Hyde’s Strength Odyssey

12/9/18 - Day 42

Bench
45,95,135,185,235,250,260x8 PR
+Yellow Slingshot
285x10 PR

13” Log Incline Bench
210x8
220 2x6

Pec Deck
170,180,190,180,170x12

Reverse Fly on Pec Deck
80x25
100x20
120x15
140x12

DB Ovh Tri Ext
80 2x15

Rope Ovh Tri Ext
40x60

Not a ton of accessory work but 7 quality pressing sets will set me up for some growth nonetheless. Day 2 of dropping the 750mg of Epiandro out and bringing in 100mg The 1 & 40mg Superdiol. Feeling good.

HCG came in (since this is going 13 weeks instead of 10) - 500iu in the right delt. Will do Wed & Sundays to keep the boys healthy.
 
SkRaw85 said:
Daily PR’s standard protocol
Nice work!
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Thanks! Glad to be making some forward progress again.

This morning was speed pulls, and followed up with axle Continental cleans - was getting horrible shin splints and ended up having to shut it down due to the stabbing pain ruining the second pull. Realized after that I loosened my calves before sled drags Saturday but never loosened them since dragging 800 ☹️

Going back tonight to train upper back.
 
12/10/18
Session A:
Dynamic Powerbar Deadlift, Hookgrip
185x8
225x4
315x3
365x4 singles
385x6 singles

Axle Continental Cleans
115,165x3
185,205x2
225x 3 misses, bad shin splints

Session B:
Pendlay Rows
155x8,3
245x5
295 3x8, 1x10 PR

Straight-arm Lat Pressdown
70 2x12
60 2x12

NG Lat Pulldown
170 4x12

Single-arm Cable Flex Curl
20x10
25 5x10

Single-arm Cable Row from low attachment
100 4x8

Single-arm Cable Row from high attachment
100 4x8

Hammercurls
30,35,40,45x10
50 2x10

Feelin’ joo-ceyyyy!

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Nice work and looking thick, dem traps be poppin!
 
12/12/18

10” Log Strictpress from floor
72,122,172,182,192,202x3
210x3 on 13” PR
212x3 back on the 10” PR

Swissbar Floorpress
222,232,242x6

DB Front Raises ss w/ DB Laterals
25 5x10 each

Band Pressdown
2 Lights x100 total

Fat PR - my strict press is blowing the f up! Both of these logs are a bit tougher than a normal men’s 12” logpress. Reps-wise, best I’ve ever push-pressed the big 210 for is a triple. I JUST STRICT-PRESSED IT, with one left in the tank no less.

I always doubted the idea of me ever hitting a 300 log even. Now, I believe. Not this training cycle, maybe even years from now, but it’s very possible.
 
Hyde said:
12/10/18
Session A:
Dynamic Powerbar Deadlift, Hookgrip
185x8
225x4
315x3
365x4 singles
385x6 singles

Axle Continental Cleans
115,165x3
185,205x2
225x 3 misses, bad shin splints

Session B:
Pendlay Rows
155x8,3
245x5
295 3x8, 1x10 PR

Straight-arm Lat Pressdown
70 2x12
60 2x12

NG Lat Pulldown
170 4x12

Single-arm Cable Flex Curl
20x10
25 5x10

Single-arm Cable Row from low attachment
100 4x8

Single-arm Cable Row from high attachment
100 4x8

Hammercurls
30,35,40,45x10
50 2x10

Feelin’ joo-ceyyyy!

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Jeez mate looking swole af these days!
 
SkRaw85 said:
Those new slabs of meat are workin overtime! Pretty epic cycle so far and so much more to go. Stoked for ya!
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It has really produced some serious results for me. Not cost effective, but a great experience overall and it was already paid for.

BennyMagoo79 said:
Jeez mate looking swole af these days!
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Thank you - really enjoying it! Filling out XL shirts now and can wear a 2XL better than a L.

Yomo said:
good ish man...that three oh oh is nothing to sneeze at...can't wait to see it fall.
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I trained with 4 different guys who could press over 300 on any given day, and that was the best thing to change perspective on what is possible. I highly recommend training with people stronger than you if you ever have the opportunity.
 
