Bingley's Bumbling Along

[Sirimiti]

I also have found that occasionally anger helps. The sometimes seemingly random weekly/daily fluctuations in strength are one of the annoying parts of training.

[Mr. Bingley]

lol yeah this whole 'linear progression' stuff never seems to occur.

[Adam Skillin]

I also have found that occasionally anger helps. The sometimes seemingly random weekly/daily fluctuations in strength are one of the annoying parts of training.

I can get pretty fired up just thinking about how I was duped into believing in Chad's existence.

[Mr. Bingley]

sun 1/7/18
sq 45 1x10, 135 1x5, 185 1x5, 225 1x5, 265 1x5, 300 1x1
ohp 95 x5, 115 1x2

meh. just meh.

[lou t]

sun 1/7/18
sq 45 1x10, 135 1x5, 185 1x5, 225 1x5, 265 1x5, 300 1x1
ohp 95 x5, 115 1x2

meh. just meh.

unless I am missing something, a look back to october on your log and you made damn good progress on your squat. 300 single is darn good.

[Mr. Bingley]

unless I am missing something, a look back to october on your log and you made damn good progress on your squat. 300 single is darn good.

thanks lou! yeah, it has crept back up. i'm working off an iffy hamstring that has, er, well, hamstrung me for many months now, and 295 flew up (sort of) last week so I was hoping for a bit more!

tues 1/9/18
sq 45 1x10, 135 1x5, 205 1x5, 235 1x5, 275 2x5
dl 225 1x5, 275 1x5, 315 1x5, 365 3x1

365 still feels heavier than it should, which is a bummer; sq went well

[Sirimiti]

Maybe you get tired from squatting first. Have you tried deadlifting first?

[Chad Mynhier]

Maybe you get tired from squatting first. Have you tried deadlifting first?

I second this suggestion. Or maybe just do light squats on deadlift day.

[Chad Mynhier]

So remind me, what's your programming now? Do I remember correctly that you said you were moving to HLM-style programming?

[Mr. Bingley]

So remind me, what's your programming now? Do I remember correctly that you said you were moving to HLM-style programming?

that's the theory

sundays: heavy deads, various upper body thingies, no deads
tuesdays: 2x5 at 90% of the heavy squat goal for the following sunday, heavy deads
thursdays: 3x5 at 95% of the heavy squat goal, rack pulls

and add 5lbs/wk to hvy session each week

so for example today i did (since i couldn't get to gym yesterday):

friday 1/12/18
sq 45 1x10, 135 1x5, 185 1x5, 235 1x5, 285 3x5 (285 being 95% of the 300 i want to 4x5 at on sunday)
rp: 225 1x5, 315 1x5, 385 3x1

and i do some dumb bell rows at the end of most sessions

to siri's well taken point, that's exactly why i do my heavy dead work on the day i do the lightest squats, i really use the squats as the warm up but i do think i need to rest more before starting the deads; as i'm in a public gym i tend to do the 225 1x5 dead set basically as soon as i've put away the squat weights