[quote]canada wrote:
Maybe its me, and i’m no strength monster but i get turned off from planning workouts 12 weeks in advanced.[/quote]
Same here. Too many situations and variables can arise or change to say that in 10 weeks I will be doing something on a specific day with certain sets, reps, and intensity. But of course thats just me. I generally write mine down 2-3 weeks.
[quote]farmerson12 wrote:
[quote]canada wrote:
Maybe its me, and i’m no strength monster but i get turned off from planning workouts 12 weeks in advanced.[/quote]
Same here. Too many situations and variables can arise or change to say that in 10 weeks I will be doing something on a specific day with certain sets, reps, and intensity. But of course thats just me. I generally write mine down 2-3 weeks.[/quote]
I plan daily! lol I do alternate between upper and lower sessions though for the most part. Bench/OHP and Deadlift/Squat. Assistance is pretty random but i do keep the exercise selection pretty low.
When i feel rundown i take a day off. I have tried a few of CT’s neural charge workouts, they seem to help for sure.
[quote]canada wrote:
[quote]farmerson12 wrote:
[quote]canada wrote:
Maybe its me, and i’m no strength monster but i get turned off from planning workouts 12 weeks in advanced.[/quote]
Same here. Too many situations and variables can arise or change to say that in 10 weeks I will be doing something on a specific day with certain sets, reps, and intensity. But of course thats just me. I generally write mine down 2-3 weeks.[/quote]
I plan daily! lol I do alternate between upper and lower sessions though for the most part. Bench/OHP and Deadlift/Squat. Assistance is pretty random but i do keep the exercise selection pretty low.
When i feel rundown i take a day off. I have tried a few of CT’s neural charge workouts, they seem to help for sure.[/quote]
I love planning ahead. I end up jumping ahead of myself and tweaking as I go along, but I plan at least 4 weeks ahead. After a few more years of training and I have a good idea of what I’m capable of, I’m gonna enjoy planning 16+ weeks ahead. It’s satisfying to end up exceeding your long-term goals.
That being said, I just bought the Juggernaut Method and I’m going to try it after 4 more weeks of 5/3/1 (my 4th cycle), just to switch things up for the summer. I’m making up an excel spreadsheet with all the percentages for all the phases and stuff. I’m also going to go out and buying the largest tire and sledgehammer I can find.
[quote]Kevin5255 wrote:
[quote]canada wrote:
[quote]farmerson12 wrote:
[quote]canada wrote:
Maybe its me, and i’m no strength monster but i get turned off from planning workouts 12 weeks in advanced.[/quote]
Same here. Too many situations and variables can arise or change to say that in 10 weeks I will be doing something on a specific day with certain sets, reps, and intensity. But of course thats just me. I generally write mine down 2-3 weeks.[/quote]
I plan daily! lol I do alternate between upper and lower sessions though for the most part. Bench/OHP and Deadlift/Squat. Assistance is pretty random but i do keep the exercise selection pretty low.
When i feel rundown i take a day off. I have tried a few of CT’s neural charge workouts, they seem to help for sure.[/quote]
I love planning ahead. I end up jumping ahead of myself and tweaking as I go along, but I plan at least 4 weeks ahead. After a few more years of training and I have a good idea of what I’m capable of, I’m gonna enjoy planning 16+ weeks ahead. It’s satisfying to end up exceeding your long-term goals.
That being said, I just bought the Juggernaut Method and I’m going to try it after 4 more weeks of 5/3/1 (my 4th cycle), just to switch things up for the summer. I’m making up an excel spreadsheet with all the percentages for all the phases and stuff. I’m also going to go out and buying the largest tire and sledgehammer I can find.[/quote]
I know exactly what you mean, I’ve been tweeking some of the assistance for this program as I go along, too. But I love having what I’m doing laid out in front of me and having a plan of attack every day, drives me insane to not be aiming for specific goals.
Also, I can save you some time. I already have an excel file made up for Juggernaut if you want it. All you need to do is plug in your starting maxes and then keep track of your rep-outs.
I bought the plan today I could use a copy of your spreed sheet kbanker thanx
On the 5 sets of 10 on squat I took my sweet ole time for the rest interval. I assume rest intervals don’t matter as long as it’s not all day.
Instead of back squats I’m using the top squat apparatus. I’m also going with my back squat projected max which means 300lbs or so for 60%. My legs had no problem with it but my core gave out on the last set. I’m starting too heavy but I want to see if my core can catch up since my legs aren’t having any trouble with the weight.
