Strong numbers! Will be following along.
Ended my last training block with 1405
Squat 545
Press 250
DL 610
Bench 350
BW 228ish
Log here: 4-Day Texas Method 1435 total mid 20's dude
Back from a week in Hawaii and ready to get back at it
BW 225* (the scale in Hawaii said 233, but today it said 225 so idk what gives. My belt fits tighter though, so I think I gained some lbs. Good.)
24yo
Squat, DL, and Bench will remain on a 4day TM.
Press will be programmed a bit different to allow 4 days of pressing per week.
All RMs will cycle between 3s, 2s, and 1s weekly for each lift.
See Cycling Intensity Day in PPST3e
Edit: Going to start at 3s and run those out to 2s, then 1s.
The meat and potatoes:
Monday
Press INT
Bench VOL
Chins
Tuesday
Squat VOL
Press VOL
Thursday
Bench INT
Pin Press INT
Split Snatch
Friday
Squat INT
DL INT+back off sets
Press VOL (Dynamic Effort)
Monday 6/24/19
Press 215, 225, 235, 245, 250 (oops, looks like I forgot that I was supposed to do triples.. uhhhh I'll just do doubles next week with everything else)
Bench 255x5x3, 235x5x2
Chins BWx9,8,5
Last edited by k_kws; 07-07-2019 at 08:45 PM. Reason: I'm an idiot
Strong numbers! Will be following along.
Thanks! Hopefully we'll see a 275 press before the year's end.
Tuesday 6/25/19
Not feeling well
Thursday 6/27/19
Bench 320x3x2
Pin press@chin (pin 6)
215x2 (wanted 5, too heavy at this height)
195x5 (more appropriate)
Split snatch 135x3x3
-need to focus on leg drive in the bench. 2nd set was actually easier cause I didn't do it well on the first.
Friday 6/28/19
Squat 505x1
475x3x2
Press 155x3x10 (dynamic effort)
DL 555x3
DLs from today:
YouTube
These felt a lot slower and grindier than it looked. Time slows down in Deadlift Land.
Not enough time for DL volume. Considering doing that kind of stuff on Saturdays.
Saturday 6/29/19
Split snatch practice
DL 505x5
425x5x2
Won't make it in on Monday. Doing Monday's training today instead.
Sunday 6/30/19
Press 240x2,0,0 (too heavy)
225x2x2
Bench 260x5x3, 240x5x2
Chins BWx9,8,6
Almost wiped out on presses today:
YouTube
Tuesday 6/2/19
Squat 445x5x3
Press 175x5x5
You are a strong young man. I made careful watch of you DL video. Form is exactly right. Mine is not always so correct. I can learn from you. Good work.
Thanks Carson. I'm always learning. Honestly my DL form was degrading for a while, but I found the "push your belly between your thighs" cue to be super helpful. My deadlifts feel a lot stronger when everything is correct.
Friday 7/5/19
Bench 325x3x2
Pin press at mouth (pin 6)
235x3
225x3
Split snatch up to 170x1
135x2x8
Saturday 7/6/19
Squat 505x2, 480x3
DL 635x1 (Bigass PR)
Saturday was my birthday so I went for a PR deadlift: YouTube
25 is off to a good start
These two workouts were done in the evening cause of holiday shenanigans. Usually I go at 5:30am. What I find suprising is how consistently great I feel in the evening. Weights just feel lighter. However I still don't think I'm going to do evenings as a routine. There's too many people to get anything done, I don't like how much attention my lifts get, and I generally dislike having to do anything when I get off work.
Last edited by k_kws; 07-08-2019 at 10:43 AM.