Friday, June 14, 2019

6/9 training grown man strength max

Monday: paused bench: warmup to 270x5 305x3 340x1 365x1 385x1 405x1 420x1PR 340x6PR
+ 200 band pull aparts
5x235x5 tempo pause
+ hammer strength row fat gripz 5x235x8 tempo
Skull crushers to nose: 3x155x6
+ rope facepulls: 3x20
Bicep and tricep single arm twist: 3xamrap

Tuesday: deadlift strict tng: warmup to 285x5 325x3 365x1 385x1 405x1 440x1 365x5
Rdl: 3x235x6
Front squat: warmup to 5x205x5
100 leg extensions

Thursday: clean and press: warmup to 170x5 195x3 215x1 235x1 255x0
+ weighted pullups: warmup to 5x100x1
Press felt real bad today.  Must be burnt out from bench and deadlift.  Just maxed and left to recover for tomorrow

Friday: squat: warmup to 250x5 285x3 315x1 335x1 365x1
All I had time for today. 

So next week is a deload  as I'm going on vacation, and then hitting something with lower intensity and more volume for 7 weeks before reassessing if I want to run another 7 weeks of that or come back to this program.  It all depends on how fucked up I feel from my summer job.  Regardless, here are my current maxes compared to my end of the year goals, and some areas I'm going to be focusing on to help achieve these goals.

Priorities for the rest of the training year:
locking out OHPs****
Lats/core for basically every lift
Quads/legs in general need to be stronger
Triceps

Max -> goal
Squat: 365 -> 500 (this one's not happening.. hoping for around 440)
Bench: 420 -> 440
Deadlift: 440 -> 500
Ohp: 245 -> 275

I think all of these except for squat are attainable.  Definitely need this deload week and then I'll hop back into it.

Friday, June 7, 2019

6/2 training [grown man strength WK 6]

Tuesday: paused bench: warmup to 235x5 275x5 305x11 275x10 235x8
+200 band pull aparts
2x235x8 paused
+ Hammer strength row fg slow: 2x235x8 went all out on my amraps and didn't wanna struggle on these.
Overhead rope: 3x87x6 slow
+ Overhead facepulls: 3x15
Seated cable curl: 3xamap
+ Wenning triceps: 3xamap

Wednesday; deadlift: warmup to 250x5 290x5 325x12 250x12
Rdl: 3x235x6
Front squat: warmup to 5x205x5
100 leg extensions

Thursday; clean and press: warmup to 150x5 170x5 195x11 170x10 150x10 took a video realized my reps werent locked out often.  Focused on that on my drop sets.
+ Weighted pullups: warmup to 5x45x5
Swiss bar close grip bench: warmup to 5x255x6
+ Twist pulldown: 3x140x8 + 2x8 chins
Overhead rope: 3x87x6 slow
+ Overhead facepulls: 3x15
Seated cable curl: 3xamap
+ Wenning triceps: 3xamap

Friday: squat; warmup to 225x5 250x5 285x8 250x8(felt easier with a tiny arch in thoracic) 5x225x5 paused
Hack squat: 50 reps 1plate 3 sets.  Someone on leg press, no time to wait
100 leg extensions

Decent week.  Bench hit a PR, clean and press PR, deadlift hit a nice set, squats found some tips/cues that really helped my reps.  Also some downsides tho.  Clean and press I realized I'm not really locking out any of my reps except when I start to grind them out.  I'm assuming singles are fine, but I'm going to address that next block.  For squats, squeezing my lats like at the top of a pull-up really helps my bar path, translating to more power from the hole that continues into the mid-range to lock out.  Before I would get bent forward a bit which would cause a slowdown at the middle of the rep.  Next week is singles week.  We will see what we get and then enjoy a deload week before going back to the muscle program for 6 weeks.