LOL yes mate, I do lots of awful things.
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You won’t see me doing any of those crazy leg programs. There are a lot of people around here who seem to love suffering. I’ve only been managing 2x8 on my split squats.
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26Jul22
Arms
Abs
Rows/Shrugs
I have been really slacking on my conditioning lately; I guess I should remedy that.
29Jul22
Deadlift
345x5
365x5
385x5
Incline Bench Press
135x8
145x8
155x8
DB Press
45x13
40x12
40x12
Calves
It was a weird week. I think my hips are feeling better. Ready to get back in the groove next week. Weighed in at 214 this morning.
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I bet that was a fun set. 
Ha yeah man. Two things:
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I remember when I got excited that when hit 385 lb for a top single. It’s fun to remember that stuff after you’ve been at this a while
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Honestly, it was probably a bit much for me right now during a “deload.” My freaking hip hurts and it feels like something I’m just going to end up dealing with for the rest of the summer/fall.
But, yeah, to your point: it sucked. But, man, my deadlift seems to be just flying right now. This actually matches a 5-rep PR for me.
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This was me relatively recently!
Nice pulling on the set, BTW. All of them, actually—strong!
Thanks a ton for the encouragement! There’s lots of dudes stronger than me, but I feel like I’ve recently moved up a bracket to a new standard for myself. Hopefully I can keep it rolling!
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I’ve had similar moments. I hit four plates and just kept going with singles. I think I even hit a five plate pull before I ever pulled four plates for more than one rep. I still remember my first triple with 405 and the only reason I did it was because the program forced me to do it. I was actually a bit scared of it and then I did 5x3 a few days later.
Multiple rep sets of deads can also be a skill. My volume opportunities really expanded when I learned how to do touch n go reps. And I don’t mean drop the bar and yank. I do a controlled eccentric and try to mimic my pull form in reverse. It’s the only safe way to do it.
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I like the way the last block of my last program had me working up to a top single, but somewhere in the RPE8 range, then a backoff triple at about the same intensity. It allowed me to practice heavier efforts before doing a bunch of backed off sets to accumulate my volume. I seemed to respond really well to that type of training and hit a bunch of PRs.
I’ve always stayed away from touch-n-go deads simply because I’m a pedant and that makes it - technically - not a dead…lift.
(Knowing how the internet works, I will clarify that in no way am I disparaging touch-n-go deadlifts or the people that perform them. The opinions presented in this log do not necessarily reflect the opinions of all parties participating in said log.)
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Touch n go would be what I call a deadlift variation. We use the stretch reflex on almost all the other lifts so I like to use it on deads. They add time under tension because of the intentional lowering of the bar. They also allow me to do more reps so think of TnG as a means of assistance to get through the toughest part of the lift - the start.
I don’t know why people care what others do anyway. Dead stop multiple rep sets are brutal. But I could argue against some people’s use of them because their “sets” turn into more of a series of singles with a short break between each rep.
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Yeah I definitely understand the theory behind them and, yeah, I couldn’t care any less if someone wants to do a different variation of a lift than I do. Dead stop just happens to be the method I prefer. The important thing is that we deadlift!
I may dabble in the TnG world while I’m gaining, actually, as that eccentric part would most likely aid in my endeavor to add muscle mass. We’ll see.
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31Jul22
Squat (low bar)
305x5
290x5
290x5
Seated Press
100x8
100x8
100x8
RDL
245x10
245x10
Bulgarian SS
60x20
60x8
Squats felt pretty good. My hip still feels a little buggy.
The cramps in my lower back during the split squats at the end of this workout are getting intense and causing me to have to cut it short. I think I need to find another quad isolation exercise for this slot.
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I would just stop doing sets of 20. 
How are you loading them - dumbbells or barbell?
I’m holding a dumbbell in one hand - on the leg-forward side - and holding onto the rack for balance with my other hand.
I did these in the the same manner for the first five weeks of the program I just finished with no issues. I don’t know why I’m having issues now, but man are the lower back cramps for real. I don’t like doing them anyway (for reasons to which you’ve alluded). Maybe I’ll just do lunges instead.
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I haven’t had any major cramps, but I’ve felt the lower back pump. I prefer putting a barbell on my back.
01Aug22
Abs
Arms
Pullups
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02Aug22
Bench Press (competition pause)
185x5
175x5
175x5
175x5
Squat (high bar)
225x10
225x10
Lever Rows
A bunch
Lateral Raises
20x16
20x12
20x11
Meh. Staying the course. High bar squatting feels so awkward to me.
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03Aug22
Upper back
Arms
Abs
Crazy pump in my arms and back after this one; it was difficult to wash my hair afterward. Might have had a good pump in my abs too, but I can’t see them so…cannot confirm.
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05Aug22
Deadlift
390x5 (PR)
370x5
370x5
Incline Bench Press
160x8
160x8
160x8
DB Press
45x12
40x12
40x12
Calves
I’m trying to be conservative with my loading during this block, but this PR was just floating out there and it was a really smooth set of 5. Shrug. I’ll take it.
I was visiting my brother and my 10-year-old nephew, who is very much into sports right now (especially baseball), came up to me with a pen and paper and asked me to write him a workout program. He wants to hit dingers. We hadn’t even talked about lifting or anything. Since he’s 10, I just wrote him up some pushup, situp and burpee stuff, but it’s pretty cool to kind of have that thing with him.
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