[quote]damutt wrote:
Your squat numbers are huge good work[/quote]
Thanks the past year squat and dead have been what I am working on. Too many years as young guy doing bench so shoulders are shit.
[quote]ecogenx wrote:
Wow that does suck moose balls. Food poisoning, not good. I’d say that is a valid excuse to miss a day or two. Hope you’re feeling better. [/quote]
Yep no more nausea etc. Still not back to eating 4-5 meals of meat a day, just getting the appetite back.
Thursday
Floor Press
135 X 2 X 5
185 X 2 X 5
205 X 2 X 5
Bench
205 X 1 X 5
235 X 1 X 3
255 X 1 X 1+ = 1
275 X 1 X 1 Felt great went up quick, helps having the wife spot me.
305 X 1 X 1 Missed will get this next month.
Have a conference meeting, which is what I am doing now. Shoulder still a little stiff, no more dips, go to close grip bench
Your wife gets ‘wife of the month’ award in my book. Does she yell,‘push it candyass’? Hope your shoulder feels better.
[quote]ecogenx wrote:
Your wife gets ‘wife of the month’ award in my book. Does she yell,‘push it candyass’? Hope your shoulder feels better.[/quote]
Thanks she did yell push it, 
she is only 4’11" so lift off and spot is better than not having a spot like normal. I skipped dip for a couple weeks and the shoulder pain went away then of course did dips and pain came back. Old injury.
Friday
Hip Band thrusters
3 bands X 3 X 10
Squat
135 X 2 X 5
185 X 2 X 5
225 X 2 X 5
245 X 1 X 5
275 X 1 X 5
Working set
305 X 1 X 5
345 X 1 X 3
385 X 1 X 1+= 2
245 X 1 X 20= 20
Okay thoughts on 5/3/1 been doing it for a year now and I love it, however going to change it up a bit. I read a lot of Elite site also and love the power lifting mentality. What I feel works for me and will increase my lifts is changing the 1+ week. Instead of the final 1+ doing as many reps as possible I am going to do just 1 rep and then max out.
Did that on dead this week and did it on squat last week on 3+ week. So what this will do is a max load effort once every 4 weeks. Anybody who reads this have any thoughts. I am driving to hit that 500 dead & squat, and I think doing this will get my CNS better prepared for heavier weights.
Deload week, Mon and Tues life getting in the way.
I will definitely follow since I am real interested to see how changing up your program helps your maximal strength. As I’ve said, I have considered doing 5/3/1 but it just doesn’t seem like it would prepare me to step on the platform and squat/push/pull PRs.
Do you follow the Elite site?
5/3/1 is working well for you. Wendler is coming out with a 5/3/1 for powerlifting soon. Which you most likely have read over on his workout thread.
[quote]ecogenx wrote:
5/3/1 is working well for you. Wendler is coming out with a 5/3/1 for powerlifting soon. Which you most likely have read over on his workout thread.[/quote]
Yes it is that is why I am not changing it from my base program just the last week before deload. You move big weights and your opinion would be greatly appreciated. I have been reading about Wendler’s powerlifting 5/3/1 waiting on it.
[quote]DJHT wrote:
[quote]ecogenx wrote:
5/3/1 is working well for you. Wendler is coming out with a 5/3/1 for powerlifting soon. Which you most likely have read over on his workout thread.[/quote]
Yes it is that is why I am not changing it from my base program just the last week before deload. You move big weights and your opinion would be greatly appreciated. I have been reading about Wendler’s powerlifting 5/3/1 waiting on it.[/quote]
I’m sorry DJHT but I’m not sure what you want my opinion on. Maybe I’m just misreading what you’ve typed.
[quote]ecogenx wrote:
[quote]DJHT wrote:
[quote]ecogenx wrote:
5/3/1 is working well for you. Wendler is coming out with a 5/3/1 for powerlifting soon. Which you most likely have read over on his workout thread.[/quote]
Yes it is that is why I am not changing it from my base program just the last week before deload. You move big weights and your opinion would be greatly appreciated. I have been reading about Wendler’s powerlifting 5/3/1 waiting on it.[/quote]
I’m sorry DJHT but I’m not sure what you want my opinion on. Maybe I’m just misreading what you’ve typed.[/quote]
I guess I am asking advice from the heavy lifters in here if the modification I am doing make sense? I lift in my garage not at a gym and I have no workout partners. So I look for help and advice off here. I know that I will never get to elite status due to this fact in my opinion, but I still have goals. Cant do any meets, with my job and life at this point.
