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    Hi all,

    going to start a log here as we all know this place is much more specific to the TM with pretty hefty input.

    BW 100kg.
    SQ 3RM 197.5kg
    DL 202.5kg
    Bench 115kg

    A few disruptions over the past months but moving straight into the training now

    VD
    SQ 4x5 (this is enough for me)
    Bench 5x5 (I want to work on bench so no alt/Press)
    neck work

    Next day accessory
    DE DL 15x1x50-65%
    Chins
    Sled Draggin

    RD
    Clean presses 3x3
    FSQ 3x3
    Curls, neck work

    ID
    SQ 3RM
    Bench 3RM
    DL was at 3RM but stuck, looking at rack pulls/Haltings or a 5/3/1 approach
    Power shrugs, rows maybe....

    I have four weeks of log in word.... now below, I'm pissing with bench I really need this to progress, and DL I'm just trying to find the solution to progression with the recovery issue.

    GOALS APRIL END
    SQ 3RM 197.5=>220kg, Bench 3RM110=>150kg, DL 3RM 202.5=>230kg,

    2-1-12 WEEK 1
    MON VOL
    SQ 4x5x170 HARD
    Bench 5x3x105 HARD
    DL 1x200 HARD
    Chins BWx2 on the minute for 15 minute (30reps)

    Surprisingly squats were good, my last real volume was 4x5x167.5 and I fell I'll prior to Christmas and not much done over the break (hand foot and mouth virus very painful sore throat), just a couple of maintenance sessions. I did work out mid afternoon which may have contributed (normally train 6am). Bench sucked, I've been working bench like an intermediate but comparing my numbers I'm sure my bench can go into the novice phase. Last bench was 102.5 for 3x5 but I could not get 5reps with 105 so took it to a 5x3 scheme, hoping fri to get the 3x5. DL has not been trained properly for a month so I was pleased to get the 1x200 last PR was 3RM@202.5. Chins, normally alternate with Pullups but never got to the 3x10/15 rep scheme, so I'm concentrating on just chins and getting the reps up.

    TUE
    Sled pulls, conditioning
    1st 10 minutes 30sec on/off Alternated backwards Drag/forwards drag
    2nd 10minutes 30sec 0n/off harness drag forward hard and fast as possible.
    I have been pulling a tire outside but its to cold now (coach tire with additional weight added, workout in mornings) so I used two 20kg viper tubes and a 20kg bag at the gym, using my gym rings and dip belt as handles and harness, the viper tubes are rubber so they stick to the floor with added friction. Worked a treat, also as the gym is smaller I have to turn at a sharper angle forcing side stepping one foot over foot which adds an element of side stepping to the dragging. I don’t think I'll be going back to the tire until the summer

    WED Recovery/ish
    Press - Ascending 5x60,62.5,65,67.5, 3x70 dropped back down to 8x65 lockouts (half ROM press) done each set with a Power clean.
    SQ 2x5x120
    Neck training 3x20x5kg front and both sides

    FRI Intensity
    SQ 3RM 192.5 REAL F'HARD
    Bench 3x5x105 FAILED
    Power Clean light sets of 3-5repsx60-70 working without touching the ground hang cleans or from shins, working for speed, next week sets of 1 reps for max
    Power shrugs 3x10x160

    Sq Hard I will go for 195 next week but I doubt I'll get 3 reps. Bench screwed, a slightly different setup as I used the squat rack for the spotters, the hooks are longer and deeper so the initial handover was further rear over the head and started further in the ROM, shouldn’t have bothered the lift though, couldn't even get 2 reps so dropped to 80kg and just done 10reps, I think the wed pressing hindered the recovery with ascending sets so I'll try for a 3x5 at 65 next week and see if recovery is better.

    9-1-12 WEEK 2
    MON VOL
    SQ 4x5x170 HARD
    Bench 3x5x90 easy
    DL 4x180 HARD
    Chins BWx3 on the minute for 10 minute (30reps).

