Today was just one of those days where everything worked. I cranked my neck musculature all out of whack during the last two training sessions and I'm not 100% recovered from it--apparently jamming your head into the bench when you use leg drive to move the bar off your chest is not great technique--so I …
The Number of the Counting Shall be 3
As I drove to the gym this morning, angry about the bones I picked before I left, I started thinking about the RPE’s for today’s training. In full rebellion mode now, I decided I would no longer use RTS’ RPE scale, but make my own. After all, why are there 10 numbers in the RPE …
Lifting Weights
I still miss chewing nicotine gum, even though the physical effects have passed. I had about 3 days of headaches and mild irritability, but now I have psychological longing and a serious case of the munchies. I had undervalued nicotine's power as an appetite suppressant and have basically been a nonstop eating machine during all …
Squats 12 17 2016
Training started out slow today with every Squat feeling hard, but I ended up banging out a pretty good session. Weighed in at a svelte 176.5 this morning. Squats 252.5 x 3 252.5 x 2 265 x 2 265 x 1 255 x 3 255 x 2 Stiff-Legged Deadlifts 197.5 x 7, 5, 4, 4 …
Training log 12 10 11 and 13 2016
12/10/2016 Another Supportive Lift day. Felt pretty good on all lifts today. Klokov Press, aka Snatch-Grip Behind the Neck Press 87.5 x 7, 6, 5 Romanian Deadlift 195 x 6, 5, 5 Pendlay Row The last time I did these I only got 4 reps at 160, so I “reset’ by taking 10% off and starting …
Training Log 12 3 2016
I’ve got some video on Facebook and Instagram, and was going to start with a fresh training log tomorrow, but hell, today was: Squats--high bar. Knee sleeves and belt. 245x5 232.5 x 5 232.5 x4 Stiff-legged deadlift, no belt. 195x6, 6, 4 Close grip pull-up’s. Body weight (178.5 today) 5, 4, 4, 3 I have …
Managing Volume
Knowing what we do regarding strength training and building muscle, we can establish some guidelines with a fair degree of confidence. A program should be designed around some concepts: 1. Mechanical load 2. Progressive Overload 3. Specific Adaptation to Implied Demands If one were to squat with just their body weight until fatigue, they have …
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