LOL, I only hit 245x1 for a single though man. Straight peaking right now. My shoulders and triceps are actually sore as shit today. Na man, I think I’m good.
I’ve learned lifting heavy and trying to gain more poundage is like a 2nd job. I’m completely worn out, I can’t keep up with this. Forget even BBB, I think after this program I’m going into maintenance mode for a few months. Just work up to a heavy triple and then do some back off sets. Going to do some form of vanilla 5/3/1. Probably will go the Triumvirate route.
I’ve been blessed with great genetics, but I’m over the adding poundage to my lifts. Going to keep it super simple for a while.
I’m officially part of the 2/3/4/5 club now, so I think I’m good in terms of trying to add more weight lol.
I think my workouts will look super simple like:
Squat - 135x10, 185x3, 225x3, 275x3, 315x3, 365x3, 385x3, 405x10, back off sets at 3x10, 4x8, 5x5, maybe even 1x20
RDL, Lunges, Abs, and then get the fuck out of the gym lol.
Dude your workouts are humbling to me. I was once in the 2,4,5,6 club. Now I’m in the 1,3,3,4. And I’m looking at your weights and how heavy shit feels and I’m super motivated. So thanks basically.
I’m doing a 7th week Deload and getting ready to do “prep and fat loss” from 5/3/1 forever. I’m going to start a log when I get around to it.
No problem man! Being in the 1,3,3,4 club is still good man! Strong enough for anything life throws at you. Keeping a log on here is great, more beneficial in my opinion. Get after it man!
Felt good man! My work capacity has been good for a long time now. I’m so use to low rep lifting that these sessions actually I feel really good. Just a bit drained after lol.
Band Pull Aparts - 100 Laterals - 100 Face Pulls - 100 Curls - 15lbs x 100
Shut the session down. Just did some prehab stuff cause it didn’t hurt at all.
The 235 and the 245 were GRINDS today and I strained my right elbow (right side where the tricep connects). Felt weird to me, so decided to not risk further injury and stop the session.
I think my tendons and ligaments are just worn from the load of this program. Especially because I’m hitting the 95%+ levels of my strength (even though the percentages don’t say that, that’s how I feel when lifting). It’s all good, should be good to go on Tuesday next week.
Maybe I haven’t decided yet. But I will post pics by the end of this year for sure lol! I’ve gotten thicker and denser, I don’t think I got much bigger overall.
BACK SQUAT
405x5
425x4
445x3
465x2
475x1 (Grindddd!)
FRONT SQUAT
355x5
365x4
375x3
385x2
395x0 (Way too fatigued)
DEADLIFT
405x5
435x4
455x3
475x2
500x1
RDL
345x5
365x4
375x3
395x2
405x1
FARMERS WALK
365 @ 3 trips
NOTES
Workout was shit. Which usually means a week from now I’m gonna put up a big number lol. The fact that I can pull 500 for a single after 10 sets of heavy squats, means my overall strength has definitely gone up.
Checked my weight because I was curious but I am actually 185 lol. So I’ve gained ~5-6lbs in about 12 weeks.
Man, that’s a lot of weight in one session. If I were you then id consider skipping the 1st and 2nd workouts of week 12 to get a bit more rest before setting new PRs.
You could also just focus on two movements each day. And I suppose you could finish week 12 as written and then come back for max attempts the following week.
For sure man, I’m already feeling the effects of it! I got 1.5 weeks left so I’m going to do the program as is just so I can finish it up and do a review on it. Almost to the finish line! BTM wasn’t even this bad lol.