I don’t know TBH
Funny, I’m chomping at the bit to be able to squat again after almost two years of not being able to go over 200 or so. Hopefully I can start light in like two more months!
When I couldn’t do a lot of legs I used to do chest/tris, bis/back, shoulders, full body conditioning, rest, repeat. Actually liked it pretty well
I’m using F. It’s up to 28 and feels like 16 now. It’s 3:45 pm, the warmest part of the day.
There are a lot of ways to accomplish maintenance. I just need to figure out how I want to train my upper body. I find myself feeling like I’m leaving something on the table when I do full push/pull sessions. It’s mostly on push day. I feel like I’m doing two incomplete workouts each week. It’s not enough shoulders and it’s not enough chest, but is it enough when combined? I don’t know.
That’s an option. I find myself preferring the “just a little bit” approach for legs. I’d rather do a little bit more frequently than to do a lot all at once. I guess this Daily Dose of Deadlift program has started to creep into my mindset for all leg training.
Well, my lower body is “healthy” and I’m barely doing better than this. I’m still going to try Daily Dose of Squats.
2 Likes
I think it’s the fact that we actively try to minimise sun exposure. I’m not sure what sector of the population the report was about, so it may not be across the board.
Yes, if used as recommended
I feel like we need to send each other our PD undershirt…except you’ll need to get an small ass size and I’ll need to order one for a giant
4 Likes
Legs is my best day right now 
2 Likes
That would be awesome, but ours is lame. It’s just the logo for our Academy on the upper left part of the chest (like a badge).
If I were to send you a shirt then I think one of these would be better (but they’re not Department specific).
3 Likes
Deadlift is still my best performance lift. I’m still probably going to try the Daily Dose of Squats. I just can’t seem to get excited (or care) about a legit leg day. I don’t know what happened to me.
Maybe it’s years of training and suffering for no gain? I enjoy upper body soreness. I convince myself that it means I’m growing. But leg soreness just sucks the life right out of me.
2.15.20 Daily Dose Day #43
ELLIPTICAL
25 min interval, L7/14, 2.61 miles
RDL
155 x 10
205 x 8
PLATFORM DEFICIT DEADLIFT
265 x 3
335 x 5 singles
REAR DELT FLY
20 x 25
20 x 17
20 x 15 + 12.5 x 15
LANDMINE ROW
60 x 12, 12, 8
Not sure if I like these. I’m putting a lot of effort into balancing. My right arm is better than my left, too.
MEADOWS ROW
60 x 10 x 3 sets
DB PULLOVER
60 x 10 x 3 sets
HAMMER PULL DOWN
180 x 10 x 3 sets
These coupled with pull overs are brutal. It feels like my lats are trying to be pulled off their insertion point. I still feel that and it’s been an hour.
MACHINE CURL
No rest between sets. Move the pin and suffer more.
80 x 15
95 x 6
80 x 5
65 x 5
65 x 10 partials
Thought of @flappinit and @jackolee during these. I would hit failure at half a rep and just hold it there. After a few seconds, I would be able to finish the rep. I would start the process again on the next rep. I hit failure, held it there, and then somehow failure went away. I could have kept going but I felt enough pain for one day. I don’t need to do all the curls in one workout.
Good workout. I’m beat. I wonder if Meadows intended this to be a once a week back session. 
7 Likes
Landmine rows are awkward, it’s a lot of pressure on my hip while I’m balancing. May just need to do them more but I’m not a huge fan, like you. And yes, pulldowns and Pullovers, holy shit the lat insertions really feel like they’re about to cramp up.
If I can manage to keep those two exercises for a long time then I expect to have wings someday.
Cable rows and Dante rows hurt even more 
Any favorites for the middle of the back?
I don’t think anything hits that like good ol T bar rows. Especially if you can load up 25s or 35s for the smaller diameter and longer ROM while bent over
1 Like
And now your thinking… why do I talk to those psychos. What kind of a person does this for fun lol
2 Likes
I don’t think I need to annihilate a muscle to get results but it’s nice to do something quick like a dropset that’s full of pain when I’m in a hurry or out of mental steam.
3 Likes
I don’t like the landmine rows either. I get a lot better feel with DB rows. I can also better control what I target.
1 Like
You just need to taper volume to adjust for the intensity. That whole painful dropset is just one set, technically speaking. One set is all you need there. One dropset past failure, or 2 straight sets both to failure, or 4 sets with the last rep of the last set hitting failure - I would argue all of them might have a similar stimulus effect. So why not use them all?
2 Likes
That’s an interesting week-by-week progression, maybe
Week 1: Two sets to failure
Week 2: 4 sets with final rep hitting failure
Week 3: Drop set, up weight, repeat week 1
1 Like