Going great. Haven’t missed a workout, but have been deloading more often than nutty recommends due to nagging pain/recovery issues.
Have also been skipping the hard conditioning for the past 2 weeks for the same reasons. I figure I get quite enough at work to compensate, but I’m going to get back on the train again after the next deload hopefully.
That’s what I like to see, Mort! If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
Never a bad thing. I’m continuing to do my conditioning/cardio work even though true SGSS says to shut it down. I’m adopting the double progression from the program, but I’ve tweaked it a bit to fit my goals and that includes conditioning.
Seems suspicious…
I’m pretty much status quo. The shoulder weakness continues so no Deep Water. I’m fine benching and rowing and switched to push/pull/legs. I’m on track but havent really been logging. Thanks for checking in @Frank_C
And that comes from you J haha
It’s horrible. I’ve done four weeks and leg, core, grip and shoulder strength have improved. But it’s really, super brutal. Nothing is enjoyable lol. I have added a very few sets of isolation and abs and that’s it. Planning on not stopping, and improving my nutrition starting tomorrow (I’m eating like a fucking pig lol, this lunch I had a pizza, then bread wich sausage, cheese, an apple… And I gained I think only 1 kilo)
@Frank_C Not really, just not doing fsl after 531 sets and am swapping out leg press to hack squat. I feel comfortable saying it’s the same programme!
I may be lying to myself (and everyone else), but I’ve figured out that I have some “main” lifts that are my foundation. They’re my focus and I plan my progression for those. And then there are other lifts that are for balance or looks. I’m more flexible on those. I mean, do I need to plan a strength progression for cable fly’s and lateral raises? I say no.
My shoulder has provided quite a bit of variety, too. I think I’ve finally found a few exercises that I can do so I can lock in my “foundational” upper body movements.
Well The template went out the window sometime ago, But I’m still doing the 531 progression with front squats, deadlifts, bench and push press.
But where I shaved off some lifting volume, I added more conditioning. A few of us are participating in a monthlong challenge, where we are covering 10,000 total feet with any sledlike apparatus over the month of of October.
Mines going well. I mean, it’s pretty dull but I’m sticking to it set for set.
Occassionally I get a fresh batch of stupid and go for a new max, but that’s done of top of regular programming.
Doing well with the strength training but I suck at doing my two hard conditioning sessions. First I hurt my achilles and then I’ve suffered two colds. I do however do two climbing sessions a week but it’s not always equivalent to a hard conditioning session. Deloading next week, and then back to it and I’ll make sure to weave it back in. Probably just do ergometer for now, and have my running be a long-term game plan.
Mine also goes well, I can progress in each session despite very little sleep!
And pretty consistent with my training days :
Trucking along, just finished my first 6 week block. Got a vacation coming up so I’ll start the next block once I’m home.
Fine on the training front, though not really progressing loads and not noticing a lot in the way of changed body comp due to a really lax diet. This week I gave the 5:2 diet, ( two 800 calorie days a try with a more normal diet the other five) a try. Lots of soreness, some aches and pains but nothing like when I would lift near 80-90% max barbell exercises.
You know I am good but then I am the model consistency. I did committed to my log but probably did it wrong. Lol 
It’s there. Not sure how I missed you. My bad! 
Honestly not really enjoying the training but I think my legs are responding well to it. Not enjoying training may just have to do with life stress at the moment.
Only major change so far is trying to figure out my main push movement for 1 of my upper days. Everything else is basically the same with steady weight/rep progress
yeah man, you know I’m off the rails on my training.
3x/wk PT for this biceps tenodsis and shoulder arthroscopy. Thanks for the tag and for touching base with texts. I have follow up with Dr today (2 days short of 4 weeks post op).
Not sure he’ll clear me for anything active with the biceps yet but we’ll at least see how he thinks things are progressing.
For me, PT has been great. Been doing a lot of stretching/massage as the muscle belly of the biceps really hardened while it was detached and pooled up inside my arm at my elbow.
PT says that this is pretty normal for ruptured biceps. Good news is no pain but I am not sure how much faith I have in the shoulder/biceps tendon yet. I guess we’ll start to figure that out as I start working into active strength work using the biceps.
So after 12 weeks in to my DC journey, i switched to a really stereotypical bro split for my cruising phase. I’ve actually seen more growth in the last 4 weeks of doing a bro split than on DC. I’m not sure if ifs the change from low volume to high volume or i’m just not strong enough to really make DC work?
Either way I’ve realised that i actually really like training in a bro split with lots of volume and in the back of my mind thinking that this ‘one set’ stuff is just to sell workouts to be different.
Either way i’m still on my year long bulk but I’ve not kept to my workout plan, maybe i have ADD after all lol.
Lol you should ask @The_Mighty_Stu about that
If I’m reading well, you started the bro split the same time as gear? No wonder you’ve had more progress. Also if you really enjoy a workout you are more likely to train harder
