Hyde’s Strength Odyssey

Back atcha! Looking forward to some Fajitas on the Blackstone this afternoon after my lower session. What do you have planned for today?
 
6/18/23
BW 245.6

5 min walk

Back Extensions
2x15

ss w/ GHR Situps
+25 2x12

KB Suitcase Carries
KB One-leg Deadlift

Rogue 8” Hi Handle Trapbar
150x5
240x3
330,420x1
+belt & straps
510,560,580,610,630x1

GHR
vs miniband x12
vs mini & micro x8
vs mini & doubled micro 2x5

CS NG Low Machine Row
110,130x15
150x12
170x10
190x8

Lying Leg Curl
58x100 straight

Wall Sit
~45 seconds

Good Girls
10,20,30,40,50x10
50x50

ss w/ Bad Girls
50x50

You might be tempted to think a max effort day with a couple reps over 600 was hard training, but contextually this represented a significant deload from the barebones 5x5 floor pulls & 6x10 deficit straightlegs the last 3 weeks have been. Just wanted a break, and honestly this was some good neurological, tendon, and mental conditioning. Adductor felt fine this session.
 
Hyde said:
6/18/23
BW 245.6

You might be tempted to think a max effort day with a couple reps over 600 was hard training, but contextually this represented a significant deload from the barebones 5x5 floor pulls & 6x10 deficit straightlegs the last 3 weeks have been. Just wanted a break, and honestly this was some good neurological, tendon, and mental conditioning. Adductor felt fine this session.
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Yeah, that was probably the right move on the trap bar DL's. Less adductor, easier on lower back, and a lot less volume overall. Of course you always seem to make great audible calls. I have learned a lot from watching how you swap things out and reading your reasoning. I love tapping into all of that info you have access to with all of the high level people you and your wife make it your business to train with and learn from. Just reading how you manage a lot of things in your training helps me to conceptualize the process better even though you and I are on different training paths. Anyway, just wanted to let you know how much seeing you do the right thing while maintaining a life balance and good family priorities has had a positive affect on me. You are indeed a good influence which is an awesome find in today's landscape.
 
MrKleen73 said:
Yeah, that was probably the right move on the trap bar DL's. Less adductor, easier on lower back, and a lot less volume overall. Of course you always seem to make great audible calls. I have learned a lot from watching how you swap things out and reading your reasoning. I love tapping into all of that info you have access to with all of the high level people you and your wife make it your business to train with and learn from. Just reading how you manage a lot of things in your training helps me to conceptualize the process better even though you and I are on different training paths. Anyway, just wanted to let you know how much seeing you do the right thing while maintaining a life balance and good family priorities has had a positive affect on me. You are indeed a good influence which is an awesome find in today's landscape.
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Man that is a very cool thing to read; I appreciate you saying that and am glad if you found anything useful!
 
Watching you still powerlifting makes me want to powerlift, but then I remember that I’m old and crippled and decide against it.
 
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jimbuick said:
Watching you still powerlifting makes me want to powerlifting, but then I remember that I’m old and crippled and decide against it.
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I Know What You Mean !!!
 
jimbuick said:
Watching you still powerlifting makes me want to powerlifting, but then I remember that I’m old and crippled and decide against it.
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Lol just depends on what you really want to do. You have to want it. You cannot possibly justify the time, energy, pain, and attention you will invest unless it’s simply an arbitrary priority, for love of the game.

I know there will be a time when competition is behind me, either from too much injury or simply a lack of passion to go on, but that’s how it is for everyone. My hope is I can do it as long as I still desire, and that I can lift in some capacity beyond that until I die!
 
Hyde said:
Lol just depends on what you really want to do. You have to want it. You cannot possibly justify the time, energy, pain, and attention you will invest unless it’s simply an arbitrary priority, for love of the game.

I know there will be a time when competition is behind me, either from too much injury or simply a lack of passion to go on, but that’s how it is for everyone. My hope is I can do it as long as I still desire, and that I can lift in some capacity beyond that until I die!
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Agreed!!!
 