Hyde said:
It has really produced some serious results for me. Not cost effective, but a great experience overall and it was already paid for.



Thank you - really enjoying it! Filling out XL shirts now and can wear a 2XL better than a L.



I trained with 4 different guys who could press over 300 on any given day, and that was the best thing to change perspective on what is possible. I highly recommend training with people stronger than you if you ever have the opportunity.
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My best friend is a massive beast who can play with all of my maxes like they are nothing. Rep 20+ @ 315 on full ROM incline bench, 495x12 Dead lift for multiple sets without failing, Last time I saw him rep 405 on squats he did 15 reps... Just a beast 350 and 6'2 ex pro ball player. Talk about being pushed at every workout. My goal was to just have to take as little off the bar from his sets as possible. LMAO! Unfortunately he moved to Austin and we never get to train together any more.
 
MrKleen73 said:
My best friend is a massive beast who can play with all of my maxes like they are nothing. Rep 20+ @ 315 on full ROM incline bench, 495x12 Dead lift for multiple sets without failing, Last time I saw him rep 405 on squats he did 15 reps... Just a beast 350 and 6'2 ex pro ball player. Talk about being pushed at every workout. My goal was to just have to take as little off the bar from his sets as possible. LMAO! Unfortunately he moved to Austin and we never get to train together any more.
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Training partners are always temporary arrangements truly, but they can be so worth it. Being challenged unlocks true potential.
 
Hyde said:
Training partners are always temporary arrangements truly, but they can be so worth it. Being challenged unlocks true potential.
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FACT! I love to work out with someone who is better than me at whatever we are doing so it pushes me to catch up!

When I was young I had the same training partner for about 5-6 years and it was awesome. We were Bro's and also pushed each other. He always had a leaner more compact muscular frame, and i had a bigger and little softer frame. We were both working toward the strengths the other had while training like maniac in the weight room. It was AWESOME!!!!
 
12/13/18

Back Extension x30

Squat
45,45,135x5
225,315x3
365,415x1
455x4 PR
405x10 PR

Smith Squats
115,125,135/side x8

Leg Extensions
140 6x10

Lying Leg Curls
100 4x10

Both the 455 & 405 had a rep or two left in the tank - feeling strong AF. Today is only day 6 of The 1 & Superdiol, so I need to be mindful of how hard I push heavy weight. I’m surely going to get stronger over the next 5 weeks, and I’ll need all of my tendons attached to compete.
 
Workout hangover has been fearsome since the squat session. Friday off, Saturday was just going to practice Continental cleans and fully deload events - 175 cleans were heavy as sin. Went and roadtripped to see fam and friends last night and today and taking today off training as well to further deload.

Show is in 6 weeks, so it’s time to get to focus my training and optimize it to recover for serious event days instead of going into them still worn from a leg day. Dropping lifting to 4 days a weeks:

Mon-Log/ohp
Wed-Squat & Dead
Fri-Bench & secondary pressing
Sat-Events
Sun-Cardio
 
12/17/18

12” Log Strictpress
67x10
103,153x3
173,193,213,223,233x1 PR

Blue Slingshot Bench
300,305,310x4
315x5 PR

Chins
5x8 weighing 242

Db Laterals
30 5x10

Db Front Raises
30 5x10

Band Pressdowns
Heavy 4x25

235 with a pushpress was a lifetime PR a few weeks back, and I just pressed 233 strict. This run just keeps getting better!

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Awesome, congrats Hyde!
 
Big time press brotha. Happy to see youre reaping some of the rewards for all the hard work youve put in over the years!
 
jswain34 said:
Big time press brotha. Happy to see youre reaping some of the rewards for all the hard work youve put in over the years!
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Yeah and seeing him do all of this is like a light at the end of the tunnel for guys like us still in the middle of that trek back to healthy. With the couple years he had, and now back to doing this well gives me hope that so long as i keep going I will get my situation back in order and have some more PR's in my future.
 
MrKleen73 said:
Yeah and seeing him do all of this is like a light at the end of the tunnel for guys like us still in the middle of that trek back to healthy. With the couple years he had, and now back to doing this well gives me hope that so long as i keep going I will get my situation back in order and have some more PR's in my future.
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Couldnt agree more, man.
 
