Hyde’s Strength Odyssey

1/28/23
BW 233.0

TRX Rear Delt Flyes, Facepulls, Overhead Tri Extensions

Miniband Flyes, Presses, Pec Stretch, Tri Pressdown

Dynamic Bench
45 2x5
95,145 2x3
195 9x3, various grips, very short rests

Incline Bench
45,95,135,165,185,195,205,215,225x5

Strictpress
45x10
85,115,135,155x8

V-Grip Chin-ups
5x10 lightweight babyyyyy

Man, today I was on. 10 more lbs on speed bench and Strictpress no problem, up to 5x10 on chins over 105kg, and FIFTY (50) pounds on my incline press over last week - I only stopped there because I had already done so much more than last week & haven’t been able to touch the bar to my chest on incline in 2 years. I am just relearning ROM, so I saved more for next week.

Wife’s birthday today, so her coach came down and we all trained together before going to lunch. Lots of fun, and wife is really dialing in powerfully for the Arnold. She was killing everything today too.
 
That looked like an awesome workout…Interested to see how you do at your next meet in the 220 lbs class. By the looks of your recent workouts I think your going to kill it.
Happy Birthday to your wife, Mrs. Hyde.
Isn’t the Arnold coming up in March?
 
Glad life is treating your family well !!
 
gphagan1 said:
That looked like an awesome workout…Interested to see how you do at your next meet in the 220 lbs class. By the looks of your recent workouts I think your going to kill it.
Happy Birthday to your wife, Mrs. Hyde.
Isn’t the Arnold coming up in March?
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Yep, the day of the Finals is 5 weeks out today, and she intends to be in that group!

Her weight is sitting around 164 and she’s really nailing a lot of technical stuff. Her strength has also been progressing very well, exactly when it matters to get to where we want to be!
 
Hyde said:
Yep, the day of the Finals is 5 weeks out today, and she intends to be in that group!

Her weight is sitting around 164 and she’s really nailing a lot of technical stuff. Her strength has also been progressing very well, exactly when it matters to get to where we want to be!
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What day is the comp? There's a slim chance I may make it out to the Arnold this year...
 
Segansational said:
What day is the comp? There's a slim chance I may make it out to the Arnold this year...
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Friday, March 3rd is the Arnold Amateur World Championship on the expo floor, and Sunday the 5th will be the Finals (usually on stage).

If you do come out, make sure to let me know so we can meet! It’s usually pretty easy to find the strongman area because it takes up such a big space.
 
Great session! Happy Birthday to your Queen!
 
1/30/23
BW 234.0

Reverse Hyper
140,175,210x20

BW Squat

16.5” Boxsquat, Yukon bar
60x10
+light bands
60,110x10

14” Boxsquat, Yukon bar
+light bands
110x5
150x5
+35 chain
150 3x5

Reverse Lunge
BW 3x10

Reverse Hyper
278x20
328 2x20 PR

Band Stomp
Average x50

Lying Leg Raise w/ Curl-up
1x30

After seeing no blood/bruising the day after my tear last week, I had a goal to bodyweight freesquat to full depth this week & be able to train with a plate/side 2 weeks post. Today, one week post, I accomplished both! Also moved into new territory on the reverse hyper, and most importantly I could handle lunges without pain (which I think will be key for this rehab).


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Hyde said:
1/30/23
BW 234.0

Reverse Hyper
140,175,210x20

BW Squat

16.5” Boxsquat, Yukon bar
60x10
+light bands
60,110x10

14” Boxsquat, Yukon bar
+light bands
110x5
150x5
+35 chain
150 3x5

Reverse Lunge
BW 3x10

Reverse Hyper
278x20
328 2x20 PR

Band Stomp
Average x50

Lying Leg Raise w/ Curl-up
1x30

After seeing no blood/bruising the day after my tear last week, I had a goal to bodyweight freesquat to full depth this week & be able to train with a plate/side 2 weeks post. Today, one week post, I accomplished both! Also moved into new territory on the reverse hyper, and most importantly I could handle lunges without pain (which I think will be key for this rehab).


