I’m just not that strong (yet)!

Segansational said:
Sorry to hear about the latest life troubles. My condolences man...You should do it! Always great to have a concrete goal or motivator to add a little fuel to the fire!
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Thanks a bunch man! I hope your training has been going well! I have had a hard time keeping up with others training logs.

And you make a great point! That’s kind of my line of thinking too! A little fuel to the fire wouldn’t hurt!
 
Resolve10 said:
That’s a good distance away to make a decision for plenty of time to prepare.

If you think you’d enjoy it and think you’d like to try and hit specific weights on the platform I’d say go for it.

Nothing wrong with competing and nothing wrong with just sticking your head down and continuing making progress, choose what sounds more motivating to you.
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When I first started my log here I had a goal of doing some sort of competition. I did a meet way back in 2016, and at times I get the itch. But when that happens I immediately think I need to train like a world class athlete and squat, bench and deadlift every session.
 
slimsaw00 said:
Thanks a bunch man! I hope your training has been going well! I have had a hard time keeping up with others training logs.

And you make a great point! That’s kind of my line of thinking too! A little fuel to the fire wouldn’t hurt!
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No worries, feel free to drop in when you can. If not, that's OK too. I use it mostly for myself, but I do like the community aspect on here. And if it helps some others in the future, that's a bonus.
slimsaw00 said:
When I first started my log here I had a goal of doing some sort of competition. I did a meet way back in 2016, and at times I get the itch. But when that happens I immediately think I need to train like a world class athlete and squat, bench and deadlift every session.
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I think there's two mindsets, either is probably correct:

1. Only compete if you're going to go full bore to medal / target numbers to hit.

2. Compete either way. Competing regardless of if you're competitive or not vs the rest of the field, still separates you from 99% of lifters. That's the goal/achievement in of itself.

I've never competed in any athletic endeavors really, aside from a few 5ks and a mudrun. But again for me, that was the goal. Training to do the event. I wasn't thinking about setting any world records, but it gave me the end point, the timeframe, and the mindset.

I need to go as a spectator to a few PL meets, but I could see the experience alone would be worth training for - even if lifting poverty weights!
 
Main Lift - Press 5s Pro/FSL

Warmups

Barx5x2
100x5
110x5
125x5
100x5x5

Assistance
Chin-ups 6x5

This is all I had time for…. Stayed up past my bedtime last night. Have a great day!
 
Main Lift- Deadlift 5s Pro/FSL

Warmups
135x5
215x5
245x5
275x5
215x5x5

Assistance
Facepull 3x20
Leg Raise 3x10
Push-up 3x15

Rep by rep! 💪
 
Main Lift - Bench 5s Pro/FSL

Warmups
Barx5
95x5
150x5
170x5
195x5
150x5x5

Assistance
Dips 3x8 (BW)
Inverted Row 3x12
BSS 3x8 (increasing weight)

At the end did a few rounds on the bike….. been slacking in that area.
 
Monday I squatted at my top set was 270x5. My son woke up mid workout so that’s all I got to that morning.

Today’s workout

Main Lift - Press 5s Pro/FSL

Warmups
Barx5x2
95x3
105x5
120x5
130x5
105x5x5

Assistance (push, pull, core)
Dip 2x8, 1x12
Chin-up 7x5
Pallof Press x 15,15,20

Last night was day one of parent teacher conferences so I didn’t get home until after 8:00. Did not want to lift this morning, but got in a decent session.

Over the weekend got to see some of the Rogue Invitational. Damn that was cool as hell! I watched a lot of the men’s strongman competition. Those guys are monsters!

I hope everyone has a great Wednesday

-Matt
 
Watched the Men’s Deadlift event recording on Rogue’s YouTube channel with the wife the other night; they did a phenomenal job with the presentation I think - very professional production. Would recommend anyone check out some of the events.

Alright Slim, the people wanna see you bump those dips to 3x10 and Chins to 40 total next time if you can. Something magic always starts to happen for me north of that 40-rep line for volume!
 
Hyde said:
Watched the Men’s Deadlift event recording on Rogue’s YouTube channel with the wife the other night; they did a phenomenal job with the presentation I think - very professional production. Would recommend anyone check out some of the events.

