Really wondering if this off balance titling dizzy feeling will go away. I do not like it. I think it screwed with my mind during squatting.
Right: itās a program with hard supplemental work. Thatās why you picked it.
Bench
115x5 135x5 155x5
115 3x10 1x9 1x7
Ab work 50 single leg work 25
Taking 20 lbs off bench tm and 20 lbs off squat tm. Press tm is fine atm. Gonna deadlift next week and see if I can get all the reps. I should be fine going forward.
Bench tm-160
Squat tm-180
Iām sorry but I really donāt understand why my legs are atrociously weak. My squat and deadlift are so bad. I really loathe my squat. I canāt believe iām struggling around 2 plates when Iām 190 lbs. itās so embarrassing and degrading. Why is this stupid lift so hard itās like itās never gotten better even tho I did all those bodyweight squats over the summer. I canāt even bench 225 yet. I never deadlifted 2.0 my bodyweight. All this time and I fall super short of what someone can achive in like 6 months. Itās like I have to keep adding on weight to to make weight move and I can just never get stronger at a certain bodyweight to meet that criteria
You quit partway though your last squat workout.
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Donāt compare yourself to other people. Did you do everything you could do?
Consistency is key. I often feel like I havenāt achieved enough yet, and I can 100% attribute it to not actually lifting 3-4 days a week, every single week for 3 years.
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I suppose not. Missing reps on the program isnāt good. So is me not having an organized meal schedule. I just made one. I need goals for motivation. I feel discouraged.
Guys - @T3hPwnisher made THE ONLY POINT we need to be concerned about. Stop playing the victim. My friend has one leg cause he lost it overseas and he squats, and fucks hot women, and never complains about not having a limb. Stop crying about your misfortune, itās completely fabricated and self-induced. You quit on a workout and then complained that you havenāt gotten strong enough yet. Working out does not feel good if you do it right, and the rewards do not come without effort and time. Missing reps is one thing, giving up is another. If you give up easily, youāre not gonna be strong. Ever.
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I know whining sometimes helps me reflect on myself.
It is an unendearing quality.
I also talk to myself a lot in private out loud.
Keep doing that instead.
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Anyway Iām going to set up goals. After Beefcake for 6 weeks I will find my training max again. I hope to use these as my tm for monolith. For 5 or more clean reps.
Bench-190 lbs x 5
Squat- 245 lbs x 5
Deadlift- 315 lbs x 5
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Whining does not help you reflect on yourself. Itās just you feeling sorry for yourself and focusing on all the wrong things. Itās part of whatās hindering you, and youāre not only doing it all the time, youāre defending it as a good thing.
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Itās great that you are setting goals, but you should really be focused on whatās in front of you and take it one workout at a time. You couldnāt even complete the bench or squat supplemental work. At an 85% training max your first set is only 55% of your actual max, so it may not be easy but it is definitely manageable. Figure out why you arenāt achieving that and adjust. Are you rushing your rest periods? Jim says the supplemental should be done in less than 20 min but that still gives you a little over 3 minutes of rest between each set . Just something to keep in mind.
Then those are the only things you should worry about: the things you can affect.
It doesnāt matter that Dorian Yates was a beast after 6 months in the gym. It matters that you havenāt got your nutrition in order and are quitting halfway through workouts. Get those things sorted.
You mentioned in another post that you feel like youāre whining. Itās hard to whine when the only things you think about are in your control.
See also: what @flappinit said.
Tng or deadstop for supplemental?
Either is fine.
Am I reading it right that you aim to add 65lbs to your squat TM over a 6 week training period?