Thank you
Thanks, I’ve used the 5x5 progression in the past to recover from a set back. It’s not going as well this time but I’m hitting the heavier lifts. I don’t know what to think about that.
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6/8/2023
Deload week
A quickie ( by choice )
DL
225 x 5
275 x 5
325 x 5
Bench
135 x 5
165 x 5
195 x 5
Squat
185 x 5
225 x 5
255 x 5
Ab wheel
8 x 2
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Men don’t belong in women’s sports
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Disgusting!! Woman should stand together and boycott their sports until this utter nonesense has been done away with for good. Same with female only spaces.
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Agreed. As a father of a female athlete this gets to me. My daughter was a top high school tennis player. There is no way she would have been competitive against equal males.
Even now, both kids are gym rats. My son is bigger and stronger than her, even though she is really strong for a 21 year old female.
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Also agreed. This is minimally bizarre. Though I suppose it’s to distract us from the other national problems.
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Just as a comparison. When I was 54 I threw the women’s 4k shot put in practice to improve my arm speed. My distances would have easily won the NCAA Divison 1 championship. This is the most ridiculous crap I’ve ever seen.
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I think @biker is on to something.
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6/12/2023
Squat
Theoretical max 430
225 x 3
275 x 5
325 x 5
365 x 7 wondering if I should have gone for 8
Banded squats
225 x 3
275 x 3
315 x 3
315 x 1 didn’t feel right
Farmers walk
100lb Dmbl
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Farmer’s walk after squats. Great comeback from cancer.
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6/13/2023
Bench
135 x 10
185 x 5
225 x 3
245 x 1
275 x 1
295 x 1
225 x 5
235 x 5
245 x 5
255 x 5
260 x 3
MP
135 x 5
155 x 5
165 x 5
175 x 1
185 x 1
195 x fail
145 x 5
145 x 2
Cable lateral raise
30 x 10 x 3
JM press
95 x 8 x 1
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I know a lot of powerlifters do the bench and MP on the same day. Never could handle it. You’ll get taht 195 soon.
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Putting in the work.
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This guy’s a lifting machine.
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6/14/2023
Went to the Omaha Zoo with the grandkids.
**RPE 8.7
6/15/2023
DL
495 x 1 left hand started to open and I got angry about it
535 x 1 went up kind of quick
RDL
315 x 5
405 x 5 x 3
315 x 5
Dmbl rows
150 x 22
Kneeling leg curls
80 x 8 x 3
Rear delt machine
60 x 8 x 3
Lat pull down
230 x 8 x 2
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Heck of a deadlift with heavy singles followed up by RDLs. Those db rows are damn strong as well.
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Thanks, I’ve been adding 1 rep a week to the rows. It is getting taxing and limiting what I can do afterwards. I think it carries over to the DL. I’ll keep adding 1 rep until I fail, then reevaluate.
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6/20/2023
Squat
135 x 5 x 2
225 x 3
275 x 1
300 x 3
335 x 3
385 x 3 no extra reps today
Banded squats
225 x 3
275 x 3 x 4
Farmers walk
100lb Dmbl
Entering the log I see I made a little mistake loading the second set.
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Excellent workout and photo.
The bartender with an economics degree I think from Tufts or Boston College.
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