Alright Slim, the people wanna see you bump those dips to 3x10 and Chins to 40 total next time if you can. Something magic always starts to happen for me north of that 40-rep line for volume!
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Thank you for checking in!

The overall presentation looked great.

Roger that on the volume!! I gotta keep moving that upwards. For this template Wendler suggests 50-100 reps of the assistance categories.
 
@Hyde … follow up question…… would it make sense to move into an upper/lower split to accommodate an increase in the volume? Right now the prescription is for a main lift with a full body assistance approach.
 
slimsaw00 said:
@Hyde … follow up question…… would it make sense to move into an upper/lower split to accommodate an increase in the volume? Right now the prescription is for a main lift with a full body assistance approach.
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Given the nature of your accessory work, I wouldn’t worry about that right now. You doing 3 sets of pushups on deadlift days or split squats on a pressing day isn’t really going to break the next lifting days main lift, no matter what it is. I don’t think it’s enough volume to really impact performance. Plus you often have at least 48 hours between most sessions.
 
Main Lift Deadlift 5s Pro/FSL

Warmup
135x5
185x5
230x5
260x5
290x5 @7-8
230x5x5

Assistance
Pushups x 20,20,30
DB Row x 15,15,12
Leg Raise 3x15

Bike
Warmup
5 rounds 15on/45off
 
Resolve10 said:
I see you sneaking some rpe in there. 😉
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Today my top set was 95% of my training max. Debating attempting to use RPE to determine when to raise my training max. This was a guess with me thinking I could do 2-3 more reps. Last block I kept my training max the same for the entire block and it worked well… so there’s that. 🤷‍♂️
 
Resolve10 said:
I’d keep the TM the same but keep “guessing” your RPE for a bit. Then when you test you can compare and see if you think your RPE seems in line with things which can help you determine when and how to use it in the future.
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Yeah that’s kind of how I thought I may end up using it in the end. Thank you!
 
Resolve10 said:
I’d keep the TM the same but keep “guessing” your RPE for a bit. Then when you test you can compare and see if you think your RPE seems in line with things which can help you determine when and how to use it in the future.
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Beautifully said
 
Main Lift - Bench 5s Pro/FSL

Warmups
95x5
135x5
160x5
180x5
205x5 @8
160x5x5

Assistance (push, pull, single leg)
Dips 3x10
Chin-up 11x4
Reverse Lunge 3x10

Have a great weekend everyone!!
 
Main Lift- Squat 5s Pro/FSL

Warmup (Squat Pattern)

Barx5x2
95x5
135x5
185x5
215x5
245x5
185x5x5

Assistance
Weighted Pushups +20x20,20,20
Facepull 3x20
Ab Wheel 3x12

Bar speed on squats was GREAT this morning! Have a great Tuesday everyone!
 
Main Lift - Press 5s Pro/FSL

Warmups
Bar x5
90x5
105x5
120x5
90x5x5

Assistance
Dips 3x11
Chin-up 12x4 (48 reps)
KB RDL 3x9

Have a great day!
 
I’ve been lifting…… the last week or so has been hard mentally. Dryer croaked, and then yesterday the furnace stopped working as well. I’ve been praying for peace and wisdom as we enter into the holiday season.

Yesterday was I did squats, and today was my press day.

Main Lift/ Press 5s Pro/FSL

Warmups
Bar x 5
90x5
105x5
120x5
90x5x5

Assistance
Dips 3x12
Chin-ups 50 total
Kettelbell RDL 3x10

Easy bike pedaling for 10 minutes.

I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving!
 
slimsaw00 said:
I’ve been lifting…… the last week or so has been hard mentally. Dryer croaked, and then yesterday the furnace stopped working as well. I’ve been praying for peace and wisdom as we enter into the holiday season.

Yesterday was I did squats, and today was my press day.

Main Lift/ Press 5s Pro/FSL

Warmups
Bar x 5
90x5
105x5
120x5
90x5x5

Assistance
Dips 3x12
Chin-ups 50 total
Kettelbell RDL 3x10

Easy bike pedaling for 10 minutes.

