Hyde’s Strength Odyssey

08/10/20 - Day 12 PCT, Wk1 Deadlift
BW 249.0

Agile 8
Distance Jumps 2x3

Deadlift, Ohio deadlift bar
135x5
225,315x3
+hookgrip
385,435x2
470x3
+straps
470x3

Trapbar (mine only has hi handles)
135x15
225x nope

Average Band Pullthrus
3x15

Average Band Pulldowns
2x12

Feet-Elevated Pull-ups
10,9,4

Average Band Standing 1-Arm Low Row
3x10/arm

Good news: My new Ohio DL bar is awesome!!! Felt very strong & 470 was grooving. Hook felt great on it; surface skin was beginning to shred at the surface so I put the straps on to keep making progress training the callus.

Bad news: pain I had after BB Rows Friday, and have been feeling in bed or in the daytime some when sitting in a chair, got worse with every set - final set felt like I was getting stabbed in my Glute medius when I would wedge in and make the initial drive off the floor. Could’ve soldiered on, but I know that kind of pain means pay now or pay much more later. I also was getting pain and numbness in my right calf/foot when I was unracking 420 on squats Wednesday. So I am thinking some kind of overuse nerve issue, maybe sciatic?

Good thing my new Titan Economy reverse hyper is coming Wednesday! Praying they get the order shipped correctly and I can set it up right away. Wasn’t gonna mention it until I had it built in the garage but now seems especially relevant!
 
Gratz on that new beautiful bar! Yeah man, the sciatic nerve is evil and must be destroyed. You will find that the reverse hyper will be tour best friend for rehab. I wish I would have used one sooner I would have healed up much faster and bulletproofed that whole area. Inversion tables work wonders (for me anyways when I was injured). The first session or two are short and painful but after that it really opens up and decompressed everything quite nicely.
 
Hyde said:
08/10/20 - Day 12 PCT, Wk1 Deadlift
BW 249.0

Agile 8
Distance Jumps 2x3

Deadlift, Ohio deadlift bar
135x5
225,315x3
+hookgrip
385,435x2
470x3
+straps
470x3

Trapbar (mine only has hi handles)
135x15
225x nope

Average Band Pullthrus
3x15

Average Band Pulldowns
2x12

Feet-Elevated Pull-ups
10,9,4

Average Band Standing 1-Arm Low Row
3x10/arm

Good news: My new Ohio DL bar is awesome!!! Felt very strong & 470 was grooving. Hook felt great on it; surface skin was beginning to shred at the surface so I put the straps on to keep making progress training the callus.

Bad news: pain I had after BB Rows Friday, and have been feeling in bed or in the daytime some when sitting in a chair, got worse with every set - final set felt like I was getting stabbed in my Glute medius when I would wedge in and make the initial drive off the floor. Could’ve soldiered on, but I know that kind of pain means pay now or pay much more later. I also was getting pain and numbness in my right calf/foot when I was unracking 420 on squats Wednesday. So I am thinking some kind of overuse nerve issue, maybe sciatic?

Good thing my new Titan Economy reverse hyper is coming Wednesday! Praying they get the order shipped correctly and I can set it up right away. Wasn’t gonna mention it until I had it built in the garage but now seems especially relevant!
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Any heat from the lower back?
 
BennyMagoo79 said:
Any heat from the lower back?
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No sir, basically as soon as I stop the heavy lifting pain goes away. Not like a muscle tear, essentially. And not spasming like a disc, nor is it near there.

Woke up 245.2 again like Sunday! So while the 4 meals a day I have been eating is sustainable, but it’s not sustaining me. Burned right through the ~4k calories from Sunday. Trying to add a 5th meal today. 1 egg & rice, 2x fish & rice, 1 ground turkey & rice, 1 granola & isolate+fairlife.
 
What you describe is precisely what im dealing with, right down to the numbness/radicular pain with squats (which thankfully i havent had in a while). Try out the banded figure 4 stretch & the whole donnie “taming the dragon in your low back” hang series. You already know the stuff to do for general upkeep (walks, etc).

Also, once that hyper comes in, maybe just do a light set of 20 a few times a day. Before work, lunch break (if still at home), after work, etc. If youre spending more time sitting than usual because of working from home - stand up and walk around for a minute every 15 mins. Squeeze your glutes and brace like you just walked out 500lbs before and after.
 
jswain34 said:
What you describe is precisely what im dealing with, right down to the numbness/radicular pain with squats (which thankfully i havent had in a while). Try out the banded figure 4 stretch & the whole donnie “taming the dragon in your low back” hang series. You already know the stuff to do for general upkeep (walks, etc).

