Yeah I should be good to go. I thought about going yesterday, but I was still coughing a little bit so I didn’t want to be a jerk. I’ll be in there tonight or tomorrow morning, finally. Just the flu or something, but it knocked me on my butt for a couple days.
Paused DL
135/3
225/3
315/1
365/1
405/1 I was really holding solid 2-second pauses here and on every volume rep too. I felt really in control today.
315/5 x 3
8 Hanging Leg Raises
30m Sled Push
Dynamic
Squat
135 + chains/ 3
185+ chains/ 2 EMOM x 10 minutes Changing my grip has completely changed this movement - it feels great. Seriously the single biggest change in my training in years. Thanks @alex_uk. Almost enough to forgive you for me doing this program. Almost.
Haha, glad to both be of assistance and be causing you pain! I’ve got yet another week off, bit gutted about that to be honest, but I’ll come back smash another 1.5 waves and then hit testing!
The program is horrific either @TrainForPain is a beast or going too light on the work of cardio!
… Or I just suck.
Still haven’t hit any assistance work in 7 weeks on program (might also be due to the fact it’s labelled optional and by that point I can barely see through the sweat in my eyes!)
Yea for sure, seems like a legit great guy! His programs might not be based on scientific studies and biomechanical wizardry, but he is super strong, super fit and an all round dangerous dude - certainly a selling point enough for me to try out his process.
Both? I’m probably not pushing myself hard enough on the cardio: I don’t like it and it’s not specifically prescribed, so it’s kind of hard to force crap I don’t want to do. I don’t like the volume work, but it’s explicitly spelled out, so I have to do it; I don’t know if that contrast made sense outside my own head.
Look at what I’m doing for assistance, too, though: it’s all bodyweight and machines and sometimes just some banded good mornings or something. If I was in a home gym where my choices were a little narrower between use a barbell or do nothing, I’d be more likely go to nothing.
I’m sure there will be keepers and discards at the end of this program. I do like his videos. I think some of the stuff I’m doing in between sets is fluff, and it was annoying in a more commercial gym, but I am enjoying dynamic work and more of a focus on conditioning and paying more attention to my reps on my compound moves; variations are cool, too - it’s nice to actually be significantly improving on something.
Cardio sucks, I couldn’t agree more, but it’s only 10 mins, find some way of chasing linear progression on it (treadmill running and rowing machine are perfect for this) and you’ll soon hate cardio even more!
I unfortunately have no excuse even in the home gym I’ve got a cable machine and bodyweight stuff - I’m usually just too dead and taken too long to justify any extra work, hoping my work capacity will increase at some point!
~60 minutes for the upper body days, up to 10 minutes longer for lower body. You stay on the clock, and I’m not working up to crazy heavy weights, so it hasn’t been awful.
Paused Bench
45/8
135/5
185/3
225/5
245/2 What the hell. I had no gas today. I think I dropped calories too low too quickly. This may not be the program for strict caloric control anyway.
185/10
185/5 paused + 2 touch and go
185/5 touch and go
8 Leg Raises
5 Plyo Push-ups
Dynamic
105/2 x 10 EMOM
No assistance or supersetted curls. Just shame and disappointment.
Thanks man! I thought it would be fun for us to live in condos/ hotels together for awhile. Don’t get me wrong, I’m enjoying the closeness, but it will be nice to have some room again.