Unhappines Breeds Greatness

Sunday - Bench and Shoulders

A. Fry Press
20s x 12
30s x 12
35s x 12
40s x 12
45s x 12
50s x 12
55s x 12

B. Shallow Incline Bench
120 x 10
140 x 8
160 x 6
185 x 3- rested 20 sec - 1- rested 20 sec - 1 with 5 sec neg

C. Wide-Grip Pause Bench
205 x 3
3 x 6 w. 155

D1. Stretch Push ups
bw x 12 w. 5 bottom partials and 2 x 6 sec iso holds
bw x 10 w. 5 bottom partials and 2 x 6 sec iso holds
bw x 8 w. 5 bottom partials and 1 x 10 sec iso hold

D2. Bent Over Lateral Raises - 3 x 20 w. 10s

E. Lateral Raises
10s x 15
15s x 9
4 x 6 w. 20s (3 sec neg)

F. Lateral variations
set 1: 10 seated high incline laterals, no rest, 10 standing laterals
set 2: 10 seated high incline front raises, no rest, 10 standing front raises
Set 3: 6 seated laterals, 6 seated front raises, 6 standing laterals, 6 standing front raises

That’s was it but boy am I toast…

As of right now I am trying something different periodization wise to bring up my weak points.

Its going to look something like this

Cycle 1:
A. Exercise targeting the weakest muscle involved in the movement
B. Compound movement variation to strengthen the weak point
C. Main Lift variation
D. Supramax pump exercise

Cycle 2:
A. Compound movement variation to strengthen the weak point
B. Exercise targeting the weakest muscle involved in the movement
C. Main Lift variation
D. Supramax pump exercise

Cycle 3:
A. Main Lift (powerlift)
B. Exercise targeting the weakest muscle involved in the movement
C. Overload Exercise
D. Supramax pump exercise

Cycle 4:
A. Main Lift (powerlift)
B. Overload Exercise
C. Overload Exercise
D. Supramax pump exercise

This is just a broad concept and each of my lifts will be tweaked to how I feel they are best trained but overall this is the gist of it…

Monday - Deads
A. Pause Conv Deads
Worked up to:
235 x 3
265 x 4

B. Reverse Band Conv Deads
275 x 2
315 x 1
365 x 1
410 x 5

C. Squats
OFF Parallel Box:
135 x 10
185 x 10

Free Squat:
225 x 9

D. Goggin’s Deadlift - 3 x 6 w. 175 (30 sec rest between sets)

E. Leeman DB Rows
20 x 12
35 x 12
45 x 12
65 x 12

F. Yates Rows - 175 x 15

G. Facing Away/Normal Pulldowns (8/8 no rest)
85 x 8/8
85 x 8/8 w. 30 sec stretch w. 130
85 x 8/8 w. 30 sec stretch w. 115

H1. Chest Supported High Rows - 3 x 10 w. 45
H2. Standing Old Time DB Rows - 3 x 12 w. 25s

Done and fried…

Tuesday - Incline Bench

A. Incline Bench
Paused 2" off chest for 2 sec
45 x 8 x 2
95 x 6
110 x 6
125 x 6
140 x 6
155 x 6
Repped Out
175 x 9

B. Ghetto Slingshot Incline Bench (short blue band) - 2 x 8 w. 175
C. Wide-Grip Incline Spoto Press - 2 x 5-4-3-2-1 w. 145
D. Z-Press - 3 x 10 w. 95

Saturday - Legs
A. Single Leg Leg Press
empty x 15
1pps x 12, 12
1.5pps x 10
2pps x 8

B. 5-sec High Bar Pause Squats (in oly shoes)
45 x 6
75 x 6
105 x 6
145 x 6

C. Leg Press
2pps x 12 Paused reps
2.5pps x 14, 14 (60 sec rest, repping out)

D. Seated Leg Curls
80 x 15 (rest 30 sec), 12 (rest 30 sec), 10 (20 sec rest), 8 (10 sec rest)

Tough leg day, I couldn’t really push myself today but im happy with it…

Past 2…

Thursday - Deads
A. Sumo Deads
135 x 3
225 x 3
185 x 2
225 x 1
275 x 1
315 x 1
365 x 1
385 x miss

B. Deficit Dead Standing on 4 Mats
225 x 1
275 x 1
295 x 1
315 x 1
340 x 1

2 x 5 w. 240

C. Chins - bw x 8, 6
D. Yates rows - 95 x 6, 115 x 6, 135 x 6

Done.

Friday - Bench
A. Pause Bench
45 x 5 x 2
95 x 3 x 2
135 x 3
175 x 2
210 x 1
240 x 1
255 x 1

3 x 5 w. 185 (paused 1 inch off chest for 2 sec)

B. Speed Bench - 5 x 5 w. 165
C. Wide-grip Pause Bench - 3 x 5 w. 155

D. Incline DB press - 25s, 40s, 55s, 70s x 10, 10, 10, 9
E. Chest-Supported Rows - 45 x 8 x 4
F. Machine Laterals - 4 x 15 w. 30
D. Dips - 3 x 12 w. bw

Sunday - Squats
A. Squats
45 x 10
105 x 10
135 x 10
165 x 10
190 x 10
225 x 5

B. Pause Squats - 3 x 5 w. 175
C. Single-Leg Leg Press
D. Stiff Legs - 225 x 5, 5, 5

Done.

Wednesday - Squats and Overhead
A. Pause Squats
Worked up to:
4 x 3 w. 200 (3 sec neg and 2 sec pause on 1st rep, 2/2 on sec, and 1/1 on 3rd)

B. Savicka’s Press
Worked up to 4 x 3 w. 120 here as well…

C. Push Press - 3 x 3 w. 135 (same negative set up as exercise 1)
D. Pause Squats - 2 x 12 sec w. 135, 155 x 10 sec

A great day in the books…moving some decently heavy weight decently fast…

Thursday - Bench
A. Bottom end Drive bench
95 x 6
135 x 3
185 x 2
210 x 4, 4, 4, 4 (All Paused), 210 x 5 (touch and go)

B. Close-Grip Bench - 195 x 3, 4, 4, 2
C. Pause Bench, Feet on bench (3-5 sec pause) - 8 x 1 w. 195

D1. Lateral Raises - 15s x 12, 12, 12
D2. Db Extensions - 15s x 12, 12, 12
D3. Seated DB Press - 15s x 12, 12, 12

E. Lateral Raises - 25s x 12
F. Barbell Extensions - 85 x 5, 65 x 10, 10
G. Rope Pushdowns - 27.5 x 15, 15

This week was a mess…still getting stronger despite it…

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