I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving!
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Happy thanksgiving to you and your family! Sounds like a double whammy with the dryer and furnace but keep your head up!
 
slimsaw00 said:
I’ve been lifting…… the last week or so has been hard mentally. Dryer croaked, and then yesterday the furnace stopped working as well. I’ve been praying for peace and wisdom as we enter into the holiday season.

Yesterday was I did squats, and today was my press day.

Main Lift/ Press 5s Pro/FSL

Warmups
Bar x 5
90x5
105x5
120x5
90x5x5

Assistance
Dips 3x12
Chin-ups 50 total
Kettelbell RDL 3x10

Easy bike pedaling for 10 minutes.

I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving!
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Brother I know sometimes things like this happen and we feel defeated. It will work out. Keep your faith! Prayers to you and your family! Happy Thanksgiving!
 
slimsaw00 said:
the last week or so has been hard mentally. Dryer croaked, and then yesterday the furnace stopped working as well. I’ve been praying for peace and wisdom as we enter into the holiday season.
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man when it rains it pours. hopefully everything works out well for you guys! we have had a lot of luck replacing appliances from the ding and dent section...
 
Hopefully the repairs are simple and a better option than full replacement!

Happy Thanksgiving to your family! That’s what is most important in life; everything else you can figure out as it comes one day at a time.
 
Thanks everyone! We’ve been blessed and we’ve never gone without. Just a couple heavy hitters back to back. Furnace is still to be determined. We will have a dryer delivered on Friday.
 
Well, yesterday around 4:00 we had someone look at our furnace again and after a new control board was put in our furnace worked!!

Thank you all for the words of encouragement yesterday. It’s been quite a year. I hope everyone has a blessed Thanksgiving!
 
slimsaw00 said:
Well, yesterday around 4:00 we had someone look at our furnace again and after a new control board was put in our furnace worked!!

Thank you all for the words of encouragement yesterday. It’s been quite a year. I hope everyone has a blessed Thanksgiving!
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Glad you got it fixed and you didn’t have to get the entire unit replaced. Happy Thanksgiving!
 
Thanksgiving was super nice with my wife’s family yesterday. Tomorrow we will see my family.

Main Lift- Deadlift
Warmup

135x5
200x5
230x5
260x5
200x5x5

Assistance (circuit/no rest)
Pushups 25,20,15
Face pull 3x20
Pallof Press 3x20

Bike - yes! Haha
 
This is why we have a home warranty. It’s only a matter of time; easier to just pay $500 a year for the warranty and a couple service calls we’ll inevitably need. We’ve had several electrical circuits fixed, the dryer repaired, heater fixed, microwave replaced, new freezer, garage door spring. Definitely pays for itself if you don’t have a new house & appliances. Also takes a lot of the stress off because you know they have to get something working or pay you out.
 
Hyde said:
This is why we have a home warranty. It’s only a matter of time; easier to just pay $500 a year for the warranty and a couple service calls we’ll inevitably need. We’ve had several electrical circuits fixed, the dryer repaired, heater fixed, microwave replaced, new freezer, garage door spring. Definitely pays for itself if you don’t have a new house & appliances. Also takes a lot of the stress off because you know they have to get something working or pay you out.
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I feel like when we first bought our house I considered a home warranty. But I felt like a warranty company would work hard not to fulfill if something broke.Do you have any suggestions on companies? I may have to do some research. Thanks for looking out!
 
slimsaw00 said:
I feel like when we first bought our house I considered a home warranty. But I felt like a warranty company would work hard not to fulfill if something broke.Do you have any suggestions on companies? I may have to do some research. Thanks for looking out!
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We just renewed with Choice Home Warranty after my last 3 year was ending. $75 service calls and we got another 40 months for under $1,400. Talk with an actual sales rep on the phone, don’t just sign up online.

You have to use whoever they pick for the service calls, and you will get appointments a little slower than if you did it yourself, but it takes about 3 minutes to open a ticket and they do all the footwork finding someone.

We had another company prior our first year in the home, a little fancier, but the rates went up a lot after the first year and they basically said take it or leave it, so we left it lol.
 
