]

Nice work, Hector!

Pretty awesome to see someone squat 500. Having done percentage based programming, I feel like there has to be more to that guys programming. That, or he can grind 5's way better than he should be able to if he can hit 90% 5x5. Hell, the best programming I've come up with caps my 5x5 at 80% and I've always had solid results from it.

Thanks!

I agree 100%. If you can lift a weight for 5x5, how can it be 90% of your 1RM?
(I squatted 415 a few weeks ago, matching my 1RM. Squatting 375 for 5x5 would be pretty tough for me right now.)
There must have been more to it. I know with some programs, like 5/3/1, sometimes you're doing a percent of a percent, so, for instance, you might be doing 90% of your 90%, in which case you're really doing 81%.

[hector_garza]

Strength
Deads: 475 x 1s x 5r (5RM PR!)
Deads: 415 x 2s x 5r
Bench: 235 x 5s x 5r

Other
T-Bar: 210 x 3s x 5r (PR)
Ab Wheel: 1s x 5r

Volume
Deads: (2,375 + 4,150) = 6,525
Bench: 5,875
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Total: 12,400


Deads were a new 5RM PR. Felt great to hit it. All reps were legit, but back rounded enough on the last rep that I wasn't going to do another set of 5.
T-Bar, as always, is good stuff.
The ab-wheel is a mf.

[Christopher John]

475x5 is nice. You're killing the game, Hector

[Eric K]

You surpassed my best x5 deadlift (470 x 5)!! Them's fightin' words.

[Oldster]

Strength
Deads: 475 x 1s x 5r (5RM PR!)

Can't believe I missed this, hector! Nice frickin' work!

The ab-wheel is a mf.

Heh. May I say...heh, heh....

People don't know. They just don't know.

[hector_garza]

475x5 is nice. You're killing the game, Hector

Thanks! Another stepping stone on the way to 600.

[hector_garza]

You surpassed my best x5 deadlift (470 x 5)!! Them's fightin' words.

The race to 600 is still on!

[hector_garza]

Can't believe I missed this, hector! Nice frickin' work!


Heh. May I say...heh, heh....

People don't know. They just don't know.

Thanks, Oldster!

People have no idea! The ab wheel can be the hardest part of the workout!

[hector_garza]

Odd day training.

Squat: 405 x 1 x 1
Hot Tub: 15 minutes