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Idlehand's chasing 4/5/6
The competitive forum seems to have some good traffic and camaraderie so I figure it's time to join the group.
I'm 35, 6'2, 228lbs ~28%bf if my scale can be trusted.
In Feb I went to my first competition and had a 420sq, 330 bench, and 510dead, after some injuries I tried again in May and only had a 404sq, 315 bench(blew the rack command on 336) and a 518.5 deadlift.
I've decided to chase down a 500 squat, 405 bench and a 600 deadlift.
Monday was a good day, except for this nagging head cold.
Squats: 340x5x5 felt awesome
Press:170,4,4,3 no gas after squats
Deadlift: 410x5 felt very good.
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Those scales that measure your impedance are just barely better than worthless. You'd know if you were really 28% fat.
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Tuesday:
Bench 290x5x5 : elbow/hand a little sore. must have tweaked something.
incline db press 75sx2x10
pull ups 2x10
I'm wiped today. And I get to stack wood tonight!
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Thursday:
195x1 press (PR)
185x3x3 Cleans ; Backing off on weight here trying to iron out form issues and get more of a jump
Friday:
370x5 squat (PR)
325,1,2,2 bench . Hit the uprights on the first set and didn't want to chance a missed rep cause of positioning. Felt good for 3 reps but didn't want to miss one either.
Also biked 2 miles to and 2 miles home from the gym.
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Bro day! Just some lateral dumbbell raises and a bunch of Bi and tri work. Just a throw away day to catch a pump.
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squat 345x5x5
press 165x5x2
ran out of time had to bail for a meeting. press was feeling great today, and i could have used a deadlift but whatever. squat and leave.
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Your numbers are pretty close to mine although I've been competing for 2 years now and you'll get to 4/5/6 a lot faster than I will. Are you on Texas method for programming?
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Texas method /4 day split sort of.
I'm running Squat/Press x5x5 on Mondays, deadlift 1x5 on monday
Tuesday is straight 5x5 bench, and then weighted dips, though i hurt my sternum a couple weeks ago, I'll do dumbell press as ancilary
Thursday is press intensity and cleans
Friday is squat/bench intensity, then RDLs
I also try to add pullups /chin ups on every day, but I've been slacking lately. Saturdays I just chase a pump for bis/tries if I go in.
Nov 16th i'm programming for some PRs, then reset down 10lbs on the squat volume and I think I'll do something like 4-5 weeks, deload/intensity week hit Prs, reset and back on
How about you?
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I started Callador's 4 x 4 program about 5 weeks ago. So far it's been great but I need more time to assess whether it will go very far.
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Nice. Found your log. Callador gave me some ideas in the programming thread to help with my bench. Weighted dips seem to help a lot except when I strain my sternum.
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