Slicin' and Dicin'

Hyde said:
You not only don’t have to do a Joker, but you should not take them weekly.
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I know, thats why I kept them lighter and didn't push it. I wasn't supposed to take a cookie from the jar, but I was at least polite enough to put the lid back on when I was done. Unfortunately I still ate the cookie, though.
 
I may never successfully cut again. My wife has progressed from making English muffins, to sourdough (amazing) to this supply of bagels she just texted me.

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Dustin07 said:
I did, lol, but it was more the triceps. arms were feeling joooocy!

right now app figures me at a 322lb 1RM (not likely, lol) and you're right, a 305lb TM.
it looks like my next weeks rx is 3 x 275 with 6 being the AMRAP goal. although I'm stressing over that less and less these days as long as I am clean, can afford a Joker, and hit my BBB.
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Yeah, you tend to have that high strength endurance so you can lift a lot closer to your 1Rm for reps than the average lifter. So it is likely a little skewed.
Hyde said:
You not only don’t have to do a Joker, but you should not take them weekly.
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I know, every time I keep seeing them I think wonder what his progress would be without all the joker sets taxing his CNS regularly.
Dustin07 said:
I know, thats why I kept them lighter and didn't push it. I wasn't supposed to take a cookie from the jar, but I was at least polite enough to put the lid back on when I was done. Unfortunately I still ate the cookie, though.
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It's okay, it is your cookies you are stealing, it ain't hurting anyone else's progress, and it seems to increase your enjoyment. So as long as you are aware of the trade off, and are enjoying the process it isn't an issue.
 
MrKleen73 said:
Yeah, you tend to have that high strength endurance so you can lift a lot closer to your 1Rm for reps than the average lifter. So it is likely a little skewed.

I know, every time I keep seeing them I think wonder what his progress would be without all the joker sets taxing his CNS regularly.

It's okay, it is your cookies you are stealing, it ain't hurting anyone else's progress, and it seems to increase your enjoyment. So as long as you are aware of the trade off, and are enjoying the process it isn't an issue.
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Lol honestly I'm a bit torn. Still hitting Rx programming without issue. So do I up TM again after this cycle or chill?

Squats are progressing smooth and linear despite already upping tm a bit. Bench I think is more likely to fall off first.

Basically every lift is getting hit every 8th day except pulls which are getting three hard sessions a month.

The pulls not being weekly have been scheduling issues more than planning, but I think it's been serendipitous in that it's been enough to stimulate and that 4th session could throw me over cns wise.
 
Dustin07 said:
Lol honestly I'm a bit torn. Still hitting Rx programming without issue. So do I up TM again after this cycle or chill?

Squats are progressing smooth and linear despite already upping tm a bit. Bench I think is more likely to fall off first.

Basically every lift is getting hit every 8th day except pulls which are getting three hard sessions a month.

The pulls not being weekly have been scheduling issues more than planning, but I think it's been serendipitous in that it's been enough to stimulate and that 4th session could throw me over cns wise.
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No, don’t up TMs - just don’t do Jokers weekly. People want so badly to believe that you have to do more to improve progress, but that’s not always the case.

It’s like pizza. Pizza is awesome, anytime. Every meal, cold or hot, old or fresh, lots of good toppings to choose - it’s never a BAD meal, even bad pizza isn’t that bad. But if you eat it for every meal, it will lose a lot of magic to you - if you have it once every couple/three weeks at the place you really like, fresh with your favorite toppings & with people you love, it hits so much harder.

Stop eating pizza every day. It’s a treat, and when you take that approach you will really increase what you can ring out, performance-wise, when you do it.
 
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