@throwawayfitness I think it’s funny when folks think bulking nutrition is tough. I was a fat kid and a young fat man. Eating enough was and has never been an issue for me. When I started eating for BtM and then SuperSquats etc…it flipped that switch back on and it’s tough to turn off. But on the other hand, if you push yourself in the gym etc you do need to eat to recover. It’s a fine line to walk. Definitely bigger…and stronger just need to dial it back a bit or move more.
@SvenG As much as I wish I could condition like our Scottish Bro…there is no way. Especially when it’s as hot as it’s been this summer. Oh and burpees suck.
Felt great today despite it being hotter than hades out there. Deadlift still has me pondering. I just haven’t done as much of it this year as it shows. That 315 for 10 was a fight after that almost 4 reps at 365. It was way tougher than I’d like to admit.
I’m still thinking on the programming. I was thinking of doing Super Squats with DC Reps and exercises, but there again I’m leaving deads out to dry again. Do I care? Or…do I just run with BtM again. Leaning toward the latter.
It’s the lever machine. Makes it way cooler sounding than it really is. But it has finally gotten somewhat better. Also getting some new dumbbells soon that should also allow me to up the weight slightly instead of 10lbs at a time. The conditioning cleans and push presses are helping too.
These 3 routines/programs work for me. I’d love to mash them all together and run with it but you start to try that and it all falls apart.
Tried Grace with 135 and got 5 reps…so went with 95. I am not conditioned at all but that wasn’t the factor. I broke it up into 5 sets of 6. The 5th and 6th rep were hard in the last 3 sets. Got it done in 6:34. Definitely could do better but I may just little by little add weight and then try to push time. Also think I did 36 reps. Miscounted somewhere in there.
Conditioning
Grace with 105 in 6 minutes. Triceps and shoulders and constantly sore now doing this but it’s still moving and numbers aren’t dropping. Seems positive. Also did 30 ab wheels and 30 hanging leg raises.
Thought I had a lot more but 315 for 3 was all I could muster. Anyway still think technically it’s a SSB PR. The SSB cave as I call it came right back at 315. My legs had it but my back did not. It became squat mornings on reps 2 and 3.
Did assisted wide grip pull ups I think until 20 then to get some did neutral grip chins. Lats feel cooked but probably more from the swiss bar bent rows. Those are tougher than you think because you can’t be upright hardly at all. That really cooked the back felt good and made me think why I don’t do those anymore.
Ugly ugly ugly on the clean and jerks. I was kind of surprised I got it done in that time my shoulders and chest are sore from yesterday. Felt gassed and tired all day. Also felt hungry all day. Ate more than normal today but still clean.
Tried changing up exercises and above proves I’m no coach. I was going to do push presses instead of landmine presses. But went to do 135 and I couldn’t lock it out…so must have done something right with NG incline powertec bp. Anyway setting up to run BtM in the near future.
Next week hopefully I’ll start in on it. I’ve had some good luck running it in the past. I’m not going to be going full gang busters on the diet but here lately I feel like I’ve had the food dialed in until football starts on Saturday…then it gets a little out of control. Hate to change it up too much though it did work really really well in the past being ran as written.