Well I assume they are 15 kgs at top stretch right? So I guess it would if at top range of the bench it is equal to twice the top stretch
Hard to say really, based on just that number, we need more data (like min & max values).
The ones I use have these data - perhaps the dimensions could give you an indication of where yours are?
| Dimensions | resistance range |
|---|---|
| 208cm x 0,45cm x 0,64cm | 2,5-25LBS= ca.1KG-11,3KG |
| 208cm x 0,45cm x 1,30cm | 5-50LBS= ca.2,3KG-22,7KG |
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Alright so I checked and the yellows are actually 25 kgs, when at 300% stretching. I’ll measure them but they certainly are less than 2 meters lol
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16/03 - ME Lower
A. Concentric Good Morning 1 x 110 kgs, 3 x 90 kgs
B. Snatch-Grip RDL 4 x 10 with 100 kgs
C. Machine Squat 3 x 10 with 100 kgs
D. Machine Good Morning 3 x 10 with 100 kgs
E. Leg Extension 1 x 10 + 10 partials + 30 secs iso-hold with 90 kgs
Very long, very tough session… Never done concentric GM so the ramping up and max effort there took forever.
Ouch, this hard AF. First try it didn’t even move. I lost balance there ahah. Used a bit less weight for the backdown since the max was hazardous and it was set on lower pins. Still amazing sensations in core. It really is my weak point.
Anyway we were quite tired for the rest ahah. I probably trained too hard and for too long there (2 hours).
Didn’t try to put heavy weight for the RDLs because I was focusing on my upper back, especially my left side, and prevent it from abduction/rolling forward. Even with 100 it was very tough…
ROM as low as I could get on the squats. But my left knee wasn’t happy today. BTW still sore at the calves from the sprinting the other day ahah
The leg extension was a pure Meadows Torture. Rep 10 was already an RPE 10 lol and with the partials it burnt like hell… Really this program helped me build toughness. I fell on the floor and stayed there for a good 15 secs afterwards, legs were wobbly as hell.
But I still think it was too hard today, if I have to compare with the easier previous weeks, and the room it has left me to grow. I’ll keep this in mind and add quality volume instead of brute intensity. Woke up at 3 with my right knee not so happy ahah
Right pec still sore as hell, so I’m going to skip dynamic upper this week and let it recover (most likely a micro tear from abuse).
Next week 1 RM on squats, bench and deads.
Then a deload (yes I do deloads now) then COLOSSUS by Meadows yaaaay
Been looking at pics from the last 6 months or so. My body fat actually didn’t change much if any. So I was not happy. I’m really too lazy. But it seems I have gained some muscle. So that’s okay. I’ll really lean down with Colossus, an hypertrophy program is ideal for this, as I won’t stress over loss of performance.
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Thats because you don’t have any.
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Yeah looking at the pics in retrospective, I really don’t have much. Legs are not the same though and are blurry, but that’s okay for they are more often hidden and I gained mass there and pleased with them
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Have you ever done a Meadows program in a surplus?
Well last summer there’s no way I was in a deficit ahah I didn’t lose any weight for sure
I disagree. From all that I’ve learned about RED-S it is my understanding that it is possible to be in a relative energy deficit despite bodyweight not changing. If you gained weight though…
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I don’t recall much, but at least I maintained, and I think I gained a bit. In any case I feel I gained some muscle, in the delts, arms and legs area.
And at the time my diet was terrible in micronutrients, sleep wasn’t good, I was drinking and more 3 times a week… So the only way, to me, that I made some progress is that because I was in a surplus (well I was eating McDonalds and other high calories food all the time, especially with the hungovers).
Thinking about this how did I made progress like that? I think perhaps my genetics aren’t that bad. Also I was training like an insane person (probably the katharsis for my lost relationship).
Or Meadows write amazing bodybuilding programs 
Jokes aside, @dagill2 is right,
So rather than
Why not bulk up and run Gamma Bomb
Also,
This can’t be said to be generally true — depends on volume.
But I notice that you were making a point about not fretting about performance. I was listening to Dean McKillop, courtesy of @j4gga2 s podcast recommendations and if I recall he viewed performance decreases until very late in prep as being a sign that something isn’t being done right. This, of course, assumes the lifter is semi-lean to begin with and aren’t wearing permawraps in the form of fat.
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Still haven’t done my shooooots. I’ll book one, so I’ll be extra motivated for the diet this time…
Well indeed it depends. But the good thing is that you just go by feel, you don’t try to beat records or whatever
I agree totally with what you said. And if I recall correctly, I never lost much strength, if any, during my cuts. Only one is when I did BS crazy things like the water loading and fasting ahahah
Cannonball run today.
5 km run with a 10 slam ball in the bag pack
Every 5 min do either:
10 Ball Slam
10 Goblet Squat
10 Weighted Push-ups
A bit tough after yesterday’s leg day, but not that hard, didn’t try to kill myself either. It was “fun”!
More than 700 cal burn in the session, which is nice because I’m still eating shit today… (many sushis, croque-madames… 
)
You are probably eating the way you need to eat. If you had to get all the food you need to eat but do that through clean eating, how many kilos of potatoes wouldn’t you have to go through? ^^
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I genuinely wonder what @aldebaran would be capable of if he really dialled his nutrition in.
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It’d be as PB rich as Clarence Kennedy’s 17th year,
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I don’t think I’m eating that many calories actually ahah
Not much better I think. Well, we’ll see soon, spending hard earned money for a shoot that will be used for my business is probably as good an incentive I can get lol
@Voxel yeah saw that one… Just insane… I wish I could go back in time and really start sports when young ahahah
Please post video. I’d like to burn my hamstrings.
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fixed it 
Well nothing crazy about this! Just doing hyperextension on the 90° bench aiming for sets of 20. When you’re at the bottom, you have to intiate the contraction by flexing hard your hammies and glutes then the back
Aren’t you taller than me and with long legs? You have trouble feeling your hammies?
Nice one! 
Actually I did found out a few years ago when I drastically diminished my consumption to what it’s now, and many gains occured with the process. To go lower with the summer coming ughhhhh so hard!
I didn’t drink any alcohol during the first lockdown though, and I leaned out quite nicely, but I was also walking a fair amount everyday + Best damn program for natties
Have you considered trying to eat that many calories?