Also, once that hyper comes in, maybe just do a light set of 20 a few times a day. Before work, lunch break (if still at home), after work, etc. If youre spending more time sitting than usual because of working from home - stand up and walk around for a minute every 15 mins. Squeeze your glutes and brace like you just walked out 500lbs before and after.
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Thanks for the ideas! I have been wfh since I started this job last summer, so nothing has changed in my day. I think I might have had a jolt while moving our couch up a big step backwards a couple weeks ago that might be causing this. Can’t wait for the reverse hyper!
 
Dont feel like going back so please reward my laziness - what bar is that? And get to work mule, I want to see that stuff assembled by nightfall.
 
jswain34 said:
Dont feel like going back so please reward my laziness - what bar is that? And get to work mule, I want to see that stuff assembled by nightfall.
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That’s my Ohio Deadlift bar I just used Monday - my Tornado hooks came in from Amazon yesterday so I need to hang my barbells up tonight too, and bench! Gonna be fun!
 
Took much longer than I anticipated (my old tools are in storage at my parents, so I had to use the supplied Chinesium freebie half-wrenches instead of a proper 3/8 socket set and wrench). BUT that’s my fault and I am EXTREMELY impressed. The lone thing I needed Titan didn’t provide was a tiny Allen key between size 2.5-3 to back the stops out of the bearings to slide the shaft of the pendulum all the way flush.

Boxes came immaculate. 2 of them packed very intelligently - not a single scratch anywhere. All the hardware included in exact count and marked legibly. A terrific manual better than the Cessna & Bombardier ones I had to use as a mechanic years back, with awesome exploded breakdowns:

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Took about 3 hours of work with the slow wrench-turning, but it was enjoyable enough and honestly pretty straightforward. You will need a second pair of hands to mount the pendulum & bearings, and probably want them to install the top frame (I did it myself tho). This thing feels really solid, it’s surprisingly light, and it glides smooth as silk - did a set empty then 3x10 w/ 90lbs and love it already. It’s comfier on my belly than ANY other I’ve ever used.

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^ Proper use of a reverse hyper
 
Benching tomorrow. Not trying to train the most important day of my micro without preWO so I can get done at midnight lol
 
Looks awesome dude. Happy to hear it arrived without any damage. Doesn’t seem like that’s a guarantee with Titan.

Happy for ya man. Gonna be awesome for you to have access to one of those literally whenever you want - multiple high rep sets on off days sounds like the way to go.
 
Hyde said:
Took much longer than I anticipated (my old tools are in storage at my parents, so I had to use the supplied Chinesium freebie half-wrenches instead of a proper 3/8 socket set and wrench). BUT that’s my fault and I am EXTREMELY impressed. The lone thing I needed Titan didn’t provide was a tiny Allen key between size 2.5-3 to back the stops out of the bearings to slide the shaft of the pendulum all the way flush.

Boxes came immaculate. 2 of them packed very intelligently - not a single scratch anywhere. All the hardware included in exact count and marked legibly. A terrific manual better than the Cessna & Bombardier ones I had to use as a mechanic years back, with awesome exploded breakdowns:

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Took about 3 hours of work with the slow wrench-turning, but it was enjoyable enough and honestly pretty straightforward. You will need a second pair of hands to mount the pendulum & bearings, and probably want them to install the top frame (I did it myself tho). This thing feels really solid, it’s surprisingly light, and it glides smooth as silk - did a set empty then 3x10 w/ 90lbs and love it already. It’s comfier on my belly than ANY other I’ve ever used.

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^ Proper use of a reverse hyper
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Nice! Your garage is officially better than my gym!
 
08/13/20 - Day 15 PCT, Wk2 Bench
BW 245.2

Band Tri Ext, Facepulls, Rows, Ovh Tris

Bench
45x10
95x8
135x6
185,225x3
255x2
280 4x2, 1x7 RPE9

2-Board
200 2x15

Rear Delt Flyes
10lb plates x12
25lb plates 2x12

DB Curls
15,20x15

BB Curls
45,50,55x15

Reverse Hyper over the day
90 4x12

Just keep waking up 245.2 unless I load up, so that’s my true weight and just going to go with the drop - didn’t affect my bench power any! Curls slowly building back up, as well as my reverse hyper volume.

