New program, who dis?

[marcf]

Nice job, Marc!

Thanks man! Now I join you on your quest to gain mass.

[marcf]

August 23

Belt Squat: 255x6 @warmup, 265x6 @7, 265x6 @8 (wtf)
Pause bench: 230x6 @7.5, 230x6@8, 225x6 @8

Lats and biceps accessories.

All my work was supposed to be @6 but I didn't realize how beat up I would feel from my meet, and I underestimated how detrained I would be from my taper. It wasn't even this bad at my last meet, but my sleep has been craptastic the past 5-6 days. More so than usual. I felt like I was going to pass out during the weigh ins and getting rack heights at the meet.

[marcf]

August 25

Tempo Squat: [135, 185, 225, 225] x 5
Comp Bench: 235x4x3 @7
Beltless DL: 335x6 @6

Just getting the blood flowing. Tempo squats to try and find a way to squat without hurting my left anterior hip. Still hurting and fucking sucks.

[marcf]

August 28

Comp Squat:
137.5kg x1 @6
117.5x8 @7.5
115x8 @6
115x8 @6.5

Comp Bench:
225x1 @6
205x8 @7
205x8 @7
205x8 @7.5

CGBP
185x10 @7
185x10 @8
185x10 @7.5

Lat pulldowns
100x15x3

Will squat and deadlift in kg for the next few months, but too lazy to drag kg plates to the bench press from the rack area, so will bench in pounds.

Hip/upper quad pain is inflating RPE (can probably do more reps by the way speed looks, but the pain becomes too intense) for squats. Definitely overrated RPE on bench, but still learning how to gauge RPE at higher rep ranges when muscles start to burn, and that burn becomes the limiting factor rather than just strength.