Yer I was thinking sumthing didn’t add up but couldn’t put my finger on it !!
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We’ve already determined you can’t do maths, which is why I will be counting plates in all your videos from now on.
That sounds kinda ouchies.
Am I wrong that you have set rest periods between sets with this program? Because if so, I can only imagine it doubles the suck.
Yes, and I believe they get shorter 
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Less math more meth.
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I’m sure it’s just plain brutal, but from what I can tell, the “short” rest period is 2 min which is double my standard rest.
With the percentages it prescribes, it’s way too short.
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Yup, this ties back into the whole “first 5 sets are pretty easy” kind of thing, and most people don’t do more than 5 sets of any exercise. Nobody’s doing 10x10 deadlifts with 60 seconds rest after 3x10 squats with 60 seconds rest and followed by 3x10 lunges with 60 seconds rest.
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By the way - I had to skip a day last night, and just did the ab circuit and some pushups when I came home - I had to stay late at work and by the time I got home, my kids were asleep. My setup is two places - the backyard directly outside their rooms, or the living room directly under their rooms, and the wife said there was 0 chance I was doing my lifting, haha. Fair enough, setting things up now to begin.
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Wise move, if I had to guess the alternative would not have paid off handsomely at all
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One thing about all this “find a way” stuff - building the gym, spending money on barbells, spending money on beef and eggs, etc. is that it’s all done under the umbrella of the golden rule - do not inconvenience or negatively impact my family to complete a recreational lifting program. I could be an asshole and barrel through, but this goes back to me being a normal guy, with a family and a life outside of the gym. I haven’t missed a day or a meal in weeks, and I have off work so today will likely be high in other activities, so 0 regrets.
TL;DR: agreed. My wife puts up with a lot, and she gets a say in this too.
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Preach.
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I move training around to make sure as many sessions as possible fall on my days off work. And if I can’t do that then I do my longer sessions on my days off.
If I were you then I would’ve moved the session anyway.
Ah, but therein lies the problem with a program like Deep Water. Fatigue must be accumulated steadily throughout the week until the last day is a mindfuck to get through, so you have a few days of R&R until it begins again. Deep Water COULD be a 2 on, 1 off, 2 on, 2 off program, but it’s deliberately not. That’s why, if i were doing almost any other program, I’d just do what was prescribed today and move on, but since I rested between shoulder day and now, I have recovered more than what is called for, and the weights are moving in accordance with this, so I will do some jump roping, chase my kids around as much as possible, and take Alfie to a hill for some work. Always be recovering, never be recovered.
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Plus, it’s nice to have a day off with the family and not have to do any lifting at all, which is saturdays for me usually.
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@Cyrrex kiiiiiiinda sketchy, definitely wobbly, but worked. Last set of dips, failure came for me quickly.
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Lol for the love of all that is holy, please don´t strap any weight on yourself. Looks like you are about to launch yourself through the grass. You kinda looked at the camera like “please someone take care of my children if this goes wrong”.
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This is so admirable and kinda makes me rethink my own perspective on fitness.
I’ve definitely been quite selfish when it comes to gym time (literally rearranging family functions and vacations to get workouts in), but I’ll definitely reconsider next time a situation comes up seeing that someone as badass as you is willing to be flexible
The good news is, after 3 sets of bench, 3 sets of close grip bench, and 3 sets of incline pushups on pushup bars, dips need no weight, unless I find myself getting 3x30 or something ridiculous.
It’s a case of choosing priorities. Those of us with kids are always going to put them first, but you have to choose what’s important to you, not what’s important to flap
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Deep Water: Beginner Program Week 2, Day 4
Bench
205 3x10
CGBP (added fat gripz on bar)
155 3x10
Feet elevated Pushups on Pushup bars
3x10
Dips with fat gripz on sawhorses
1x14
1x9
1x6
Pushups
22
16
11
3 rounds of 1 min plank and 20 pushups
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