Good work on the 405 x 20 rep deadllifts.
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I think theyāre awesome tools for the majority of the people who are on this site, 531 in particular. But not for the people I see as typical PT clients. Full disclaimer: I have never worked as a PT, I may easily be wrong.
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Itās very noticeable that in the gyms where my granny lifts are considered strong, I have also never seen anyone having to lie down after a set.
Edit: I see you said exactly the same thing to mort
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23! The last 3 reps required more effort than the 20 before them (at least, thatās how it looked), canāt short change him on this one!
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Thatās a value judgement.
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@T3hPwnisher what does your bench cycle look like?
Everytime one of those reps neared the floor I was thinking āthatās it, heās done, good setā, then the bloody bar went back up again.
I also just noticed, iām pretty sure thatās beltless. @T3hPwnisher, am I seeing things?
More like not seeing things. 
Was that you pressing in that video or did I see big foot through the trees !!
Thereās totally something to the PRās in commercial gyms.
For me, as someone who trains alone almost every session for years on end, being in a commercial gym makes me feel like Maximus from Gladiator. I just feel like I HAVE to perform my best for some reason, or else the dude who doesnāt squat because it hurts his knees, but he squats on his toes (literally and actually) and only bends from the knees and solely at the knees and why the fuck are you even here?
Anyway, maybe @T3hPwnisher is the same. Maybe, maybe not.
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@biker Thanks man! Been great to have you following along for so long.
@dagill2 Definitely never see anyone collapse after a set. Meanwhile, thatās exactly what I did after my squat workout, haha. Wore a belt for this one. You can see me take it off at the end. Those last few reps are why Iām not a big fan of āreps in reserveā or similar appraoches. So many trainees have never gone that far in the first place that their āmaxā is really like 3-4 reps in reserve, and when they go 2-3 reps in reserve from THAT point they end up at like 5-7 reps in reserve, so they do absolutely nothing.
@The_Myth Iāll judge the value of everything. And as someone with nihilistic leanings, it tends to be a zero, haha.
@liftangryordie500 Great timing on the question, as today was a bench workout. Iāll lay it out here.
The trendy thing to call āprogress in reps, then progress in weightsā is ādouble progressionā, which I think means Iām doing ātriple progressionā, because Iām also progressing in rest times. First, the basic layout
3x10 flat bench
3x10 close grip bench
3x10 incline bench (I use a swiss bar)
3xFailure bodyweight dips
3x10 is, of course, ideal. When weight goes up, sometimes reps drop, and I make it a goal to add more reps per session until I can get 3x10, then I up the weight. HOWEVER, each session, I also reduce rest times by 20 seconds compared to the previous. I start the cycle resting 3 minutes and 45 seconds between all sets of benching (2 minutes between dips, which remains constant, purely due to time constraints). Next week will be 3:25, then 3:05, etc. On the 6th week, Iāll be at 2:05. After that, I start back over at 3:45.
Usually at the 3 week point in the cycle, the goal is more to just hang on and MAYBE eek out 1 more rep total, but once I survive that and go back to 3:45 rest between sets, I tend to blow away any plateau I may have been stuck on, and then I have momentum to carry me through again.
@simo74 Bigfoot checks under his bed to make sure Iām not there, haha.
@strongmanvinny2 The environment is just such an energy drain on me that I just try to get in and get out as fast as I can. I DO want people to leave me the f**k alone because my big fear is that theyāll see me struggle and āhelpā me, and then Iāll have to scream at them not to touch the bar, haha.
PM WORKOUT
Barbell bench press 300
2x10
1x6
Close grip bench press 260
1x8
1x7
1x6
Dumbbell incline bench 85s
2x10
1x9
Dips
1x38
1x20
1x21
Ab work between benching
Notes: 2:05 between benching, 2:00 between dips. Sprained my right pec on a warm-up set of benching by having my hands too far apart. Was tough finding the right spacing on a barbell after so long away. Fun fact is that the last time I benched on a barbell was Oct of 2017, and it was 300lbs, and it was a set of 10, but it was ONE set and it was a struggle. Hammering out 2 with short rests and a sprained pec is a solid sign.
Officially moved out of my house. Stuff should be at the new place relatively soon.
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I agree- I think itās good for people to see the kind of effort strong people are putting in. Gives people a reference point on what effort should look like.
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Do you find this with all gyms are just this one in particular??
Itās rare I train in one, but when I do, it tends to always be the same.
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I had my first week back training with other humans this week after many years either away from the gym or training alone in the shed.
I actually didnāt mind it. People keep themselves to themselves and most seem to be working fairly hard.
The only thing I find weird is the rest between sets. It just feels odd standing and waiting, and breathing hard and pacing up and down seems to get you strange looks !! Iām sure Iāll get used to it and wonāt give a fk in a few weeks time.
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I enjoy the gym. I go to a YMCA and there is always a handful of people bigger and stronger than me. There is always someone putting in work on the deadlift platform.
As far as rest, find a seat. It prevents the odd pacing.
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@simo74 I definitely just keep my head down and get through the training. Doubly true with the rest: I keep my head down because it hurts to keep my head up, haha.
@Frank_C Iāve not sat down in my training for so long I forgot it was an option, haha. Momentum seems to set in for me. As soon as I sit, I donāt want to get up again.
LATE AM WORKOUT
GIANT SETS (Barbell squats-box jumps-45 degree hyper extensions)
Squats
10xBar
10x135
10x225
10x315
4x405
10x315
10x225
Box jumps
7x5
45 degree hyper extensions w/115lbs (barbell held for reps)
7x8
20 NG chins
Notes: 3:45 between sets. Had to make it work in the commercial gym. Good to see I still have the shoulder mobility for barbell squats. Was feeling real strong coming into 405, and then it just crushed me. Iām gonna assume those deadlifts crushed my soul a little, and the move and living off fast food is getting to me. Added an extra dropset to compensate. Wanted to do more, but didnāt want a stupid level of DOMS when it came time to unload the truck
Forgot to log that I also hit a set of 20 chins after my bench workout. Been nice to be able to just knock those out at the end to get some more back work in.
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Hey dude, I know you have a training log kept on a blogspot site but I canāt seem to recall the name of it.
Did it happen to go as far back as your Dogg-Crapp days?
āForged by Ironā. It goes all the way back to 2004: WAY back in the day, haha. DC woulda been around Feb of 2010 or 2011 from what I recall. Nothing real special then though.
4 mile leisurely run. Just taking in the neighborhood one last time. Wheels up tomorrow.
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