[quote]VikingsAD28 wrote:
Test day for the 13 week sheiko program today.
Squat 405 PR +20 Less than expected, but good to break 400.
Bench 300 PR +25 Whoo! First 300 pound bench always exciting for everyone I think. It went up pretty well so I jumped for 3 plates, it wasn’t there.
Absolutely nothing to report on deadlift, still stuck at 405, I attempted 415 three times and each time I got it a little higher, but never got it to my knees. When I deadlift if it gets past my knees I am standing up with it right away, unfortunately it just wasn’t there today, huge disappointment.[/quote]
Fucking congrats man. 405 Squat and a 300lb bench? I’ll take that any fucking day of the week. So do you think 305 or 310 is there?
Damn I really want to give Sheiko a try. I just can’t get past that mental barrier of low percentages
Again great job man, really proud of you. Once you get started again your Deadlift will sky rocket
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As fast of progress as you are making the last thing you need to be thinking about is a different program. Remember to save the “fancy” shit for later. Ed Coan got up to a 500 pound squat by adding 5 pounds every session for awhile; shit, maybe dankid is on to something.
Sheiko training didn’t make much sense to me until I read about the dual factor theory. Kelly Bagget describes it well. While doing Sheiko you have enough fatigue it would be hard to work up to 95% of your max on just about any training day.
[quote]VikingsAD28 wrote:
Test day for the 13 week sheiko program today.
Squat 405 PR +20 Less than expected, but good to break 400.
Bench 300 PR +25 Whoo! First 300 pound bench always exciting for everyone I think. It went up pretty well so I jumped for 3 plates, it wasn’t there.
Absolutely nothing to report on deadlift, still stuck at 405, I attempted 415 three times and each time I got it a little higher, but never got it to my knees. When I deadlift if it gets past my knees I am standing up with it right away, unfortunately it just wasn’t there today, huge disappointment.[/quote]
Fucking congrats man. 405 Squat and a 300lb bench? I’ll take that any fucking day of the week. So do you think 305 or 310 is there?
Damn I really want to give Sheiko a try. I just can’t get past that mental barrier of low percentages
Again great job man, really proud of you. Once you get started again your Deadlift will sky rocket
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Thanks man, yeah the 300 was really clean and steady, so I really thought that 315 would be there, but it didn’t make it far. I think 305 or 310 could have been mine today had I not gotten greedy.
As far as deadlifting goes, I have figured out through my first year of training that I am really going to have to fight for every pound on my deadlift. The first day I ever deadlifted I hit 325 and squatted 225 the same day. 13 months later my squat is up 180, dead up 80, so squat is obviously where my genetics lie. That is no excuse, my deadlift will be 700+ one day, just a lot of extra effort will be needed.
RDL’ed 500 for 12 with a fat bar. The heaviest I’ve gone is 605 for 6, but 500 for 12 was a rep max and it almost fucking killed me. It was after speed squats with the SSB and speed pulls with the same fat bar. If I keep this up, I am either going to kill myself or pull 820 at my next meet. I am equally excited for either outcome.
Bench Press-520x1 bodyweight yesterday morning was 252.
and anyone that things age is a factor in gettting strong, one of my training partners just hit a lifetime weight PR on bench today. He hit 435 at the age of 50 and 240lbs. here’s his vid. he still has some left in the tank.
[quote]theBarzeen wrote:
trying out my new briefs yesterday… my PR squat is 917 in the gym, but with someone I trust watching depth… with my new briefs under my suit I took 957 yesterday but wimped out and cut it ~1.5" high… came up easy I just got intimidated by the weight and wimped out…[/quote]
What a pussy. I’ve never wimped out on a 900+ squat attempt.
I don’t even know how you gear whores put that much weight on the bar without cracking a vertebra. Do you always have to be in the gym hogging all the plates?
875 reverse band deadlift. My set-up gives me an almost exact 50lb carryover at meets. My goal is for 825 in March and I am there now with 2 months to go.
