Hyde’s Strength Odyssey

[Hyde]

Once I make it through this pack I’ll look for those you mentioned. Yeah it’s definitely a once a week treat for a refeed for me. It was spicier than I thought it would be. I cant imagine how spicy the others are.

I feel Rose is slightly less spicy than Carbonara, and way better.

Extra Creamy Carbonara is the least spicy, and also delicious.

A lot of stores sell only a few types at a time, so you might need to Google what in your area has what if you’re looking for a particular one.

 

[sammpedd88]

I feel Rose is slightly less spicy than Carbonara, and way better.

Extra Creamy Carbonara is the least spicy, and also delicious.

A lot of stores sell only a few types at a time, so you might need to Google what in your area has what if you’re looking for a particular one.

I found the ones I got at Target. I’ll check my local grocery stores to see if they carry them

 

[Hyde]

11/3/26
BW 217.8

Bench, Texas Powerbar
45x15
155x10
221x5
265x3
298,314,328x1
300 3x3
265x6,6,6,7
232x10

CG Shouldersaver
245 2x8

40 reps at 265+, 71 at 221+ - blasted.

Pinned another 200mg mast e this morning, plus took 75mg Var and 10mg Trest Ace from an old nearly empty vial preWO. I don’t know if it made me any stronger, but it gave me some solid heartburn Only took 2iu GH instead of 4 to help offset water retention; hopefully 2 will be high enough for the run.

 

[Dustin07]

40 reps at 265+

 

[akboom87]

11/3/26
BW 217.8

Bench, Texas Powerbar
45x15
155x10
221x5
265x3
298,314,328x1
300 3x3
265x6,6,6,7
232x10

CG Shouldersaver
245 2x8

40 reps at 265+, 71 at 221+ - blasted.

Pinned another 200mg mast e this morning, plus took 75mg Var and 10mg Trest Ace from an old nearly empty vial preWO. I don’t know if it made me any stronger, but it gave me some solid heartburn Only took 2iu GH instead of 4 to help offset water retention; hopefully 2 will be high enough for the run.

Holy bench o mania!

 

[gphagan1]

40 reps at 265+

For real, 40 reps at 265+ is a lot of bench tonnage.

 

[Dustin07]

For real, 40 reps at 265+ is a lot of bench tonnage.

it was on my mind last night doing my 5x5 at 255 on squats thinking "25+ reps at 255+ squatted vs hyde's 40+ at 265+" on bench lol

 

[gphagan1]

it was on my mind last night doing my 5x5 at 255 on squats thinking "25+ reps at 255+ squatted vs hyde's 40+ at 265+" on bench lol

Yeah it is humbling.

 

[Hyde]

For real, 40 reps at 265+ is a lot of bench tonnage.

I just calculated everything 221+ and it’s about 19,000lbs.

The first time I pushed my bench to 390lbs, I used a similar method, inspired from JM Blakley. In a nutshell, pound sand on heavy bench every week until you have no choice but to get better at it There’s a lot more nuance to his work than that, but the gist here is specificity reigns & I’m 5 weeks from the platform.

 

[Hyde]

Yeah it is humbling.

Hey there’s guys out there doing this with 405; it’s all relative!

 

[Hyde]

Going to experiment with a mid-week carb spike this afternoon. DiPasquale talks about it in the Anabolic Diet, among many diet tweak variations to help dial things for individual goals & response. Since my lower body training is critical to mission success, makes sense to try it here.

He says up to 1,000 calories within the acute meal doesn’t seem to shift the body out of a fat-burning state (similar to if you’ve read the Carb Nite principle). Obviously calories overall still matter for net energy balance, so yesterday and today just did 8oz salmon/day instead of a pound, replacing with lean protein.

This is probably going to be a pack of Buldak noodles with a couple pieces of thin-sliced seed & grain toast for about 100g carbs & 700 calories ahead of training. Plus a piece of tilapia to make a fish sandwich.

 

[Dustin07]

There’s a lot more nuance to his work than that

yes I imagine there is. its been a long time since I paid attention to my tonnage moved but since I started seeing it in your log it got me thinking. I was like, I bet I could move 50,000lbs if I just hit 135lb bench 370 times.

But I feel like this gets into the specifity and a lot of what my skills were in the xfit days. I don't feel like 370 reps at 135lbs is going to get me a 320 bench. its going to make me really good at 135 for 300+ rep days

that said, I still kinda want to do it lol.

 

[Mr.thomas joy]

230 at 5'10" with those lifts? You've clearly put in the work. Injuries and life setbacks are part of the game, man. Subbed, let's see where this journey goes.

 

[Dustin07]

230 at 5'10" with those lifts? You've clearly put in the work. Injuries and life setbacks are part of the game, man. Subbed, let's see where this journey goes.

bros' competing at 198 in like 5 weeks and will put up the same numbers zero doubt.

 

[Hyde]

yes I imagine there is. its been a long time since I paid attention to my tonnage moved but since I started seeing it in your log it got me thinking. I was like, I bet I could move 50,000lbs if I just hit 135lb bench 370 times.

But I feel like this gets into the specifity and a lot of what my skills were in the xfit days. I don't feel like 370 reps at 135lbs is going to get me a 320 bench. its going to make me really good at 135 for 300+ rep days

that said, I still kinda want to do it lol.

Tonnage without specificity is useless.

Anyone can appreciate that lifting 1,000lbs for a single =/= 1lb lifted 1,000 times.

So raising tonnage within useful intensities that can cause an adaptation is imperative. Plus, it’s going to be specific to the movement; curls, benchpresses and reverse hyper reps are entirely separate things of course.

bros' competing at 198 in like 5 weeks and will put up the same numbers zero doubt.

God willing, I’m going to do my best to try!

 

[Dustin07]

God willing, I’m going to do my best to try!

zero. doubt.