That’s great news, @anna_5588! Congratulations.
I gotta be honest, though: I expected nothing less.
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Week 2: Day 2
55min weighted walk- 26lbs in pack
- got HR up and felt good, not as sore as expected. This week is easier on the lifting side
@SvenG Thanks for the confidence 
I was not very hopeful about HBS because I applied to a programme that hasn’t taken someone straight from undergrad in the past 6 years. I think one of my letter writers must have made a call.
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Week 2: day 3 (yesterday )
Deadlift: 1x5-70,80,90; 1x13-100kg!! 1x3-110kg
Lying leg raise: 5x24
Conventional DL: 3x6-90kg
Snatch grip dl: 3x3-80kg
Good mornings: 3x12-40kg, 3 sec pause at bottom
Bench: 1x12-35, 1x10-40, 1x8-45, 1x6-50,55
Later… bc why not
Squats: 1x5-50,60,70; 3x3-80kg, 3x4-70kg
- the deadlifts were pretty good- I’m pretty sure 100kg for 13 is a rep PR (off programme sry
). I will be very busy Saturday so decided to shift some of the squat work to this session
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Awesome! Congratulations on the PR.
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Week 2: day 4(yesterday)
Squat: 1x5-50,60,70; 3x2-80kg, 3x3-70kg all paused
Good mornings: 1x3-70, 1x5,6,7-60kg
Conditioning: swings-6x10, 6x12-alt 1arm kbs, 3x12 alternating gorilla rows, all emom w/40lb kb
- felt good, needed to get in and out relatively quick , paused squats feel nice and smooth
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Week 2: Day 5
Bench: 1x5-35,40,45; 3x5-50kg
Incline bench: 4x6-40kg
plate curls: 3x15-25lbs
press: 5x5-30kg EMOM
Conditioning: 10min incline walk- 15% incline, pushed it
- another “punch the clock” workout. I really hate bench and this felt heavier than it had any business being. needed long rests, the conditioning was very fun
Update:
I started training my maths friend! I’ve been taking him through full body workouts 2x/week. Basic 3x10-12 on 3-4 compound exercises and some isolation exercises so he knows what they are. He’s too weak and lack mobility for barbell exercises, but he’ll get there. When he does, I’ll have him do 5/3/1. It’s actually insane how deconditioned some of my classmates are. Anyways, it is very fun
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Keep him at it for a good 6 months and get him eating protein to get the thrill of those newbie gains.
Start peppering barbell technique stuff with just the bar to prep him now for 5/3/1. It won’t go well unless he has those fundamentals.
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Week 3: day 1 (Monday)
55min weighted walk-26lbs in pack
- felt good and went quickly
Week 3: day 2
Squat: 1x10-50, 1x8-60, 1x6-70, 2x6-80kg, 1x10-70
Paused squat: 3x1-80kg, 3x5-70kg
Dead bugs: 5x13/side
Bench: 1x5-35,40,45; 2x6-50, 2x3-55 paused
Tricep extension: 3x16-22.5lbs, superset w/50jumping jacks, no rest btw set
- this was challenging but not soul crushing, 80kg felt heavier than I would have liked but still moved smoothly
Update:
I WAS ADHERANT FOR TWO DAYS IN A ROW!
One shift that’s been very helpful is that when I eat “off menu” I learn to adjust calories (take from elsewhere)
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Week 3: day 3 (yesterday)
55min weighted pack walk-26lbs in pack
- felt good, a tad cold but not too bad felt good
Week 3: day 4
So… tomorrow is going to be really cold and Saturday is a bit crazy again so another switcheroo
Squat: 1x6-50,60,70, 1x3-80, 1x5-85kg
Paused squat: 3x2-80kg, 2x4-65kg
Deadlift: 1x8-80,90, 1x8,7-105kg
Conventional dl: 1x6, 2x7-90kg
Snatch grip DL: 3x5-70kg
- I fking died… but actually, the squats were very smooth, 85kg felt surprisingly light, deadlifts were fine, things REALLY went downhill after that but made it through. I still have some paused squat and good mornings to make up
Update:
- HBS interview was a mindfuck. I went in thinking it would be a screener w/the admin person and maybe 1 Professor. It was SEVEN!!! SEVEN!!! They also probed a lot deeper into my responses than I expected me.