[quote]JRT6 wrote:
On the 5 sets of 10 on squat I took my sweet ole time for the rest interval. I assume rest intervals don’t matter as long as it’s not all day.
Instead of back squats I’m using the top squat apparatus. I’m also going with my back squat projected max which means 300lbs or so for 60%. My legs had no problem with it but my core gave out on the last set. I’m starting too heavy but I want to see if my core can catch up since my legs aren’t having any trouble with the weight.[/quote]
I probably rested 5 minutes or so between sets 4-5 which were the hardest. The first weeks are hard if your not used to the higher reps. I barely got my 10 reps for the last sets on squats but on week 3 I was able to get 14 since it was just 1 set.
^^^ I’m actually looking foward to getting my 10 rep strength up. I’m too old for new 1 RM’s.
Got the book last weekend, saved two bucks woohoo. Anyways did the bench today and felt great. I do believe urbansavage though by the end these 10s are going to kill me but I’m excited to progress through this.
[quote]Johnny T Frisk wrote:
Got the book last weekend, saved two bucks woohoo. Anyways did the bench today and felt great. I do believe urbansavage though by the end these 10s are going to kill me but I’m excited to progress through this.[/quote]
Stick with it, man, it’s worth it. It’s a fun program that has been consistently challenging for me with good returns, so far. Just did my first day of the 3s wave yesterday and am set to rep out with my starting 1RM (not the starting training maxes). I’m excited to see how it helped my lifts at an upcoming meet.
[quote]kbanker wrote:
[quote]Johnny T Frisk wrote:
Got the book last weekend, saved two bucks woohoo. Anyways did the bench today and felt great. I do believe urbansavage though by the end these 10s are going to kill me but I’m excited to progress through this.[/quote]
Stick with it, man, it’s worth it. It’s a fun program that has been consistently challenging for me with good returns, so far. Just did my first day of the 3s wave yesterday and am set to rep out with my starting 1RM (not the starting training maxes). I’m excited to see how it helped my lifts at an upcoming meet.[/quote]
What were your lifts at the start of the program?
[quote]KBCThird wrote:
[quote]kbanker wrote:
[quote]Johnny T Frisk wrote:
Got the book last weekend, saved two bucks woohoo. Anyways did the bench today and felt great. I do believe urbansavage though by the end these 10s are going to kill me but I’m excited to progress through this.[/quote]
Stick with it, man, it’s worth it. It’s a fun program that has been consistently challenging for me with good returns, so far. Just did my first day of the 3s wave yesterday and am set to rep out with my starting 1RM (not the starting training maxes). I’m excited to see how it helped my lifts at an upcoming meet.[/quote]
What were your lifts at the start of the program?[/quote]
Raw maxes heading in were 300lb squat, 175lb bench and 365lb DL. Shitty lifts, I know (especially bench), but I’m still new to this sport (<1 year) and working hard at making them more legit.
[quote]kbanker wrote:
[quote]KBCThird wrote:
[quote]kbanker wrote:
[quote]Johnny T Frisk wrote:
Got the book last weekend, saved two bucks woohoo. Anyways did the bench today and felt great. I do believe urbansavage though by the end these 10s are going to kill me but I’m excited to progress through this.[/quote]
Stick with it, man, it’s worth it. It’s a fun program that has been consistently challenging for me with good returns, so far. Just did my first day of the 3s wave yesterday and am set to rep out with my starting 1RM (not the starting training maxes). I’m excited to see how it helped my lifts at an upcoming meet.[/quote]
What were your lifts at the start of the program?[/quote]
Raw maxes heading in were 300lb squat, 175lb bench and 365lb DL. Shitty lifts, I know (especially bench), but I’m still new to this sport (<1 year) and working hard at making them more legit.[/quote]
There’s absolutely no need to apologize for your lifts. I ask because I’m on the second week of 5’s and have not been happy with the program, and was wondering if you may have been a beginner. At any rate, I’m withholding judgment until the completion of the program.
I’m glad you’re experiencing good results.
[quote]KBCThird wrote:
[quote]kbanker wrote:
[quote]KBCThird wrote:
[quote]kbanker wrote:
[quote]Johnny T Frisk wrote:
Got the book last weekend, saved two bucks woohoo. Anyways did the bench today and felt great. I do believe urbansavage though by the end these 10s are going to kill me but I’m excited to progress through this.[/quote]
Stick with it, man, it’s worth it. It’s a fun program that has been consistently challenging for me with good returns, so far. Just did my first day of the 3s wave yesterday and am set to rep out with my starting 1RM (not the starting training maxes). I’m excited to see how it helped my lifts at an upcoming meet.[/quote]
What were your lifts at the start of the program?[/quote]
Raw maxes heading in were 300lb squat, 175lb bench and 365lb DL. Shitty lifts, I know (especially bench), but I’m still new to this sport (<1 year) and working hard at making them more legit.[/quote]
There’s absolutely no need to apologize for your lifts. I ask because I’m on the second week of 5’s and have not been happy with the program, and was wondering if you may have been a beginner. At any rate, I’m withholding judgment until the completion of the program.
