Well I’m not uncouth, can you calculate in the fact it will need to be cooked!
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Too complicated… I’d need to know your sense of smell, the heat of your stove, how long you’re standing while it cooks and your willingness to put effort into measuring every droplet of cooking liquid 
Haha, well in that case I’ll stick to pizza.
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No you wouldn’t. My commercial gym and two 100 lb plates and I think they should be welded to the leg press. Other than that, they’re horrible. I tried using them on deads and the diameter of the inside of the plate was bigger than the bar. Having 200 lbs with slack on the bar sucked.
I want some good 50 kg plates then, haha
C1W1D3
Shoulda probably been a rest day, but I have to go help someone paint tomorrow, so had to be today. First boobies day with the new program. The TM I used in this case was the real TM (as opposed to the conservative ones I used in a couple cases), and even so it might be a tad low. But whatever, it is week 1, so good to get a running start at it.
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Decline Barbell Bench Press
- 40 kg x 5 reps
- 55 kg x 5 reps
- 65 kg x 3 reps
- 70 kg x 5 reps
- 80 kg x 5 reps
- 90 kg x 16 reps
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Barbell Incline Bench Press
- 40 kg x 8 reps
- 60 kg x 10 reps
- 60 kg x 10 reps
- 60 kg x 10 reps
- 60 kg x 10 reps
- 60 kg x 10 reps
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Barbell Squat
- 65 kg x 10 reps
- 65 kg x 10 reps
- 65 kg x 10 reps
- 65 kg x 10 reps
- 65 kg x 10 reps
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Muscle-Up
- 2 reps
- 2 reps
16 reps at 90 was a pretty good start. Switched to incline on the assistance, although bumped it up 10 kilo from last time. And yes, they sucked. Squat assistance by the numbers, nothing to see there.
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@Koestrizer I mean if they were giving em out for free I’d leave a set of 50s on my deadlift set up. They ain’t worth trouble of moving around vs 25s
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They are good for a yoke or other carry events, since you don’t have to load so many damn plates. Car deadlift simulator too.
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@guineapig I’d rather move less plates that are heavier than more plates that are lighter
@T3hPwnisher exactly the things I had in mind. Plus they look badass, no one can argue that!
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10x the calories because inefficient
I reckon he was probably taking the piss with his answer but if you have seen a lot of Big Z, it is very noticeable that he appears to always move in slowmotion until the whistle blows.
I have seen him in real life once and as you say in Germany, you could have soled his shoes while he was running.
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Not exactly related, but I often suspect that the average gym person sees a lazy guy when they look at me. I move around slowly, take long rest periods, check my phone, etc.
Of course, then I bring the pain, but that is a different story.
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C1W1D4 - Deadlift day
I decided to move my TM even lower on these, because otherwise I know it’ll only be a few weeks before I am going nutso on these, and I don’t want that. Also decided to stop at 10 for the PR set, even thought I could have easily done more. Trying not to push my back too hard, just focusing on doing the work.
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Barbell Deadlift
- 60 kg x 5 reps
- 75 kg x 5 reps
- 85 kg x 3 reps
- 95 kg x 5 reps
- 110 kg x 5 reps
- 125 kg x 10 reps
- 80 kg x 10 reps
- 80 kg x 10 reps
- 80 kg x 10 reps
- 80 kg x 10 reps
- 80 kg x 10 reps
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Standing Barbell Shoulder Press (OHP)
- 20 kg x 10 reps
- 40 kg x 5 reps
- 45 kg x 10 reps
- 45 kg x 10 reps
- 45 kg x 10 reps
- 45 kg x 10 reps
- 45 kg x 10 reps
Bumped the assistance OHPs to 45. Program is only calling for 35, which is just a bit too easy.
That’s first week in the books. Good start I guess.
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Decided to give Bob a whoopin a few hours after my workout. Downside of gyms opening is that Bob can get lonely. And kinda needy and whiney if I’m being honest. Nothing a few clumsy Tornado Kicks won’t solve.
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I’ve been following this Bob drama for a while now, and still can’t figure out who’s abusing who… 
Our secret fighting ways are not meant to be understood by mere normals.
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Semi-rest day, which just means I went to the gym but it was not a program day. Did a bunch of upper body pulling, nothing too sexy.
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Muscle-Up
- 3 reps
- 3 reps
- 3 reps
- 3 reps
- 4 reps
- 3 reps
- 3 reps
- 3 reps
- 3 reps
- 3 reps
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Isolateral Plate Loaded High Row
- 90 lb x 10 reps
- 180 lb x 10 reps
- 230 lb x 10 reps
- 180 lb x 10 reps
- 90 lb x 20 reps
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Ab Wheel (standing)
- 5 reps
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Pull-Up
- 3 reps
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Lat Pulldown
- 90 lb x 8 reps
- 105 lb x 8 reps
- 120 lb x 8 reps
- 135 lb x 8 reps
- 150 lb x 8 reps
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Have you maybe thought about swapping the out for straight (Or stiff) leg deadlifts. Really focus on your posterior chain for a while and max those glute/ham gainz.
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Yes, in fact that was what I was doing pre-lockdown. But when doing 531, I think all the cardio reps accomplish the same thing for the time being. I will consider mixing it up. Really, though, I am not trying to avoid the deadlifts, I am just de-emphasizing them and not make them an ego lift. And more importantly, so that I don’t overwork them and put the other three lifts in jeopardy.
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Have you considered the 100 rep trap bar workout? Might be right up your street as high volume, moderate weight, simple and on a trap bar so noticeably easier on the lower back.