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    Squats:

    20x10
    60x6
    90x5
    115x4
    130x2

    140x5@7
    140x5@7
    140x5@8
    140x5@7
    140x6@8.5(extra rep for me).

    Bench:

    20x20
    50x6
    70x5
    85x5

    97.5x5
    97.5x5
    97.5x5
    97.5x5
    97.5x5 (used a 3 count pause here).

    Deadlift:

    60x10
    100x5
    145x5

    175x1x10 singles - 5 hook grip and 5 normal pronated grip.

    Good session....i tried to train yesty, buy squats felt so broken i stopped when 115x1 felt like death.
    Felt good today. Squats were stronger than expected, bench was ok too. Deadlifts felt clean.
    This is week 7 i think. 155x5 on friday for squats. 110x5 for bench. 200x5 for deads. Keen!

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    Wow. What a journey.

    I was struck down by knee tendonitis hard, but i kept training my deadlift and bench. Using the same idea, Stress + Recovery = adaption and with more recovery ability i uppee the frequency of my deadlift and bench and went on to do a push pull comp in December.

    I VERY nearly made 150kg bench! And narrowly missed 260kg deadlift lol. Taking away a 142.5kg and 252.5kg result respectively. I hit many all time PR's asking the way including a monster 235kg x3 deadlift, and 135kg x3 bench press!

    Post comp i was going on 4 months old no squatting.... and was feeling great, so I'm back into that now.

    Training DAILY, which i am 100% certain with rustle a few jimmies here lol. Using the GCZL General Gainz framework....37 days in a row so far and feeling awesome.

    Anyway, just thought I'd throw up an update for anyone interested, or if anyone was followed the log back then. I never left the forums, just stopped logging here. I'd be happy to copy in my entire training log leading to the push/pull comp if anyone wanted to see it.

    For now my focus is on 3 things, Press (main focus), squat and deadlifts with a full pronated grip again. With goals of a 100kg press, 200kg squat, 200kg full grip deadlift (usually use mixed). Really sick of benching at the moment lol.

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    Going to start posting in this log again.

    Press:

    20x10
    40x7

    52.5x8
    52.5x4
    52.5x4
    52.5x4
    52.5x4

    Floor press:

    60x8
    80x6

    100x8
    100x4
    100x4
    100x4
    100x4

    Ezy curl:

    35x15
    35x11
    35x9
    35x10

    Deficit pushups:

    Bw x 15
    Bw x 12
    Bw x 12
    Bw x 10

    Great session!
    Felt very strong.... these weights feeling great now, ill add a bit more volume for a few more sessions then up it again.

    Accessories were hard! Got same reps on curls as previous workout with this weight...added a extra set to the pushups.

    A quick note on the pushups, im using a 200 tempo on them. Very Brutal little assistance exercise.

    Also, floor press is my main bench variation, ie im not doing Any regular benching this cycle.

    Im using the General Gainz framework as laid out by GZCL on his blog posts. It will evolve over time as i work things out, and also as goals evolve etc.

    For now my workouts are thus:
    Workout 1a.
    Squats. Working the reps from 3 to 6 over about 8 or 9 workouts.
    Deadlift. same as above.

    Workout 2a.
    Press. Same as above.
    Floor press. Same as above.

    Workout 1b.
    Squats. Working the reps from 6 to 10 over a similar amount of workouts.
    Deadlifts. Same as above.

    Workout 2b.
    Press. Same as Workout 1b.
    Floor press. Ditto.

    Accessories completed days. 2-4 exercises trying to target the respective lifts from those days mostly.

    Training Every, single, day. Yep. 44 days in now, and feeling strong, recovering just fine. The frequency is making all lifts feel very crisp, in much the same way as the old novice LP. Im finding this progression comfortable. It seems long and drawn out, but with sessions daily, its not really at all. Basically throwing out the traditional 7 day week, replacing it with 4.

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    Squats!

    20x5
    60x5
    80x5
    100x3
    120x1

    127.5x5
    127.5x2
    127.5x2
    127.5x2
    127.5x2

    Deadlift:

    100x5
    140x3

    160x5 Very easy today.
    160x2
    160x2
    160x2
    160x2

    Chins:

    Bw x 8
    Bw x 4
    Bw x 4
    Bw x 4
    Bw x 4
    Bw x 4
    Bw x 7 (amrap).

    Leg extensions:

    45x17
    45x15
    45x15
    45x20

    Squats felt great again. Its feeling light now at this weight...
    Deadlifts felt easy today also, still with the double overhand grip. Again, its not a heavy weight...just keeping it light while i focus on grip.
    Smashing chins now.
    Leg Extensions just keep going up each session...ill keep adding 2.5kg and carry on.