I’m glad you’re experiencing good results.[/quote]
Interesting, what’s your main gripe with this program? Are you just not a fan of linear/block periodization, generally? Thanks, regardless, and I hope you get good results for your efforts as well.
Well, I don’t want to prematurely bash it. Seeing as I’m only about 60% of the way through the program, it wouldnt be fair. As I said, the real test will be if I improve after the training cycle. Sometimes you’ve got to give a program time to work, and sometimes you have to take a step back to take two steps forward.
Just completed my cycle of Juggernaut.
Starting 1RM at 165 lb:
Squat - 300
Deadlift - 365
Bench Press - 175
Military Press - 135
At the end of the 3’s wave:
Squat - 295 x 5 (Projected Max - 345)
Deadlift - 365 x 4 (Projected Max - 415)
Bench Press - 175 x 11 (Projected Max - 240)
Military Press - 135 x 4 (Projected Max - 155)
I have a meet that I’m peaking for now, so I won’t be testing my raw 1RM maxes for about a month. But, I can post those numbers and whatever I get raw when I test next if anybody is interested.
[quote]kbanker wrote:
Just completed my cycle of Juggernaut.
Starting 1RM at 165 lb:
Squat - 300
Deadlift - 365
Bench Press - 175
Military Press - 135
At the end of the 3’s wave:
Squat - 295 x 5 (Projected Max - 345)
Deadlift - 365 x 4 (Projected Max - 415)
Bench Press - 175 x 11 (Projected Max - 240)
Military Press - 135 x 4 (Projected Max - 155)
I have a meet that I’m peaking for now, so I won’t be testing my raw 1RM maxes for about a month. But, I can post those numbers and whatever I get raw when I test next if anybody is interested.[/quote]
I did not start all the cycles at the same time but I’m a week away from finishing Military press. I’ve had some new PRs but nothing close to 1RM weights, I might try a 2’s and 1’s wave at least on that lift.
if i have 531 do i need this manual?
[quote]kbanker wrote:
Just completed my cycle of Juggernaut.
Starting 1RM at 165 lb:
Squat - 300
Deadlift - 365
Bench Press - 175
Military Press - 135
At the end of the 3’s wave:
Squat - 295 x 5 (Projected Max - 345)
Deadlift - 365 x 4 (Projected Max - 415)
Bench Press - 175 x 11 (Projected Max - 240)
Military Press - 135 x 4 (Projected Max - 155)
I have a meet that I’m peaking for now, so I won’t be testing my raw 1RM maxes for about a month. But, I can post those numbers and whatever I get raw when I test next if anybody is interested.[/quote]
Those are some amazing PR’s my friend. Excuse me for asking but how long did the entire program last and did you follow it as laid out or did you tweak anything? I’m not very familiar with the Juggernaut Method so please excuse my ignorance
[quote]claybear wrote:
[quote]kbanker wrote:
Just completed my cycle of Juggernaut.
Starting 1RM at 165 lb:
Squat - 300
Deadlift - 365
Bench Press - 175
Military Press - 135
At the end of the 3’s wave:
Squat - 295 x 5 (Projected Max - 345)
Deadlift - 365 x 4 (Projected Max - 415)
Bench Press - 175 x 11 (Projected Max - 240)
Military Press - 135 x 4 (Projected Max - 155)
I have a meet that I’m peaking for now, so I won’t be testing my raw 1RM maxes for about a month. But, I can post those numbers and whatever I get raw when I test next if anybody is interested.[/quote]
Those are some amazing PR’s my friend. Excuse me for asking but how long did the entire program last and did you follow it as laid out or did you tweak anything? I’m not very familiar with the Juggernaut Method so please excuse my ignorance[/quote]
Thanks, I feel that I added a pretty good amount to my total by doing this program. It took 4 months, and I did follow it almost exactly. I did it with the Westside Assistance template as laid out in the book, the only thing I did differently was to cut the conditioning and plyometrics. I did my own version of conditioning work after lifting (sled pulling, battling ropes, farmer’s walks, kettlebell snatches - picked one depending on the day).