Hyde said:
Lol just depends on what you really want to do. You have to want it. You cannot possibly justify the time, energy, pain, and attention you will invest unless it’s simply an arbitrary priority, for love of the game.

I know there will be a time when competition is behind me, either from too much injury or simply a lack of passion to go on, but that’s how it is for everyone. My hope is I can do it as long as I still desire, and that I can lift in some capacity beyond that until I die!
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I can't imagine, not being able to lift in my future !!
 
Hyde said:
You might be tempted to think a max effort day with a couple reps over 600 was hard training, but contextually this represented a significant deload from the barebones 5x5 floor pulls & 6x10 deficit straightlegs the last 3 weeks have been. Just wanted a break, and honestly this was some good neurological, tendon, and mental conditioning. Adductor felt fine this session.
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2 days later, still feeling good? no significant doms etc? even without the volume... 630 is quite heavy lol.
 
Dustin07 said:
2 days later, still feeling good? no significant doms etc? even without the volume... 630 is quite heavy lol.
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Nothing from the hi handle singles, but between the heavy banded GHRs for the first time in years and the hi-rep tendon work for my hams and hips, those are both feeling smoked!
 
6/20/23
BW 247.4

Band Pullaparts, Presses, Facepulls, Pressdown, Rotators

Bench
45x10
135,185x5
225x3
255,285,310,330,345x1
+yellow slingshot
360,375x1
-gear
300 4x6

Closegrip Bench
255 4x6

29 work reps at 300+lbs: things are beefing up! Today felt like some hard-ass work, but this day always is - and it does seem to be working.

Blood sugar fasted yesterday at both 10am and noon was 102 yesterday, and BP after a couple cups of coffee at noon was 132/78, pulse 64, so I did not take Mk677 last night & am done with it. It has way to big of an impact on water retention (+6lbs in a week) and glucose to have a place in what’s already a power bulk, injury or no. I’ll use GH if necessary, but the all-day GH bleed of MK is too hard on my sugars. I will keep an eye on glucose and implement some Metformin if necessary.
 
Dustin07 said:
man your top rep for SS is STILL climbing basically linearly.
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The slingshot work is easier than the raw; I actually raised my top slingshot single 10lbs this week instead of 5 like everything else to make it a bit harder. I have been using it more as the future method than a real builder. Just letting my body partially handle the weights to come.
 
Hyde said:
The slingshot work is easier than the raw; I actually raised my top slingshot single 10lbs this week instead of 5 like everything else to make it a bit harder. I have been using it more as the future method than a real builder. Just letting my body partially handle the weights to come.
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I am really loving that it lets the body practice much heavier weight without destroying you. the last SS session I had I bobbled 320 or 325 from the bottom and it made it clear to me how important it is to maintain 100% focus through that entire lift on these heavier weights.
 
Dustin07 said:
I am really loving that it lets the body practice much heavier weight without destroying you. the last SS session I had I bobbled 320 or 325 from the bottom and it made it clear to me how important it is to maintain 100% focus through that entire lift on these heavier weights.
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And the value of a slight pause, or at a minimum changing direction under control.
 
6/21/23
BW 246.2

5 min walk

GHR
1x15, 3x12

ss w/ GHR Sit-ups
+25 3x10

Double KB One-leg Deadlift
DB Suitcase Carries

Frontsquat
BW,45,95,115,135,155x10

15” Rackpulls w/ straps
135,225,315,365,415x5
+belt
465x5

Legpress
230,320,410,500x20

Walking Lunges
BW 3x10/leg

Adductor did well with everything tonight, so hoping for a faster turnaround than last time. Increased GHR & sit-up volume, flushed a ton of blood into my legs, and got some useful work in without taking any chances.
 
Good to hear the adductor seems to be recovering well. Nice session!
 
6/23/23
BW 246.0 yesterday

Band Pullaparts, Flyes, Presses, Snatch

Widegrip Bench
45x10,5,10
95,135,175,195,205,215,225,235,245,255x8

BB JM Press
45,95,115,135x15
155x12

Wide NG Lat Pulldown
80,120,160x10
200x8

Chin-ups
4x8

Band Pullaparts
Monstermini x50


8x8 is hard. So is training while getting fatter, in the summer humidity, as it turns out.
 
