Outstanding.
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Excellent pullā¦Congrats DCA!
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Thatās a heck of a milestone. Congrats.
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Bam! Congrats.
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I seem to have strained my back a little on deadlifts. Didnāt feel anything while in the workout, so thatās weird.
Should be fine for bench day and may be gone by squat day.
Annoying.
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Nice! Motivates you for more. Thatās approaching 3X BW for you isnāt it?
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Iād have to pull 55lbs more to make 3xBW. And I think Iād have to gain weight to pull thatā¦
That said, I do have a new goal of reaching that by whatever means necessary.
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Cycle 8 Bench Day
2023-06-16
Bench Press (Paused)
barx15
135x5
165x5
200x3
Slingshot
230 4x3
Slingshot off
200 4x3
+
Monster Mini BPA
5x27
Flex DorsiFlex Chest Supported Row
280 6x6
Incline Bench Press
170x6
155 3x6
Hammer Lat Machine
110 4x20
Full stretch, control the negative. Burns. A little less painful on the left.
Close Grip Decline Bench Press
135 4x12
Flex Pec Deck
100 3x15
I like this better than the Life Fitness one. Feels better, but you gotta be careful of banging your knuckles together.
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While I do have the wish to increase my deadlift, Iām actually going to put it on the back-burner and into maintenance to pursue the 400 squat.
Itās closest, with my most recent best free squat being 385 and my all-time best having been 395.
Once I knock that down, squat also goes into maintenance and I pursue a reasonable/respectable bench and overhead press/push press.
This low-back thing is sticking to me so I may have to adjust squat movements to baby it for a bit.
But I will win.
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We definitely want video of this when it happens.
This low back thing is being a bear. Skipping squats. Gotta rethink training againā¦
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Back has eased off to where I might be able to do push presses tonight.
If not, Iāll work some seated, back-supported versions instead.
Later:
Well, I sat down and just didnāt get up again.
No training.
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Cycle 8 OHP Day
2023-06-23
Push Press
170 4x3, 4
+
Monster Mini Face Pull Aparts
3x15
Mag Wide Pulldown
180 5x8
Dropped Weight, hitting the stretch and keeping the chest up
Seated Lever OHP
160x8
170 2x7
1 Arm Dumbbell Row
100 3x8
Med Grip Triceps Press downs
100x15,14,13,10
DB Laterals (Rear/Side)
25ās 3x10
Bringing the volume down a bit.
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How do you do a push press? Is that a bend in the knees and then the press up?
Just like that, yep. No knee re-bend as in a push jerk. I try to keep the negative under tension rather than letting it fall back to the shoulders, too.
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2023-06-26
Squat Day
Hatfield Squats
365 4x3,4
Pleasantly surprised. Relatively easy reps.
Paused SSB Squat
275 3x6 (PR Reps)
Seated One Arm Overhead DB Press
45,55x8
60 3x8
EZ Bar Curl
105 3x6
Adductor/Abductor Machine
186 3x15/3x15
Ab Wheel Rollouts (knees)
3x11
Back held together sufficiently to do this. Have to see what tomorrow bringsā¦ Iām dispensing with cycles. Iām just working up in reps, then in weight. If I get stuck, add another mini-set until I can get the reps up.
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Sorry to read about the lower back issues. Still a heck of a milestone getting to 500 on deads. Putting those on the back burner (pun intended) should hopefully resolve those issues. I gave up on heavy conventional deads years ago for that very reason.
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This back thing is due to doing training programming wrong, overreaching too hard. I just need to get smarterer.
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That makes two of us.
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Then
What a difference a week makes.
Nice work mate
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