Yeah it’s a trip because so far there hasn’t been 1 big bad thing to dread like the 20 reppers in Super Squats, but the total volume is just way more than what I am used to and I am taking like 1-2 minute rests max to try and squeeze it all in.
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The iron gods have smiled down on me and ran a sale on grassfed New Zealand beef/venison at just the right time.
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How you finding doing these? I used to do the BB variation but found it aggravated my shoulder.
I used to do them in place of cleans as I lack the hand eye coordination for them and as a result look like a drunk zebra ice skating
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Clean grip or snatch grip? I find the snatch grip way easier on my shoulders. Never tried it with a trap bar though! It may be even better.
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No more clear a sign that it’s time to grow.
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I like them a lot! And if the way my traps feel today is any indication, they work! No shoulder “pinchiness” at all. Give them a try.
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2/20/26 - Jamie Lewis’ “Juggeryoke”, Week 1/Day 5
A1) Cambered Bar Squats - 58x10, 146x5, 212x1, 256x1x15 sets
A2) Trap Bar Shrug off blocks - 132x5, 220x3, 330x3x8 sets, 231x20/20/22
A3) Axle Clean once & Strict Press away - 47x10, 80x1, 102x8x4 sets
A4) Hanging Knee Raise (with 10 lat shrugs after each set) - 11/11/11/11/10
67:36
That was a heck of a puzzle, both getting everything setup and figuring how to sequence it. I warmed up everything together, along with getting a few sets of the raises knocked out during the warmups. Once I was at the working weights, it went Squat-Shrug-Squat-Press-Squat-Shrug-Squat-Raise-repeat. I took 1 minute breaks between each station, and that got me through everything but the shrug dropsets. I took around 2-3 minutes between those, during which I cleaned up the other stations.
Tomorrow is technically a “Dealer’s Choice” day, but I choose to rest, haha. I feel like I may have bit off a little more than I can chew with this program, but I will see the 6 weeks through.
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2/23/26 - Jamie Lewis’ “Juggeryoke”, Week 2/Day 1
A1) Log Clean once & Push Press away - 62x10, 106x5, 121x1, 132x3x10 sets
A2) Front Squat - 45x10, 111x5, 155x1, 199x3x10 sets
B1) Chins (various grips) - 24x3x5 sets
B2) Dips - 48x3x5 sets
B3) Hanging Knee Raise (with 10 lat shrugs after each set) - 11/11/11/11/11
62:06
Solid day, was expecting it to be a little harder with the fatigue carried forward from last week rather than coming into it off a deload, but got through it. 1 minute rests on the Press/Squat, and the BW work was actually shorter rests than that. I can’t emphasize enough how awful that squat/push press superset is; the fatigue from the squats means you barely have any juice in the legs for the push press, and the overall shoulder fatigue from having the bar rest there on front squats and on the presses means eventually they are just constantly screaming.
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Haven’t mentioned this lately but I took the next part of the CPA Exam today. Went similar to the last time and I feel pretty good I will get a passing score on this one as well. It’s important to eat a balanced breakfast before a big day, so I made sure to fuel up on this.
Logistics made it that I couldn’t get around to today’s workout, so I will probably make it up on Saturday.
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2/25/26 - Jamie Lewis’ “Juggeryoke”, Week 2/Day 3 (out of order)
A1) Axle Incline Bench - 47x10, 91x5, 113x1, 137x5x6 sets
A2) Trap Bar High Pull off blocks - 44x10, 110x5, 154x1, 180x5x6 sets
B) Pause Axle Bench - 135x1, 157x1, 177x1x6 sets
C) Axle Bench - 109x20/15
D) Cambered Bar Squats - 58x10, 135x40+(1 minute rest)+23
E) Hanging Knee Raise (with 10 lat shrugs after each set) - 12/11/11/11/11
66:03
I’m actually finding this program to be more difficult than Super Squats. I am really shoveling back the food to try and keep up with the pace, even more food than I was at the end of Super Squats, honestly. I think I am due for a trip to a buffet or something for a refeed.
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2/26/26 - Jamie Lewis’ “Juggeryoke”, Week 2/Day 2 (out of order)
39 Chins/39 Ab Wheels/78 Dips in 20:00
Then, a circuit of -
A1) DB Hammer Curls - 35x3x5 sets
A2) Barbell Skullcrusher - 63x3x5 sets
A3) Hanging Knee Raise (with 10 lat shrugs after each set) - 12/12/11/11/11
38:20
My elbows aren’t the biggest fan of lower rep arm work…
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2/27/26 - Jamie Lewis’ “Juggeryoke”, Week 2/Day 5 (out of order)
A1) Cambered Bar Squats - 58x10, 146x5, 212x1, 260x1x15 sets
A2) Trap Bar Shrug off blocks - 44x10, 154x5, 264x1, 336x3x8 sets, 233x21+14+11 (rest pause)
A3) Axle Strict Press from the rack - 47x10, 69x5, 91x1, 104x8x4 sets
A4) Hanging Knee Raise (with 10 lat shrugs after each set) - 12/12/12/11/11
63:05
A couple small changes - I took the presses from the rack versus cleaning the sets from the floor, just to give my wrists and elbows a little respite. I also took the 3 shrug dropsets and got them done rest-pause style, just to save some time. Otherwise I ran this in the same circuit as last week and added weight or reps to everything.
This was probably the strongest I’ve felt on this program so far, especially on the squats. I think I’ve made it through the adaptation phase. Probably helps that I’m now eating a dozen eggs and 1.5lbs of meat per day.