In reading more conjugate stuff and watching your posts I've been trying to tinker with more wide grip cautiously, ever so cautiously since historically it's been hell on my shoulders but I gotta say lately... some good wide grip with zero shoulder pain has yielded crazy different doms that I'm not used to. sorta digging it!

Hyde said:
So is training while getting fatter, in the summer humidity, as it turns out.
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😅🤘
 
Hyde said:
6/23/23
BW 246.0 yesterday

Band Pullaparts, Flyes, Presses, Snatch

Widegrip Bench
45x10,5,10
95,135,175,195,205,215,225,235,245,255x8

BB JM Press
45,95,115,135x15
155x12

Wide NG Lat Pulldown
80,120,160x10
200x8

Chin-ups
4x8

Band Pullaparts
Monstermini x50


8x8 is hard. So is training while getting fatter, in the summer humidity, as it turns out.
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Funny, but not. Sometimes you just have to do what ever it takes!
 
Look at that weight climbing though! Good stuff! Doing the damn thing as usual!!!
 
One Big, Bad, Dude !!
 
6/25/23
BW 245.4

5 min walk

GHR
BWx12

KB Suitcase Carries
KB One-leg Deadlift
Roll Adductor & Soles of Feet
Hip Stretching

Frontsquat
BW,45,95,145,195,215x5

Deadlift, stiffbar
135x5
225,315x3
385x5
+belt
415,435,455x5

Deficit SLDL, beltless
315 4x8

GHR
vs miniband 2x12

Wide NG Pull-ups
3x10

Another super sweaty solid deadlift day in the books! Making progress and setting up to keep things progressing in weeks to come. Raises Frontsquat weights some and was happy to notice nothing from the adductor.

Bumped DHB to 70mg this week (along with my 200 mast e & 300 test e).
 
Good to hear your adductors are not giving you a problem!
 
Nice session, good to hear the adductors are holding up nicely!
 
6/27/23

Band Pullaparts, Presses, Facepulls, Pressdown, Rotators, Rows

Bench
45x10
135,185x5
225x3
255,285,315,335,350x1
+yellow slingshot
365,380x1
-gear
305 4x6

Closegrip Bench
260 4x6

This one was truly tough! 350 moved really easily, but the rest of the session was brutal. I don’t even know if I should deload next week or if it’s fine to just keep pushing - every week this day is always hard AF, and every week I manage to still complete it.

This is the most I’ve benched since my elbow surgery in December.
 
Only one way to find out.
 
Your Bench numbers keep progressing like that, you may blast past 405 by October. Those 8x8 do sound brutal, I couldn’t imagine those last couple of sets. Looks like you’re getting all healed up to be able to go in strong on your next meet.💪
 
Also, fasted glucose yesterday morning was back down to 96, and BP was 128/77 and pulse of 64 after my coffee, so dropping the MK677 leveled things back out.
 
Hyde said:
Also, fasted glucose yesterday morning was back down to 96, and BP was 128/77 and pulse of 64 after my coffee, so dropping the MK677 leveled things back out.
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those are the types of stats I need to test out, I'm super curious about actual results from fasting vs just what the studies tell me what is happening + the scale. thanks for posting this, great reminder.
 
Dustin07 said:
those are the types of stats I need to test out, I'm super curious about actual results from fasting vs just what the studies tell me what is happening + the scale. thanks for posting this, great reminder.
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Do you already have a good baseline from before starting fasting?
 
Hyde said:
Also, fasted glucose yesterday morning was back down to 96, and BP was 128/77 and pulse of 64 after my coffee, so dropping the MK677 leveled things back out.
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Nice numbers! The only thing MK ever did for me was make me hold water !!
 
