6x1: front squat 129 kg
3x8: military press 69 kg
3x10: hammer curl 22 kg
Two days ago:
1x3: deadlift 229 kg
1x3: deadlift 209 kg
3x10: db floor press 46 kg
3x10: straight bar curl 35 kg
3x3: pullup
Today:
8 minutes: back squat 59 kg (130 reps)
That’s the third time I did the “work up to 8-minute set of squats” thing, but the first time I feel I really ddi it. The first time I tried front squats, which just doesn’t work well, and had to drop the weight way down for the longest sets. The second time I just gave up, took lots of breath between reps, and went really slowly for the last few minutes, which is missing the point. This time I kept up a steady pace of 16 reps a minute, and did a couple extra in the last 15 seconds. That’s difficult and unpleasant, but doable.
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6x1: front squat 129 kg
3x8: military press 69 kg
3x10: inverted row
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I do this…but for 4 seconds at a time. 
8 minutes of squats sounds brutal., awesome work!!
Thanks. The last few minutes are mentally tough, yeah. I just kept reminding myself that if I make it to 8 minutes without slowing down, I’m done with this and don’t have to try again next week.
I’ve also done 100 front squat singles with bodyweight on the bar a few years ago, that’s another good challenge. But it takes about a year to forget how unpleasant that kind of thing feels, so you can try another one.
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1x3: deadlift 229 kg
1x3: deadlift 209 kg
3x10: db floor press 46 kg
3x10: straight bar curl 35 kg
1x3: pullup
some back squats off sawhorses, working up to a single with 149 kg
3x8: military press 69 kg
3x10: inverted row
So, today is probably the first time in my life that I back squatted more than my bodyweight - I’ve done a lot more with hack squats some time ago, but have really only done very light back squats, since I got no squat rack. Doing it off sawhorses will take some getting used to, so today I pretty much just practiced setting up and getting a good start with light weights, with only a few somewhat heavier singles. Taking off with more than 120 kg was kinda slow at the bottom, but got a lot easier after the first couple of inches. That’s doing back squats off sawhorses, I guess.
30x1: front squat 113 kg (every 30 seconds)
3x10: db floor press 46 kg
3x10: straight bar curl 35 kg
So, I haven’t done the “deadlift double bodyweight for 10 reps” thing in a few years. so I’m gonna work towards that. Gonna alternate weeks - high reps with low weight one week, low reps with higher weight the next, then increase the low weight and decrease the high until they meet in the middle. I weigh 92-94 kg right now, so 190 kg would be safely double bodyweight.
1x18: deadlift 149 kg
3x8: military press 69 kg
3x10: inverted row
By the end of that deadlift set, my hamstrings felt like the body part that would give out first. We’ll see if that holds true as the weights change. I’m gonna try to do 169 for 15-16 reps, 179 for 12-13, and from the other side 229 for 3, 219 for 5, 209 for 6-7, 199 for 8. If I can do 179 for 12 and 199 for 8, then I can do 189 for 10.
6x1: front squat 131 kg
3x10: db floor press 46 kg
3x10: straight bar curl 35 kg
1x3: pullup (still kinda ow)
30x1: front squat 115 kg (every 30 seconds)
3x8: military press 69 kg
3x10: inverted row
1x5: deadlift 219 kg
1x4: deadlift 209 kg
3x10: db floor press 46 kg
3x10: straight bar curl 35 kg
6x1: front squat 131 kg (every 60 seconds)
3x5: power clean and press 69 kg
3x10: inverted row
30x1: front squat 115 kg (every 30 seconds)
3x10: db floor press 46 kg
3x10: straight bar curl 35 kg
1x15: deadlift 169 kg
Hamstrings were the limiting factor, barely locked out that last rep.
Then did some digging in the garden instead of upper body lifts.
So, if I can do 15 reps with 169 kilos and 5 with 209, by linear interpolation I should peter out at 10 reps with 194 kg. That’s if I don’t get any better by training high-rep deads.
6x1: front squat 133 kg
1x6, 2x5: clean and press 69 kg
3x10: inverted row
30x1: front squat 115 kg
3x10: db floor press 46 kg
3x10: straight bar curl 35 kg
1x7, 1x4: deadlift 209 kg
The seventh rep actually felt pretty light, but the grip on my right hand was starting to slip and I didn’t want to risk dropping the bar going for eight. Still, it seems that 10 reps with double bodyweight is very doable, and 10 reps with 200 kilos… maybe, if I kept training higher-rep deads for a couple of months.
30x1: front squat 115 kg
2x6, 1x5: clean and press 69 kg
3x5: pullup
Tried easing back into pullups, arm feels fine! It’s been more than two months.
Tuesday:
6x1: front squat 135 kg
3x10: db floor press 46 kg
3x10: straight bar curl 35 kg
Today:
1x13: deadlift 179 kg
3x6: pullup
Pullups still feel completely OK.