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Awesome, always a good sign when you’re ahead of schedule.
 
BennyMagoo79 said:
Hammy tear wasn’t it?
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I think so, that or possibly adductor, but it never bled. Pain was more in the top of the hamstring, but swelling was more visible on adductor.

All I know is I felt it pop, then I collapsed under load and immediately was getting pain.

Rocket3015 said:
Have Faith !!
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Could be worse! All I know is the only squat & pull that really matters is at the contest, so if I can then I will, and if not I will just bench!
 
Today is day 10 of taking 50mg S4 daily (began Sunday the 22nd). Between that, bumping to 2iu HGH 9 days ago, and not fasting for wife’s birthday weekend, my weight has crept up a couple pounds. I am waking at 232-233, so I need to get my morning weight down to 229 consistently to keep my watercut down to about 5% bodyweight.

Current weekly PED protocol:
-180mg test e
-80mg mast e
-50mg S4/day
-2iu HGH 5-6 days/wk
 
You can do it!
 
@Hyde when you box squat, how long do you sit in the hole or on the box whatever you call it. Do you make full contact and explode up, come to a complete stop pause and then up, touch and go. A combination?

I usually do a slight pause and then just go up like I would a normal rep without a box
 
Smont said:
@Hyde when you box squat, how long do you sit in the hole or on the box whatever you call it. Do you make full contact and explode up, come to a complete stop pause and then up, touch and go. A combination?

I usually do a slight pause and then just go up like I would a normal rep without a box
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I don’t try to pause for any period of time, but I do try to sit back further than a regular squat, make full contact, and MOMENTARILY relax the hips - then try to explode up off the box. The core & upper body always remain tight and feet should remain rooted. So it takes longer than a free squat, and there is a slight pause while the hips relax/contract.

The reason for that intentional relax/contract is to remove some of the kinetic energy stored on the eccentric, which creates a situation where the static load must be overcome dynamically - which trains explosive power.
 
Hyde said:
I don’t try to pause for any period of time, but I do try to sit back further than a regular squat, make full contact, and MOMENTARILY relax the hips - then try to explode up off the box. The core & upper body always remain tight and feet should remain rooted. So it takes longer than a free squat, and there is a slight pause while the hips relax/contract.

The reason for that intentional relax/contract is to remove some of the kinetic energy stored on the eccentric, which creates a situation where the static load must be overcome dynamically - which trains explosive power.
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Thank you sir. Today I'm doing legs and after my warm ups I wanted to do a couple fairly heavy box squats before my 20 rep working set👍
 
Hyde said:
I don’t try to pause for any period of time, but I do try to sit back further than a regular squat, make full contact, and MOMENTARILY relax the hips - then try to explode up off the box. The core & upper body always remain tight and feet should remain rooted. So it takes longer than a free squat, and there is a slight pause while the hips relax/contract.

The reason for that intentional relax/contract is to remove some of the kinetic energy stored on the eccentric, which creates a situation where the static load must be overcome dynamically - which trains explosive power.
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Really seems like another movement that would drive positive development of neural pathways like the clean/jerk, snatch etc. It sounds simple as you describe it but there's actually a pretty fascinating chain of events that have to happen and the muscles that stay focused, tight vs those that relax/contract all at the same time... it's like rub your belly and pat your head stuff.
 
Dustin07 said:
Really seems like another movement that would drive positive development of neural pathways like the clean/jerk, snatch etc. It sounds simple as you describe it but there's actually a pretty fascinating chain of events that have to happen and the muscles that stay focused, tight vs those that relax/contract all at the same time... it's like rub your belly and pat your head stuff.
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Yeah a Boxsquat is very different than squatting to a box, where you perform your normal squat pattern and essentially use the box as a depth standard.

