I feel Rose is slightly less spicy than Carbonara, and way better.
I found the ones I got at Target. I’ll check my local grocery stores to see if they carry them
Only took 2iu GH instead of 4 to help offset water retention; hopefully 2 will be high enough for the run.
Holy bench o mania!11/3/26
BW 217.8
Bench, Texas Powerbar
45x15
155x10
221x5
265x3
298,314,328x1
300 3x3
265x6,6,6,7
232x10
CG Shouldersaver
245 2x8
40 reps at 265+, 71 at 221+ - blasted.
Pinned another 200mg mast e this morning, plus took 75mg Var and 10mg Trest Ace from an old nearly empty vial preWO. I don’t know if it made me any stronger, but it gave me some solid heartburn
For real, 40 reps at 265+ is a lot of bench tonnage.40 reps at 265+
it was on my mind last night doing my 5x5 at 255 on squats thinking "25+ reps at 255+ squatted vs hyde's 40+ at 265+" on bench lolFor real, 40 reps at 265+ is a lot of bench tonnage.
Yeah it is humbling.
I just calculated everything 221+ and it’s about 19,000lbs.For real, 40 reps at 265+ is a lot of bench tonnage.
There’s a lot more nuance to his work than that, but the gist here is specificity reigns & I’m 5 weeks from the platform.
Hey there’s guys out there doing this with 405; it’s all relative!Yeah it is humbling.
yes I imagine there is. its been a long time since I paid attention to my tonnage moved but since I started seeing it in your log it got me thinking. I was like, I bet I could move 50,000lbs if I just hit 135lb bench 370 times.
bros' competing at 198 in like 5 weeks and will put up the same numbers zero doubt.
God willing, I’m going to do my best to try!
Looking solid man!
Yeah he was pumped up; got his first 600 squat this week with a 605 as well. He’s a 242 guy. I was hollering for him!
Now that’s a great session and awesome for the guy pulling a PR with some tech advice
This is why one day I'd love to get a live session in with some PL gym bros to really diagnose my technique. As just demonstrated, that alone can add pounds to the bar!
Definitely can't wait to get more practice in and work on your pointers
Man the community is so welcoming. Just search for a powerlifting gym on your next travel, or plan a weekend day for a trip to a PL gym, introduce yourself to someone who looks like they know what they are doing and ask them to look at your form. I can almost promise anyone you asked would be happy to help. You are always visiting cool gyms when you travel so just target a PL gym instead.
1000% correct! I was so shocked when I did my first PL meet at how supportive everyone is, even the ones you’re competing against. Just a great community all around. The only regret I have is not starting sooner in competing.
Exactly, people don’t want to win because you got hurt or made a mistake - they want to beat you at your best! And we’re all there to lift heavy - everyone there knows about getting up early, or staying up late, packing food, being sore. They all know what went into being there that day.
Exactly! I pictured a bunch of **** talking and things like that, but that’s not what I’ve experienced at all. Just a bunch of support.
I was 215.0 Saturday morning before carbing back up. Which is ~11lbs lighter than when I began the watercut fo the last meet where I squat 600. About half a weightclass down in the 10 weeks since!
Do you plan one just letting the weight continue to drop the way your are leading up to water cut time so you don’t have to rely on losing so much water weight? I know you can lose 15 pounds on a water cut but how much harder will it be for you at a lower body weight? Just curious what your plan is.
Yes, I definitely want to continue to lose more absolute weight as I can. Not sure how realistic much more will be as gear has been introduced, but hoping several more lbs will come off at least. I seem to have met the increase of the gear evenly enough to not really net higher than I was, so that’s a good start.
Man that is a awesome session those squats are killer and then the stiff leg deads after
He runs it earlier in the week so it has run it course before the meet. That could make for a messy day on the platform otherwise. LOL! How the meet go? It was a 3 brown light performance...
Like Kleen said, you just want to get that done further out. We have had issues with giving my wife milk of magnesia too late, with her last cup of water before shutting fluid off. Then it doesn’t come through because she’s already too dehydrated. And then after weighins and starting to drink she immediately has to go! So then you’re just fighting it.
While pissing on the platform is an accepted practice, crapping is not...Like Kleen said, you just want to get that done further out. We have had issues with giving my wife milk of magnesia too late, with her last cup of water before shutting fluid off. Then it doesn’t come through because she’s already too dehydrated. And then after weighins and starting to drink she immediately has to go! So then you’re just fighting it.
But we both routinely do get loose stool on comp day after eating so much junk to load, all the added electrolytes involved with putting back on 13+ lbs etc. The solution is and always has been Imodium the morning of the contest, and again before warmups. Ain’t nobody got time fo’ dat!
It’s a lot easier to clean up
My wife and I keep Imodium in our workout bags. Nothing like the green apple splatters ruining a deadlift or squat day!Like Kleen said, you just want to get that done further out. We have had issues with giving my wife milk of magnesia too late, with her last cup of water before shutting fluid off. Then it doesn’t come through because she’s already too dehydrated. And then after weighins and starting to drink she immediately has to go! So then you’re just fighting it.
But we both routinely do get loose stool on comp day after eating so much junk to load, all the added electrolytes involved with putting back on 13+ lbs etc. The solution is and always has been Imodium the morning of the contest, and again before warmups. Ain’t nobody got time fo’ dat!
Like Kleen said, you just want to get that done further out. We have had issues with giving my wife milk of magnesia too late, with her last cup of water before shutting fluid off. Then it doesn’t come through because she’s already too dehydrated. And then after weighins and starting to drink she immediately has to go! So then you’re just fighting it.
But we both routinely do get loose stool on comp day after eating so much junk to load, all the added electrolytes involved with putting back on 13+ lbs etc. The solution is and always has been Imodium the morning of the contest, and again before warmups. Ain’t nobody got time fo’ dat!
Never take GH the day prior or morning of a max squat. I remember hearing someone talking on a podcast about how it makes your poop a bit more like a softserve dispenser. Softens it but makes it harder to fully evacuate, more like a constant pipeline.I always felt like in the lifting sports people love to help people who are smaller/not as strong, its a fun way to share what you've learned and earned with someone else, and when they meet someone who is stronger/bigger you still have this bit of star struck experience where you admire them even if someday you want to beat them. But in both cases, other peoples PR's are so incredibly exciting to be a part of. from time to time you get that one personal record that hits you in the feels cause you grinded for it but 9 times out of 10 I think I'm way more happy and excited to watch other peoples PRs and see them succeed whether they are stronger than me or not as strong. its just winning in every direction. nobody ever really hates on someone else for being better (or worse) than themselves.
squats are looking so good!!
I know I've mentioned Jim's book before (he was an OG at bodybuildingdungeon.com) but I'll never forget him talking about shitting his pants in a squat rack and taking off like a bullet to get out of there lol.
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Definitely felt stronger & WAS stronger than last week; no problem at all jumping straight from 1 to 2 reds on bench. Great lift today.
Yeah jumping right into the action! Awesome bench session firing on all cylinders11/10/26
BW 218.2
Bench, Texas Powerbar
45x15
155x10
265x5
309,331,336x1
303 4x3
270x6,5,7,6
CG Shouldersaver
250 3x8
The cycle is “kicking in,” as the boys like to say
