[quote]ParagonA wrote:
A short update sent from my iPhone.
Snatched 220 today. Bench press yesterday: 365 for a total of 45 reps in 20 minutes. Strength is coming back. Very happy.
Cheers, PA[/quote]
How did you format those bench reps? Sets of 3 every minute or so? Or just a rep whenever you felt like?
Thats a cool idea, just banging out as many as you can in a time frame, kind of like EDT I suppose.
I started with sets of five, took as little rest as possible inbetween sets. Like 5 reps - 20 seconds rest - 5 resp - 30 seconds rest - 5 reps - 30 seconds rest. I had to drop down to 3 resp towards the end of the time.
My original goal was to do 10-9-8-ā¦-3-2-1 reps for a total of 55 reps. But Iām not yet readya for that.
Cheers,
PA
[quote]Lonnie123 wrote:
[quote]ParagonA wrote:
A short update sent from my iPhone.
Snatched 220 today. Bench press yesterday: 365 for a total of 45 reps in 20 minutes. Strength is coming back. Very happy.
Cheers, PA[/quote]
How did you format those bench reps? Sets of 3 every minute or so? Or just a rep whenever you felt like?
Thats a cool idea, just banging out as many as you can in a time frame, kind of like EDT I suppose.[/quote]
Dear friends
Iām getting married next Saturday and will be off for a 2.5 months honeymoon / dream vacation 
Looking forward to posting some pics when Iām back mid June.
Cheers,
PA
Congrats on the marriage, 2.5 month vacation sounds incredible
Dang, thats a nice, long vacation. Enjoy Brother!
[quote]ParagonA wrote:
Dear friends
Iām getting married next Saturday and will be off for a 2.5 months honeymoon / dream vacation Looking forward to posting some pics when Iām back mid June.
Cheers,
PA[/quote]
Ahhh something is truly in the air around T-Nation latelyā¦ Paragon, Me, Thoughts1053, AshyLarryā¦ whodathunk so many women would actually put up with all this meat-headed nonsense? -lol
All the best brother! Very happy for you, especially after the rough year youāve had. If you guys do manage to end up stateside during your dream vacation, lemme know. Iāll show you all the āimportantā sights (like Bevās gym, and Minadoās all you can eat sushi joint -lol)
S
Amazing news. Pretty sure you deserve it as much as anyone could. Congrats.
Iāve just read through this thread for the first time - your advice, work ethic and commitment to your family are inspiring.
Congratulations on your marriage. Enjoy your long holiday/honeymoon - you deserve it!
Congratulations! Enjoy the honeymoon/vacation, youāve certainly earned it!
Alsoā¦
Mods, I think this thread should be stickied.
Thank you all very, very much!
Canāt wait to post some pics and talk a bit about my honeymoon - and the way I trained there. I packed my gymast rings, bands, jump rope, and two ultimate sandbags. Hope I wonāt lose too much ābasic strengthā if I it wonāt be possible to find some barbells somewhereā¦
Cheers and till June 
PA
[quote]The Mighty Stu wrote:
[quote]ParagonA wrote:
Dear friends
Iām getting married next Saturday and will be off for a 2.5 months honeymoon / dream vacation Looking forward to posting some pics when Iām back mid June.
Cheers,
PA[/quote]
Ahhh something is truly in the air around T-Nation latelyā¦ Paragon, Me, Thoughts1053, AshyLarryā¦ whodathunk so many women would actually put up with all this meat-headed nonsense? -lol
All the best brother! Very happy for you, especially after the rough year youāve had. If you guys do manage to end up stateside during your dream vacation, lemme know. Iāll show you all the āimportantā sights (like Bevās gym, and Minadoās all you can eat sushi joint -lol)
S[/quote]
Thank you very much, brother! And all the best to you, too!
Weāll fly to the sother side of the world: Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Cook Islands.
But itāll be a very cool year vacation-wise: weāll visit NY in November. Canāt wait for that workout/sushi meetup. Sounds like a perfect plan. Hey, weāll both be happily married men by then
Take care, PA
Sounds like an awesome trip. Enjoy!
Congratulations! A 2.5 month honeymoon/vacation with your wife sounds like an incredible time. Have fun, and we look forward to hearing from you when you get back!
Just to echo what everyone else, congratulations and 2.5 months sounds amazing! Enjoy.
Bumping this up because i was thinking of doing a DL workout similar to what you have done in the past. Lighter weight explosive sets of 3 for a long time until speed drops
Hope the vacation is going good
Never seen this thread before. In 2 learn.
[quote]spar4tee wrote:
Never seen this thread before. In 2 learn.[/quote]
Itās possibly the best thread on the whole site, IMO.
[quote]jake_j_m wrote:
[quote]spar4tee wrote:
Never seen this thread before. In 2 learn.[/quote]
Itās possibly the best thread on the whole site, IMO.[/quote]
I wonāt dispute that
Iāve just found this too.