    SQ HARD had a "greeny", felt like puking, might have a correlation with gulping a protein and dextrose drink prior. Tried to bench at 3x5x100 but it just felt heavy confirmation that it wasn’t last weeks set up, so have de-loaded 10% to 90kg.
    DL felt hard as well, I have tried DL on volume day now for a few sessions (4) and it doesn’t seem to be picking up so I'm moving it back to FRI ID day.

    TUE
    DE DL
    Sled pulls, conditioning
    1st 10 minutes 30sec on/off Alternated backwards Drag/forwards drag
    2nd 10minutes 30sec on/off harness drag forward hard and fast as possible.

    Prior to the dragging I added DE DL at 50% 1RM = 100kg, on every 30sec for 15 reps, I used the t-bar for dragging and slipped my FATGRIPZ on for grip work, hard workout. Once I have the routine in place then I will start counting laps.

    WED RECOVERY
    Press 3x5x65
    Neck work
    Chin 3x4xBW

    Working press and bench with simple LP. Will see if bench picks up. Press OK. Neck work 3x20 front raise and L and R side raises.

    FRI INTENSITY
    SQ 2RM 195kg HARD
    Bench 3x5x95 MED-HARD
    Close Grip BP 8,7,6 x 60kg 40sec rest.
    Power Shrug 3x8x170kg
    1 arm row 3x7x40kg

    SQ was hard, I could have got the 3rd rep if I just recomposed myself and held tight, so what if I failed the bars are there… mental note "go and nail it". Little things like this make the difference.
    Bench OK. Worked in some accessory close grip work.


    16-1-12 WEEK 3
    MON VOL
    SQ 4x5x170 HARD
    Press 3x5x65 medium
    Chins BWx3 on the minute for 10 minute (30reps).
    Neck work

    SQ went good, I didn’t gulp my pre WO drink just lifted on H20, no sickness… just normal squatting sickness. Had good energy.
    Press cleaned and pressed felt Medium.
    Chins getting easier. Sets of 4 reps next.

    TUE
    DE DL
    Sled pulls, conditioning
    1st 10 minutes 30sec on/off Alternated backwards Drag/forwards drag
    2nd 10minutes 30sec on/off harness drag forward hard and fast as possible.

    DE DL at 50% 1RM = 100kg, on every 30sec for 15 reps, I used the t-bar for dragging and slipped my FATGRIPZ on for grip work.

    WED Recovery/ish
    B Press 3x5x97.5 Medium
    SQ 2x5x130
    Neck training 3x20x7.5kg front and both sides

    FRI INTENSITY
    SQ 2RM 197.5kg HARD
    Press 3x5x67.5 HARD failed last rep
    DL 102.5kg 3RM HARD
    Power Shrug 3x5x200kg
    Chins 2x6xBW

    SQ was really hard, felt good and thought I would get the reps, will stay at 197.5 until 3reps complete.
    Press, start micro loading.
    DL, lifted in bare feet, had been lifting in lifting shoes. The change felt better. Last reps was slooowwwww.











    23-1-12 WEEK 4
    MON VOL
    SQ 4x5x170 HARD
    bench 3x5x100 HARD
    Neck work

    SQ went good, No pre WO drink, No squatting sickness.
    Bench 3x5x100 failed last rep (un-attempted). Change loading to 1-1.5kg for both bench and press.
    Chins tomorrow.


    TUE
    DE DL 15x1x100kg
    Chins 8x4
    Sled pulls, conditioning
    10 minutes Alternated backwards Drag/forwards drag, working up into the lactic threshold and taking minimum rest.

    Chins much better fresher.

    WED RECOVERY
    Press 3x5x68.5
    FR Squats sets five working upto 80kg
    BCIPZ – 12,12,8 x 12kg DB
    SAUNA!

    Press progressed at 1kg jump. Like the front squatting, will do more. Light load on front squats shouldn’t effect fri ID.

    FRI INTENSITY
    SQ 3RM 197.5kg HARD
    BPress 5,3,4,4 felt heavy
    DL RACK PULLS 1x5x210
    DB row 2x10x40

    SQ good, form just OK, got the triple. Bench I think this is my end of LP weight I'm having a lot of trouble with the bench, may be form issue, going to run it back into TM template and not worry about volume progression just Fridays ID.

