Brokeback Mountain: The Director’s Bulk

I was just talking with a powerlifter about this yesterday. I’m as strong on close grip as I am on normal but normal makes my right shoulder hurt. He basically said it’s because I have shitty scapula control especially with not having my labrum in my right shoulder. The close grip artificiality makes everything tight because of the closeness. Just some food for thought

I decided to make my heavier volume work slow cambered wide grip bench to see if it helps.

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Conjugate - W2D2 - DE Lower

Speed Squat: 250x3/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/3
Speed Deadlift: 330x1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1
Leg Curl Drop Set: 180x12, 160x7, 140x8
Decline Sit-Ups: +45x12/12/12

Back in MD!

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T-bone, spinach, and a hash with 2 eggs, egg whites, potatoes, spinach, onions, peppers, and guac. Plus Coke Zero.

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Conjugate W2D3 - DE Upper

Speed Bench: 180x3/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/3
Press: 135x10/10/10/10
Pull-Ups: BWx10/10/9/7
Uni. Hammer Curls: 40x9/7/6
Pushdowns (RP): Max x21+10+6, Some Extra w/ Brother

Elliptical: 18:00

Random SSB showed up in the gym - no idea if someone’s just storing it here or if the it’s the gym’s. If it’s the latter case, that’ll be a cool ME movement to throw in. Presses felt great today.

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My gym has one, but some retarded human ripped the pad off of it….now the bar is circumcised.

I miss using that thing, it’s great.

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Conjugate - W2D4 Squat

Pin Squat: 2x315, 2x345, 2x360 (PR)
Shrugs (Forgot Straps): 275x10/10/10/10
Leg Extensions: 226x8/8/8/
Decline Sit-Ups: +50x12/12/12

Incline Walk: 15:00

Saw stars after that rerack lol. Wasn’t able to do my drop set of power shrugs on account of not bringing straps, so I just banged out a few quick sets of ten and moved on.

Final grades came out, and went about as expected. Was hoping that a 97.5 would get bumped to an A+ (it didn’t,) but my 4.29/4.0 still puts me among the top law applicants any given year.

Got a 104% on my final paper for a professor who’s writing one of my rec letters, which likewise bodes well.

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well done.

outstanding.

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Conjugate: W3D1 ME Upper

CG Bench: 1x235, 1x250, 1x260 (PR Any Grip)
DB Bench: 90x8/8/8/8
Chins: 45x5/5/4+1/4+1
DB Curls: 35x8/8/8/8
Machine Fly DS: 185x12, 150x7

Incline Walk: 15:00

Good grind on that heavy single. Big props to the guy I had spotting me for not taking it. DB bench still increasing well

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nice work

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Conjugate: W3D2 DE Lower

Speed Squat: 255x3/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/3
Speed Deadlift: 335x1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1
Decline Sit-Ups: 55x12/12/12
Leg Curls: 185x8/8/6.5

Incline Walk: 15:00

Fun day :]

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Conjugate: W3D3 DE Upper

Speed Bench: 165x3/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/3
Press: 145x8/8/8/8
NG Pull-Ups: 10/10/10/11
Light Pushdowns + Hammer Curls

Incline Walk: 15:00

Elbow was a bit pissy, so I took the accessories easy today, since they were both single-joint elbow movements. Pleased with everything else though :]

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Conjugate: W3D4 ME Lower

Pin Squat: 1x350, 1x375, 1x385 (PR)
Power Shrug Drop Set: 405x11, 315x11
Leg Extensions: 230x8/8/8

Incline Walk: 15:00

Great fight for that single. And a parallel pin squat at >95% of my normal squat max is a good indication that I have a PR ready to go down the line.

I pulled my left lat or something near it (where it connects to my ribs, more my side than my back) on my warm-up with 275 (your guess is as good as mine,) so that hurts like a motherfucker. Will make a decision tomorrow on if I’ll Deload until the end of the week (today was the end of the block anyways) or if I’m feeling better.

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One of my friends/adoring fans/cult-of-personality-members has drawn me lol. Will probably make it my new profile picture

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Had to Google, but I definitely see the resemblance lol.

Wikipedia says “His modeling career began when he was discovered by a photographer while working out,” so maybe there’s some hope for me after all

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Lat strains suck my guy, hopefully its minor and clears up quick. Also congrats on the bench PR, seems like close grip is working great for you

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I’m not too worried about the strain - I had a really bad back injury before I started this log (like one that ended up requiring surgery) so a strain is just an inconvenience.

And thanks! I pretty much just chose close-grip at random to do for this block, but it turns out it works pretty well for me.

Not to be fear mongering or anything but I pulled a couple ribs out once while Z pressing. Thought it was a strain. Similar to your description. A chiropractor put them back, and it took nearly a week to get feeling ok again.

Hopefully not that, but its a simple thing to fix by a DO or chiropractor.

First time I have noticed you post. I haven’t read your log but thought this was powerful.

Suspect it’s not a big deal for you, but I appreciated the post. I will be following your log moving forward.

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@LoRez

I think I’m gonna give it at least day or two before I see a professional. It doesn’t feel unlike strains I’ve had before, so I don’t think it’s anything out of the ordinary. I appreciate the concern though.

@The_Myth

Anyone who’s reading my log is appreciated :] (except for one guy like a year and a half ago, but that was its whole own thing).

To anyone who’s going to click their way into the linked “body fat estimate” thread there, I promise what I said makes way more sense with a few hundred posts of context lmao.

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I started reading it, and will read all the way through. I am on post 70 I think from 2022 so I am looking forward to reading the rest.

Obvs, you are comfortable being out so I guess it wasn’t that big of a deal for you to identify as the “resident fag.”

I still think it was powerful.

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