Now that is a LOT of work. Very good job sir.
That was a session that required two bars. 
I might switch to DBs for my BBB work just because I can. Seeing the discussion on OHP and the mention of Big Z liking the Smith makes me want to use that. If I go to my work gym on OHP day then I can do that.
It also pushes me towards buying that beast of a rack with cables and the Smith.
On a financial note, we sold my Chevy Tahoe for $3k last week. We have already paid off the truck I bought to replace it so I’m treating that money as fun money. In the past week, I’ve bought 1550 rounds of ammo (1000 223 and 550 9mm), ammo cans, and two rifles. I didn’t intend to buy two guns, but I was told the first one was on backorder. I found one in stock and bought it yesterday. I got a call telling me that the first one would ship on Monday about 90 minutes later. Oops.
The good news is that I got a great price on the first one. If I decide I don’t want that one then I can sell it for a profit easily. No one has a rifle in stock here. If I sell it at regular retail then I’ll make money. I don’t even have to be a jerk about it.
The best part of all my spending is that my wife is on board with it! She doesn’t care one bit. 
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Hilarious
I intended to put TM for Training Maximally but TM inside this - ( ) turns into a trademark. Who knew?
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Works with copyright and registered trademark too. I like the way it turned out!
7.26.20 W9 D2 - OHP
I attempted to build four lifting platforms at my wife’s school today. Tractor Supply sold us stall mats but didn’t have any. Atwoods had plenty but couldn’t figure out how to do a sale without sales tax (using the school’s money). My wife will have to listen to someone nag her about paying sales tax so she walked away. The wood part is finished and has two coats of clear coat applied. I also got to use the gym while I was there.
Super Set
PULL UPS
BW x 5, 10, 10, 7+4
SMITH OHP
85 x5
105 x 3
125 x 12+7
Super Set
DB OHP
35 x 10 x 5 sets
LAT PULL DOWN
100 x 10 x 5 sets
Apply another coat of finish.
CABLE REV FLY 21s
30 x 10F/10T/10B
30 x 10F/8T/10B
CABLE LAT RAISE
20 x 15
DB LAT RAISE
12.5 x 15 + 10 x 15
Well, I got to try Smith OHP and it was good but not as great as I’d hoped. I had to turn my head to the side to let the bar clear and that made me look at my elbows and the joint angles. I didn’t like what I saw. Three fact remains that DBs are the only way to achieve the angles that I want. I just need to stop fighting that.
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I don’t like overhead on the smith. Much prefer a high incline Bench Instead
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I was one notch short of completely upright and I found myself arching my back a bit. It definitely wasn’t a completely upright press - it can’t be because my head is in the way. I’ll just stick to DBs.
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If you could kindly put your trademark on front squats, then nobody would ever be allowed to do them ever again.
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Truth. I only use a barbell for push presses. My shoulders feel sooo much better with dumbbells.
I second this, lol
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7.27.20 - Week 9 Day 3 - Deadlift
I would have preferred to do this tomorrow, but I’m committed to a camp the next two days and I don’t know how my days are going to go. If I didn’t force this today then it would throw off the week and I wouldn’t be squatting on Friday.
SQUAT
bar x 5
135 x 5
185 x 5
225 x 3
275 x 1
POWER CLEAN
135 x 3
185 x 2
205 x 2
230 x 2 x 4 sets
DEADLIFT
275 x 3
365 x 2
405 x 1 This is a strapless PR. The bar moved pretty well and I felt good despite feeling bad this morning. I thought my work sets might feel strong and awesome…nope!
435 x 3 x 5 sets
CLEAN PULL
295 x 3 x 3 sets
Time: 39 minutes
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Do you pull double OH on the way up?
Yeah. The squats are a good warm up so I start my deadlift workouts with 275 now. I have a 45 and 25 lb bumper plate that stays on my Rogue bar all the time. I just throw on a plate and get to work. 275 and 365 are always manageable but the next jump is usually where I grab the straps. I was able to do a double with 365 strapless so I thought I’d try 405. It was close to slipping; I just had it in my finger tips at lockout, but it counts. I grabbed the straps and belt for the working sets.