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    30-1-12 WEEK 5
    MON VOL
    SQ 4x5x172.5 MEDIUM
    Press 3x5x70 Fail.

    Not a lot of sleep but got up and trained anyway, squats were good, increased 2.5kg as well, I was falling asleep in the squat rack, first set of press was fine but I just couldn’t muster the energy for the rest… took some 30kg DB and benched 3x10 instead. To keep myself happy.

    Tue
    DE DL 15x1x55% 110kg
    Chins 35reps around 4-6 reps with 1-2 min rest min
    Rowing machine 30ses on/off hard and fast

    Chins improving with more volume rather than 3xmax reps.

    WED RD
    BPress 3x5x102.5
    FSQ 3x3x90
    DB curls 12,10,8 x 12

    Bench improved again, hard to pin point if its because of the week recovery or there is no heavy lift before hand.

    FRI ID
    SQ 2RM200 Failed 3RM unattempted HARD
    Press 3x5x70 5,3, 8x60 HARD
    DL 3RM 205 MED-HARD
    Power shrugs 3x8-10x200
    Chins 3x5

    SQ, should have recomposed again, I could have got that 3RM. glad to make the 200 post
    Press gone wobbly, maybe end LP its only a 1kg jump from last weeks, it just didn’t seem good
    DL smooth, something is clicking, maybe last weeks rack pulls maybe DE DL's maybe both, maybe because I upped my calories with more protein, maybe because I stopped lifting in the raised shoe… maybe because I pictured myself ripping the skinny guys head off who was curling…

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    6-2-12 WEEK 6
    MON VOL
    SQ 4x5x172.5 HARD
    BPress 5x5x100

    SQ good, probably fatigued from FRI DL, new gym hooks are a little bit to high need help racking and lose a little tightness on un-rack.Bench MEDIUM, mate told me I had a small form issue (to high on chest unintentionally), corrected and it was smooth.

    TUE
    PC 15x1x80 on minute
    CHINS 7x4xBW on 1.5min
    ROW hard and fast 30min on/off total 10min

    WED
    FSQ 3x3x100, BSQ 5x100
    Press 5,5,3 x70
    Sauna,
    New gym is an oasis, working at commercial busy gyms is ridiculous in comparison.

    FRI ID
    SQ 202.5x3RM HARD
    BPress 110 x2RM failed 3
    RPulls 4x210
    DB Row 12,11, x35
    Got the SQ, must work on Bench, form is out moving around and grip width issues.




    13-2-12 WEEK 7
    Off holiday. No excersise apart from light walking.

    20-2-12 WEEK 8
    Mon Volume
    SQ 3x5x175 Moderate
    Press 3x5x70, got 5,4,4,

    SQ Moderate a fourth set and that would have grinded. Trying Lasceks advice on working with 15reps 3x5.
    Press Hard, looking back just seen I jumped 5kg from 65 to 70 from the last press workout.

    Wed Recovery
    SQ 2x5x130
    DE bench 10x3x60 ~55%
    DB curl 12.5kg 12,10,7 40sec rest

    Speed bench, wanted to do Tue. See if this helps some power on bench.

    Fri ID
    SQ 205 3RM fail retry 205 1RM
    Bench 3RM 110
    DL 207.5 3RM
    PShrugs 10x170, 10x190, 8x220, 8x220

    Failed first rep of squats, re-thought and went back with aggression, nailed a 1RM.
    Bench didn’t lock out fully.
    DL went up nice n smooth.


    27-2-12 WEEK 9
    Mon Volume
    SQ 3x5x175 Moderate
    BPress 3x5x100
    DB Press 20x 12,12,8 40sec rest.

    DB press for additional Mass.

    Tue
    Speed DL 10x1x110 on 30sec
    Speed Bench 10x3x60 on min
    Chins 8x4 on min (32reps)
    Punch bag

    Wed Recovery
    SQ 2x5x140
    Press 3x5x70
    DB curl 12,12,8 x12.5
    Neck training

    Fri Intensity
    SQ 205 3RM
    Bench 110
    RPulls 1x5x215
    DB row 12,11,9 40kg

    SQ made the lifts no grind. Bench made the sets no problem. Rack pulls felt strong. All lifts going up with a reduction of Mondays volume to 3x5 from 4x5/5x5 respectively.