6/28/23
BW 247.2

5 min walk

GHR
2x20

ss w/ GHR Situps
25 2x15

KB Suitcase Carries
KB One-leg Deadlift

Pause Squat
BW,45x5
95,145,185,235x3
275,295,315,335x5

Hi Bar Squat
45,135,205,255,285,315,340x5

Legpress
+270,450,630,810x12

Good Girls
40,60x20
80,100x15

Bad Girls
100x50

Really happy with last night: 2 weeks after that adductor pop, going over 3 plates in my comp stance with pause work as well as close-stance hi bar with no discomfort, and a 9-plate legpress without issue either. I can work with this!

Also, I’ve gained ~15lbs in the last 5 weeks
 
Hyde said:
6/28/23
BW 247.2

5 min walk

GHR
2x20

ss w/ GHR Situps
25 2x15

KB Suitcase Carries
KB One-leg Deadlift

Pause Squat
BW,45x5
95,145,185,235x3
275,295,315,335x5

Hi Bar Squat
45,135,205,255,285,315,340x5

Legpress
+270,450,630,810x12

Good Girls
40,60x20
80,100x15

Bad Girls
100x50

Really happy with last night: 2 weeks after that adductor pop, going over 3 plates in my comp stance with pause work as well as close-stance hi bar with no discomfort, and a 9-plate legpress without issue either. I can work with this!

Also, I’ve gained ~15lbs in the last 5 weeks
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15lbs Water, Muscle or Fat ??? Or all 3 ?
 
Jeebus Man! Your delts are always shockingly impressive. I have those damn sloped looking shoulders, not really much of any type of rise to them. Yours look like two large cantaloupes sitting where normal shoulders should be. Impresses me every time i see a picture of you. They have definitely come back up a lot since you got your elbow fixed.
 
The muscle shows!!!
 
Hyde said:
6/28/23
BW 247.2

5 min walk

GHR
2x20

ss w/ GHR Situps
25 2x15

KB Suitcase Carries
KB One-leg Deadlift

Pause Squat
BW,45x5
95,145,185,235x3
275,295,315,335x5

Hi Bar Squat
45,135,205,255,285,315,340x5

Legpress
+270,450,630,810x12

Good Girls
40,60x20
80,100x15

Bad Girls
100x50

Really happy with last night: 2 weeks after that adductor pop, going over 3 plates in my comp stance with pause work as well as close-stance hi bar with no discomfort, and a 9-plate legpress without issue either. I can work with this!

Also, I’ve gained ~15lbs in the last 5 weeks
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Glad the adductor is good…..all that squat volume (you always have good high total weight volume on your compound lifts, bench, squat, deadlift 👍), then throw in that 9 plates for 12 legpress, yeah I would call that your happy place.💪
Kleen is right, your delts are always popping. Looks like as you’re going back up the ladder in weight, after cutting, looks like you’ve definitely put on more muscle than at that weight previously.
 
MrKleen73 said:
Jeebus Man! Your delts are always shockingly impressive. I have those damn sloped looking shoulders, not really much of any type of rise to them. Yours look like two large cantaloupes sitting where normal shoulders should be. Impresses me every time i see a picture of you. They have definitely come back up a lot since you got your elbow fixed.
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I believe all of the incline and widegrip bench volume I’ve been doing has really helped re-develop them since the elbow scope.
 
You are doing something Right !
 
6/30/23

Reverse Hyper
180,270x15
360 3x12

ss w/ Band Pullaparts
Monstermini 3x35

Band Flyes, Presses, Rows, Rotators

Widegrip Bench
45x20
95,135x6
175,195,215,235,255,275,265,245x8

HS Chest-supported Low Wide Row
90x15
115 4x10

BB JM Press
45,95,135x12
155x12,8

Miniband Pressdown
35,30,35/arm alternating

I can see and feel the increases in muscle I’ve been working to lay down. Hamstrings, quads, erectors, upper back, pecs, delts, tris all thickening up. Getting my widegrip up to 275x8 is definitely new territory for my pecs & delts.

Last night I had to load a 200lb sandbag for my wife into her car - I remember not being able to do that cold for her during last winter at one point. It feels great to have that useful strength back! I don’t know that I want to “do” strongman right now, but I do want to BE a strong man, in practice.
 
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