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Hyde’s Strength Odyssey

Hyde said:
2/22/21 - Squat 3s
BW 230.4

Agile 8, Bird Dogs, Glute Bridges

Reverse Hypers
90 3x15 (last set at end of workout)

Squat
45 2x8
135,185x5
225,265,295,335x3
375,405x1
375x8 in belt
295 3x5

Band Stomps
Avg 2x30/leg

Lying Leg Raises
2x20

Last time I took the 12mg Ostarine was last Tuesday due to the fast Wednesday. Decided to just leave it out. Today I noticed significantly improved cardiovascular endurance through warmups and all of training - and I have been doing zero cardio. It’s the only thing I can think of that’s any different at all, so definitely done with that and sticking with my 75mg test e & 250iu HCG twice per week.

I also haven’t needed any AI since the cycle ended a month ago, and I have been using DIM instead. Normally I always have to use some Aromasin along with a SERM like Nolva to PCT and I think that has been great for my body to not be in the picture all the time now like it basically needed to be. Libido and function have been perfect since ending blast too; not overdriven like on cycle but everything just works great when I need it and isn’t distracting when I don’t. Feeling very good every day - even with a newborn.

Incredibly happy so far with the decision to cruise. Quality of life hasn’t been this great in a long time.
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Glad to hear the feels are good man.
It's amazing what a little test can do for you!
 
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Quality of life is a very important thing !!
 
2/24/21 - Press 3s
BW 229.4

Light Band Facepulls, Tri Pressdown, One-arm Rows
4x25

Axle Strictpress
155,175x3
195x5
215x1
155 3x8

BB Rows
45,135,185x8-12
235 3x8

Axle Tri Extensions
45x18,12
95x8,10,12

BB Cheat Curls
45x15
65,85,95,105,115x5 PR

Axle Reverse Curls
45,55,65,75x8

Overhead Plate Raises
45 2x15

Bodyweight trending down and strength is solid; no complaints here!
 
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Guy in town sold these to us for $50 - just under 75 cents/lb Looking forward to getting some curls & extensions in with these!
 
New equipment is always exciting !!
 
Hyde said:
2/22/21 - Squat 3s
BW 230.4

Agile 8, Bird Dogs, Glute Bridges

Reverse Hypers
90 3x15 (last set at end of workout)

Squat
45 2x8
135,185x5
225,265,295,335x3
375,405x1
375x8 in belt
295 3x5

Band Stomps
Avg 2x30/leg

Lying Leg Raises
2x20

Last time I took the 12mg Ostarine was last Tuesday due to the fast Wednesday. Decided to just leave it out. Today I noticed significantly improved cardiovascular endurance through warmups and all of training - and I have been doing zero cardio. It’s the only thing I can think of that’s any different at all, so definitely done with that and sticking with my 75mg test e & 250iu HCG twice per week.

I also haven’t needed any AI since the cycle ended a month ago, and I have been using DIM instead. Normally I always have to use some Aromasin along with a SERM like Nolva to PCT and I think that has been great for my body to not be in the picture all the time now like it basically needed to be. Libido and function have been perfect since ending blast too; not overdriven like on cycle but everything just works great when I need it and isn’t distracting when I don’t. Feeling very good every day - even with a newborn.

Incredibly happy so far with the decision to cruise. Quality of life hasn’t been this great in a long time.
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I think the way test levels gradually drop (combined with work and life stuff) means you just don’t realise how you felt in your early 20’s compared to mid 30s or later: when you suddenly get taken back to that level it’s awesome, I love it as well bro.

glad your killing it in all ways my man
 
2/26/21 - Deadlift 3s
BW 230.4

Agile 8, Glute Bridges, Bird Dogs

Reverse Hyper
90 4x15 (2 sets at end of session)

Deadlift, stiffbar
135,225x5
275 2x3
325,375x3
+belt
415x10
455,485x1 with hold
-belt
325 5x5

RDL
225 3x12

Ab Wheel
2x15

Pulls felt terrific. Everything moved great and felt easy - just stopped the AMRAP at 10 reps arbitrarily. Quite certain I could pull 550 right now, at a minimum.

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^If this is your idea of a great Friday night, you’re my people.
 
I would just break in half trying to pull like that !
 
2/28/21 - Bench 5s

Band Facepulls, Tri Pressdown, One-arm Rows
4x25/each

Bench
45x15
95x10
135,185,205,235,270x5
215 5x5

Inverted Rows
3x12
alt w/ DB Tate Press
35 3x15

Monster Miniband Pullaparts
alt w/ Push-ups
2x25 each

Easy session that went well this evening despite some fatigue from the day.

