Thanks dude.
Haha definitely - I have a tendency to forget stuff that works because it’s usually blooming hard!
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This.
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And this is where your purpose and goals come in to mess with you. If I were an athlete then it would be much easier to train in this manner. Since I do this for hobby with the small goal of improving, I don’t really push myself too far outside of my comfort zone. I think we all have some sort of comfort zone in terms of suffering/struggle - how much we’re willing to endure while actually enjoying it.
For example, 405 x 8 on the deadlift isn’t exactly pleasant, but for some reason I enjoyed it.
I really struggle with programs that make me dread the sessions. From my experience, the results aren’t worth the stress.
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I think there’s something to tease out here about the “type” of dread, I cannot stick to traditional bodybuilding programs, even something like Clay’s Tried and True program where I essentially lay it out myself and chose all my favourite stuff. I almost always get to the 3rd week and end up just completely losing interest.
Dark Horse definitely has a dread element, particularly when it comes to 5rm days on the lower body, I dread all of the conditioning, and add a day of being insanely sweaty and not being able to catch your breath for almost an hour straight you’ve got something I’m not going to enjoy at all. But once it’s finished I feel accomplished, because I’ve overcome something that is genuinely hard and that I didn’t want to do.
Different type of dread from the bodybuilding stuff.
Kind of tangential here, reading about @wanna_be and his neuro test, makes me think surely if you’ve been training for a couple of years and have made progress/know what works for you, you’ve essentially already determined your “type”. Any non-stupid program performed with conviction and sound recovery will work so essentially neuro types are just what gels with you best, which surely unless you’re new you already know? (That isn’t directed at you wanna_be nor is it a critsism of CT guy seems knowledgeable and generous, just a general musing).
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This again, fatigue starting to kick in, end of the week always has that effect, might keep it at this level for a week or two, allow it to become easier before adding anything more in.
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No @alex_uk mate.
Keep pushing.
When the fatigue kicks in then you’re just getting started.
That’s the magic happening
Keep pushing mate
Keep pushing
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Haha appreciate the encouragement but this is daily work, not main work, need to make sure I’m not digging a ditch with it, that’s for the main show, we’ll wait and see with the daily, to be fair I have felt like this every Friday/Saturday, have a day off Sunday and good to increase, but there’s only so long I can linearly increase the daily work before it starts being detrimental.
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Hey man, a few weeks ago you mentioned your physio telling you to try KTape on your low back to be more cognizant of your back position.
Then I saw this guy recommending Offset Walks (like a super light Yoke walk with only one side weighted) to improve “awareness” and bracing. Anyway, I thought of you. Here’s all the details if that sounds useful.
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Thanks flats, really appreciate that, I’ll check it out, I’m sure my bracing and awareness could do with done improvement!
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Just watched it, great video, will definitely try that out, all being well should be squatting tomorrow, so will give it a whirl pre-squat.
Thanks again flats!
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DH Week 1 day 3
Conditioning:
Pretty bad, but had very little sleep and did this whole session fasted.
Tried the thing above, before squatting, more on this at the bottom.
Squats
Gs1:
kB swings: 24kg X 3 X 5 sets
Banded squat (black bands): 60, 80, 100, 120, 140kg X 3
Cable crunch: 50kg X 8 X 5 sets
Burpees (the proper ones): 3 X 5 sets
Gs2:
kB swings: 24kg X 3 X 3 sets
Banded squat (black bands): 112.5 X 9, 8, 8
Cable crunch: 50kg X 8 X 3 sets
Burpees (the proper ones): 3 X 3 sets
Emom:
Deads (also the proper ones): 60kg & red bands X 3 X 10 sets
This wasn’t a great session, my back my wasn’t loving it at all, not sure if this is doing this first thing or if this is actually because of a heightened awareness from the above rehab thing. Speaking of which I was a bit stupid, grabbed a 10kg plate and just went for it a couple of times, it was too heavy and just ended up challenging my shoulders. Dropped to 5kg that was better, a weird one, did several walks and squats. Will try it again and reassess.
Deads actually felt better on my back than my squats, but they were light. Slight deficit on them. Made me bleed!
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Blood and sweat and tears Alex.
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Oh man, I hope I didn’t mess you up.
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If it bleeds, kill it!
That’s it my man. Do not stop
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So the guy in the video has a best squat of 881 lbs so you thought you’d start with 2kg less than him? 
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Haha no way, all my own doing…most like this:
Or morning training, both of which are on me!
(And yes @Frank_C - maths was never my strong point)
I’ll try it again maybe as a stand alone at the end of a session soon and see (with less weight!)
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Happy Easter T-Nation.
Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying.
John 11:25 NLT
And after my body has decayed, yet in my body I will see God! I will see him for myself. Yes, I will see him with my own eyes. I am overwhelmed at the thought!
Job 19:26-27 NLT
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Dark horse w1 day 4
Conditioning:
24kg kB, 7:20.
I’m exhausted and can’t do conditioning inside with all my kit (see below madness) saw @jdm135’s circuit and thought that looks interesting and I can do it in the garage let’s join the fun… I felt sick after that, could trim time off but pretty dizzy from tiredness and want to avoid vomiting. Good stuff thanks JDM!
Gs1
Ng chins: 0, 5, 10, 12.5, 15, 20kg X 3
Ohp axle: 8.5, 28.5, 38.5, 48.5, 58.5, 68.5kg
Cable crunch: 50kg X 8 X 6 sets
Burpees (full): 3 X 6 sets
Gs2
Ng chins: 8 X 3 sets
Ohp axle: 56kg X 9, 8, 5&3&1 (push press last and 1st one of thw 3 rest pause)
Cable crunch: 50kg X 8 X 3 sets
Burpees (full): 3 X 3 sets
Presses were heavier than supposed to be and kept rest short, had to rest pause last set.
Emom:
Bench 60kg X 3 X 10
Good to get a session in I’ve been trying but we’ve got another new addition to the family…
This little dude is awesome, but having a baby and a puppy in the house is insane, we’ve done it before, wouldn’t recommend it, but this wasn’t really planned, we paid the deposit when fostering was quiet… Which pretty much guaranteed a baby I guess 
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Anyway pup got a bit of a dodgy tummy for 2 of the nights and ended up being up every 30 mins, at one point I finished feeding the baby, let the puppy out again, then the pager went off and had to go to the station (fortunately I wasn’t needed) crazy night. Then during the days my 2 are up, baby’s awake pup wants to play - it’s full on, so much so I’d actually forgotten I was doing daily training until I read something on here and I was like “oh yea I was doing that…”.
Not fair on the Mrs to leave her alone for too long with everything, so trying to time it around my kids being busy, puppy and baby being asleep (but they don’t sync up yet haha). Nevermind, priorities; and even the busyness won’t last forever.
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You and I both. In so many ways.
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Honestly how do you do it?
You have kids, a wife a full time job (I presume), are a volunteer fire fighter, take on foster kids (babys nontheless), have a puppy, are engaged in church (just mentioning it solely for the reason that it also takes up time) and workout multiple times a week with the result of being in good shape and strong!
I am very impressed, buddy!
The question is not rethorical btw.
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