Finally hung our barbells/axle on the drywall with the Tornado hooks - better for them and safer more useable floor space to get around. Probably going to hang our chains eventually as well; haven’t decided on the Trapbar.

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Theres a lot to like from that last post! BW down and stabilizing, bench still up, garage gym continues to come together!
 
jswain34 said:
Theres a lot to like from that last post! BW down and stabilizing, bench still up, garage gym continues to come together!
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Yeah it’s always a toss up at best for bench when you’re 4lbs lighter than 9 days prior, but the muscle and power seems to be hanging on well! No idea how they will hold up, but very pleased with the Tornado hooks for quality and ease of install. Literally a screwdriver and measuring where you want the hooks to go on your drywall (I also scanned for studs at those spots to make sure I wasn’t going to randomly hit one, because you need to pre-drill that).
 
08/15/20 - Day 17 PCT, Wk2 Squat
BW 246.0 yesterday

Agile 8

Box Jumps
20,24” x5

Miniband Shoulder Warmup

CG Bench
45x15
120 4x15

Squat
45 3x5
135x5
225,295,345,365,385,405,425x3
385x5

Hi Bar Narrow Boxsquat
280 2x12

Chest-supported DB Rows
50x15
60 3x15

BB Calf Raises
140 5x10

Yesterday hit RH for 3x12 @90 before dinner last night - more later today. Trained at the gym with my wife. First morning session in a minute, but that kept the temp manageable and let me hit some supported back work.

Squats felt very heavy initially so I decided to play it by ear - ZERO pain, numbness or sciatic issues even under a fairly heavy 425, & 385x5 was smooth with reps in reserve.

Also adding CGBP @30% for 4x15 before every session. Easy quick work to increase frequency and volume - something I feel the lack of cost me my bench muscles over time after the previous post-meet phase.
 
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I’m not saying it’s the best breakfast I’ve ever had, but I am saying I couldn’t have enjoyed it any more. My favorite daily meal lately, with a big chocolate chip diner pancake & fresh watermelon on the side 🤤
 
Hyde said:
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I’m not saying it’s the best breakfast I’ve ever had, but I am saying I couldn’t have enjoyed it any more. My favorite daily meal lately, with a big chocolate chip diner pancake & fresh watermelon on the side 🤤
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Is that a shephards pie
 
I don’t believe I have mentioned this yet here, but it will affect my training heavily in the coming year(s), so for transparency: we are expecting around January We started trying shortly after the Arnold, and hit the jackpot right away (hence buying a house so we’d have room for the baby). Wife has been doing great, and we are very excited!

That in consideration, there isn’t really time for me to have adequate time off cycle & to do another serious meet prep before the baby comes (nor will it be ideal for us to both be bloated to hell at the same time the baby is coming when my wife will need my physical help & mental support most).

Chad is hosting a strongman show on October 3rd and we’re going to go down to visit, so I have decided I’m going to get in shape to enter the Novice class. The Heavyweight Open weights are out of the question & I can’t get to 220 for Lightweight Open that soon. I haven’t done any event training in over a year and a half, and I’ve got about 6.5 weeks to get in some semblance of shape - time to see how much grit I can muster!
 
Hyde said:
I don’t believe I have mentioned this yet here, but it will affect my training heavily in the coming year(s), so for transparency: we are expecting around January We started trying shortly after the Arnold, and hit the jackpot right away (hence buying a house so we’d have room for the baby). Wife has been doing great, and we are very excited!

That in consideration, there isn’t really time for me to have adequate time off cycle & to do another serious meet prep before the baby comes (nor will it be ideal for us to both be bloated to hell at the same time the baby is coming when my wife will need my physical help & mental support most).

Chad is hosting a strongman show on October 3rd and we’re going to go down to visit, so I have decided I’m going to get in shape to enter the Novice class. The Heavyweight Open weights are out of the question & I can’t get to 220 for Lightweight Open that soon. I haven’t done any event training in over a year and a half, and I’ve got about 6.5 weeks to get in some semblance of shape - time to see how much grit I can muster!
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Awesome news! Congratulations! You are going to love being a Dad.
 
