It’s not a deal breaker if you don’t want to - but it will definitely make your life easier and we’ll pack in more protein this way too, so better for body recomping. That’s super great news that Metabolic Drive doesn’t make you offensive to be around. I need to try it!
Great! You can mix it up and choose the other option sometimes too, but I’ve seen pics of your burrito and it is a post-workout masterpiece! lol
Definitely keep me posted - we can adjust as needed. I’m not going to leave you hanging here. And it was my pleasure! I hope this works for you!
Sweet!! Get that protein powder in there and you’ll be dancin’.
I’d definitely suggest it even using a barbell. I find that clean and press (cleaning every rep) makes me suck wind like crazy, even when my conditioning is a bit better. It lights up my back and hammies like crazy
As difficult as this was, the Trap Bar isn’t the right choice for deepwater. This is the first time I’ve actually used the trap bar extensively, and while it definitely sucks, it is nothing compared to straight bar deadlifts. I’m not getting the hamstring activation I did last time (shaky knees and feelings of complete and utter failure). I feel it way more in my glutes, but in a pumped way as opposed to total shutdown. These TBDLs feel strong from rep 1-100, which isn’t the point.
I’m going to see this through to week 6 and reassess what it is I want out of the following program I do. I might start over on beginners, or move on to intermediate with straight bar deadlifts. I might hit BBBB into BtM again. I also might run GMM for 4-6 weeks and go with the flow while not necessarily concentrating on gaining weight to reset my gut, as its been getting some serious abuse these past 6ish weeks. Not sure yet.
Interesting outcome, I’ve always felt they were much easier to rep out and that they didn’t generate as much fatigue generally (they hit my quads oddly well). So I guess I’m not totally surprised. 31500 lbs moved in one workout has to generate some serious growth.
I don’t know if I’m just untrained from deadlifts or if the axle is the worst implement to do it on but if you want the suck factor, the axle will almost definitely give it to you.
I think @T3hPwnisher has said something similar about being able to rep out the trap bar much more than straight bar (obviously… Since he has repped it 400+ times if I’m remembering correctly…) but I’d definitely agree with that. I kind of went into this hoping the heavier weight would offset the ease of repping it, but live and learn I suppose. Like you said though, hitting 100 reps of deadlifts should induce some sort of growth no matter what.
I will absolutely keep that in mind in the next run through. Do you use straps with the axle?
Yep, would have 0 chance without them. Even with mine (non- figure 8) I still have to grip the hell out of the bar to keep from losing the bar because the straps don’t have enough to grip onto. Definitely feel it in my forearms right now
@tlgains@T3hPwnisher thanks guys! I’m very pleased with my current ability to stick to a plan. Might shoot for 230 and see where I end up fat-wise. I definitely have more fat than I’m used to, but having never been this heavy before, I’m finding it tough to see myself objectively in the mirror and critique just how much more fat I am now than I was before. In any case, I seem to be getting stronger so it’s a win.
Boiler Water W4D3
Clean and Push Press, 3 min rest between sets
10x10 at 130lb
DB Lateral
22lbx25
22lbx18
22lbx19
Axle curl
axlex20
axle+20lb x 10
4x10 at axle+55lb
1x25 at axle+55lb
DW planks and supermans
Tri pushdown, red band
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x29
It was a balmy 30 degrees out in the garage today. I always forget that Jon Andersen maybe made a typo from weeks 3-6 on beginners? He has two push press days weeks 3 and 4 and then two strict weeks 5 and 6. I just stuck to the way he wrote it.
Getting close to the home stretch, so I need to get a plan together for after I complete this.
I posted a song to the Things you’ve made thread a month or two ago, I wanted to upload a few more since I’ve been doing some stuff in my spare time.
Remixed and mastered this one, and also used soundcloud’s mastering software for a bit of fine tuning
This next one is a metal song with vocals done by my cousin. This was from 2014 with one take on vocals and zero pitch tuning. Pretty rough, but also a fairly brutal mix. Happy with how the guitars and bass came out. Again, a slight remix on this and then fine tuning with soundcloud’s mastering software.
Yeah it’s kind dictated by the way I want to lift it. I feel way more glute activation with the trap bar, but I don’t necessarily see it as a quad dominant lift at least in the way that I have been using it. I feel it in the quads but the majority is still in my glutes and hammies.
