When is the big day, again? I get a little stress adrenaline just reading about your plan.
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@ChickenLittle thanks. Honestly, that was the easiest Iāve done one of those challenge sets. Iām still extremely uncomfortable with videos of myself, especially online, so donāt get too used to seeing them. I figure proof of life might be a good thing to have occasionally though
@Cyrrex the big day is probably tomorrow, if all goes to plan. Plague season is still very much in force though, so if I donāt think Iāve got a decent crack at finishing it for whatever reason, Iāll delay until friday(?).
Me too. Sometimes I go back and delete them, but I have to remind myself that I post them for when I am struggling. So I can go back and see them and say to myselfā¦ see, you can do it! Donāt be skeered.
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Iām sure theyāll do that too. Mostly at the minute its peer pressure to get me through shitty squat sessions. It will be useful to have the mechanism to do form checks and record max tests further down the line too though.
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Those squats looked great. Iām a little jealous. I donāt look that smooth with just the bar. That set makes my 3x8 and 5x8 seems pretty trivial but Iām still dreading those rep ranges a bit.
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I bet youāll do 3 x 8 with far more weight than my 60kg though.
Thatās probably the first and last time anyone ever said my squats look good though, so Iāll absolutely take that. Thanks man.
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Not the last, they were textbook pretty dude.
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Thanks man.
Kids vomiting, missus trying to cough a lung out so 3 hours sleep and a very hectic day. Squats can wait until Friday.
As the actress said to the bishop: wow thatās really deep.
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Work for today:
Press:
5 x 45kg
5 x 50kg
3 x 57.5kg
4 x 60kg
Arnold Press:
5 x 10
Front squat:
5 x 57kg
5 x 67kg
5 x 75kg
Complexes:
2 x Row
2 x Powerclean
2 x Front Squat
2 x Push Press
2 x Back Squat
Squat:
80kg x 32(?)
Notes:
- Everything felt shit today. Failed on OHP at 57.5, got pissed at myself for missing it after I left the rack so came back to find a dude squatting 60kg there who didnāt mind me working in for one set. Better, but not good still
- Squats was a fail. I can trot out any excuse I want but I didnāt do it, or even get close. I think Iāll give it another try next week then call MMS done. Unfinished business here.
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Was this supposed to be the 50 rep set?
It was, yeah. Unfinished business there
Bummer! Maybe take you can take another crack at it when you are healthier. I know you have been struggling throughout this program with some kind of crud.
Yeah, itās been a not ideal week/few months. Iāll give it one more crack and then move back to more balanced, sensible programming for a while.
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Hey Dagill have been absent here for 10 days I could see, missed the first 60 x 50 and the 80 x 10 + 60 x 50 reps, and the video, just got caught up man.
Very impressive with the 60 x 50 reps and the set you filmed, that was very very impressive, good strong reps. I really envy that form my friend.
About the missed topset attemptā¦ You went to the gym after a stressful day, starting out with a miss on OHPā¦ That should have told you something.
Kudos for going in giving it a shot.
Next time you do it, you should be freshāer and ready.
I have faith in you to do it.
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Iād just leave it be. Maybe come back in 12-18 months and run the system again. Youāre likely really over trained. No reason to keep chasing more.
You pushed hard, thatās the success story. Have you ever squatted 80x32? If not, nice PR!
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I thought youād be older than you seem in that video. No offense, but itās because youāve been so mature towards @flappinit and @T3hPwnisher 's favorite teen lol
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Thatās a lot of work going on before that squat session man. You could always interject a Deload, guess an easy squat TM and work up to that heavier but easy single or double, then go for reps. That approach worked well enough for me at least.
EDIT
I know itās not āThe programā but the end may just justify the means
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Thatās pretty much my plan. Take it easy-ish for a week, come back next week and give it another crack without all the other āstuffā first. Just work up to something like an over warm up double at 100kg then go for it. After that I just want to draw a line in the sand and get back to normal same people programming.
@IronOne I want to give it one more go because Iām quite pigheaded and it bugs me that Iāve only missed 1 set at the end out of 14 hard sessions. I am realistic enough to know that itās a big, big ask with my current strength levels though, so one more go round will satisfy me either way I think.
@ChickenLittle Iām always dealing with some sort of low level crud. I have it far better than many though, so itās not a complaint, I just have to acknowledge to myself that Iām not in a place in life where I can sleep 8 hours a night, wake up fresh and stress free and then lift at convenience anymore. And thatās fine, if I wanted that, I could have it, however other things are more important.
@mortdk thanks man. It was nice to have something that I felt vaguely worth recording. Got to admit, I donāt enjoy the camera so it probably wonāt make an appearance often. And youāre right, I definitely went in feeling far less than 100%. If it was a normal session, I would definitely have cut back to basic, punched the clock and got out.
@whang Iām 33, I just sound older because Iām so wise (and weak).
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