08/17/20 - Day 19 PCT, Cube Wk1 Day1
BW 248.4

Jumping Jacks x1 min
BW Squats x20
10lb DB Rear Delts, Hammercurls, C&P x2 rounds

Axle Strict Press from rack
45,95x5
135,165,185,200,210x3
165x8
170x7

Side Bends
Short Light Band 2x15/side

Reverse Hyper
90 3x15

Also did same on RH yesterday night.

Running Cube for Strongman 3. Today would have also had squat and legs, but I hit that hard just 48 hours ago so I spent the extra energy to work up to gauge my 1RM (~235) before my rep work. 2 Cube waves, then a deload week of comp. Let’s go!
 
Hyde said:
I don’t believe I have mentioned this yet here, but it will affect my training heavily in the coming year(s), so for transparency: we are expecting around January We started trying shortly after the Arnold, and hit the jackpot right away (hence buying a house so we’d have room for the baby). Wife has been doing great, and we are very excited!

That in consideration, there isn’t really time for me to have adequate time off cycle & to do another serious meet prep before the baby comes (nor will it be ideal for us to both be bloated to hell at the same time the baby is coming when my wife will need my physical help & mental support most).

Chad is hosting a strongman show on October 3rd and we’re going to go down to visit, so I have decided I’m going to get in shape to enter the Novice class. The Heavyweight Open weights are out of the question & I can’t get to 220 for Lightweight Open that soon. I haven’t done any event training in over a year and a half, and I’ve got about 6.5 weeks to get in some semblance of shape - time to see how much grit I can muster!
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Congrats!

Have a link to the events & weights for novice? Excited to see how the prep works out for ya...youre at your strongest state yet so you may as well try and get as much done in a competition setting as you can before hercules/herculette joins your training circle!
 
jswain34 said:
Congrats!

Have a link to the events & weights for novice? Excited to see how the prep works out for ya...youre at your strongest state yet so you may as well try and get as much done in a competition setting as you can before hercules/herculette joins your training circle!
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Hyde said:
I don’t believe I have mentioned this yet here, but it will affect my training heavily in the coming year(s), so for transparency: we are expecting around January We started trying shortly after the Arnold, and hit the jackpot right away (hence buying a house so we’d have room for the baby). Wife has been doing great, and we are very excited!

That in consideration, there isn’t really time for me to have adequate time off cycle & to do another serious meet prep before the baby comes (nor will it be ideal for us to both be bloated to hell at the same time the baby is coming when my wife will need my physical help & mental support most).

Chad is hosting a strongman show on October 3rd and we’re going to go down to visit, so I have decided I’m going to get in shape to enter the Novice class. The Heavyweight Open weights are out of the question & I can’t get to 220 for Lightweight Open that soon. I haven’t done any event training in over a year and a half, and I’ve got about 6.5 weeks to get in some semblance of shape - time to see how much grit I can muster!
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Congratulations man!
 
Thank you everyone for the well wishes!!!

08/18/20 - Day 20 PCT, Wk1 Day 2
BW 246.0

Cycle
LISS x30 min
HIIT 4x1 min pulls w/ 2 min cruises between

Reverse Hyper
90 4x15

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You probably need this in your life
 
Will be getting myself one of those for Friday night. Good find.
 
08/19/20 - Day 21 PCT, Wk1 Day3
BW 247.6

Jumping Jacks x1min
Foam Roll legs
BW Squats
10lb DB Rear Delts, Curls, C&P

Dynamic Axle Continental Clean & Push Jerk
(cleaning once)
20x10
70,110x3
130 8x3, adding in gear to practice

Incline Bench
45,95,135x8
185 2x8
195,205x8

Dips
15,13,12

Side Raises
20,25,30x12

alt w/ One Arm Band Pressdown
Light 4x10/arm w/ 2 sec holds

Rear Delt Raises
20x15
25 2x15

Wish I would have pushed the incline a bit harder but this is week 1 so probably for the best. First time doing dips in eons and they went well. Fun training with the wife at the Lab this morning.
 
08/20/20 - Day 22 PCT, Wk1 Day4
BW 245.4

Jumping Jacks x1 min
Agile 8

Deadlift
135x5
225,315x3
+hook
385,435x1
+belt
485x1
+straps
525,535x3

BB Rows
135x10
225 3x10

BB Shrugs
245 3x15

BB Curl
45x30

Program called for 2x3@~85%. Man did it feel good to not worry about my skin/grip or biceps for once in so long and actually get to just train my deadlift strength - smashed those f*ckers!

