congrats on your pr’s
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Congrats! Well-deserved!
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Awesome work, my dude! Congratulations.
You’ll be squatting 3 plates in no time.
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Did you kiss your estranged sister by accident prior to this???
That 3 plate squat is coming!!
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Nine work on those PRs mate. Putting me to shame, I need to work harder.
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Awesome work dude
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10/25/21
Squats
10x5@195.
This was E2MOM for a few rounds, then 2:45 per round.
Superset 11x3 ab rollouts from knees
Bench press
Up to a single at 225, unspotted
BSS
10@40, 5@40, 20@bodyweight
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It’s possible you have slightly misunderstood the point of that scene if you were using it for motivational material, but if shit works…
Anyway, congrats. As always, now that you KNOW you can do these things, a psychological barrier is removed.
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Training introspection time:
100% thrilled and satisfied with my Press. I’m amazed at how easy 135 is now, which once seemed unattainable. It it totally a back-burner lift now; I’ll keep doing it but not stressed about progression.
Satisfied with bench press. Hitting 225 without a spotter. Will need to do it a few more times before it becomes routine though, I’m still terrified of being guillotined.
Thrilled with the squat progress. Its taking a toll but hitting 275 was a big deal. I want to anchor myself at 275 for a while and make it routine before I try anything heavier. Thinking right now, just spitballing:
10x5@195 (today)
8x5@205 (friday)
5x5@225 (monday)
5x3@245 ( Friday)
Buncha singles at 265/some at 275 (monday)
Would like to be able to slow down on eating soon.
Deadlift: have only done Wednesday 5s pro. It is working for now. Need more plates at home so I can do some daily dosing (or similar). 405 is still a long way off.
Edit for more introspection:
BSS don’t get easier. I want to drop them altogether but I think that’s asking for trouble. The difficulty must be a message about weakness.
Also, the ab wheel and other ab exercises must stay on the list.
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I hope this isn’t a dead horse I am beating here, but do yourself a favor and try to level up these to the standing variety. Even if you have to fall on your face a few times to make it work…just one of these is worth 50 done on the knees.
You’re doing great on the squats. Closer to 3 plates than 2.
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I’ll give that a try!
Hadn’t thought of it that way before. Very encouraging, thanks!
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10/27/2021
Press, repeat wk2 of last 5spro cycle:
5x95, 5x110, 5x120
Then 7x95 crapped out early on that set, thought I could have had 10. No worries.
Superset db rows, 50lb, 4x10. Not hard, just working on the elbow.
Deadlift 5s pro. 5x215, 5x245, 5x280
SLDL or RDL (?) 225 for 5x5
Superset 5x2 standing ab wheel progression @Cyrrex rolled to a wall at a point where I could sort of hiccup the wheel back underneath me and not collapse. This merits further attention.
2x35 back/glute raises, no added weight.
Tons of DB curls, some forearm curls, reverse curls… trying that elbow @TriednTrue
No pain yet! Will monitor
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Huh, rolling to a wall sounds interesting way to figure out the progression, never thought of that. If it works, there may be others interested.
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How would you progress the movement from knees to full standing?
Well, I don’t know from experience, but to my thinking the ideal way would be an inclining ramp. Lacking that, I would just work on the roll out portion and trying to fight against going splat. I think once you are able to go OUT without failing, you will probably be able to also come back IN.
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Worth trying that directly at home. Not in the commercial gym first time out though lol!
No experience, you say - you just crawled out of the crib as a baby and started busting out standing rollouts?
I mean, it sounds douchey, but I saw somebody a bunch of years ago doing them from their knees and thought to myself “that looks like a waste of time, I wonder what it would be like doing them from the feet?”. I didn’t even know it was a thing, I just did it. And the rest is history.
Let me be clear, they suck and they hurt.
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Love it.
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I’ve had some success with this approach—it’s taking me a while, but my ramp is very slowly approaching flat. It’s certainly less steep than when I started.
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I am just intrigued that you have an adjustable ramp.