Text suggestions for your tombstone (like way in the future):
“He died doing what he loved. Failing a really heavy bench press.”
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Or maybe he died being shit at powerlifting !!! 
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Simod too hard. Turns out RPS 3 results in death.
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An RPS 3 might actually indicate he just wasn’t trying hard enough.
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Friday 23rd October - week 2
Deadlift
Bar x 10
70 x 5
110 x 3
140 x 1
160 x 1
175 x 2 (385 lbs) RPE 9 little slow and left grip was going on the last rep. Still OK.
145 x 5 x 5 (309 lbs) RPE 6, 6, 6, 6, 7
A little slow tonight but all good.
Front squat
Bar x 10
70 x 5
90 x 3 x 4 sets (198 lbs)
Not really getting any better. Lol these were hard.
Bench 420
Bar x 10
70 x 5
90 x 4 x 4 sets
Chest was really tight and sore from bench and dips last night, these really gave it a good stretch.
Cable row
45 x 9 x 5 sets
Leg curls
4 sets
Great session tonight. Feeling pretty sore and fatigued going in the gym, but once the blood started flowing I felt energised and it was good. Realised I can plug my old iPod into the speakers in the gym so got to listen to my own choice of tunes. Tonight’s choices were Eminem and Thin Lizzy .
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Can’t say that front squats ever really get easier. Gotta embrace it.
I think I probably need to drop the weight a little and do more reps. I don’t have any problem with the legs, it is trying to stay upright and keep the elbows up that is difficult for me.
It’s the thing that make front squats hard. No one has a problem with their legs. It’s all upper back and core. I like them for reinforcing proper bracing.
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Body is sore today, amazing how a little extra volume really has an impact. I am thinking of adding creatine back into the supplement mix. No idea if it will help the training but will hopefully get a little volume weight gain for the win !
I keep trying creatine, still haven’t noticed a difference (don’t even get any water weight gains!) in many years of experimenting. Knocking all “sport” supplements on the head now apart from whey… Unless something shiny and new promises me gains!
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Except whey and T ??
Me too. Tried plenty of times, never had a noticeable impact for me. Rather save my money for steak.
I’m already eating plenty of red meat. The tub is sitting in the cupboard anyway so might as well use it up. The only thing I notice with it is it makes my guts bloat a bit !!
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I don’t count it as a supplement, it’s replacement (not to deny that it has a decent positive impact on my training, physique etc) but yea the T stays!
Just pulling your chain mate.
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Wifey cooked some potato Dauphinoise for dinner tonight. They were soooo good, went really well with the lamb and veggies.
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Wow! That looks fantastic!
It was really good mate. Glad I am not trying to lose weight right now. I at three servings of potato.
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I know I’ve said this before but I seem to have no problem repeating myself.
Creatine helps with recovery between sets. If you’re not using the phosphcreatine system and resting 3-5 minutes then you won’t notice anything.
Do tabata squats now. Take creatine for four weeks and do tabata squats again. If you improve or feel better then it’s working.
Use only the bar and see how many reps you can get in the eight sets.
The research has used the bike erg and done repeat sprints. The performance on the follow up sets is where the improvements are seen.
Creatine would be perfect for my workouts so I might dig mine out of the cabinet.
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Interesting experiment, may try it one day, no promises though. My training is fairly short rest and I’ve never really noticed a difference there, no extra bloat or discomfort, no water or weight gain at all, the only noticeable thing is that I’m drinking slightly gritty water.
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