Helped out with a meet for the first time ever today - I was the head spotter on squats for a WUAP meet at a friend’s gym in town today, and one of the side spotters & loaders on bench and the back spot on women’s deads. Competed in & watched a lot of meets, but spotting was a different experience and a lot of fun: successfully caught & saved the top attempt of the day - last guy in multiply missed 848lbs at the very bottom!
 
Hyde said:
2/28/21 - Bench 5s

Band Facepulls, Tri Pressdown, One-arm Rows
4x25/each

Bench
45x15
95x10
135,185,205,235,270x5
215 5x5

Inverted Rows
3x12
alt w/ DB Tate Press
35 3x15

Monster Miniband Pullaparts
alt w/ Push-ups
2x25 each

Easy session that went well this evening despite some fatigue from the day.

Helped out with a meet for the first time ever today - I was the head spotter on squats for a WUAP meet at a friend’s gym in town today, and one of the side spotters & loaders on bench and the back spot on women’s deads. Competed in & watched a lot of meets, but spotting was a different experience and a lot of fun: successfully caught & saved the top attempt of the day - last guy in multiply missed 848lbs at the very bottom!
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848 what a beast! Nice work saving his a$$.
 
Spotting at a meet sounds like a lot of fun but also a big responsibility. Glad you had fun!
 
3/2/21 - Squat 5s
BW 229.6

Agile 8, Bird Dogs, Glute Bridges

Reverse Hypers
90 4x15 (last 2 sets at end of workout)

Squat
45 2x8
135,185,235,275,315,355x5
275 5x5

Band Stomps
Avg 3x30/leg

Lying Leg Raises
2x20

Thinking about doing a USPA meet at 220lbs for fun in about 6.5 weeks on April 18th. I’d prefer one in May, but nothing else is really catching my eye within reasonable driving distance. l’m already light enough, been training at these approximate leverages for a minute, & in position to best all of my 220 meet numbers.

I have been off blast 5 weeks, so I would pull bloods at 8 weeks off to collect the data I want on the morning of the 22nd then immediately bump my test a little from 150/wk & add a bit of masteron for the month prior to ramp up neurology without adding bodyweight. Whenever I get results I can decide if I would like to add a mild DHT oral the last 3 weeks or keep my blood cleaner and go in on just a few hundred mg/wk.
 
Sounds like you have a plan !!
 
The USPA meet form tricked me - it was only still up because there were still slots available for the women/small men day. The 90kg+ day was already full

There’s no meets within a 3 hour drive of here in April, but there’s a 4-hour away SPF meet mid May and 2.5 hour trip to an APF meet at the end of May I am looking at.

I would really like to do another meet at 220 and beat my old bests there before going back up in weight.
 
Hyde said:
The USPA meet form tricked me - it was only still up because there were still slots available for the women/small men day. The 90kg+ day was already full

There’s no meets within a 3 hour drive of here in April, but there’s a 4-hour away SPF meet mid May and 2.5 hour trip to an APF meet at the end of May I am looking at.

I would really like to do another meet at 220 and beat my old bests there before going back up in weight.
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I think you're probably looking at the Harrisburg meet but the Pillar Strength Classic is at the gym I just joined. If you get a wild hair and make the drive for that let me know!
 
ANABOLICWRWLF said:
I think you're probably looking at the Harrisburg meet but the Pillar Strength Classic is at the gym I just joined. If you get a wild hair and make the drive for that let me know!
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Me Too. That's 20 miles from my house !
 
ANABOLICWRWLF said:
I think you're probably looking at the Harrisburg meet but the Pillar Strength Classic is at the gym I just joined. If you get a wild hair and make the drive for that let me know!
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Yeah, Harrisburg lol.

Pillar Strength is 8 hours from here, so I will not be going there. But David Shirley, the owner of Invictus Powerlifting really impressed me when he sold me my Phoenix slingshot at my last meet in July - a real OG powerlifter’s kinda powerlifter. His website is how you would sign up to compete. I would definitely go watch that meet if you aren’t in a position to do it yourself. SPF is known for extremely lax rules, but the experience is still great.
 
Hyde said:
Yeah, Harrisburg lol.

Pillar Strength is 8 hours from here, so I will not be going there. But David Shirley, the owner of Invictus Powerlifting really impressed me when he sold me my Phoenix slingshot at my last meet in July - a real OG powerlifter’s kinda powerlifter. His website is how you would sign up to compete. I would definitely go watch that meet if you aren’t in a position to do it yourself. SPF is known for extremely lax rules, but the experience is still great.
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I'll be there either helping out or competing. Look forward to meeting Shirley.
 
