This is the flat bench…. I want to see how this feels after doing 5/3/1 bench Monday. Just laying on it before leaving today, just to see how the handles felt, it seems like it should spare the...
Yeah I think the Hammer Strength plate loaded machines have become my favorite. Our gym now has the HS high row, shoulder press, dips, incline, decline, and the two newest are that mid row and...
8/5/2026
Wednesday
Stretches
Warmups
Deload
HS Iso Lateral High Row
180 x 8, 8, 8
HS Iso Lateral Mid Row
Cycled through all 4 different handle variations for 2 x 8
Machine Preacher Curl
3 x...
I don't think I'll ever forget the first time I squatted 315 after my injury back in 2016. I think it took 2 years. I had to take a walk in the parking lot for a minute to not lose it. it was a...
I think you’re taking the exact approach and execution on all your exercises that you need to. I have found over the years that when I can’t push weight or volume while working around or...
Thanks, it is hard to see that sometimes when it is you doing it, while easy to see someone else fighting through a struggle and see it as valiant.
Agreed, I definitely get excited with every new...
This 100%. It seemed only a bit ago you were barely unable to do any physical activity - and not being in a mental headspace to even want to try.
With the physical therapy and change in your...
Nothing so sweet as just getting under the bar or moving your body through space powerfully without pain when you haven’t been able to! For the love of the game
Hey progress is progress, and we all feed off each other. And continuing to work around injuries and getting it done is just as impressive as great feats of strength.
Right, I really shouldn't play any of this down because it is far better than I was able to do a short while ago. I need to appreciate and have gratitude for being in a position now that...
Correct!
No Sir, this is the one I have.
Correct again! Although I do have an SSB Bar, I might even try using it again here shortly now that the neck has improved so much.
Training yesterday...
Ah, young love! In that moment of course it feels like you'll never be able to see beyond the moment.
Was going to say, have him channel that frustration and emotion into his other passions! And...
Met my boy for lunch today. Dave and Busters is a 9 minute drive from work, or a 10 minute walk (weird, but I walked and sweated my ass off). I told him he's single, he owns the squat. he should...
Some great training going on in here lately, congrats on the OR's, you have to be loving it right now.
Good thing the boy recognizes he is in a better situation now that it is over. Far better...
Thanks man, every day is a new effort and I'm trying to self regulate mentally a bit to avoid burnout without getting fat. I'm at that upward climb now. Well past all plateaus. Now it's a matter...
Squats
7 x 95
5 x 135, 170
3 x 200
3 x 235, 270
6 x 300 (PR)
Joker
1 x 325, 345
BBB
10 x 225
4 x 10 x 170
Matrix leg press
10 x +180, +270, +360
Notes
Another PR but only because I've never...
Agreed on all accounts!
Yeah the thing about training is, it almost works better if you don’t focus on 1RM. If the work is just progressing, you don’t need to test singles - you know you’re...
he's been watching my progress lately and ended up downloading the 531 app himself, I'm pumped about that. it will give him a little more direction while he's training on his own during summer...
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