Good news: they thought I had interesting perspectives
Bad news: I stumbled a bit talking about my own thesis
I guess time will tell……
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Week 3: day 5
Bench: 1x12-35, 1x10-40, 1x8-45, 2x6-50, 3x4-55, 3x8-40
Incline bench: 3x8-35kg
Curls: 4x8-40kg
Front raises: 4x10-12.5lb dbs
- this felt heavier than expected, my upper body is just not recovering, got it done though
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Gotta eat!
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Oh, I forgot to update: grad school related
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In the UCLA vs UCSD debate, I am probably going to UCLA. One of my interviewers took the time to actually call me to inform me of visit day. To quote “I thought this would be better than a bland email”. On a more serious note, apparently the prof at UCSD I really want to work under is a “difficult personality” and that the “creepy family vibes” I felt were valid. Advisor suggested that I talk to other advisor (his former student)…. To be honest, I’m not THAT bothered by potential creepy behaviour and would be willing to put up with it if it means good career outcomes. I just want to know what I’m in for, especially since it really did feel like the other two profs in the unit would not be very helpful. Maybe I’m reading too deeply into this, but Todorov’s work tells me to trust my gut. But hey, if I don’t go and there’s another student next year in my position, at least I know I won’t be brought up as an example of someone who went to another school bc of a boyfriend.
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One of my interviewers for HBS is coming to speak at a seminar at my school next Thursday and the organiser let me sign up for lunch with her!
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@SvenG my deadlift 
110 for 5felt very hard today. I was doing much more before the break
3x bodyweight feels impossible at this pace
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This was from September
I hate taking breaks
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you’re strong as hell even with your lower numbers haha
Like, remarkably strong.
Week 3: day 6 (yesterday)
Deadlifts: 1x4-80,90,100, 2x4-105, 3x5-110, 1x6-100, 1x8-90
Lying leg raises: 4x26
Good mornings: 4x10-50kg
Paused squat: 3x3-70kg
Bench: 1x5-35,40,45, 2x6-50kg
- deadlifts were wayyy harder than I would have liked but actually not that surprising given what I did Thursday, rest of it went fine
Week 3: day 7
55min weighted walk-27lbs in pack
- felt good, got blood flowing. I actually don’t feel as bad as expected given what I did yesterday
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@SvenG @T3hPwnisher
Need some advice. I’m attempting to run sheiko advanced. The problem is that I won’t get to finish it before training gets thrown off by travelling/ going back to China for the summer.
I still want to work on strength and hopefully hit a 3x bodyweight deadlift and a 110kg squat by my birthday. The default now is to switch to intermediate but I’m open to other ideas
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I appreciate the tag, but I know nothing about Sheiko or training for these goals with the parameters you’ve set up. It’s a tough nut to crack!
Hey @anna_5588, thanks for the tag. Like Pwn, I don’t know anything about Sheiko, but I think you know how to answer your own question anyway.
That said, I wouldn’t let travel plans prevent ME from running the program I want to run, whether I “finish” it or not.
It’s a very dilligently planned peaking programme and I’m going back to Florida for a week (heavy weights not accessible) then on a week long graduation trip w/dad during the middle of the comp cycle, then to China where it’ll take some time to find a new gym.
God I hate disruptions….
On another note, I think after May, I’m going try to go on a slight bulk and maintain 106-107 for a year.
I weighed in at 103.5 this morning. I’m slight suspicious that the scale at my school is wrong bc I weighed in at 106 three weeks ago (same scale, same clothes) and there’s no way I spontaneously dropped nearly 3lbs in 3 weeks without increasing steps and no really eating in a deficit. Unless doing maths in my sleep burns extra calories lol
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