This is what I have a hard time doing. Leaving reps in the tank is something I need to practice. Very few movements or lifts where I’m able to preemptively tell that failure is nigh.
Its daily volume work, failure shouldn’t even be on the table.
I wouldn’t do this for the daily work approach I do. Good for work sets though.
That’s how I’d go about it. Accumulate volume over the long run. 10 a day for 365 days is 3650 extra push ups. It adds up.
Solid work on that JV deadlift set. I’ve done it with clean and presses and really enjoyed it. Once this sciatic shit gets squared away I’m going to do it with dead’s too. Would probably be good with sandbag/stone extensions too.
EDIT: I also have another challenge for you I’ve been liking: 6 sets of 10 dumbbell rows with 15 second rests between sets building up to 10 sets. Do all with one arm before switching. It’s been a super solid protocol for getting in a ton of reps in little amounts of time while destroying my obliques, lats and forearms.
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I keep trying to tell you I’m an idiot that doesn’t work like that
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@oldbeancam Thanks man. Definitely a solid approach in general. Should have a lot of use. I dig that challenge, but man, these days, I can’t bring myself to do more than a set of uni-lateral work. I hate how it takes twice as long as bi-lateral work, since you gotta train each side individually. That 15 second rest would help, but we’ll see if my ADD can manage.
@dagill2 Has got it. The reason for the reps I pick is that they’re where I’m not approaching failure. The 60 push ups is right when things start getting tough, so I cut it off. Closest is the RP chins, but even then, I’m stopping before failure and just rest pausing to get the 50 total done quickly.
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AM WORKOUT (0330 Wake up, beat the alarm by 15 mins)
Squats
5xBar
5x135
3x225
1x275
REST PAUSE (12 Deep breaths between sets)
18x315
10x3x315
8x275
4x275
2x275
1x275
21x225
Chins (various grips)
Rest pause to 50
Machine Leg press dropsets (no rest between sets), no lockout
50x205
15x150
35x110
70 until boredom
5x250
5x300
1x390 (entire stack)
SUPERSET (ghr-swing)
GHRS
1x10
1x12
1x14
1x16
KB swing 70
4x10
CONDITIONING
Tabata Assault Bike
Notes: Really liked how this turned out today. Hip was a little achy from the run yesterday, so I kept the weight light on squats and went for stupid rep volume. Beat last session by 2 reps on the topset and then just dug in and did something awful. Leg prss worked better by just not allowing any lockouts. By allowing myself to lockout and recover, it was just taking forever. Quads were really lit up this way. I’ve noticed the difference in appetite when I end the session with conditioning vs not, so I made sure to include it so that I’d spend the rest of the day just eating. I just finished my third breakfast and I’m still hungry, so that’s good.
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Third breakfast? 
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Yes.
He’s a hobbit. A really jacked hobbit.
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I thought that was @guineapig
I have tall people energy vibes going though
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It’s sounding like some of you folks haven’t mastered to art of eating to grow. Let me run down how my day shook out, keeping in mind I’m on the road and living off a microwave right now.
0330: Wake up, Peanut Butter Finibar and Reign energy drink (breakfast 1, pre-lifting)
0545: 1 cup (eyeballed) fat free greek yogurt mixed with 1 serving protein powder and a mix of Special K protein cereal and Shredded mini-wheats pumpkin spice cereal (breakfast 2)
0635: Egg white breakfast burrito (low carb tortilla, salsa, riced cauliflower and egg whites cooked in microwave egg cooker) (breakfast 3)
0730: Quest bar
0830: 2 omega 3 whole eggs mixed with egg whites, salsa and riced cauliflower
0930: Peanut butter quesadilla (Nuts n More peanut butter on a low carb tortilla)
1130: Canned chicken breasts with riced cauliflower and salsa
1230: 2 packages of tuna with riced cauliflower and salsa
1630: Qdoba meal (looks like this)
That is a salad (no shell) with double chicken, as many fajita veggies as they will give me (I try to flash the bedroom eyes at the lady serving), heavy pico de gallo, salsa roja and jalapenos
1830: Egg whites mixed with chocolate protein powder and peanut butter (experimenting as I try to eat all the food I packed. This turned out…ok)
That covers up to now. May eat something before bed.
Finished off the day with a 6.5 minute plank, 50 pull aparts and 30 pushdowns
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I am by no means as far along my “journey” as you, but last year I made an effort to eat to grow and eating very clean. It was the hardest thing ever 
. I made ridiculous progress and non stop gym PR’s but damn. It was so much work. And so much misery getting all that food in. It was even worse on the weekends when I’d finally get to “sleep in”. Lost 2-3 hours of my day which meant even less time to consume the food. It wasn’t even that many calories either, but man, it sucked
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The worst parts are definitely the time spent cooking/cleaning and the time evacuating all the food. Losing weight is just so much easier.
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Indeed. I still can’t eat a chicken breast without gagging, and I only ate to grow for like 7-8 months . You seem to have a far superior grasp on random food combinations that appease you. I never could find anything I enjoyed eating that also brought the mail on the clean gain train.
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“Appease” isn’t really the concern. I can eat pretty much anything: a skill I picked up from traveling. I just throw things together to try to hit nutritional objectives. Thought process is basically protein for growth and veggies for nutrients, with now a focus on healthy fats as well.
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So apart from not lifting hard enough, not conditioning hard enough, and not dieting hard enough I’m not bedroom eyesing hard enough.
Seriously though, I’m 6’5ish and 295ish (sloppy) and you’re eating a decent amount more than I do around maintenance.
Eh, with me not saying portion sizes, you can’t be too sure. But I am for sure putting away the food for this.
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Fair enough, regardless of calories it’s an impressive amount of volume and dish work.
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