The boxsquat is a tremendous movement for general strength and probably has as good or better transfer to explosive athletics, and it’s a good posterior chain builder. But if it’s all you do, you won’t have the positional awareness to work up heavy in a free squat, so that is a skill that still must be trained if you care about it specifically.
 
Well, the good news is I FEEL fine after my lower body session Monday boxsquatting a plate.

The uglier news is…this tear is probably as bad as I initially suspected:

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Must have triggered some internal bleeding that slowly pooled down into my leg over the following 24 hours. Guess I won’t do any Blockpulls Thursday night and just give it more rest until next Monday.
 
2/1/23

Reverse Hyper
180,225x20

Band Pullaparts, Rows, Extensions, Dislocations

Floorpress
45x10
135x6
225x3
255,285,305,320,330x1

Dips
BW,45,80x10
80x8,4

DB Bench
55,65,75x20
80x17

DB Rolling Tri Ext
30,40,50 - didn’t count reps, near failure

DB Rotators
5x20
10x15

Band Overhead Tri Ext
Monster Mini x50,25,25

Great session! Waved back to Floorpress and moved my grip out from touching smooth 4 weeks ago to 2 finger widths inside the power rings, and smashed 330 this time (continuing the 5lbs a week buildup by rotating lifts). Dips and DB volume work also saw good progress.

Also, fasting glucose was 92 yesterday morning using 500mg Berberine before bed, so I’m not having any glucose control issues so far on 2iu HGH.
 
The blood looks bad but congratulations on the adductors touching down to your kneecaps! :)
 
MrKleen73 said:
The blood looks bad but congratulations on the adductors touching down to your kneecaps! :)
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Ha! I thought my legs looked pretty small in this shot, but my wife was trying to get a decent pic of the bruising - I realized it wasn’t the time to ask for a better angle. Almost as if she read my mind, she said to me, “I have some bad news, babe - you don’t have any thigh gap at all”
 
Well it is obvious that you aren't standing with your feet close together so the adductors touching halfway down your thigh is definitely impressive to those who know what they are looking at. You are definitely in the No Thigh Gap Club.
 
Hyde said:
Today is day 10 of taking 50mg S4 daily (began Sunday the 22nd). Between that, bumping to 2iu HGH 9 days ago, and not fasting for wife’s birthday weekend, my weight has crept up a couple pounds. I am waking at 232-233, so I need to get my morning weight down to 229 consistently to keep my watercut down to about 5% bodyweight.

Current weekly PED protocol:
-180mg test e
-80mg mast e
-50mg S4/day
-2iu HGH 5-6 days/wk
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Nice, interested in how you like that S4. If not for the eyesight issues, I probably would've pulled the trigger on that one. I see a lot of good feedback on it.
 
Segansational said:
Nice, interested in how you like that S4. If not for the eyesight issues, I probably would've pulled the trigger on that one. I see a lot of good feedback on it.
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The eyesight issues will definitely happen, matter of time. Things get yellow/sepia-toned and you will be blind in the dark or when first turning lights on. I have used a bottle once stacked into the end of a meet prep. It will make you stronger without adding much size, and crush SHBG so you end up with more free test in your system.

It’s probably most ideal for someone on true TRT of 150mg or less - then you don’t need to worry about suppression, the extra testosterone you’ll experience won’t be overwhelming (and create excessive estrogen conversion), and it is more anabolic than testosterone and also binds harder to the AR than many things. So it’s not great to use with a lot of other hormones, or bigger doses of test really.

I got this bottle for free, so I’m just trying to use it up to help retain mass a bit better while eating less.
 