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That’s exactly what I do, but I wuss out around 315. It seems a smart way to work on your grip without having to deal with it specifically.
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I do the same with my belt. I use it when I feel like it’s necessary. There are no hard and fast rules - if I feel good then I don’t use it but if I feel like garbage then I’ll put it on for light weights.
It’s a good way to sneak in some grip and core training without making it the focus of the session. A few weeks ago I think I dropped 385 without straps. Oh, well.
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After some discussion in other logs, I decided to put something down here to make it official-ish…
I’m never satisfied with my conditioning. I always wish I could do certain things, but I don’t train for it. Training for it sucks and it interferes with strength goals. If you ask me why I do what I do then I’ll tell you it’s to look good and to be able to maintain a decent level of athletic ability. I also need to be able to do things at work without going into cardiac arrest. And yet, my training log doesn’t align with those alleged goals.
After I finish my current cycle of training (week 9 of 12 with week 12 being my max out week), I’ll need to find something to do for about four weeks. I’m going on a week long fishing trip in the mountains with my brother at the end of September, so there’s no sense in setting up some strength progression that’ll get interrupted. What I need to do is some damn conditioning. I don’t want to train more than four days a week.
My goals in order for the next phase of training:
- stop being out of shape (I define this by meaning I can’t run very far)
- continue trying to build my upper body
- maintain or continue building my deadlift and power clean
That’s really all there is. After seeing @kdjohn’s session of lunges combined with carries, I had an idea. I don’t really have any heavy implements to carry, but I could go outside and do lunges, tire flips, and probably rig up a carry of some sort. If I open my gate then my driveway is a decent length (about seven to eight car lengths). I also have 80ish and 100ish meter lengths of sidewalk across the street from my house. I could do a lot with that. Leg day could be conditioning day. I hate squats anyway, so why not train legs while also getting in better shape?
I have lots of options, but execution is the problem. I need to find a way to enjoy this stuff. Doing a 20 minute conditioning session isn’t a problem, but doing that in addition to an hour long lifting session is. It’s not that I can’t do it; I just know that I won’t do it consistently over time. I’ll skip the conditioning.
I know one way to address this is to just suck it up and do it, but I prefer a different approach. I call it accepting myself and planning accordingly. I did the same thing with potato chips this weekend. I wanted some chips and salsa. I looked at the chips and the ones I wanted were seven chips per serving. I know that I basically eat one chip per dip because we all use the salsa container. The second chip I looked at was Tostitos Scoops. 11-12 chips per serving. And then I saw the bite sized chips: 22 chips per serving. That means I get to dip those bad boys 22 times for the same chip calories as seven of the others. I bought the bite sized because I know how I eat chips and salsa. I can’t control myself.
There are many roads to success. My roads involve me identifying my weaknesses and planning around them instead of trying to fight them.
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Canvas bag from military surplus. Tough as nails. 2 bags of sand from home center of your choice. Maybe 3 bags depending on the size that they sell. Insert bags of sand in duffel, while still in the plastic (Helps keep the sand dry). Duct tape it if necessary to neaten it up. Now you have a carry implement that will last long enough to really hate.
On another note, I feel that hard interval cardio is better than anything else for conditioning. A treadmill at max incline at a run for 1-2 minutes followed by 4 minutes at a regular walk zero incline, repeat as necessary. It ups the conditioning really quickly. I didn’t find that it did anything magical for fat loss but after a month my conditioning was excellent.
**Edited to fix about four hundred typos.
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@flappinit, don’t you start thinking that you can out-overthink me.
Introducing my Advanced 5/3/1 Two Day Split.
And here’s Advanced 5/3/1 in case you didn’t know.
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Most excellent. You artfully managed to distill your goals to something both focused and unconstricting. Having similar goals, I’m interested to see how you address them.