That’s why I thought I could put them two days after and before my push days.
I felt like my back was parallel to the floor! 
They moved well, though.
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Day 1: chest and delts
Day 2: legs
Day 3: chest, delts and biceps
Day 4: back and triceps
Maybe?
I’m not trying to create a bro split. I’m trying to run SGSS but add upper body volume without making the session take two hours.
Changing it from upper/lower to push/pull is doable and allows me to add some volume with the supersets. Adding a shoulder specific day fits my work schedule and adds a bit more overall volume without destroying the SGSS progression.
Again, the use of this program is dependent upon my deadlift max in a few weeks. I have about 14 workouts left in The Daily Dose.
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@Voxel, I’m kind of breaking the rules of the program. CT says to run it for 12 weeks as written. The original program has bench, OHP, row, and the pull down or pull up. The fifth exercise is your choice and uses slightly higher reps.
I ran the program as written. I felt like the leg day was a monster of a workout. I never had that feeling about the upper body days. After running at once, I think I can make some adjustments and try to squeeze more upper-body games out of it.
The first thought is to add volume and increase the Reps. My second thought is to keep the sets and Reps the same for both leg days. For example, on Week 1, I would do 3 x 8 on Squat and deadlift on the first day and do 3 x 8 again on the second day instead of 5 x 8. It’s unlikely that I would slack off on deadlift but it wouldn’t bother me to hold back on the others. This adjustment would be in addition to my other modifications.
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If you feel that’ll work for you then go for it! You can always tweak it when you need to.
If you want more/other ideas you could always ask CT directly what he’d do to emphasise the upper body more while still keeping it SGSS-y
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Looks like a nice split J.
However hitting lower body everyday could be taxing like hell. May go very very conservative on squat making it more of technique work.
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It’s technically the same amount of work. I’m not sure how I’d do it. I don’t want to do the leg sessions, but doing all that leg work helped me get that big deadlift. I’m tempted to only do three sets of everything but deadlift so the other three would be 3x8, 3x8, add weight, repeat.
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Any nerves for tonight’s game? I’m conflicted as to who to root for. A few ex-Bears on the 49’er’s and Jimmy G. went to my college. On the other hand, no one deserves it more than Andy Reid.
Anyway, don’t drink too much!!
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Just getting started. I had a good workout this afternoon so hopefully these extra calories do some good along with the harm!
I had a similar experience with clusters at around the 4 plate mark (I think). Worked well for me too. I think I used a CT outline but the vague idea was to use about 85% and slowly increase the number of reps in the clusters over the weeks.
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2.2.20 Daily Dose Day # 32
2 LAP DYNAMIC WARM UP
DEADLIFT
205 x 5
255 x 3
295 x 1
335 x 5 singles
Damn, I feel good!
445 x 1
465 x 1
RFESS
115 x 8
125 x 7
135 x 6
INCLINE 1.5 REPS
115 x 10, 8, 6, 3, 3
CABLE FLY DIRTY 30
50 x 10 + 10 + 10 sec hold
50 x 10 + 5 + 10 sec hold
CABLE Y RAISE
20 x 10, 8
superset with
CABLE LAT RAISE
10 x 12, 8
superset with
DB OHP
25 x 15, 8
SA REV PRESS DOWN 21s
50 x 10F/10B/10T
50 x 8F/4B/8T
And now it’s game time. I’m trying to cook shredded chicken in the slow cooker and the queso is ready. It’s almost time for kickoff. 
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Looked like it moved ok. Not far from 500 now.
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Definitely not a speed rep but I’ll take it.
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2.3.20
I have PT this morning but that will be all I do today. My daughter got hit by a pretty fierce stomach bug last night. My wife is staying home with her but I have to wait until she returns from her follow up about her head. I’ll probably be working late tonight to make up for my late start.
Nice rep J, looked pretty smooth.
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That looked pretty good.
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Soon…
500 will fall
Well, after it goes up first
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You made the 465 pull with a little more in the tank! 500’s right around the corner bud
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2.4.20
@TrainForPain @jackolee You bet your ass that 500 is coming soon!
Daily Dose #33
DEADLIFT
205 x 5
255 x 3
275 x 3
335 x 5 singles
UNDERHAND BENT OVER ROW
145 x 10, 10, 15
CLOSE GRIP PULL DOWN
140 x 10 x 3 sets
CABLE WENDLER ROW
225 x 15 + 30 sec hold
225 x 15 + 15 sec hold + 15 + 15 sec hold
DB HAMMER CURL
30 x 10 ea alternating arms with an iso hold with the “off” arm
30 x 10 like above + 20 x 15 + 15 x 15
Solid work session. 32 minutes. My back is feeling that 465 pull but everything is good - just tired and a bit sore.
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Tonight is one of those tough nights where I’m a bottomless pit… 
It’s only 5:41pm.
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