Thank you all!

jswain34 said:
Big time press brotha. Happy to see youre reaping some of the rewards for all the hard work youve put in over the years!
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MrKleen73 said:
Yeah and seeing him do all of this is like a light at the end of the tunnel for guys like us still in the middle of that trek back to healthy. With the couple years he had, and now back to doing this well gives me hope that so long as i keep going I will get my situation back in order and have some more PR's in my future.
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Pretty cool stuff! I will just keep tending to my bulb for a while and see what happens!
 
MrKleen73 said:
Pretty cool stuff! I will just keep tending to my bulb for a while and see what happens!
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Every day, watering and tending your goals - people can only see the tree when it blows up 90ft tall, but it takes half a decade of work for everything to come to fruition.

When you are sitting there in the dirt, with nothing to show, people are gonna question why you’re bothering, wasting your time. Those people will never be able to appreciate the satisfaction after gutting it out when things weren’t easy and the results weren’t showing.
 
12/19/18

SSB Boxsquat
vs average bands
62,152,242x3
292x2
342 2x2
-remove bands
342 4x2

Powerbar Deadlift, Hookgrip
warmup
485x8 PR

Axle 18” Deadlift
515,545x2

Cable Pullthrus
140 3x20

GHR
2x15

Dropped the average bands after a couple sets because they were going to make my head explode from the pressure and they were entirely too heavy for what I needed to be doing. I believe my best pull with 480 on a deadlift bar is 6 reps, so 485 on a powerbar for 8 is a serious step up. Left one in the tank. Axle was cake; definitely don’t need to practice that at all.
 
Man I have felt like a bag of smashed *******s all day - the workout hangover is tremendous from this session. So exhausted it’s tough to think.
 
Go back to post 1017 on 12/16...you mentioned a bad workout hangover then as well. I dont know how you're feeling the other days but 2 workout hangovers in 3 days sounds like the early signs of needing a couple days to get things right again. You know yourself well enough, but I think its worth considering.
 
Hyde said:
Man I have felt like a bag of smashed *******s all day - the workout hangover is tremendous from this session. So exhausted it’s tough to think.
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I have that from time to time. Its called: "Getting old."
 
jswain34 said:
Go back to post 1017 on 12/16...you mentioned a bad workout hangover then as well. I dont know how you're feeling the other days but 2 workout hangovers in 3 days sounds like the early signs of needing a couple days to get things right again. You know yourself well enough, but I think its worth considering.
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Yeah you’re right! I thought I did address it; I took Friday off per norm then skipped events on Saturday (nothing other than some light axle continental) and bench Sunday entirely. Monday switched program to OHP (much less taxing than Monday deads would have been) and then Tuesday off like usual.

In both scenarios I went for PR rep maxes on squat and dead, so that’s part of it - that’s just tough on the body. I’m hoping the new structure, with only 4 days/wk with 2 lower body days & 2 upper resolves the issue. I’ll be paying attention.
 
12/21/18

Bench
45,95,145x8
195x6
245x5
275x3
295 2x2
300 2x2 RPE8

13” Log Incline Bench
210,220x6
230 2x6

Laying Skullcrushers
87.5 5x15

ss w/ Pullaparts
Monster mini 4x25

Facepulls
Light 4x25

ss w/ Tri Pressdowns
Light x25
2 Lights 5x15

Bench is on the cusp of a lifetime best. It’s not the focus right now but I do intend to take a gym PR if the opportunity presents itself this training cycle. Feeling about as strong as my blood pressure right now.
 
Also, thought this was cool. Basically these are the numbers to be competitive at a national amateur level in strongman. I would say they are very accurate based on my experience watching others:

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These aren’t records, and some guys will have crazy numbers in some lifts, but this is the average for what it takes to be in the mix.
 
Man those Strongman guys are... well STRONG!!!!!!!
 
12/22/18

Carries 70ft
200 Keg
200 Keg Down, 200 Husa back
200 keg, 240 keg, 250 Husa

Lay on floor questioning life decisions

Rogue Yoke 70ft
255
345
435
525
575 in 14.84, 1 drop (lat cramped)
575 in 12.84 into 460 frame (31 sec total)
595 in 11.08 PR

Trip and nearly broke nose on frame, got lucky just nosebleeds from both sides

460 frame untimed but fast AF

Great session besides nearly breaking my teeth or nose. Ran the last 460 without chalk even and smoked it; grip is more than ready. Yoke is also getting better - watched some vids on how to smooth my stride out prior to this session.
 