    Good.

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    Yesterday:

    Press:

    20x10
    40x7
    52.5x3

    63x5
    63x2
    63x2
    63x2
    62x3 got distracted...took 3 minutes rest instead of 90 seconds, so took an extra rep.

    Floor Press:

    60x8
    80x5
    100x3

    115x5
    115x2
    115x2
    115x2
    115x2

    First set was hard! About the same as last time, definitely no improvement!! Haha.

    Deficit Pushups:

    15
    15
    13
    10

    Building the volume, thinking about how to make these harder when the time comes. I can definitely raise the boxes another inch without any issue to my shoulders. Maybe ill go that way, maybe ill chage the exercise. Its definately hitting my chesticles harder than regular bench ever does.

    Another decent day. Press felt hard, but on the video was same, if not easier than this weight was 4 days ago.


    Today:

    Squats:

    20x5
    60x5
    80x5
    100x3

    115x8
    115x4
    115x4
    115x4
    115x4
    115x4
    115x4

    Deadlift:

    100x5
    140x3

    147.5x8
    147.5x4
    147.5x4
    147.5x4
    147.5x4
    147.5x4
    147.5x4

    So done. Pretty tired today from work. Such is life. Still stuck to 90 second rest periods...was hard on squats haha. Was easy AF on deadlift. Some of the deadlift sets were completed on just 60 seconds rest. Its still very light for me on both lifts.

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    Press:

    20x10
    40x8
    50x1

    52.5x8
    52.5x4
    52.5x4
    52.5x4
    52.5x4
    52.5x4
    52.5x4

    Floor Press:

    60x8
    80x5
    92.5x3

    100x8
    100x4
    100x4
    100x4
    100x4
    100x4
    100x4

    Ezy curl:

    35x15
    35x13
    35x11
    35x10

    Deficit Pushups:

    15
    15
    14
    10

    Dead.
    Great session. Movement quality on floor press was much improved! Which made for a faster session with those, being more efficient.

    Press was good also, had a few reps in the tank on the set of 8. Not a bad thing.

    Curls were up 4 reps
    Pushups up 1 rep.

    Progression all around.

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    Back to logging here.

    I come in at day 4 of my latest training block.

    Still the same GZCL general gainz setup. 4th block of it.

    Remember i lift in KG...not lbs. Ha.


    Press:

    20x10
    40x7

    60x6
    60x3
    60x3
    60x3
    60x3

    Bench:

    20x10
    60x5
    80x5
    100x2

    103x6
    103x3
    103x3
    103x3
    103x3

    Ezy Curls:

    30x10
    40x12
    40x8

    Close grip bench:

    70x12
    75x12
    75x10

    Very good session today. Infact, the first 4 days have been Great. Have train with a solid intent to really move the weight best i can, with a pure focus on technique. Sometimes i can get lazy in that respect. Hasnt happened this week.

    Still training every day where possible. Current streak at 7 days.

    I managed a 76 days run before work forced a rest day. So far in 129 days, ive missed only 6. To be honest im loving it. All about managing fatigue to ensure recovery, and in truth, i can do that solely through the accessory movements i use. I handle the main work just fine.

    Upper lower split, squats and deads heavy on day 1, lighter day 3. Press and bench the same on days 2 and 4.

    All lifts apart from bench are progressing.

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    My log should really be in the intermediate section? Anyone able to move it??

    Thanks in advance.

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    Press:

    20x10
    40x7
    60x3

    70x3
    70x1
    70x1
    70x1
    70x1
    70x1
    70x1

    Bench:

    20x10
    60x5
    80x5
    100x3

    120x3
    120x1
    120x1
    120x1
    120x1
    120x1
    120x1

    Then my accessory work today was moving 500kg of pebble stones from front driveway 40m to the back garden, accross 2 decks i had to assemble ramps for. Goal was do it in 10 wheel barrow loads as fast as possible. Did it in 7 loads, about 1 hour including spreading it where it was needed.
    Then washed the wifes car as the dust from the stones made a right mess of it. Haha.

    Cooked.

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    SSB squats. Forgot to wear sleeves, never realised until set 3...left them off.

    22.5x5
    62.5x5
    102.5x3

    120x6 (264.5 lbs).
    120x3
    120x3
    120x3
    120x3
    120x3
    120x3

    Deadlift: still full double overhand grip for the volume days.

    75x5
    110x5
    150x2

    160x6 (352.7 lbs).
    160x3
    160x3
    160x3
    160x3
    160x2 dropped the 3rd...
    160x4 made up for it.

    Its a lot of grip work! But seems to work fairly consistently.

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