So is a max effort week on the 1+ a good idea?
Is it too much to do the big four in max effort in one week?
[quote]DJHT wrote:
[quote]ecogenx wrote:
[quote]DJHT wrote:
[quote]ecogenx wrote:
5/3/1 is working well for you. Wendler is coming out with a 5/3/1 for powerlifting soon. Which you most likely have read over on his workout thread.[/quote]
Yes it is that is why I am not changing it from my base program just the last week before deload. You move big weights and your opinion would be greatly appreciated. I have been reading about Wendler’s powerlifting 5/3/1 waiting on it.[/quote]
I’m sorry DJHT but I’m not sure what you want my opinion on. Maybe I’m just misreading what you’ve typed.[/quote]
I guess I am asking advice from the heavy lifters in here if the modification I am doing make sense? I lift in my garage not at a gym and I have no workout partners. So I look for help and advice off here. I know that I will never get to elite status due to this fact in my opinion, but I still have goals. Cant do any meets, with my job and life at this point.
So is a max effort week on the 1+ a good idea?
Is it too much to do the big four in max effort in one week?
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I’m not what you would call a heavy lifter but in my opinion maxing all four lifts in one week would be OK, BUT maybe not every month. What I did leading into my last meet was to do a testing week a couple of months out and then do heavy singles/triples following the 3’s or 1’s set on the respective weeks.
[quote]DJHT wrote:
[quote]ecogenx wrote:
[quote]DJHT wrote:
[quote]ecogenx wrote:
5/3/1 is working well for you. Wendler is coming out with a 5/3/1 for powerlifting soon. Which you most likely have read over on his workout thread.[/quote]
Yes it is that is why I am not changing it from my base program just the last week before deload. You move big weights and your opinion would be greatly appreciated. I have been reading about Wendler’s powerlifting 5/3/1 waiting on it.[/quote]
I’m sorry DJHT but I’m not sure what you want my opinion on. Maybe I’m just misreading what you’ve typed.[/quote]
I guess I am asking advice from the heavy lifters in here if the modification I am doing make sense? I lift in my garage not at a gym and I have no workout partners. So I look for help and advice off here. I know that I will never get to elite status due to this fact in my opinion, but I still have goals. Cant do any meets, with my job and life at this point.
So is a max effort week on the 1+ a good idea?
Is it too much to do the big four in max effort in one week?
[/quote]
Sounds like a good idea to me. Maybe go easy on the assistance exercises that week. Or at the end of your next cycle instead of a deload plan a home lifting meet.
[quote]ecogenx wrote:
[quote]DJHT wrote:
[quote]ecogenx wrote:
[quote]DJHT wrote:
[quote]ecogenx wrote:
5/3/1 is working well for you. Wendler is coming out with a 5/3/1 for powerlifting soon. Which you most likely have read over on his workout thread.[/quote]
Yes it is that is why I am not changing it from my base program just the last week before deload. You move big weights and your opinion would be greatly appreciated. I have been reading about Wendler’s powerlifting 5/3/1 waiting on it.[/quote]
I’m sorry DJHT but I’m not sure what you want my opinion on. Maybe I’m just misreading what you’ve typed.[/quote]
I guess I am asking advice from the heavy lifters in here if the modification I am doing make sense? I lift in my garage not at a gym and I have no workout partners. So I look for help and advice off here. I know that I will never get to elite status due to this fact in my opinion, but I still have goals. Cant do any meets, with my job and life at this point.
So is a max effort week on the 1+ a good idea?
Is it too much to do the big four in max effort in one week?
[/quote]
Sounds like a good idea to me. Maybe go easy on the assistance exercises that week. Or at the end of your next cycle instead of a deload plan a home lifting meet.[/quote]
Cool thanks.
Okay took the plunge and ordered the Velocity diet. Should get it Tuesday, so now 28 days of pure hell. Will be very interesting to see how my lifts go.
Monday
Push Press
95 X 2 X 5
115 X 2 X 5
135 X 2 X 5
Working set
155 X 1 X 5
175 X 1 X 5
195 X 1 X 5+ = 7
Fat Gripz Military
135 X 1 X 20= 20
Croc Rows
100 x 2 X 6
80 X 2 X 10
60 X 1 X 20
Curls St Bar Fat Gripz
65 X 8 X 6
So the Velocity Diet is something you order? You must be looking to cut some serious weight in a seriously short amount of time.