Yeah, I did it for a few minutes before heading out. I’ll keep doing a few minutes a day and see if it helps at all. Like you said, pretty much no opportunity cost to including it.
Building the Monolith: Conditoning
KB Snatches: 1x200 @ 35
No, not a typo. Inspired by Pwn’s 1xInfinity sets with high handle pulls. Allowed myself to rest with the bell racked/sitting on a shoulder, but not on the ground or by my side.
Ended up tearing a callous, but that’s the risk that one runs with this sort of stuff. This was horrible, but I could totally see my self pushing it to 300 or 400 reps if I stick with it. Gameplan here was just a bunch of sets of ten, before racking it, taking a few breaths, and switching arms. This may actually be a justifiable reason to use some sort of gloves.
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5/3/1 Building the Monolith: W4D1
Squat: 5x225/245, 5x5 @ 275
Press: 5x100/115/130, 1x8 @ 100
Dips: 10x16
Chins: 14x7, 1x2
Pull-Aparts: 5x20
This was just a slog from start to end. It got done, though. Now for more food.
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I love this dude! And I wear gloves for kettlebells. Totally justifiable at those volumes. Being able to train more because your hands aren’t torn up is better than training less because you’re Billy Badass, haha.
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Dinner tonight: steak, a baked potato with sour cream, and garlic bread
(The supermarket near me has a pretty much perpetual sale on near-expired steaks, so it’s not unreasonably expensive to grab them pretty often and cook them the same night).
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I was literally reading this post going “damn these steaks must be getting expensive” before I read your explanation lol
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Building the Monolith: Cardio
Bike Ride: ~25 miles (untimed)
No ulterior motives for this one, and >100 degree heat again. Also, today’s my 19th birthday.
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Happy b day!!
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Happy Birthday!!
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Happy birthday dude
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Happy birthday!
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Happy birthday sir.
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Thanks for the birthday well-wishes, everyone : )
5/3/1 Building the Monolith: W4D2
Power Clean: 5x95/135/155, 1x185 (Match PR,) 1x205 (20 Pound PR)
Deadlift: 5x225/265/305, 3x5 @ 340
Bench: 5x95/135/155, 5x5 @ 165
DB Row: 4x10 @ 85
Incline Curls: 4x25 @ 15
Tried the whole “warm up for deadlifts with power cleans” thing, and counted it as a set of rows. I suck at actually getting under the bar/getting it in a rack position, so that’s more of a limiting factor than my ability to pop the bar up decently high. Still, can’t really be upset with adding 20 pounds to something I haven’t done in ~3 months.
Had the good idea of putting on my lever belt backwards to keep the bar from bouncing off of the actual lever mechanism during said cleans.
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birthday PR. Quality
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5/3/1 Building the Monolith: W4D3
Squat: 5x45/135/185/225/245/275, 20x155
Press: 12x5 @ 95
Chins: 5x5 @ +50 (PR)
Pull-Aparts: 5x20
Shrugs: Work up to 365x5, 225xMany
Two days in a row because I won’t have time for this tomorrow morning. Pretty solid day - especially that top set. I’d guess that 275x10+ is there if I go for it. Also pleased with how well weighted chins have been coming along by just adding 5 Lbs/week.
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Linking this here for future reference. Conjugated periodization has always struck me as an interesting way of training, and I was already planning on a diet-break after BTM, so that’d be as good a time as any to try it.
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5/3/1 Building the Monolith: Conditioning
Run (Road) - 1.66 Miles in 12:21
Mile 1: 7:18
Mile 1.66: 7:41 Pace
Shins feel fine, and pace is satisfactory, especially considering the break I took. Not going to be an idiot and jump back into this full-force, but glad to know that runs are back on the table.
Also of note: total 10 miles biked today (to/from doctor’s appointment,) and 3 walked (to/from work).
My job ends this Friday, so I may finally get to drop in on some wrestling practices. And likely some spectacularly ill-advised lift/bike/hike/bike days.
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5/3/1 Building the Monolith: W5D1
Squat: 5x45/135/185/205/225, 5x5 @ 260
Press: 5x95/115/125, 11x95
Dips: 7x18
Chins: 12x8, 1x4
Pull-Aparts: 5x20
Fatigue really starting to set in by now. I’m sleeping really well (normally not the case for me,) waking up hungry (despite eating a lot immediately before sleeping,) and just generally feeling beat-up.
I leave for college on the 10th of August, which is a Wednesday, so I imagine I’ll spend the rest of that week deloding (I’ll at least have a hotel gym and the road to work with, and get access to the university’s gym after a day or two,) and then start conjugate the Monday after.
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