“Chancho, when you are a man, sometimes you wear straps on your deadlifts in your garage. It’s for fun.” - Nacho Libre


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08/21/20 - Day 23 PCT, Wk1 Day5
BW 245.4

Reverse Hyper
90 5x15

Cycle
LISS x30min

Sprints on grass, 60+ft
1 40% warmup
6 pulls at 70-80%

Was very worried about sprinting (last time I tried to incorporate this years ago I pulled a hammy right away). Fortunately I am older and wiser. Did my LISS prior in the basement to ensure I was warm & sweaty, well-hydrated, wore proper running shoes, and our neighborhood is an HOA basically built on a park zone - tons of soft grass park area right behind my yard to absorb the shock. It was honestly really fun/empowering to sprint and see actually how fast I am.

Turns out if you can build a 600lb squat, you end up making some horsepower under the hood
 
08/22/20 - Day 24 PCT, Wk1 Day6
BW245.4 (on a different scale even!)

Jumping Jacks x1min
Foam Rolling
Reverse Hyper
90 3x15

Yoke Carry 60ft, min rests
165x3
255x1
345x3, 1 down n back

Farmer’s 60ft, min rests
110x2
160x4

Hold
160x67 sec

Sandbag Load to 54”, 30 sec rests
137 8x2

First time touching these implements in forever. Trained them in the street outside our house around sunset, with the wife giving me commands and running the timer - honestly a blast. This was 50-60% speed work & everything was easy but the conditioning aspect: shirt was soaked!

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Nothin’ like a cold sodie after a sweaty event day
 
08/24/20 - Day 26 PCT, Wk2 Day1

Reverse Hyper
90 2x15

Agile 8

Squat
45 2x5
135,225x5
295x3
345,375x1
+belt
405x1
350 2x8

Axle Clean & Press away
25,75x5
115,165,190x3
205,215x4
215x1 w/ extended hold at lockout

Axle Hip Thrusters
215 3x8

BB Calf Raises
115x25,20,15,15

Not sure if the comp weight for axle is to be 185 or 205, but today was supposed to be heavy for 2x4 so I am happy this was pretty easy even being so drained/dehydrated from squats. Definitely left some in the tank, and I need to use my legs much more.

Never done hip thrusters really but man it feels like the bench is going to pop out from under your shoulders any moment
 
Hyde said:
08/24/20 - Day 26 PCT, Wk2 Day1

Reverse Hyper
90 2x15

Agile 8

Squat
45 2x5
135,225x5
295x3
345,375x1
+belt
405x1
350 2x8

Axle Clean & Press away
25,75x5
115,165,190x3
205,215x4
215x1 w/ extended hold at lockout

Axle Hip Thrusters
215 3x8

BB Calf Raises
115x25,20,15,15

Not sure if the comp weight for axle is to be 185 or 205, but today was supposed to be heavy for 2x4 so I am happy this was pretty easy even being so drained/dehydrated from squats. Definitely left some in the tank, and I need to use my legs much more.

Never done hip thrusters really but man it feels like the bench is going to pop out from under your shoulders any moment
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Haha yeah I place the bench against the wall of my gym so it can't slip out when doing these. I can't handle the bruising though...
 
Yesterday:
BW 245.4

Cycle
LISS x30min
HIIT x4 60 sec pulls w/ 2 min cruises “rest”

Side Bends
Short light band 2x15/side
Reverse Hyper
90 3x15

08/26/20 - Day 28 PCT, Wk2 Day3
BW 247.8

Agile 8
Jumping Jacks x60
Overhead Med Ball Floor Slam 2x5

Dynamic Axle C&P away
20,70,110x5
130 8x3 30 sec rests

CG Bench
45,95,135x8
185x6
225x8
235 2x8

Incline DB Press
60,70x6
75 3x10

One-arm Band Tri Pressdown w/ 2 sec holds
Light 2x10 overhand
Light 2x10 neutral grip

Going to do some shoulder raise fluff with my reverse hypers this evening. It is seriously humid AF here; I was pouring sweat at 7:30am in front of a giant fan at the Lab. Ugh.

Did make some good technical strides on my axle clean, and the pushjerks!
 
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