CL, you sure know how to have a good time!! Makes me want to go looking in the woods for some new stones. And if I lived closer I would more than gladly help.
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Thanks! There is a feeling of accomplishment when you win the battle…
I’ll take another crack at loading when I am not having a heat stroke 
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Haha seems like a few of us are having difficulty with deloading. I stopped feeling more energized so called my deload quits a day early.
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Usually life or hormones made me deload.
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Dumpster fire: a chaotic or disastrously mishandled situation.
Ultimate goal: Eventually Pull 300lbs. Don’t care how. DL, Trap bar whatever!
I can already smell smoke
Basic plan is:
Mon
Squat main
BP supp
Assist
Wed
Trap Bar
OHP
Shoulders ( i think this is the weak link on my bench)
Fri
BP main
Squat supp
Assist
Sat
DL sumo
Assist
Progression on main lifts is 5/3/1 HG Going to throw in more bodyweight stuff push ups, chins, inverted rows again.
So starting very light so I can make it to the finish line! And so help me, if I try a one rep max before January I am going to kick my own ass!
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Love the log name! I see you’re committing to 5/3/1. You could lay out a few different templates and follow that as your plan. Call it programmed variety.
The program I’m going to do only has like 30 days of training, so I’ll be running two or three programs from the same guy. They’re the same training principles, but dubbed HIIB Vol 2, HIIB 100, and one is with dumbbells only. I’ll probably start with that one since I’m coming off shoulder surgery. It’ll be a good way to make sure my repaired arm is doing its fair share of the work.
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Gotcha! I may switch the main progression to 5/3/1 FSL when I get farther into it and start getting beat up
This may be the single greatest log title I’ve ever seen
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Just wanted to emphasise this in case anyone missed it. First commitment of the challenge
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We’ll see…
8/5/19
C1 W1 D1
Off to a rocky start 
Ended up being way late on getting this done. I like mornings better!
WU
BPAs
Lunges
GG
Squat
1x10/bar
1x5/80
1x5/95
1x12/105
1x20/80 been a loong time since I did a widowmaker set, but was happy I didn’t die!
BP
1x5/bar
5x8/55
All I had time for. Maybe hit the ab wheel when I get home
Ab wheel
5x10
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I concur with the others - your new log title is excellent. As was the previous name. You’ve a knack for naming logs 
Since you’re now going to a gym for some of your exercising, why not try some single-leg presses on a comfortable leg press machine? Increasing the sheer pushing strength of my legs helps me with both squats and deadlifts and keeps my knees healthier, too. It may have similar carryover for you on your 300-Pound Deadlift Quest.
Thanks TnT. I have played around a little with the leg press, but haven’t found a comfortable position on this one. The one at the other gym is really nice. I will keep at until I find what works. Thanks!
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Have you been able to figure out your weakest point for deadlifts?
I am worst mid-shin and absolutely think heavyish t bar deads help a ton with that . For sure that t bar’s hand placement makes me think about my muscles , helps cue everything to push down those legs and make me remember my abs and lats. Definetly a fan!
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Sumo stops right above the knee so I fail the lock out. T Bar is glued to the floor.
I think I just need to keep strengthening the whole posterior chain. I was having problems with my hammies cramping up then watched an Athlean X vid that explained it wasn’t my hammies but my hip flexors. Which I think is the problem! The day after sumos used to be pain city! Between the stretching and the GG/BG the pain is pretty much gone!
I’m hoping to gradually add more stuff to strengthen the hammies and glutes.
The good news is… I have teeney tiny traps now! First time ever!
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You back looks great! And I see traps AND spinal erectors big time!
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Funny how people can be so different. I can’t imagine failing a dead that I can get above my knee.
Have you tried rack pulls? That starts around or at the knee, so one would think it would help fix that problem. That are also good in their own right, because usually you end up being to pull and hold much heavier weights
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I don’t do leg presses at all, so I’m just spouting what I heard on a Eddie Hall video.
He does leg presses with his deadlift stance plus about an inch on both sides (I think he said an inch, it wasn’t 100% clear from the video) as an accessory for his deadlift, because he says from the floor to below the knee is a leg press. Above the knee, he says the lockout is all upper back Of course, as he readily admits, he has a giant ass of all muscle, so the squeezing the glutes part of the lockout is child’s play for him LOL.
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Thanks Brute!
I have added rack pulls to the fire in hopes of just that! I think it will just take time and consistency. Thanks!