Saturday - Squats
Warm up
3 x 6 bw bulgarian split squats
3 sets of 10 sec glute stretches
A. Squats (in jordan low boxers)
2 x 3 w/ 95
135 x 3 added belt
175 x 2
205 x 1 added wrist wraps
245 x 1
275 x 1
295 x 2, 295 x 1 (RPE 10) ← This HAS TO BE a triple next week
B. Yoke Bar Pause Squats (in oly shoes)
165 x 3
2 x 5 w/ 195 (RPE 9, 10)
C. Trap Bar Podium Deads - 6 x 1 w/ 240 (60 sec rest, RPE 8.5)
D. Speed Squats - 6 x 4 w/ 155
Monday - Chest and Shoulders
A. Incline Tilt DB Power Flies
35 x 8
40 x 8
45 x 8
50 x 8
B. Paused Inlince TIlt Light Band Bench
2 x 5 w/ 95
115 x 5
2 x 5 w/ 95
C. Incline Tilt Bench (constant tension)
95 x 6
135 x 6
185 x 6
205 x 6 (had to lock the last 2 out)
195 x 6
D. Cambered Bar Ladder Pushups
Bw x 15, 7, 5
Bw x 10,5, 3
E. Standing Laterals - 3 x 12 w/ 10 lb plates
F. Speed Military Press -5 x 5 w/ 55
G. Rear Delt desroyer - 60x red band, 30 x purple band, 10 x 5 lb plate
Thursday - Squats (back to training with a purpose)
Warm up
rolled glutes w/ baseball - 10 passes 3 different ways
Glutes stretches - 3 x 10 sec
Band openers for hips - 2 x 12/supersetted w/ leg front raises - 2 x 12
A. Box Squats, Touch and go
Bar x 5
95 x 5
135 x 5
175 x 4
5 x 5 w/ 205
B. Pause Squats (2 count, no belt) - 2 x 5 w/ 135
C. Banded Squat Stance (doubled red bands) - 2 x 8 w/ 2.5 plates
D. Trap Bar Dimel Deads - 3 x 6 w/ 150
Tried a much wider stance and I think it’ll give me some pretty big numbers come meet time in november…
Friday - Bench
A. Pause Bench
2 x 5 w/ 95
2 x 3 w/ 135
195 x 2
210 x 2
225 x 2
240 x 2
255 x 2 (9sh)
B. Bench, Touch and Go (30 sec rest between mini sets, 120 minutes between sets)
255 x 4/1/2
225 x 7/3/3
C. Wide-Grip Pause Bench (thumb away from rings) - 2 x 6 w/ 190 (RPE 8)
D. Dead Bench (60 sec rest) - 6 x 1 w/ 225 (RPE 8)
E. DB Flies - 50s x 10, 50s x 9, 50s x 10 (RPE 9.5-10)
F. Bench Grip Military Press - 3 x 8 w/ 95 (RPE 8)
G. Seated Zottman Curls - 5 x 8 w/ 25s (RPE 9 - 10)
H. Leg Raises (3 sec neg) - 2 x 12 (RPE 10)
I. Weighted Crunches - 3 x 15 (RPE 10)
Monday - 12 weeks out - Bench and Back to Working with Josh
A. Pause Bench
2 x 5 w/ 95
2 x 3 w/ 135
175 x 3
205 x 2
225 x 1
245 x 3 (paused for a 1 count)
B. Overload Bench Holds
300 x 20 sec
330 x 20 sec
C. Speed Bench (not really…) - 6 x 4 w/ 225
D. Dead Bench - 6 x 1 w/ 245
E. Neutral Grip Chins - 3 x 8 w/ Bw
F. DB Flies - 4 x 15 w/ 25
G. Smitch Machine Kaz Presses - 5 x 5 w/ 145
H. Chest-Supported Rows - 90 x 15, 90 x 10, 90 x 7, Dropset: 90 x 6-45 x 7
Holy shit, all I have to say is never again will I underestimate Josh to not beat the living shit out of me with volume…jesus…
Tuesday - 12 weeks out - Squats
A. Squats
Warmed up on box, wide-stance
bar x 5
2 x 3 w/ 95
135 x 3
175 x 2
205 x 1 pulled box
225 x 1
255 x 1 switched to a close stance
255 x 3
B. Yoke Bar Pause Squats - 2 x 3 w/ 200
C. Single-Leg DL - 2 x 4 w/ 40s
D. Barbell Hip Thrusts - 3 x 8 w/ 225
E. GHRs - 4 x 8 w/ Bw
F. Zottman Curls - 2 x 10 w/ 25s, 25s x 7, 25s x 6
Thursday - 12 weeks out - Deads
A. Deads
2 x 3 w/ 135
185 x 3
225 x 2
275 x 1
15 singles w/ 225 (the last 4 technique felt awesome)
B. Manmakers (bottom end to knee paused for a second)
185 x 8 in 45 sec
185 x 9 in 45 sec
C1. DB Shrugs - 3 x 12 w/ 100s
C2. Head Supported Rows - 3 x 8 w/ 135
C3. RDLs - 3 x 6 w/ 135 (supposed to be goodmornings)
C4. Deadstop RDLs - 3 x 8 w/ 135 (supposed to be deadlift hypers)
Friday - Bench Assistance
A. Palms Up Curls
Worked up to
4 x 8 w/ 20s (hard squeeze, 5 sec iso-hold mid rep)
B. Close-Grip Chain Bench
2 x 3 w/ 95 and 60 lbs of chains
135 and 60 lbs in chains x 3 a
175 and 60 lbs in chains x 2
2 x 3 w/ 210 and 60 lbs of chains
210 and 40 lbs of chains x 4
C. Standing Military Press
95 x 3
115 x 2
2 x 3 w/ 135
135 x 7 (in belt)
D. Bent-over face pulls - 4 x 15 w/ 80
E. DB Alternating Front Raises - 4 x 12 w/ 30s
F. Rolling DB Extensions - 4 x 10 w/ 30s
G. Reverse Grip Shallow incline Ez bar extensions (letting the weight ride behind my head, no lockout)
50 x 10 - 6 bottom half - 6 quarters
40 x 10 - 5 bottom half - 4 quarters
30 x 10 -6 bottom halfs - 6 quarters x 2 sets
H. Plate Twists - 2 x 12 w/ 25
I. Hanging Leg Raises (knees to chest) - 2 x 15, 1 x 12
I tried doing some curls first since it made sense in my head because the bicep stabilizes the elbow joint and act as decelerators, but I fatigued them more than I should have and I feel it screwed me up slightly…I probably won’t be doing this again next week…
Tuesday - Bench
A. Paused Bench
bar x 3 double pause bench
95 x 3 double pause bench, rest 15, 95 x 3 single paused bench
135 x 2 double pause, rest 30, 135 x 2 single pause
175 x 1 double pause, no rest, 175 x 1 single pause rest 1 sec single pause
205 x 1
235 x 1
260 x 3 (missed grooved the shit out of the second rep, but still felt good)
275 x 1
B. Bench Holds
310 x 20 sec
360 x 20 sec
C. Speed Bench - 10 x 4 w/ 225
D. Bottom End Drives - 3 x 8 w/ 160? sounds about right…
E. Dead Bench - 2 x 1 w/ 245, 4 x 1 w/ 225
F. DB Flies - 4 x 14 w/ 30s
G. Light Reverse Band Jm Press - 5 x 5 w/ 135