Oh man It’s gonna be awesome to see you casual moving 4 plates!
You definitely have the strength.
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Nice pulling mate.
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Thanks man!
Thanks Simo!
Thanks dude, and I think I have the strength as well! I can’t wait to make 4 plates normal. I’ve hit 405+ so many times but it’s still not an every day lift yet. I’ll be in some serious rep PR territory during BtM on basically every lift, so by mid summer I should be getting far outside my comfort zone.
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Conditioning
Kb swings, set up the same as 10k challenge
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Time- 17:37
Matched previous PR on the dot
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Temperature greatly dictates my vascularity. More so than anything else (food/sodium/hydration). Without a pump of course.
75*, not much to see, 85+ and I get comments on how vascular I am often.
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Very interesting… I wonder why that is because @anna_5588 said the same.
It’s strange because last summer we had some pretty warm days, especially for around here, and I wouldn’t say I was more veiny than any other time of year… but I definitely wasn’t looking for it or aware of it. Maybe it’s a combo of any and all things… hydration, salt, having a higher than normal carb day and it being warm out. It’s not necessarily anything I’m setting goals towards, but it made me curious as to why they would all of a sudden pop up seemingly out of nowhere.
Although, they do look pretty fucking cool haha
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BBBB W3D2
Bench
95x5
105x5
135x5
160x5
180x5
200x5
5x10 at 160
Superset with
5x10 BB row at 160
RFESS 1x35 each leg
DW ab circuit
Missed this yesterday due to work so I’ll hit squats tomorrow and OHP either Saturday or Sunday.
I think my best 5 set is 205, so I’m creeping into PR territory next cycle. 200 felt great, so that’s promising. I felt pretty fucking on during this.
Guts have been pretty torn up yesterday and this morning, but I’m definitely feeling better now. Time for dinner.
Weighed 204.8 before dinner
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BBBB W3D3
Squats
135x5
185x5
225x5
260x5
295x5
330x5
5x10 at 260
Time- 11:50
NG chin 5x10
BW dips
x 25, 18, 15
It was a hot one today, so the lifting room was a bit toasty. Sweating like an animal but the squats moved well. I’m feeling very strong right now.
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Small steak, a ton of shrimp, a whole avocado, large salad with 5 pieces of bacon pre-blue cheese smothering
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Brutal squats man, nice work there. Volume work on squats always seems like death to me, good to see you crushing those back off sets
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Thanks atlas, I definitely agree. Squats can be soul sucking haha
BBBB W3D4
BB OHP
65x5
85x5
95x5
105x5
120x5
135x5
5x10 at 105
Superset with
5x10 kb row each arm
Kind of pressed for time today so I got this out of the way in the AM. I might hit the assistance later today or tomorrow before conditioning.
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BBBB W4D1
Deadlift
160x5
225x5
245x5
280x5
320x5
360x5
5x10 at 280
Time- 12:22
Face pull x 50, 35, 23
Dip at BW+35 x 16, 14, 13, 12
Will update with thoughts after dinner is made
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Alright, dinner is down the hatch.
This weekend was the opposite of R and R. Worked a lot, had a lot of plans and free time was pretty limited. Food was sparse and hydration was garbage.
Went into those deadlift sets just straight up not wanting to do them. Reluctantly I made it through in a decent BBB time, but I’m going to blow that out of the water come week 6.
Work has been overwhelming and all-encompassing again this past week. I need to take a minute and refocus, re align and get my eyes back on the goal.
Had a big dinner tonight, so I’m steering back into the correct direction.
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BBBB W4D2
Bench
95x5
105x5
135x5
150x5
170x5
195x5
5x10 at 150
Superset with
BB row 5x10 at 185
RFESS x 45 each leg
120 sec plank
40 situps
60 sec plank
20 situps
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Conditioning
500 swings
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Time- 17:11
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Time PR?
Yup beat my next best by 26 seconds
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