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    5-3-12 WEEK 10
    Mon Volume
    SQ 3x5x175 Moderate
    Press 3x5x70
    DB BPress 35x 12,12,8 40sec rest.


    Tue Assistance
    Speed DL 10x1x110 on 30sec
    Speed Bench 10x3x60 on min
    Chins 5x5 on min 25reps
    C2 ROW 30sec on/off 10min

    WED Recovery
    SQ 2x5x140
    Bench 3x5x80
    DB Curl 12x12.5, 8x15, 5x20, 4x20

    FRI INTENSITY
    SQ 1RM 207.5 +2 more reps assisted
    Bench 3x107.5
    DL 3RM 210

    Squats small assistance on 2nd 3rd reps.
    Bench adding in a pause. 2.5 lower as used a1-2sec pause
    DL smooth.

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    12-3-12 WEEK 11
    Mon Volume
    SQ 3x5x177.5 HARD
    BPress 3x5x102.5 HARD

    Tue Accessory
    Chins BWx4x4, 5kgx4x4, 10kgx3x3
    Conditioning, 10mins hard - tire flips, sledge hammer, polymeric jumps depth jumps, repeat.


    WED
    Bench 3 reps paused 107.5
    Rack pulls 1x5x220 (inch below knees)
    Close grip bench

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    18-3-12 WEEK 12
    Mon Volume
    SQ 2x5x187.5 1x5x177.5
    Press 2x5x71, 1x5x71 last 3reps push press
    Wide pull ups 4x4 @ BW

    Squat-Loaded first two sets 10kg high, seemed to be heavy…
    Press didn’t make the full set
    Tried wide grip pull ups OK but will revert back to normal grip after reading wide grip can be bad for the shoulder

    Tue Accessory
    Speed DL 115kgx10x1 on the 30sec.
    Speed bench 60kgx10x3 paused on min
    Conditioning
    Power clean 65kg on the min start at 1 rep add 1 rep every min
    Managed 7mins failed the 8th minute only got 3 reps. = 31reps in 8mins.


    WED
    Bench 80kg 2x5
    SQ 140kg 2x5
    Hammer curl 15kgx10, 17.5kgx7, 20x2x5

    FRI ID
    SQ 207.5 3RM
    Bench 3RM 110 pause
    DL 3RM 212.5
    PShrug worked upto 2x5-6x250

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    25-3-12 WEEK 13
    Mon Volume
    SQ 2x5x187.5 1x5x177.5
    BPress 3x5x102.5 HARD

    Tue Accessory
    Speed DL 115kgx10x1 on the 30sec.
    Speed bench 60kgx10x3 paused on min
    Conditioning
    Prowler work, push hard and fast, 15mins HARD

    1-4-12 WEEK 14
    Mon
    Press 3x5x71
    KB clean and press 16kg 5x10
    Tri rope 5x10

    Wed
    SQ felt crap worked upto 177.5 x2
    Went home

    FRI
    SQ 207.5x2
    Bench 110x3RM paused
    DL 212x2

    Training out of sink past 2 weeks.
    Lost a little on the SQ RM was going for a 3RM, same with DL

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    8-4-12 WEEK 15

    TUE VD
    SQ 3x5x177.5
    Bench 3x5x102.5
    P UPS 4x5@BW
    DB press 5x10x17.5
    Rope pull down 5x10 @40sec

    WED
    SQ 125 2x5
    Press 71kg 6x1-2
    Curls Bar 10,8,5,5

    FRI ID
    SQ 2RM 210kg
    Bench 2RM 112.5kg (2sec pause)
    R Pulls 1x5x220
    BO Rows 3x3x110
    Reverse Dl cable 3x10,8,7

    SQ came back strong went for three expected a 1 but got the 2RM
    Bench went for 3 but as expected got a 2RM. Spotter called the pause.
    R pulls from below knee, relatively easy.

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    congratulations, some serious squatting going on here!

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