For sure man. Haven’t had soreness like this in a while.
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Yeah, I had to grind the 49th and 50th rep. And I’m just on the 1st week lol
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Tell me about it. I still find it hard to squat down to sit three days after my squat workout lol.
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If it helps, I feel like it never really got much worse as the weights went up. It just sucks the same throughout.
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That’s good (bad?) to know. I probably can’t handle more soreness specially since the little one always wants to be picked up and she’s getting heavier by the minute.
For me, hydration goes a long way to helping DOMs. I also find that once the initial “breaking in” period of a new exercise or big changes in volume/intensity/frequency, crippling DOMs is definitely a thing of the past. Think of it like a twisted initiation.
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When little man was little I pushed a leg press drop set session (I think), so hard my legs would literally cave from underneath me for days. I couldn’t hold little man for days and it was gutting. Don’t do that.
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What’s the break in period for you? A couple of weeks?
Yeah, not planning to man. If the 5x10 proves too much, I’ll definitely change templates. Can’t imagine not holding the little lady for days.
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Probably about right, yeah. Don’t get me wrong, I’m still sore, I just no longer have to crawl up stairs or only choose products from middle shelves to avoid bending down.
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Looking forward to week 3 then lol
I remember my very first 10k run, took me 5 mins just to go down 1 floor. And I used to live in the 3rd with no elevator. Good times.
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Downstairs was always the worst, I’ve never held on to something so tight.
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No training today as I had to work the night shift this week. Plus, baby had her vaccine and won’t let us sleep for more than an hour at a time. Might forego training this week and just restart next week.
Also rethinking the whole 3-days a week thing. I may have been a tad too optimistic about the time availability. Oh well, life happens.
Anyway, I’m planning on just sticking with the 2 days per week and an optional 1 day, if time permits. I saw one on Nutty’s log which has a BBing day on top of the 2 days of squat, DL, OHP and bench.
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It’s entirely possible to have a training plan where the microcycle isn’t weekly. If you have 3 sessions planned that you want to do consistently, just rotate between them whether that happens in 1 week or 10 days.
That sounds reasonable, problem is I prefer the squats to fall on a Sunday since that’s usually the time the squat rack is free.
That does add a complication, fair enough.
Just do what you said. Program the 2 days and add another day when you can. The other day can be for technique, weak points, bodybuilding or whatever fun things you dont do on the other 2 days. As long as you dont trash yourself in this session it wont effect your progress.
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Finally able to squeeze a workout in.
Deadlifts 195x5 225x5 255x14 225x10
Bench 115x5 125x5 145x5x5sets
Chinups 25 reps, some pushups
Took about 45mins. Felt really good to finally get one in. Good thing the missus forced me, I felt so sluggish prior to going.
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Squats 155x3 180x3 200x8 155x12
Bench 115x5 135x5 150x5x5sets
Row 50 reps
Standing Tricep Press - 40x15,5 (rp)
Decline crunch to failure
Deadlifts (no belt) 205x3 240x3 270x10 225x8x2sets
OHP 50 reps, Chinups 40 reps
Abs, some curls
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