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2/28/26 - Jamie Lewis’ “Juggeryoke”, Week 2/Day 4 (out of order)
A1) Reverse Curls - 35x10x10 sets
A2) OH Tricep Extensions - 35x10x10 sets
A3) Hanging Knee Raise (with 10 lat shrugs after each set) - 12/12/12/12/11 (every other round)
20:44
Switched out the axle for my shorty barbell and played with my grip width, just trying to give the elbows more of a break. Whatever was wrong with my wrist at the end of Super Squats seems to have passed, but my left elbow is still being pissy.
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The solution to almost any problem!
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Just caught up on here, amazing stuff with super squats, still on my list to run got derailed before getting to it last time I had it in mind.
Well done on getting through it you hit prs gained and looked leaner, definitely winning there!
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Hey @T3hPwnisher can I pick your brain for a minute? I’m trying to figure out what to do next after Juggeryoke. I’m taking a weeklong vacation after this program ends, and from there I have 14ish weeks of uninterrupted training time until I take a 2 week road trip in the summer. My plan when I come BACK from that road trip is to start prep for a strongman comp in the fall, so in the meantime I’m just trying to get as big and strong as possible by training and eating like a madman.
I’ve narrowed my spring programming choices to 3 options.
- Building the Monolith into Mass Made Simple- BTM is just so damn close to Juggeryoke with its mix of heavy/high rep squats, and its focus on overhead strength and back work, that it makes too much sense to not pair them together. Then, MMS brings more focus to the bench press, and I should be primed for those crazy high rep squat sets after 3 months of chasing some heavier weights. Also, these are both full body programs, which should make for easy transitions given thats how I’ve been training for awhile now.
- Deep Water Beginner into Intermediate- this is less of a rational choice and more an emotional one (as in, this scares me the most so maybe I should do it). The split routine might be a nice shock to the system after so much time doing full body, but I’m a little worried about the 4 hard days of training and how long some of the sessions might last.
- TB Grey Man - this is the playing it safe bet. I’ve done this before and I know I’ll get results, and I inevitably see myself returning to this at some point regardless. This is where my gut is leaning right now, even if it’s the least exciting of the bunch.
Ultimate goal is to do another comp in the fall and show up as a completely different person than the athlete I was last year (and not zero any events…).
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Dude, I love your thought process, and let me say that once I read this
The answer was immediately “Deep Water”.
COAs 1 and 3 are both excellent choices, and in full disclosure I feel like the very first one is the most logical one as far as format/flow/design/intent goes. BtM gets you in great shape for MMS and they carryover well into each other.
But if the goal is pure, simple, unadulterated transformation, NOTHING will ever beat Deep Water.
It will be different, for sure. The back days and bench days will feel like a let down compared to the other days. But those squat and deadlift days will transform you, and you’ll rediscover that same obsession you found with Super Squats, ESPECIALLY in intermediate when you have to figure out how you’ll get the 100 reps in 9 sets and then 8 sets.
Session length is a concern as well, as you mentioned. Because of the prescribed rests alongside the sheer volume or work, there’s little way around it. What I did to help was break the lower body days into two sessions, where the technique work was done OUTSIDE the main workout. I felt that met intent just fine.
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Oh man, for some reason that’s not the answer I was expecting, but maybe I should have known better, haha! Honestly, I’m not super worried about the session times or frequency; I am willing to do what it takes there. Ditto for the necessary nutrition. My biggest mental hurdle is moving away from full body to a split routine when full body is working so well for me right now. But maybe there’s some planned obsolescence there - spend 12 weeks doing full body, and then before you burn out on that, switch to 12 weeks of a split routine?
Plus, @freshyfresh did throw down the gauntlet and say he would move on to Intermediate if I started Beginner.
And also, no disrespect to Jim Wendler, Dan John, or K Black - all awesome coaches, but something tells me this guy knows how to get people jacked for strongman.
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Love your thought process! It’s also worth appreciating that, in the era that Jon competed, he was a freak AMONG the freaks. The only other dude that looked like him was Mariusz, and eventually Jon and Derek Poundstone were ships passing in the night. I have a book written in Jon’s era called “Personal Best” by Julie Havelka, and though the book is honestly awful, it has some photos of Jon and talks specifically about how the rest of us WON’T look like a Superhero like he does, haha.
I think you have a solid thought process with this being a form of periodization by switching from whole body to split. The other thing to consider is that the program is weird how it wrecks your soul by saves your body. The percentages you’ll be moving are much lighter than you’ve been doing, so your connective tissues get a nice break.
Be sure to read through the program a few times, as there are some typos and formatting errors that can trip people up. For the bench day, DON’T use the Deep Water percentages (70% of your 10rm). It’d too light. Just do some old fashioned double progression like you did for Super Squats. Same for the back day.
I’ll be excited to see how you handle intermediate, coming in with an actual weightlifting background. You’ll put a hurt on those cleans.
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Yeah, Deep Water was always a matter of when, not if, and the stars all seem to be aligning right now, so I’m diving in!
3/2/26 - Jamie Lewis’ “Juggeryoke”, Week 3/Day 1
A1) Log Clean once & Push Press away - 62x10, 106x5, 121x1, 134x3x9 sets, x1 (started to black out after 1st rep on 10th set and terminated it)
A2) Front Squat - 45x10, 111x5, 166x1, 203x3x10 sets
B1) Chins (various grips) - 26x3x5 sets
B2) Dips - 53x3x5 sets
B3) Hanging Knee Raise (with 10 lat shrugs after each set) - 12/12/12/12/12
59:53
Solid day, not my strongest hour but I’m counting it as a mental victory; in a past life I would have taken the blackout as a sign to ease off the pedal and live to fight another day. Instead, I had the bar back on my shoulders within a minute to finish off my front squats, and then added weight/reps to all of the assistance work.
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