Hyde said:
We just renewed with Choice Home Warranty after my last 3 year was ending. $75 service calls and we got another 40 months for under $1,400. Talk with an actual sales rep on the phone, don’t just sign up online.

You have to use whoever they pick for the service calls, and you will get appointments a little slower than if you did it yourself, but it takes about 3 minutes to open a ticket and they do all the footwork finding someone.

We had another company prior our first year in the home, a little fancier, but the rates went up a lot after the first year and they basically said take it or leave it, so we left it lol.
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Thanks for the input!
 
Main Lift- Bench 5s Pro/FSL

Warmups

95x5
140x5
160x5
180x5
140x5x5

Dips 3x12
Inverted Row 3x12
Lunge 3x12

Have a great Saturday!

Go Blue!
 
slimsaw00 said:
Well, yesterday around 4:00 we had someone look at our furnace again and after a new control board was put in our furnace worked!!

Thank you all for the words of encouragement yesterday. It’s been quite a year. I hope everyone has a blessed Thanksgiving!
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Whew, glad to hear one of the two is solved. Hope you had a great Thanksgiving!
 
Segansational said:
Whew, glad to hear one of the two is solved. Hope you had a great Thanksgiving!
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Yeah the furnace was the bigger NEED. Dryer is bumped til Tuesday. We will make it.


Thanksgiving was good! So many things to be truly thankful for.

Hope yours was good as well!
 
slimsaw00 said:
Yeah the furnace was the bigger NEED. Dryer is bumped til Tuesday. We will make it.


Thanksgiving was good! So many things to be truly thankful for.

Hope yours was good as well!
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Our heater went out too! Blowing but not lighting consistently, so then it just moves cool air around. Resetting it has gotten it re-lit a couple times now so we’ve been living warm, but I’ve got a service call scheduled for Tuesday scheduled through the home warranty if it keeps failing. $65 & worth it!
 
Hyde said:
Our heater went out too! Blowing but not lighting consistently, so then it just moves cool air around. Resetting it has gotten it re-lit a couple times now so we’ve been living warm, but I’ve got a service call scheduled for Tuesday scheduled through the home warranty if it keeps failing. $65 & worth it!
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Oh no!! 65 bucks is a lot cheaper than what we paid. Hope it is fixed easily!
 
Main Lift- Squat 5s Pro/FSL

Warmup

Barx5
95x5
135x5
200x5
230x5
255x5
200x5x5

Pushups x 15,20,25
Facepull x 20,20,20,15,15
Ab Wheel 3x13

Hope you all have a great start to the week!
 
Main Lift Press 5s Pro/FSL

Warmups
Barx5
100x5
110x5
125x5
100x5x5

Dips 3x14
Chin-up 50 reps (10x5)
KB RDL 3x10

Have a great day!
 
Nice job getting those chin-ups up! Also, what weight kettlebells are you using for the RDLs? I find them to be almost a perfect height, but they can’t give much load.
 
Hyde said:
Nice job getting those chin-ups up! Also, what weight kettlebells are you using for the RDLs? I find them to be almost a perfect height, but they can’t give much load.
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Yeah it’s a tricky move for me balance wise so I’m only doing a 20lb KB….. this day would be awesome for back raises. Just need to find the $$ for one.
 
slimsaw00 said:
Yeah it’s a tricky move for me balance wise so I’m only doing a 20lb KB….. this day would be awesome for back raises. Just need to find the $$ for one.
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Does a very light barbell good morning or RDL make more sense here?

I mean if balance & bloodflow are the primary objectives then it’s fine, but if you want to hit the posterior musculature harder more load is a bigger impact for hypertrophy.
 
Hyde said:
Does a very light barbell good morning or RDL make more sense here?

I mean if balance & bloodflow are the primary objectives then it’s fine, but if you want to hit the posterior musculature harder more load is a bigger impact for hypertrophy.
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I’ve done BB RDLs…. Just trying a different move for assistance. I’ve never been able to correctly do a good morning, although it’s been quite some time since I’ve done them.
 
Main Lift - Deadlift 5s Pro/FSL

Warmup
135x5
215x5
245x5
275x5
215x5x5

Leg Raise
3x15

For conditioning I did a couple bike rounds as hard as I could.

That’s all for today!
 
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