I did a little bit over bodyweight for 175 meters and it was hell on the grip. Granted, my trap bar had a very aggressive knurling but still
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I wish 
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My best in the gym was 85kg per hand for about 20 metres each way, which was horrible. I had to practically overdose on caffeine to do more in competition.
That was on handles, though. I suppose doing it on a trap bar (which Iāve not done) is more akin to a frame carry than a farmerās walk anyway.
Regardless hopefully @dagill2 knows I wasnāt trying to shit on him with my comments; I just thought I was clearing up confusion.
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Of course, I donāt think nobody thought that.
I think it is easier with the trap-bar than the real handles. Which are easier than regular dumbbells. Best I tried was 180kgs trap bar I think for 20 meters (and a turn in the middle lol). So tough on the core!
@mattjp @aldebaran @Koestrizer @Frank_C maybe I should have described it as 120kg trap bar carry, my bad. My experience has always been that if I can lift it, I can walk with it for a reasonable distance.
@caesium32 thanks man, they have been pretty awful. I hope theyāll have the right effect.
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To be fair if Iād thought about it for more than two seconds Iād have realised you probably didnāt have farmerās handles.
Considering people call āgoing for a stroll with 20kg dumbbellsā farmerās walks Iād say youāre well within your rights to call a 120kg carry that as well.
If you want to implement them in a more Alsruhe-esque fashion Iād say measure them in distance rather than time, i.e. the most weight you can carry at a not-sluggish speed over X metres.
One straight from his playbook is 12 minutes, EMOM: 3x burpees, then farmerās walk at 60-70% of your max.
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Itās actually super hard with the DBs. i took the 50 kgs for a spin and oh my God. The fact that they are so thick makes it super hard
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Your posts seem to be playing up and repeating other peoples so Iām not quite sure what you said and what other people said but either way: no worries. No flame free here, Iām under no illusions of being a world beater.
Iād love to, but I canāt measure distance with any real accuracy.
Accuracy is for nerds.
āTo that cracked paving slab and backā is as good for your purposes as ā30 feet with a turnā. You scale the weight and keep distance the same, so as long as itās near-as-dammit the same each time it doesnāt really matter how far it is.
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A someone who reads and understands all of @T3hPwnisher blog posts, Iām fine with this description.
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I doubt most people have access to the right equipment to do single hand farmerās walks, so I assume it is trap bar by default, or DBsā¦but with DBs, people usually say so. These variations are all completely different. Trap bar takes much of the grip work out of the equation. It is the only variation I ever do. That said, holding it for 60 seconds is pretty solid.
Regarding a few other points above!
I should have said āBarbell Rows suck once they exceed a certain percentage of bodyweightā but that doesnāt seem right for our t-shirt.
Deloads fucking suck. I am aware that I am somehow alone in this belief, and my reason for it is probably not worth shitting up Dagillās log for.
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Probably more valuable than the shit training.
But I agree, I dislike ājust reduce volume/intensity/whateverā deloads. I like āsit on your ass and scratch yourselfā deloads, when needed.
What about the ādo all the fun workouts that you couldnāt recover from when actually trainingā type of deloads 
I like doing this by hitting the final training week insanely hard and spending the off week recovering.
Deloads are cool if you need to keep motor patterns grooved, but for fatigue management I just like time off.
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That feels like the opposite of a deload. If I wasnāt interested in progressing towards my goals, Iād be eating pizza and playing video games instead of heavy deadlifts. Iāve been fancying another crack at Icewind Dale recently anyway.
@T3hPwnisher I do the same on planned deloads, thatās when I crack out the āIām never going to recover from this normallyā stuff. Most of my deloads are unplanned though due to work schedules or just poor fatigue management. Usually both.
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Itās more of a mental deload. Prevents burnout 
I fear that when I am running a program, which is always 531, I skip the deload every single time. I mean, you already have to reset and lower the weight when you go back to week one!
But the more truthful answer is that I absolutely hate easy workouts, it goes against every fiber of my being.
Serious question, with a purpose: Do you find you have to take mental deloads from brushing your teeth or attending to basic hygiene?
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X2 I donāt see the point.