A friend of mine and their partner of 5+ years are going to college in DC/California, lol. No idea how I’d even begin to go about something like that.
What do you think your programming’s gonna look like going forwards? Any particular training goals you’re going after?
It depends. For the most part, it’s a bad idea, but it can work if both parties are sufficiently mature.
Short term would be a 385 lb dead and 155 ohp – my previous PRs were 315 and 135 respectively.
I’ll chase weight on DL and overhead; I could care less what I bench or back squat.
I have a push, DL, pull and “squat” day. For push/DL it’s an explosive superset, followed by a giant set w the main move, then an assistance giant set.
Maybe triple progression on the main move
Yeah jeez that would suck.
True but both of us have the intention that this is only temporary
Ahh
It’s good that both of you guys agreed on this early
Yuh, communication can be akward but is incredibly fucking important
6/5 Pull
3 sets
Meadows row; thin bar + 45 x12/side
Face pulls; 2 orange bands x10
Not sure if the rows are more taxing on my back or my legs keeping me in place lol
4 sets
Ring pull ups x5 (failed at 3 on the last set)
Straight arm pulldowns; 2 orange bands x15
I seem to be favouring my right side slightly
Plate curls; 25 lbsx20
Overhead triceps; 2 orange bands x20
Yay! Proper spelling!
6/6 Explosive
Banded hamstring curl; 2 micro minis, 2x12/side
Mini hurdles ?x(5) | lost track of how many I did
Deadlifts 6x3
My right side is def taking more force on those jumps. Also I’m not sure why I did the ham curls before the jumps.
6/7 Push
4 sets
Banded one arm landmine push press: thin bar + 45 + 1 orange band x5/side
Banded dislocate
2 sets | This smoked my shoulders
BTN press: bar x12
Reverse grip band pull apart: one orange band x10
Laterals: 5s x12
Ring pull ups x3
My right shoulder feels a bit … loose, for lack of a better word. More face pulls / pull aparts ig?
6/9 Pull
3 sets
Meadow row: tbar (thin bar) + 45 lbs, 12/side
Face pulls: 1 orange/side x10
4 sets
Straight arm pulls: 1 orange band/arm, x15
Ring pull ups x5 | Needed rest between straight arms and these, my pulling power was gone lol
Plate hammer curl: 25 lb plate, 20
Overhead triceps: 1 orange band/arm, x20
6/10
Front backpack weighted stair walk: +17 ish lbs, 30 min
This was more taxing than I was expecting, exactly what I wanted. I walked up and down the two flights of stairs in my house w a backpack on my front side (w a calc textbook and 2 5 lb plates) for 30 min
*On second thought, exactly except for mildly aggrivating my right foot – I pulled a mid-foot muscle while sprinting about a month.5 ago and it hasn’t fully healed
6/12 Legs / conditioning
5 rounds
Incline pushups: x15
Zercher med ball squat: x15, 50 lb ball
Explosive chop: x5/side, 2 micro minis | I tried out a 25 lb plate instead on the last set and spun myself around like a top lol
Wrist curls 2x20 w 5s
Rice bucket digs 3x30 count
6/17 Hotel workout | On a road trip w some friends
High incline db press (ramp): 40x7, 50x3, 35x8,6,5
Db row: 2x10, 35s
6/19 Hotel pt2 at 0200
3 rounds
DB snatch 20 lbs x 3
Overhead one arm db walk, 35 lbs x 2 full laps (it was a tiny room)
2 rounds
Double jump | Focus on getting off the ground quickly on the second
One arm db rdl: 35x8, 12
6/19 Legs ish
5 rounds, ~2 min rest between rounds
Ring pull ups x3
Med ball zercher squats, 50 lbs x15
Band chop, 2 micro mini x 5/side
6/21 Push
2 rounds
Landmine one arm push press: 60 lbs + 1 micro mini x 5/side
Underhand pull aparts: 10 x 1 micro mini
3 rounds
Btn press: 11,8,7 at 65 lbs
Pull aparts | dislocates: 10 | 5 at 1 micro mini
Laterals 15,15,7 at 5 lbs
Push ups 12,12,8
6/22
3 rounds
One leg db rdl: x12/side, 65 lbs
Vertical jump: x4 | Tried short depth jumps instead on the last round
2 rounds
Lunge: x20/side
Plank: 180, 120 sec
Why planks? Some of my friends are having a competition to see how long we can do over X timeframe (also pushups, walking, etc). Annd also to be able to beat the person I’m seeing in a plank competition
I had a stint with rock-climbing for the exact same reason, lol.
I won, because of course I did. And then we broke up like two weeks later (Unrelated, officially)
See, you know exactly what I’m talking about haha
Sidenote: I’ve been following the disney thread in pwi – you’re very well written
Great work in here!
Thanks!
Now all I need to do is find an audience that I have even a 1% chance of convincing of something, and maybe I’ll get something accomplished
6/24 Pull
3 rounds
Face pulls, banded lat pulls: x10, 1 micro mini/side
Meadows row: x12, thin bar + 55 lbs
4 rounds
Straight arm pull: x10
Ring pull ups: x5 | 30 ish sec between these
Notes
Sidenote: this is my landmine setup
Also, this summer is going quickly. I’m both very excited for uni, and nervous I’m going to fuck it up lol.
Meh, it’s harder than you’d think bc the stakes are lower. Even if you want to go to grad school, GPA matters much less than it did for undergrad admissions, especially in the hard sciences