I'm 20 miles from Harrisburg, PA. Opps ...........
 
3/4/21 - Press 5s
BW 228.4

Light Band Facepulls, Tri Pressdown, One-arm Rows
4x25

Axle Strictpress
45,95,145,165,185x5
145 3x5, 1x10

BB Rows
45,135,185x12
235 3x10

Axle Tri Extensions
45 2x15
75x12
95x10,12,12

Easy weights but heart rate kept zinging up and wasn’t recovering well at all between sets, which was exhausting. Took a lot just to knock this out, so bicep/forearm work will have to get done later this week. Also, the axle extensions are killing my right tricep tendon for 2 weeks in a row, so going to scrap those for something friendlier. Live to die another day.
 
wfreiling said:
I like how you went for 10 on your last set of 145, kinda like a burn out set.
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Yeah, total volume ends up the the same and I can do it with reps in the tank still so I figure it’s good to maintain that comfort with higher reps. Plus it’s done faster
 
3/6/21 - Deadlift 5s
BW 227.4

Jigsaw,Agile 8, Bird Dogs

Reverse Hyper
90 3x15

Deadlift, stiffbar
135,225,295,345,395x5
+70 chain
395x1 +hold
295 5x5

RDL
245 3x10

Reverse Hyper
145 2x15

Ab Wheel
2x20

BB Cheat Curls
45x15
65,85,95,115,120x5 PR

Axle Reverse Curls
45,55,65,75,80x8 PR

DOH Axle Holds
225x2

First session with the garage door open this year - it was 52* around 1pm. Totally exhausted from doing the dad thing and almost pushed this to tomorrow, but I took the weather as a sign, dropped some ephedrine & bit the bullet. Totally dead now, but the session went well and made up my arm/grip work too.
 
I have had some of my Best Workouts when at the beginning I didn't feel like doing them! Dig Deep and Succeed !!
 
“Totally exhausted from doing the dad thing” - the feelz. I hope the little guy is thriving bud.

Way to get it in.
 
jswain34 said:
“Totally exhausted from doing the dad thing” - the feelz. I hope the little guy is thriving bud.

Way to get it in.
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He is growing awesome! Will be 2 months this Friday.

I really actually had decided to bag it. Still sore from rows, everything tight & achey late into the morning still, falling asleep leaning against the counter with my 3rd cup of coffee in my hand. Decided to go hit a few reverse hypers to try to loosen up and used the jigsaw on my calves/thighs - amazing how much vitality that restored!

The reverse hyper has continued to be one of the best gym investments ever. Like a jigsaw/massage gun, it does so much for me with very little time/energy invested.
 
227.0 this morning after bathroom. Still leaning slowly! Been doing 30 min fasted cardio with the cycle on off days and eating more veggies & beans with my meals. Eating about 3,000 calories daily actually I believe of pretty clean eats.
 
3/8/21 - Bench 531
BW 228.4

Band Facepulls, Tri Pressdown, One-arm Rows
4x25/each

Bench
45x20
95,135x8
185,235x5
270x3
300,320x1
350x1 in phoenix
300x4
235 3x5, 1x10

Inverted Rows
3x14
alt w/ DB Tate Press
35 3x15

Will do some pullaparts & push-ups tomorrow as active recovery. I can tell between being off blast the last 6 weeks & dieting down another 6lbs since has probably taken about 10-15lbs off my max bench, which isn’t too bad in the big picture. I believe if I take my bodyweight up to ~270 later in the year I should be able to take on 400.
 
BennyMagoo79 said:
How would you approach building that 400Ib bench?
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The same way I do now. Widen the base capacity/increase total poundage of work, then move to more 1RM-testing-specific peaking training to transmute the base of work into a new max.

Gain bodyfat/muscle/water/leverage while (and by) increasing the base of weights I am working with, and then trading that volume off for peak potential. The food and drugs are the materials and signaling that allow the size increase, when applied to the stimulus of training, that will let you be handling those bigger weights. You can only accomplish finite sets/reps in a timeframe based on recoverability, so progressive overload of weight still has to happen when you reach that max recoverable threshold of work sets.

Now this working weight doesn’t need to be nearly as high as some would have you believe! If you are technically proficient in the lift & neurologically efficient (ie, gotten good at heavier lifting) you would be amazed how well just ~70% of 1RM can be used to build new strength while practicing with weights you can actually move perfectly. You just have to already have the ability to handle things when they get heavy. If you have never practiced straining it won’t work - when it’s loaded up you have to have that ability to hang tight and stay confident.
 
