I like deloading with the opposite of whatever my normal work is. Harder to do with a home gym though.
Not sure what you mean by “opposite,” but I hesitate to believe that introducing new stimuli is a good idea.
I also think so long as one errs on the side of caution, then it likely doesn’t matter much in the grand scheme of things. I don’t think being a couch potato is a good idea, but I doubt many people if any on this forum are that type anyway.
I.e. do a week of pure hypertrophy-oriented work if I just spent time under heavy barbells. And vice versa.
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Understood. If it works for you, then by all means do it.
100 cal assault bike 12:25
50 band pull aparts
Not up to anything today, probably gonna work a bit and read some, but it’s nice for life to feel slower the next few days. Looking forward to working toward PRs in the gym again now that a few months of feeling weaker than I already do are over. Gonna try to not be a fatphobe the next 3-4 months and see what happens.
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Have you seen any of Pwn’s writing on eating to support your training, rather than training to support a diet?
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Without a doubt. Very familiar with his blog.
I do/have done difficult training programs. Effort isn’t an issue with me. I also know how to gain weight and have done it in the past (both the wrong and right ways). But I am aware I have spent more time than I should not eating enough to support the training I’m doing.
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Tabata assault bike
50 band pull aparts
Wanna try to think of something witty for my log title but keeping it… neutral for now. Starting JM tomorrow, either squat or press. Depending on how much I hate myself.
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Like the title
Previous title would have only been half accurate if I had kept it 
Still planning on going the 5x10 route? 50+ reps is a lot more volume than I remembered, even at 60%
Yep, volume is not an issue for me. Bench, DL, and press would especially feel stupidly light if I inverted.
For example, I was doing BBB Beefcake earlier this year and was able to pull 160x5x10 without feeling too beat up. My first DL workout on JM looks like 5x10+ with 135… will be interesting to see how many reps I get on the last set??? Mind you, my best ever DL set has been 210x5. I’ve never pulled 2 plates on a straight bar 
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I’ve been doing pretty low volume the last few months and not much lifting the 3 weeks preceding my start so not entirely surprised it felt like a lot, even without doing the last set amrap.
I hit 19 on my first amrap set in 3s week, which will probably be the most all week but it was still a lot.
You mean in the realization phase? I’ve been poking around online a bit, since it seems like Chad gives less guidance than, say, Jim on how many reps above the minimum one “should” hit during realizations. Seems like most people on the 10s wave manage 15-20 reps there, so you’re probably in a good place.
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No, the intensification phase. Although I’m realizing that I have two spreadsheets and they aren’t equivalent. I should really read the book…
Oh, okay, okay, not too far off then. I still think that’s a reasonable number. Which spreadsheet are you primarily using? JM 2.0 is a decent purchase.
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Primary: Inverse-Juggernaut-Blank-Template | LiftVault.com - Google Sheets
Secondary, which is pretty different:
Ah, yeah, incorporating 5/3/1 for a supplemental lift is indeed laid out in the book. Though to be quite honest I don’t think the user who designed that spreadsheet listened to Chad’s advice very well.
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Great to know, going to grab a copy and give it a once over.
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I used to feel like this especially when my doads were very light or didn’t include the main lifts. My coach has had me doing volume deloads. This basically means I still hit some reps with weights similar to my heavier week but a lot less volume.
Squats - the 3rd week of the block is 160kg x 1 then 5 sets of 6 at 132.5kg. The deload week after that looks like Squats - 160kg x 1 then 4 sets of 4 at 132.5kg.
Then when we move to week 1 of the next block the first week is actually lighter that the deload.
Week 1 squats would be - 150kg x 2 and then 4 sets of 6 at 127.5kg .
Week 1 always feels easy after the heavier deload and the lower volume in deload week means I recover better so don’t have accumulated fatigue in week 1.