12/24/18 - Day 57

12” Log Strictpress
103x5
153x3
173,193,203,213x2
228x1+1 cleaned each rep PR

Log Pushjerk
193 3x6

Dips
8
+25x8
+70x12
+90x10 (335 total) PR

Chins
10, 4x8

Band Tri Pressdown
Average 5x20

Band Facepull
Average 4x25

Feelin’ the power! Won the impromptu weighted dip contest this morning. Last night did Christmas with my mom and sisters - must have been the brownies and ice cream sundae that did it
 
Hyde said:
12/17/18

12” Log Strictpress
67x10
103,153x3
173,193,213,223,233x1 PR

Blue Slingshot Bench
300,305,310x4
315x5 PR

Chins
5x8 weighing 242

Db Laterals
30 5x10

Db Front Raises
30 5x10

Band Pressdowns
Heavy 4x25

235 with a pushpress was a lifetime PR a few weeks back, and I just pressed 233 strict. This run just keeps getting better!

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Awesome dude!!!
Merry Xmas!
 
BennyMagoo79 said:
Awesome dude!!!
Merry Xmas!
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Merry Christmas to you, and all you guys in here! Thank you all for your fellowship and advice, truly.

Hung with the fiancés fam Christmas Eve, then drove down to see my fam on Christmas. Came back up to her parents again last night and did some lifting with her and her dad in the basement gym between some holiday food - awesome time.

I hit some arm work, Jessica did some strict log pressing at 100lbs, and her pops pulled a PR triple on the trapbar - depleted glycogen was restored with Turtle pie afterwards
 
Sounds like a dope way to spend your holiday time!

Also, that’s the only way to truly fill glycogen
 
12/26/18

Back Extension x30

Deadlift on deadlift bar, Hookgrip
155x8
265
375
445
495
545 fast AF

Frontsquat
135x5
225x3
285,305,325,335,340x5 PR

Pendlay Rows w straps
305 3x8

GHR vs bands
Monster mini x8
Light 3x8

The deadlift was just working up to ~90% to feel out using a deadlift bar before a maximal pull New Year’s Eve. 545 was basically my max in July and now I was able to work up to it in 10-15 min and it didn’t even take anything out of me. The 5x5 on fronts & heavy rows and GHR is where I got stronger, and I had to really dig for the last set of fronts (was seeing stars afterwards).
 
12/28/18

Bench
45,95,135,170x8
205x6
240x5
275x3
315 3x1
275x6 PR

Incline Bench 13” Log
230,240,250x3 PR

DB Neutral Grip Bench, slow
85x10
90x8
100x6
110x5

DB French Press
60 4x15

Military Press
95 4x12 EMOM

Really feeling strong on pressing. Fiancés hand is finally letting her get back to some pressing, so it was great having her around for a liftoff - she was strict pressing the axle at 90lbs. Brandon Allen has mentioned he always pauses his first bench rep and does touch n go for the rest, so trying to implement that instead of just randomly pausing some reps out of habit. Great session.
 
Look at the bench coasting my dude! I do the same thing, pause my first rep and TNG the rest. If I’m feeling particularly good that session I pause my last rep as well.

Good news on the fiancés hand!
 
tyga tyga said:
Look at the bench coasting my dude! I do the same thing, pause my first rep and TNG the rest. If I’m feeling particularly good that session I pause my last rep as well.

Good news on the fiancés hand!
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This is usually my gameplan as well. Sometimes I will do only the first, sometimes i will do both first and last, sometimes I will do all (usually the one of the first 2). It would be a good idea for me to get consistent with this too.
 
I think my bench is right around my lifetime best of 336 - I won’t test it this cycle unless I am confident in a PR (340-345). It would be great but it’s not the priority right now.

In fact, I think all of my big 3 numbers are back around what I hit 1.5 years ago - if I peaked now, I could probably total 1,500.
 
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