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8/4/2022
Press 160x3x6
Close Grip Bench 195x2x6
Those were very hard presses. I nearly lost the very last rep of the very last set.
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8/5/2022
Squat 275x5x3
Deadlift 460x1
Decided not to go with the deadlift back-off set. I figure introducing a wild card into my recovery needs right now is probably a bad idea. Just gonna stay the course until I end up trying some kind of max attempt. It felt kinda slow, almost like the second rep from last week's set. I might end up deloading the lowe rbody movements again one more time before I finally go for training maxes on the two lifts.
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8/8/2022
Weigh-in: 299.4 pounds
Bench 252.5x3x6
Press 120x2x6
Bench came out strong in the beginning, grindy at the very end. Big jump in bodyweight, probably had to do with all the chicken I ate sunday night though.
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8/9/2022
Squat 375x1
Power Snatch 105x3x3
Pulldown 185x10x3
Went ahead and pulled the trigger on the max attempt today. I don't think I got all the way to depth, it felt too easy. I also had a bit of a fart at the bottom that may have made me hesitate to go all the way down. I'm trying 380 next week, and making sure I am witnessed. Snatches feel hard but I keep managing to do them. I feel I am getting a bit more explosive with these. Might be I am a little more comfortable racking them than I am power cleans, due to my funky arm proportions. Pulldowns were annoying, mostly because of having to wait for dumb gymbros who don't even work out on the machine and just kind of fuck around with it. If you are able to comfortably carry out a conversation on your earpiece while you are lifting, you are not lifting, you are fucking around.
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8/11/2022
Press 161x3x3
Close Grip Bench 195x2x6
Went ahead and moved the press to 3 sets after the third one today was a bit grindy. I'm not sure I would've been able to get all the way through 6 sets. Felt a little weak in general today. Maybe cutting back on my eating a little is the reason for it. I tried to keep it a small cutback, I just don't like breaking the 300 pound mark. It's already becoming uncomfortable walking around at this weight.
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8/12/2022
Squat 280x5x3
Deadlift 465x1
Felt like shit doing these. I don't know if it was because I've been eating lighter this week or because I went without the bike wednesday. I definitely felt winded as fuck doing those squats. My back has also been feeling sore all week. Think I'll do another "LM week" for both lower days.
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8/15/2022
Weigh-in: 299 pounds
Bench 255x3x6
Press 120x2x6
Pushing my way into new rep PRs on the bench now. Might still have more in me. Since trimming off some food last week seemed to have such a deleterious effect, I went in the opposite direction for this week. I'm going crazy with carbs. I don't know if I'm gonna try for the big squat max again tomorrow. I do think I want to do the LM week thing for my deadlift though no matter what call I make on the squats.
Last edited by CommanderFun; 08-16-2022 at 07:11 PM.
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8/16/2022
Squat 380x1
Power Snatch 105x2x3
Pulldown 187.5x10x3
Attempted another 1RM, this time I had eyes on it to make sure depth was hit. Felt like I probably could've ground out a little bit heavier, but I'm not a gambling man. Limit squat sets usually necessitate some deloading for me anyway. Did snatches with a little less volume. Friday it'll be power cleans. I want to jump back on trying to get a 1rm deadlift with a fresh back and without getting taxed by max squats.
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8/18/2022
Press 162x3x3
Close Grip Bench 195x2x2, 155x2x4
I thought eating more would help this week, but this workout was still bad. Actually worse than last week. I think I have been doing the close grip benches too heavy. It was hard to really get an idea of where to do these since I don't have training data for heavy sets on them. I'm gonna just drop everything to 3 sets next week, and hopefully that will help along with lowering the weight on the close grip benches. Triceps feel absolutely shot, like I did some kind of totally to failure bodybuilding type work on them.
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08-19-2022, 08:21 PM
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8/19/2022
Squat 225x5x2
Power Clean 135x3x3
Man, been a bit since I squatted without my sleeves. Left knee was not appreciating it. Power cleans feel so awkward compared to the snatches. I think I actually like snatches better. Next week I'll be putting my squat on the 6x3 programming while I try to see if I can squeeze out some more deadlift single PRs.
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