Hyde said:
The same way I do now. Widen the base capacity/increase total poundage of work, then move to more 1RM-testing-specific peaking training to transmute the base of work into a new max.

Gain bodyfat/muscle/water/leverage while (and by) increasing the base of weights I am working with, and then trading that volume off for peak potential. The food and drugs are the materials and signaling that allow the size increase, when applied to the stimulus of training, that will let you be handling those bigger weights. You can only accomplish finite sets/reps in a timeframe based on recoverability, so progressive overload of weight still has to happen when you reach that max recoverable threshold of work sets.

Now this working weight doesn’t need to be nearly as high as some would have you believe! If you are technically proficient in the lift & neurologically efficient (ie, gotten good at heavier lifting) you would be amazed how well just ~70% of 1RM can be used to build new strength while practicing with weights you can actually move perfectly. You just have to already have the ability to handle things when they get heavy. If you have never practiced straining it won’t work - when it’s loaded up you have to have that ability to hang tight and stay confident.
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Would you break it down into distinct phases? Ie: base training, threshold training, specific strength training, or graduate towards strength objectives by adjusting rep/weight scheme on the fly based on set indicators (like rpe or speed)?
 
BennyMagoo79 said:
Would you break it down into distinct phases? Ie: base training, threshold training, specific strength training, or graduate towards strength objectives by adjusting rep/weight scheme on the fly based on set indicators (like rpe or speed)?
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In some capacity I think there should always be a measure of periodization - even in a conjugate approach, this is necessary for optimal success. Westside, the Cube Method, Matt Wenning all layer block periodization over the rotation of efforts between maximal, technical & repetition work. When you get close to contest you will inherently accomplish less total work (whether comp lift specific or bodybuilding/accessory work) by virtue of having to handle heavier & more specific loads, and when further away you can & should do more general work.

5th Set has given me a lot of personal success, and that follows a general periodization where things get a little heavier over time with a wave loading approach, like 5/3/1, and as the blocks/mesocycles progress the mechanically similar movements/strength builders (things like closegrip bench or frontsquat after bench or squat) get more similar and move into higher weight/lower volume schemes as the blocks progress towards the peaking cycle.

Linear periodization on its own tends to be too simple as you advance, and as you get more advanced adding elements of auto regulation becomes key IMO, but the general philosophy of lighter/more volume moving to heavier/less remains universal as far as I can see.
 
I just lift thing up and put them done, but this is all very interesting !!
 
Just read this entire log, took a couple weeks, but I got I done. Thanks for the motivation, much needed. Great work @Hyde and congrats on all the life achievements and growth. There some good info in here and along with some good laughs, keep going ✊
 
We definitely all learn something here !!
 
smallba said:
Just read this entire log, took a couple weeks, but I got I done. Thanks for the motivation, much needed. Great work @Hyde and congrats on all the life achievements and growth. There some good info in here and along with some good laughs, keep going
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Glad you got something out of it! Welcome aboard.
 
3/2/21 - Squat 531
BW 224.8

Agile 8, Glute Bridges, RKC Plank

Reverse Hypers
90 4x15 (last 2 sets at end of workout)

Monster Miniband Pullaparts
2x25

Squat
45x5
135,225,315x3
365,405,445,475x1
400x5
315 5x5

Band Stomps
Avg 3x30/leg

Lying Leg Raises
3x15

7lbs lighter and leaner than a month ago when I worked up to 465 in training, with a little more weight on the bar! I feel just as strong, probably a tad more - squat was really grooving well tonight. This bodes very well for when I start regaining bodyweight.
 
wfreiling said:
I see 500 very soon
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Could have taken it last night, but it would have required a competition level of exertion that would have cost more than it would have helped my training. My best squat is 285kg/617lbs last summer - this is just training to get stronger!

Before I prepped for that squat, I got down to 234 and couldn’t have squat much more than 425, bench 300, deadlift 500 or so. To be ~500/340/550 at 225 means I am decidedly ahead of that starting point now a year later.
 
Hyde said:
Could have taken it last night, but it would have required a competition level of exertion that would have cost more than it would have helped my training. My best squat is 285kg/617lbs last summer - this is just training to get stronger!

Before I prepped for that squat, I got down to 234 and couldn’t have squat much more than 425, bench 300, deadlift 500 or so. To be ~500/340/550 at 225 means I am decidedly ahead of that starting point now a year later.
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