Joe, just not enough rest. Three days in a row can take the wind out of your sails. Have a great Holiday.
Joe- Maybe some assitance work with heavy CGB and or pause reps might help jump start you…It did for me, but that is advice from the smallest guy on this forum so take it for what its worth.
[quote]ecogenx wrote:
Joe, just not enough rest. Three days in a row can take the wind out of your sails. Have a great Holiday.[/quote]
x2 Get some rest and enjoy the holiday!
Joe, I thought you did pretty good, 225 4 is actually more then I have ever got at 225.
shame
your weighing about what I weigh right now is that very light for you?
I think you need a holiday refeed, and tear it up on friday.
Thanks guys, I’m hoping it was the three days lifting in a row that had me dragging.
Kevin, I benched 225 for 6 reps when I was at 205. Now this weight is probably where I should be though I’m going to try and add some really slowly. I sort of walk a double edged sword, I want to add muscle but if I add fat too fast I get all sluggish.
Joe, I have similar bodyweight dilemna
I spent the better part of college, and HS, staying small to wrestle
Im sitting at about 18 or so, and even mostly lean I feel slow, stiff sluggish etc
If I could get to 190 and still be flexible/athletic id do it.
Happy Thanksgiving, Joe! Hope you have a great one.
Jack
It was a very good Thanksgiving, I did max reps with pie until said pie was destroyed.
Cycle 2-Week 3-Day 4
Squat
5x175
3x200
7x220
5x10x140
24" inch Box Squats
5x10x180
Pull Throughs
5x10x65
I am okay with the money set though not thrilled, next week is deload. Bleh.
Nice work, Joe.
Joe, nice work. Glad to hear that Thanksgiving was good.
[quote]JoeGood wrote:
It was a very good Thanksgiving, I did max reps with pie until said pie was destroyed.
Cycle 2-Week 3-Day 4
Squat
5x175
3x200
7x220
5x10x140
24" inch Box Squats
5x10x180
Pull Throughs
5x10x65
I am okay with the money set though not thrilled, next week is deload. Bleh.[/quote]
7 on the 1’s set is an excellent sign. The hardest part of 5/3/1 is letting it work gradually for you by building work capacity over time, which then translates to being able to handle max weights greater by percentage than those you actually train with. It’s not a quick strength development scheme - which is one reason I’m not using it. However, you will get disgustingly strong over a few months to a year’s time while staying healthy and generally injury-free.
I think one key aspect I haven’t heard discussed much is attempting to accelerate the initial work set poundages as much as possible, kind of sneakily incorporating speed work.
[quote]JoeGood wrote:
The pie that was destroyed along with a pumpkin cheese cake.[/quote]
I think I just gained a # looking at that!
Wife looks like she was thinking of snapping you with that towel.
Nice feast and nice money set on the squats x7 is great work! And I like Tony’s suggestion of doing the early sets as speed work (at least as much as possible).
Did you make her stand next to the turkey for scale?
She’s definitely giving you the “wife look”. I get it a lot myself. Glad you didn’t let that pie whoop you. I try and do all my pressing with as much speed as possible. Need the explosiveness for the throws.
hel, I am trying to do my assistance work and ramp up[s that way. i don’t always get it going super fast but I imagine anything helps.
Cycle 2-Week 4-Day 1
Milies
5x55
5x65
5x100* should have been 80, I’m an idiot
5x10x75* first set done at 85 because I am an idiot
T-bars from floor
5x10x150
Standing EZ Curls
5x10x60
So my glutes are brutally sore from Squatting on Sat and playing flag football on Sunday for 2.5 hours. This has me dreading DL’s tomorrow even if it is delaoding.
Ona Milies note, how far down do you guys bring the bar on them? I bring it down unhtil it brushes the top of my chest most reps but I’m begining to think thats too low.
It seems like everyone’s brain takes a break during the deloads. Lotta volume on a deload…just saying 
If I bring the bar down as far as you are describing, it would be out in front of me. Guess it is the way I am built. When I unrack the bar, it rests at the bottom of my chin. I actually have to relax a bit to get it lower than that.
I generally start mine with the bar resting on my upper chest and delts - unless I’m feeling like a cheater. Then I’ll unrack and carry the bar out just under my chin. Shaves about 3-4 inches off the ROM, plus I can do a quick dip of the bar and engage the stretch reflex prior to pressing. If I start from the delts, subsequent reps may not go that low…
And I’m not calling Strick a cheater - anything starting below the chin is fekking hard and any start point in the range is valid. I’m just a perfectionista with delusion of hauteur.