If the program is fucking with me, I have no qualms fucking with the program, haha.
Do you let your elbows go wide so it feels like all pec and no triceps? On flat bench I have to let my elbows go to the 45* mark, but I can keep them wider on incline and I love it.
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On incline they’re definitely more flared than on flat. More like 60-70. I love it as well. I also love my gym’s incline benches - the j-hooks are literally just straight pins with no bumps or ridges out at a slight upward angle, so the bar sits on them, and I can set the pins and the seat height such that when I reach up and grab the bar, my arms are a couple inches from lockout, and without pressing up at all, I can flex my lats and pull the bar off the smooth pins. Every other type of bench I’ve used requires me to press upwards and lose tightness before my lift starts.
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I used the Smith at work which is on a slight incline. It felt great. Have you tried those dirty 30 cable fly’s?
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Hahaha! What goes around comes around, even for programs.
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Nope! Not yet. I’ve been realizing the obvious: if I’m gonna attack this as a (mostly) 5-day routine, I should do smith incline/BB OHP one day and then BB incline/smith OHP the next.
I could do plate Raises 1 day, Wendler rows the next, and I could do LTH cable crossovers one day, dirty 30s the next
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I guess I’m not following Paul’s program. I stole some exercises for my new routine and I’m doing two chest movements per day.
This sums it up pretty well. Sometimes when he is being a dick though he is pretty accurate. The whole Stu thing, he was 100% right about Stus intentions. And I would be pretty pissed if I logged on to check my threads and give out free info only to find a someone having a “medial” dig, so although he was wrong about the young man’s adherence to a programme, maybe even the misusing the term (but he didnt invent it, just uses it as many of the body mechanics folk do) but he was right about the clown dick as it was a clown dicky thing to do.
Your feelings on benching are exactly the same as mine. I have not used a barbell for a chest exercise in years. Hope you enjoy the programme.
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Should have given myself a second day off. Woke up feeling sluggish, tired, and achey. Got to the gym and while warming up, pinched a nerve in my neck. Good sign to shut it down right? Nope, went ahead with the workout.
205 felt so heavy when I got to it, lol. Just did 2 sets of 6, couldn’t even handle 8, and just did some lighter weights and an extra set for every exercise. Not worth logging. Tomorrow will be restorative cardio, perhaps some abs, will rest up accordingly.
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Nothing today. No abs, no cardio, just nothing. Have to work still of course, but my mind tried convincing me to do all sorts of silly shit this morning and I had to just shut it down. Not doing stuff is hard, but halting progress from lack of rest or recovery is more frustrating.
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More profound than it seems on the surface. I have to be smarter about it myself. It’s fun to “survive” workouts, but then I always notice I’m stronger when I come back from a vacation or travel - even if I’m hungover and movements feel awkward/ out of the groove. Maybe I should be reading the clues??
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I’m reading powerlifting texas style by Kelso, he talks about training 2 times a week, 3 if you’re young and recover easily, 2 times in 10 days if you’re older. I don’t want to buy Into it as I’ve made gym part of my morning routine, but I’m starting to think there might be something to this less is more thing.
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@TrainForPain yeah, it’s something I notice too - and then subsequently ignore all the time. I’ll be back in the gym tomorrow, just need to program more rest periods in instead of trying to be a badass. Chest day is just so hard to skip, lol.
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I always make sure it’s leg days I’m skipping
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I do not have this problem on days where I have to work and do things.
I’m guessing this Kelso fella can move some impressive weights, so that frequency might be necessary. If you’re squatting in the 200s for your workouts (like me) then you can probably do more.
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When your leg day is 2x8 leg press, 2x10 leg curl, 2x10 leg Extension and 100 lunges, it gets a lot easier to go do it. Just beat a couple rep PRs or add weight, push the leg curls and extensions to failure, knock out the lunges and go home.
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Another rest day today. Won’t be able to do it again tomorrow, haha. Back to it with back day in the AM. Feeling rested, though work is a bitch today.
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Cable row
17 on the stack (20 is max) 2x8, went to failure on a dropset
Upperback pulldown on machine - love this machine
230 2x8
Shrugs 3x10
Did front ez bar raises lying on an incline bench in lieu of the plate raises 4x8 and it felt great.
Until I got unsolicited advice from some dude, who then went right over to another guy and started telling him how to do tricep Extensions. Wouldn’t shut up. Just leave me alone, lol.
Machine preachers 3x12
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So glad no one at my gym does this.
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First time it’s happened to me. I’ve seen him do it before. But some people just don’t pick up on social cues, like when I PUT MY HEADPHONES BACK IN MY EARS ITS YOUR CUE TO GO AWAY
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