2/2/23
BW 230.4

Reverse Hyper
225 2x20
270x20
315,360,405x15 PR

alt w/ Leg Extension
45x25
70,90x20
115x15

Bodyweight Squats & RDLS

Underhand Lat Pulldown warmups

Chin-ups
5x10 volume PR for straight bar

Hammerstrength Seated Row, overhand
135x12
180x7,8
205x6

Axle Reverse Curls
Empty 2x10
+20,40,50x8

Axle Curls
Empty,+20,40x10

Squat
45 2x10

Front Foot Elevated Reverse Lunge
BW 2x12

Just a bunch of accessories tonight to keep resting my leg for Monday. It was really cool getting my reverse hypers up to 9 plates! There’s more swinging going on, but I don’t see how you could do sets of 10 without it, because any weight I can do totally strictly I can do for about a billion reps.

Squatting the barbell tonight felt really good. Just getting the shoulders loose, practicing technique/body positioning, letting myself move through full ROM.
 
one thing I miss about my buddys gym is the reverse hypers.
I imagine even with some swinging you're getting incredible stimulus on a controlled descent, like cheater curls with a slow TUT style descent... but 405 x 15 😅 holy **** man.
 
Today is going to be a fast. See if we can’t make a dent in this dad bod!

Dustin07 said:
one thing I miss about my buddys gym is the reverse hypers.
I imagine even with some swinging you're getting incredible stimulus on a controlled descent, like cheater curls with a slow TUT style descent... but 405 x 15 holy **** man.
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Big thing is I try to stop the pendulum from swinging past my face - if I see it coming out the other side of the table, I know I need to slow it down & reverse trajectory sooner. I can genuinely feel the muscles contracting so I know it’s doing something.

AJ Roberts said the first powerlifting gym he went to, the owner kept 600lbs on the RH in the back. You weren’t allowed to take that off - if you weren’t strong enough to use it properly, you were expected to keep working on it, swinging it as much as you could with other people’s assistance until you were. Or get out of the club
 
Low day of calories/carbs Thursday. Fasted 38 hours and weighed 226.4lbs this morning.

I’ve done 3 fasted LISS sessions on the cycle this week at 30-35 minutes each. Today I took my son to the park for half an hour & then hit this while he played in the garage:

Squat
BWx10 partial, 10 full ROM
45x10
95x8

Felt great - just want to keep getting my body down in the hole to rebuild!
 
Hyde said:
Low day of calories/carbs Thursday. Fasted 38 hours and weighed 226.4lbs this morning.

I’ve done 3 fasted LISS sessions on the cycle this week at 30-35 minutes each. Today I took my son to the park for half an hour & then hit this while he played in the garage:

Squat
BWx10 partial, 10 full ROM
45x10
95x8

Felt great - just want to keep getting my body down in the hole to rebuild!
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How is the discoloring in that hammy and upper calf doing?
 
Making nice progress on that leaning out. Good to hear the leg is holding up, and improving.
 
2/5/23
BW 231.0

6 min walk

Rope Cable Facepulls. Ovh Tri Ext, One-arm Row Circuit
27.5 3x25/25/15

Dynamic Bench
45x10,5
135,185x3
205 9x3, various grips

Incline Bench
45,95,135,185,215,230,235,240x5

Strictpress
45x10
85,115,140x8
160x7+1

Plate Raise to Overhead
25 2x20

ss w/ DB Rear Delt Flyes
30x13,12

Put 10lbs on speed bench, 15lbs on incline, 5lbs on overhead.

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Looks like a fun session!
 
2/6/23

Reverse Hyper
235,270x20

KB Suitcase Carries
KB One-leg Deadlift
Hangs, over & underhand

2.75” Blockpulls, deadlift bar
+gateway 1-ply briefs
135x5,3
225,275,325,365x3
+belt
395x3

Bodyweight Squats
Foamroll ITB & Quads

Squat, squatbar, raw
55x10
105,145,165,185x5
205x10

Reverse Lunge
BW 2x15

Got pulls back up around 400, repping 200 on squats no pain - I enjoyed today. I’ll continue to progress these Thursday night.
 
Oh nice progress things are looking promising!
 
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