That’s a HUGE bright side!
The press is definitely the big ugly elephant in the room on this day. No shame in dropping the TM.
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I was thinking I’d either drop the TM, or press before squatting. Jim actually mentions that second approach in the article, but specifically in regards to the third day.
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It makes a lot more sense on the third day. My most preferred approach for that day is to get the topset of 5 done, get all the pressing done, then end the day with the widowmaker and go for broke.
Jim also allows for swapping the press workouts, so you do the 10x5 on day A and the FSL WM on day C for the press. But that’s better in a dual barbell situation.
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That’s exactly how I was planning on doing that day.
Yeah, I get the sense that doing that with one bar would make day 1 take a really long time - 18 sets of barbell work along with the most assistance-heavy day of the program. I think I’ll just drop my TM by ten pounds - I plugged the numbers into a calculator, and that would mean that the set I just missed would be my 1’s week top-set, and today would’ve been 125. I’ll probably allow myself a few extra minutes of rest before retrying it, too.
Side note - 8 eggs down in the time it took us to have this conversation.
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Yesssss creative nameeeeeee eaaaaaaaaatttt eaaaaaaaaaaaaattttt!!
Great training session buddy!
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5/3/1 Building the Monolith W1D2: Run (Road)
2 Miles in 16:38
Splits:
Mile 1: 8:28
Mile 2. 8:11
Walk ~3 Miles
Tempo Crunches: 1xMany
Stretch
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Dinner for tonight: spaghetti with ground beef, marinara sauce, mozzarella, and Parmesan. Broccoli with Parmesan.
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Mamma Mia!
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5/3/1 Building The Monolith: W1D3
Deadlift: 5x135/185/225/255/295, 3x5 @ 330
Bench: 5x95/125/145, 5x5 @ 160
DB Row: 5x12 @ 75
DB Curl: 2x20 @ 30, 20x30/15/10 (Drop Set)
Total Time: 63 Minutes
Did all the deadlifts, then bench-row, then bench-curl, then the 60-rep curl drop-set.
This was actually fairly manageable. Granted, I was stupidly sore in the hips, so I was basically waddling around the gym to grab stuff, but I felt like I had at least a rep two or two to spare on each set. And I’m reasonably confidant that that’s the most curls I’ve ever done in a single workout.
I might end up doing daily bodyweight squats/band good mornings to try and keep soreness down somewhat.
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Gonna make @ChongLordUno happy here
Burpees. Tabata burpees first thing in the morning can be awesome
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@T3hPwnisher & @ChongLordUno - Thanks for the suggestion - that sounds like pretty much exactly what I need. I’ll get started next morning.
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School Update - my scores just came back today on my last round of AP tests. Here’s what I’m looking at:
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When God made you in “create a player” mode, he was using cheat codes
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And if we’re gonna do the whole solipsism thing, then I guess he set it to single-player mode as well.
Seriously though, thanks.
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Dinner tonight: ground beef, Couscous, and a salad (lettuce, bell peppers, onions, cherry tomatoes, turkey, Parmesan, fat-free Italian dressing)
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5/3/1 Building the Monolith: W1D4
Run (Road)
2 Miles in 15:25
Mile 1: 8:08
Mile 2: 7:17
Stretch
Tried the morning burpees - not Tabata, just 20 or 30 knocked out at a nice, even pace. Probably too early to say if it helped much (good run time though,) but I’m sticking with it because more work is seldom bad.
Hip flexors always feel beat to shit after running, which is probably either a sign that my technique is horrible (probably,) I’m sitting to much (definitely,) and/or I need to stretch them more (also probably).
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Dinner for tonight: Ground Turkey with mixed vegetables and soy sauce over white rice.
Plus a Coke Zero (nectar of the gods)
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I think Mondays/day one of the week is definitely the least enjoyable. Those high percentage squats really suck the life out of me, and I only do the BPAs in between. You’re killing it!
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