Rebirth of the Juggernaut: Brute Force and Ignorance (Part 1)

Temp has been pretty good: we keep the house cool enough. I genuinely think the dogs are the big x-factor: I’m sleeping lightly and they’re constantly waking me up. I’m away for a few days now, so that will help determine.

I appreciate the sentiment of employing my approach. If you want a detailed version of what exactly I’m doing on my press day, my latest blog entry has it all laid out. It’s 5/3/1 main with a FSL PR set and then my own supplemental work. I’m rest pausing the topset now, per my goal of gaining weight.

Bench day is something that evolved from Deep Water. Now using 3 week waves on incline DB benching due to fixed weight DBs, and it’s got rest pausing in the supplemental work and the dips.

Squat day is Xeno squats and then some. Really liking the belt squats.

Deadlift day is alternating between ROM progression one week and max effort trap bar pulls the next. As ROM increases on the barbell, it’ll decrease on the trap bar, as I’ll pull from elevated heights. After that, full on back day.

I try to include conditioning on everyday, and have it match up to what is being worked. So I’ll work the BAS on my upper body days, jumps/cleans/snatches on squat days and carries on back days. But sometimes schedule/convenience overrides it. I’m also doing a lot of walking/weighted vest walking where I can, and a weekly run of some variety.

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