→ felt nice today, son was sick so i stayed home with him and did this at noon. paused squats felt great, maybe a little light, but made working on technique better. moved bench grip out about half an inch - didnt feel stronger but i would like to get out to the rings. taking some weight off the bar lately due to fatigue but also trimming down time in between sets to 2-3 min instead of 4-5 so i can get these sessions done quicker. love full body sessions but would prefer to be done in an hour. i think 2 movements a day (1 lower, 1 bench) 4 days/wk is prob my best bet for long term compliance.
DL w/belt - 425x1, 375x5, 340x5x3
2ct pause bench - 245x5, 255x5, 265x5, 250x5x3
squat (no belt no sleeves) - 225x8, 250x8, 275x8
–>end of dev block, starting low stress next week thank god. DL not feeling great. tried getting real tight and pulling the “slack” out of the bar, but it always just seems so heavy that way. id rather just bend down, grip it and pick it up quick without thinking too much. its still hard that way, but not as. bench still working on slightly wider grip. squats with no belt or sleeves at the end of the session after DL is tough. good session in the books.
–>1st time doing floor press, weird. feels like a high pin press. lots of tris. starting next week (next dev block) ill be more conservative with my RPE and really focus on hitting Rx as opposed to trying to push for PRs. maybe the second half of this program i wont blow my asshole out trying to be super man. (ie:1ct pause bench x1@8 is 325 which i hit today @ a real 8, making my E1RM 350, which is pretty accurate. no more 345x1@8 bullshit)
–>bodyweight this evening before lifting was 217 which is lowest its been pm in years. not trying to lose weight, maybe the longer sessions have me losing some chunk. its ok with me as long as i dont lose strength
–>so, instead of going up on DL top single, i ended up doing 3 singles on DL bc im really trying to find a style im comfortable with. one rep with chest up, got real tight, then pulled. i also pulled one rep with flats (which i always think is going to be a great idea and be my breakthrough, but never ends up feeling good) so heels really do work better for pulling for me anyway. then ran out of time since i screwed around so much with DL that i couldnt do my beltless squats. still took an hour.
As you can see i made an attempt at BBM Strength 1 last year, got to week 9 before quitting like a pussy. now i just finished 6 weeks of LP to gain some strength back, and im gonna do 95%of the Bridge with a few of my own tweaks (not so smart i know, but i hate tempo squats and rack pulls and im my own coach)
i did the strength 1 template (weeks 1-10) but i overshot RPE almost every week so i was a dead horse by week 10. if i do it again i will have to scale back big time. i cannot be trusted with RPE haha.
