Interesting way to count time!
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Use ur doctor money buy urself a bar
When the time is right piggie. Eleiko bar and troy calibrated plates, elitefts squat rack. That’s the dream lol
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Couple of grand ain’t nothin but a peanut
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I give myself 30 seconds to set-up.
So if I want 2 minutes rest I will set my timer for 90 seconds. By the time I do my pre-lift bird dance and walk back to the bar to set myself up it has been about 2 minutes.
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For what it’s worth, I never time rest unless it’s a key feature of the program. I go again when I feel ready. It allows for really good days where everything’s flying and I’m really motivated to go, and really shitty days. It’s also a pretty good motivator, because I really want to be out of the gym in about an hour most of the time, so I crack through at a pace that will allow that to happen.
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Deadlifts after squats wth 
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Since I’ve only so far started 1 day of this cycle, and a few things that came up, I just decided to take this week as a deload (done wrong) week. I’ll restart the cycle next training session I get
9 February 2020
C3W1D1
Squat 72.5 x 5, 82.5 x 5, 95 x 10 (rep PR), 120kg walk out, 130kg walkout
Damn 130kg felt heavy. Definitely felt that
Bench 42.5 x 5, 47.5 x 5, 55 x 8, FSL 3 x 5
Pullups 5, 4, 3, 3, 3 (18)
Lat pull downs 40kg on stack 3 x 10
Seated cable rows (both hands) 45kg x 10
Usual machine was being used so stuck with this one
Got into the gym 15:30. It’s 17:19 as I’m typing this before stretching
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Yeah and it is heavy, but after a couple of times the body gets used to it.
Keep grinding and the lifting gods will smile at you.
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Thanks mort!! All the stars gotta align on that day I attempt 3 plates lol
13 February 2020
C3W1D2
Deadlift 80 x 5, 90 x 5, 100 x 5, FSL 2 x 5
OHP 30 x 5, 35 x 5, 40 x 10 (PR!), FSL 4 x 5
FSL ss with face pulls 17.5kg, 20kg, 20kg, 20kg, 10 reps each
Side Laterals drop set 7.5kg, 6 lbs, 2 lbs, 3 x 10
Back extensions holding 5kg plate behind head, 3 x 10
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16 February 2020
C3W2D1
Squat 80kg x 3, 90kg x 3, 100kg x 10 (rep PR, highest e1RM so far), 110kg x 1, 120kg x 1
Felt really good about squats today so I pushed 100kg to 10 reps. Felt really gassed after 10 reps (lol sucky cardio) but felt like leg strength was still there so kept adding. Knees caved in a little at 120kg, so called it there. I hope I feel this good when I finally attempt 140kg (3 plates). Anyway, really happy with that.
Bench 42.5 x 3, 50 x 3, 57.5 x 8, FSL 3 x 5
Bench is plateauing lol. Probs because I really put a lot of effort into my squats lately. Meh, don’t really care about bench anyway.
NG Pull-ups 5, 4, 3, 3, 3 (18)
Seated Cable rows 45kg 3 x 10
Kinda like how the typical two handed row cable machine feels on my back so did these again
Pec Dec Flyes 110lbs on stack 3 x 10 ss with
Single arm rows 4 plates 3 x 10
And finally! Progressing again! Arbitrary numbers and classifications, I know, but I just like seeing graphs.
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Congrats on the PR!!!
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Thanks Chicken!
Well done Whang, Squats are taking off, quality
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Thanks mort!
You might already be able to squat 140kg if you can do 120 after a 10 rep AMRAP set.
If you are serious about trying to peak your squat for a big PR then I would work up to the top single first and AMRAPs or volume work after. With a weight you can do 10 reps you would probably be better off doing 3 sets of 5 or something like that instead, hard sets of 10 will get you stronger but aren’t conducive to PR singles. You want max force production rather than endurance.
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After asking you guys, I thought about it and decided to stick with building general leg strength with what time I had left instead of trying to peak. I settled for poking at a few top singles if I felt good that particular day.
I didn’t expect the last few squat sessions to feel so good to be honest, so I just realized now that chasing that 3 plate squat isn’t totally out of the question.
Well crap, why didn’t I think of top singles then doing AMRAP after… I guess I’ll try that next week! Lol, thanks Chris!
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Ooohhh interesting stuff
