yeah, that’s why I wear wrist wraps on bench anyway; my left wrist gives me grief if I don’t wrap it on heavier sets.
I’m #TeamThumblessBench !!
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Fwiw, going thumbless added like 5-10 lbs to NY working weights cause of less pain haha. Thumbless ftw!
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I’ll just chime in on the OHP.
On the private Wendler Forum (and I think on this one too) many like BBS 10 sets of 5 FSL, is doing the trick for many.
I know you’re on triumvirate, but after the top set of OHP you could try maybe just 2 - 3 sets of 5 FSL. Just a thought, it shouldn’t be that taxing but a bit work on technique.
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Yessir, thank you for the input!
I’ll look to add some FSL into my OHP routine once I’m done with the “as written” stuff the first part of this year.
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He’s human! My nerve pain/damage is giving me grief too. It’s an odd feeling when the arm just wont’ work but there’s no sensation of fatigue. You’ll be alright. You can’t analyze every single workout. It can’t be time for a break; you just got back!
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Exactly!!
Hello, pot, this is kettle 
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I’m not analyzing workouts. I’m reporting on how my body feels!
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Just looked over those videos of your bench.
the 3 reps with 190 looked good and solid and they touched the same place and had same bar path.
Then you wrapped your wrists, and kind of lost the groove.
Try wraps for the 3 working sets.
I go full grip, and try to squeeze the bar as hard as I can. Kind of helps me to get tight.
But you look tight and everything, just out of groove.
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Thanks for the input man.
I may either try wraps for all working sets or scrap them next time and see if my left wrist causes me grief. Still working on finding what works best for me so I’ll probably try those ideas and then pick something and move forward.
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C2/W3/D4 - Sunday 02/04/2018
Weight: 180.8
Warmup:
- Defranco’s Nimble 11
- Shoulder mobility
- Squat/Hang/Squat/Hang
- 3 sets:
- A1. Alternating overhead med ball slams (3 each side)
- A2. Depth vertical jump from box (1 jump)
Squats:
270x5
305x3
340x6
Superset assistance lifts: 5 rounds
- A1. hammy curls 15 reps @80
- A2. 45° leg press 10 reps @270
EDIT: changed weight on leg curls from 50-80 (typo)
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Age: Probably 1,000
Welp, seeing as how I’m considerably your junior, and I have 345 for my plus set this week, I feel like I’m really gonna have to step it up, got an old man crankin’ ova’ hea’!
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Yeah man, you have to hit like 25 to equal out that age disparity!!
Seriously though - I’m sure you have at least 8 in you. What’s your rep PR at 345?
This was this morning’s session
Lookin’ back…maybe 3? That’s the most reps I can find at that 345 mark.
340x6 ~ 408 e1RM
360x4 ~ 408 e1RM
Imma call you a little girl if you don’t crush at least 5 (~ 420) hey, that 420 is a good number 
C2/W4/D1 - Tuesday 02/06/2018
Warmup:
- Shoulder mobility between warmup sets OHP
- 60x5
- 75x5
- 90x3
Military Press:
95x5
110x5
125x4
Superset assistance lifts: 5 rounds - all unbroken
- Dips (BW): 15/15/15/15/15
- Chins (BW): 10/10/10/10/10
NOTES:
- OHP continues to be a challenge but I started feeling better today
- Was able to get elbow up some and get bar back closer to body/over shoulders and not so far forward
- Didn’t use as much hip thrust as I had been using but rather focused on clenching glutes strong
- top set was tough but feel like I’m actually working on all work sets and not just extended warmup
- Overall good day even though I felt rough as heck getting out of the house today
- 1st day I was able to go unbroken on my assistance work
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Good tip to help with this is to hold a pencil between your cheeks. If it falls then you know you arent clenching hard enough throughout the lift.
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I tried that one time but I kept snapping the pencil in half
#GlutesOfSteel
Thanks for the cue… They already look at me funny when I grunt my reps for DL and Squat. I can just imagine what they’re going to do when I start snapping pencils between my cheeks.
Hopefully I can catch some video.
“hey man, you mind spotting me on this OHP?”
“sure bro, whatcha want me to do?”
“See that pencil? Yeah, when I get set up, I just need you to slide that between my butt cheeks…thanks”
Maybe it’s better if I get my wife to take that responsibility.
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Nope, you just gotta pick a random guy every time. That way they know you are the alpha male
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How’s the Triumvirate treating you man? I’m basically doing a 5 day triumvirate lol. I think the great thing about it is you get a ALOT of work done in a short amount of time.
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