The Log of Conjugate PR's

[Meshuggah]

Thursday 7-8-21 / Indoors

K-Bell Gorilla Row

3X20 @ 53s
1X12 @ 62s

K-Belll Clean & Press (Clean on 1st Reps Only)

2X6 L&R @ 35
1X4 L&R @ 44
1X2 L&R @ 53
1X1 L&R @ 70
1X2 L&R @ 62
3X1 L&R @ 62
1X5 L&R @ 53

Lying Leg Raise - 1X20

Music: Epica - Omega

[Meshuggah]

Saturday 7-10-21 / Weight 199 / Garage Temp 80

Conventional Deadlift (No Belt or Straps)

1X8 @ 135
1X6 @ 185
1X4 @ 225
1X2 @ 275
1X2 @ 315
1X1 @ 365
1X1 @ 415
3X3 @ 325

2 Arm Kettlebell Swing

3X15 @ 106

Music: Fear Factory - Aggression Continuum

* Hip is feeling good, it's probably around 85%

[Meshuggah]

Monday 7-12-21 / Indoors

Shot-put Lift (Claw Grip)

10X1 L&R @ 16 Lb (2 Second Holds)
20X1 L&R @ 12 Lb (4 Second Holds)

Lying Leg Raise - 1X20

1 Arm K-Bell Swing

1X60 @ 35 (Hand Switch Every 10 Reps)

Music: TOOL - Lateralus

[Meshuggah]

Tuesday 7-13-21 / Indoors

Double K-Bell Front Squat (ATG, Barefoot & Belt-less)

2X5 @ 35s
3X3 @ 62s
1X5 @ 53s

K-Bell Clean & Press (Clean on 1st Reps Only)

2X8 L&R @ 35s

Music: Machine Head - Burn My Eyes

* Small lower back tweak going on from Saturday's Deadlifts...

[Fred J]

Tuesday 7-13-21* Small lower back tweak going on from Saturday's Deadlifts...

Fun getting old ain't it? Still you are very strong. Even ones who train including myself wish we were that strong. I am glad that you are getting over your injury. They say deadlifts take a while to recover from. Myself I am debating dropping down to once a week with deads even though I only do them every forth day now. How often did you train deads when you were first building the lift up?

As you say...."stay strong" and take care of that tweak!

[BrooklynJerry]

Hope the tweak is not too serious. How are you doing the claw grip shot put lift, just holding die time or lateral/ front raises. I usually do rev curls with the 12 I have.

[Meshuggah]

Fun getting old ain't it? Still you are very strong. Even ones who train including myself wish we were that strong. I am glad that you are getting over your injury. They say deadlifts take a while to recover from. Myself I am debating dropping down to once a week with deads even though I only do them every forth day now. How often did you train deads when you were first building the lift up?

As you say...."stay strong" and take care of that tweak!

Thanks for the kind words. Mainly once a week, but I had good success doing this: LIFT-RUN-BANG: Every Other Week Squatting and Deadlifting - By JPS
I believe the stronger you become, the more recovery you need between Squat & Deadlift sessions.
Good luck with your training!

Hope the tweak is not too serious. How are you doing the claw grip shot put lift, just holding die time or lateral/ front raises. I usually do rev curls with the 12 I have.

Thanks. I've had similar tweaks before. I think this happened because I used a mixed grip on the Deads Saturday.
The mixed grip causes a slight twisting. I hold every rep for a certain time with the Shot-puts. I need to reverse curls
again also.
Keep Grinding!

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Wednesday 7-14-21

Rolling Thunder Lift

5X1 L&R @ 115
3X1 L&R @ 100

McGill big 3 (Lower Back)

2 Arm Kettlebell Swing

1X60 @ 44

Music: Alice In Chains - Dirt

[Bill Anders]

I believe the stronger you become, the more recovery you need between Squat & Deadlift sessions.

This is another quote that needs to be stickied to the top of forums.

So many folks really aren't getting this (I didn't until recently), but thankfully we're starting to see some articles on the front page like this week's "Your Back is Never Off the Clock" and "Artificially Weak Deadlifts," both by Robert Santana. Volume and intensity in one will definitely help or hinder the other.

Mend well and keep at it!

[Fred J]

Thanks for those links Bill and Shug!

[Bill Anders]

Glad to help, Fred. I didn't think about linking those in response to your question about deadlift frequency, as both articles address the issues somewhat obliquely. For me, the money is Santana's comments in the discussion thread on the Artificially Weak Deadlifts. Bottom line, as they get heavier, you need to start thinking about both squats and deadlifts as both complementary and detrimental to each other, where programming for one becomes even more important to the other.