Happy (belated) Birthday, Mark. I hope you have another Great year!
Anyway, I saw a guy doing flies, laying on the ground today. ROM was limited, and each rep was static to dynamic.
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Thanks @flatsfarmer! Floor flies, huh? Sounds interesting.
@painter27 I’m five foot nine.
Woke at 203.9 lbs, which I expected given dinner yesterday. Looking OK, a little bloated but that’s about the only difference.
Today’s training
Leg extension and hamstring curl for a bunch at 55 lbs
Wrapped squats out of monolift
So, yeah. Decided this three week period pre honeymoon deload is as good a time as any to chuck in a heavier, moderate rep wave of squats
5xbar
5xplate+collars/154 lbs
5x2 plates+collars/242 lbs
5x3 plates+collars/330 lbs, belt and wraps on (8 revolutions, 5X1)
3x8x418 lbs, all 8 revolutions as above, 6, 7, 7-8 RPE - to 440 lbs next week
Third set
https://www.instagram.com/p/BdOOukEBFPO/
This would be by far the heaviest straight sets of squats I’ve done in a long time. I’m really pleased with how they felt and how my groove stayed the same to my lighter sleeved squats with and without belt.
Dead stop SSB good morning off pins (pin 19+ on EFS rack)
10xbar
8xplate
3x8x2 plates - I really liked these. They look sketchy AF but felt exactly as I wanted them to: my back pushing the weight rather than pulling it. I’ll stay at this weight until I can break if off the pins each rep with no knee movement. Won’t drop the pin height either until I eliminate knee movement.
Second set
https://www.instagram.com/p/BdOdNZ9BNJd/
I figure they’re close enough to a DL that I can bring then in for three weeks while my squat are heavier.
Belt squat supsersetted with reverse hyper
Squats 3x25x176 lbs - the belt squat finally arrived! It’s awesome. Legs are cooked. Try it when you’re back @painter27
Reverse hyper 3x25x176 lbs
Belt squat second or third set, and TBH I’m posting more to make @khangles jealous than anything else
https://www.instagram.com/p/BdOTozCBs2s/
All up done in an hour and 40 minutes
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Why would I be jealous of a belt squat? That’s for bitching out on real squats.
I go out of my way to load my back. I rest between sets with a barbell on my back to get more compression gains. I wear weighted hats all day to increase compressive forces on my spine. I put a band around my head and feet to compress me while I sleep.
May or may not be related to why I’m a manlet…
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Never figured you for a manlet @khangles…
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So as tall as me, 100kg at that heights pretty fucking solid.
So glad I joined elite
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He does follow up with “I wish I had enough poison for the whole pack of you. I would gladly give my life to watch you all swallow it,” tho. Maybe I’d replace poison with GIFs, happiness and lels.
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I’ll take GIFs, happiness and lels (assuming they’re what I think they are) over poison.
Although, manlet doesn’t preclude being a monster. Look at Patrick Morrison. Hell, look at Ed Coan.
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Theres this dude I know who trains out of Real Strength in Castlemaine. Dwarf. World record holder in the squat.
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Great squats, better Band Resisted Side Laying Clamshells.
Edit: accidental tag.
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Do you, by any chance, visit Mongolian basket weaving forums?
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Woke at 203.5 lbs, looking OK. Yesterday’s bloat is gone.
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@danteism they have forums for that?
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But I though we could be friends 
Edit: @Pinkylifting
Turns out bendigo isnt a gay bar at all…
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One of us is not getting the joke here but I’m not sure which one it is
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Could still be a gay bar with powerlifting dwarfs as far as I can tell
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It’s called a niche market
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Today’s training
Push-ups (22) until my pecs woke up
American bar feet up wide grip bench press
10xbar
8xplate
2x10x195 lbs, 7 and 8 RPE
3x8x195 lbs, 8-9, 9-10 and 9 RPE
Work sets took 15 minutes
DB rows supersetted with barbell incline bench
Rows 3x10x140 lbs, hook grip
Press 3x12x143 lbs
Pull-ups supersetted with bottoms up kb press
Pull-ups 3x5xwide overhand, 3x5xwide neutral
Press with 2x35 lbs 2, 3, 3, 5, 4, 4 - these are HARD but shoulders felt great after
Called this superset early because my elbows started complaining a bit. I’ll shift this day to Monday next week to keep it away from squat because squats and pull-ups need to be kept apart
PJR pullovers
3x12x60 lbs
Conditioning
Concept 2 rower 500-100 metres, 60 second rests
Target pace was sub two minutes 15 seconds per 500 m across all rounds, managed an average of two minutes seven seconds - first time this actually had me working. Next week minimum pace will be two minutes 10 seconds per 500 m.
All up took an hour and 50 minutes or so including some gasbagging
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No I won’t. I’ll squat Tueaday and DL Thursday. Problem solved. Actually, most likely I’ll go Sunday, Monday, Tuesday off, Wednesday through Friday.