Not only do I hate you for pulling 445, I hate you for doing it without straps!
Congrats!
Excellent form. Like your jumps. Screw the little stuff, let’s go up 70#. You been listening to Joe Goode?
Congrats on the 70lbs PR.
Are you going to base your training max on this new max, or are you adding 10# next cycle?
Thanks, guys, for the support. My lower back is freeking torched tonight, but I feel pretty happy about this morning.
Kimba, thanks for the bonus points. I got no choice in the matter–its ass crack or nothing with my schedule. :).
On a side note, we took the boy to his first state fair today. I made the mistake of wearing chucks and walking on asphalt for 4 hours, which didn’t help soothe my back. Verdict on the fried butter: pretty damn good. It looks like a donut hole and is served dripping in honey. It’s really tasty. Dave Tate could have a dozen for dessert after he finishes his pizza.
[quote]formfunction wrote:
Congrats on the 70lbs PR.
Are you going to base your training max on this new max, or are you adding 10# next cycle?[/quote]
Thanks FF. I am going to stick with the program as written and add ten pounds after the deload. It has been working so far, so I’m not going to mess with it, other than maybe playing around with the assistance work a bit.
[quote]hel320 wrote:
Excellent form. Like your jumps. Screw the little stuff, let’s go up 70#. You been listening to Joe Goode?[/quote]
Why yes, yes I have. 
Awesome work, congrats on the PR…
Nice form too. I bet youll beat me to 500 you bollox
40 lb jump from 405? Gutsy, And you got it. Outstanding.
I bet Meat tells you to do rack pulls from mid shin…
Thanks KMac. I will certainly do my best to earn the bollox title.
Rack pulls from shins. Hmm. Now you got me thinking.
Nice job on that DL PR, JJ!
Wave 4, week 3, Bench Test Day, Oct. 8, 2009, TM 245
Time in: 6:15
Time Out: 7:10
Weight: 210
Bench: 45 x20, 90 x10, 135 x5, 185 x5, 210 x3, 235 x1, 265 x1, 285 x fail, 285 x fail:
Incline DB Bench: 45 x 10, 65 x10, 85 x 10
Chins: 10, 7, 5, 5, 3, 3, 3
DB Rows: 50 x10, 65 x10, 80 x 25
Notes: I was really disappointed that 285 would not go up–I thought for that sure it would. Oh well, squats tomorrow.
[quote]jjackkrash wrote:
Wave 4, week 3, Bench Test Day, Oct. 8, 2009, TM 245
Time in: 6:15
Time Out: 7:10
Weight: 210
Bench: 45 x20, 90 x10, 135 x5, 185 x5, 210 x3, 235 x1, 265 x1, 285 x fail, 285 x fail:
Incline DB Bench: 45 x 10, 65 x10, 85 x 10
Chins: 10, 7, 5, 5, 3, 3, 3
DB Rows: 50 x10, 65 x10, 80 x 25
Notes: I was really disappointed that 285 would not go up–I thought for that sure it would. Oh well, squats tomorrow.
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Just from my own experience, I think you may be underestimating the toll that MAX pull took on you. I am not sure you were well recovered for a max bench.
265 should be a PR right? I would have tried 275 rather than 285 a second time.
[quote]formfunction wrote:
jjackkrash wrote:
Wave 4, week 3, Bench Test Day, Oct. 8, 2009, TM 245
Time in: 6:15
Time Out: 7:10
Weight: 210
Bench: 45 x20, 90 x10, 135 x5, 185 x5, 210 x3, 235 x1, 265 x1, 285 x fail, 285 x fail:
Incline DB Bench: 45 x 10, 65 x10, 85 x 10
Chins: 10, 7, 5, 5, 3, 3, 3
DB Rows: 50 x10, 65 x10, 80 x 25
Notes: I was really disappointed that 285 would not go up–I thought for that sure it would. Oh well, squats tomorrow.
Just from my own experience, I think you may be underestimating the toll that MAX pull took on you. I am not sure you were well recovered for a max bench.
265 should be a PR right? I would have tried 275 rather than 285 a second time.
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Thanks FF, you may be right. I also had a stressful previous day with almost no food as well. That didn’t help. As far as my previous PR, I did 275 about a month ago for a form check with Meat, which was about a 20 lbs. PR from the start of the program at the end of June. I wasn’t really interested in tieing the PR. Shoulda tried 280 I guess. :).
Wave 4, week 3, test week, Squat/Press. TM 330/160
Time in: 8:30
Time Out: 9:45
Weight: 212.2
Squat: 45 x10, 90 x 10, 135 x 5, 185 x 3, 225 x1, 245 x5, 285 x 3, 315 x1
355 x1 (PR + 20 lbs)
385 x 1 (PR + 50 lbs)
405 x fail
Press: 45 x 10, 85 x 5, 120 x 5, 135 x 3, 150 x 1, 170 x 1 (PR +10 lbs)
185 x 1 (PR + 25 lbs.)
195 x fail
GM’s 95 x 10, 10, 10
Notes: I am pretty happy with squat and press. 405 didn’t go, but it was close. My core is holding me back. We are going to change up the assistance work next cycle and add some air humping and ab work.
End of June test maxes:
Deads: 375
Bench: 255
Squat: 335
Press: 160
Total: 1125
Oct. Test maxes:
Deads: 445
Bench: 275
Squat: 385
Press: 185
Total: 1290
Increase: 165 lbs.
Current Raw PL Total: 1,105 lbs.
Those are some great improvements, JJ. Great job!
Really great work, jjack. Those are impressive increases! Great job!!
[quote]jjackkrash wrote:
…
End of June test maxes:
Deads: 375
Bench: 255
Squat: 335
Press: 160
Total: 1125
Oct. Test maxes:
Deads: 445
Bench: 275
Squat: 385
Press: 185
Total: 1290
Increase: 165 lbs.
Current Raw PL Total: 1,105 lbs.
[/quote]
Those are some awesome increases for just 3.5 months (more or less)! Great job!
All the cool kids are air humping, so I hear.
Those are some impressive numbers. Nice job!
I’m jealous! Nice work!
Thanks Math, LS, SD, Kimba, and MCL! I appreciate everyone stopping by.
Now, its time for a deload and some planning. I think we are going to add a day and split up press and squats. We will probably go:
Tues: deads, asst.: BBB deads, air humping, farmers walk.
Thurs: bench, asst.: BBB bench, chins, incline bench, krock rows.
Sat.: squats, asst.: heavy Zercher, BBB front squat, GMs.
Sun.: press, asst.: BBB press, dips, leg raises, static ab holds.
I am tempted to throw in some complexes somewhere, and I need to run stairs or push a sled. I have a week to think about it.