Slicin' and Dicin'
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Dustin07
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I was thinking about this earlier, wondering what it will be for cycle 7 lol.Killing it man!
Then the 180 for 50 reps afterwards
Keeping that PR train rolling…awesome.
appreciate it guys. this morning I was wondering if I should change up my routine a bit. currently doing:
mon bench
tues squat
weds rest
thurs ohp
fri pulls.
sat/sun rest (farm work lol)
I've never considered bench or OHP a difficult recovery movement, but I walked into tuesday feeling more fatigued than usual, and weds morning I definitely feel the DOMs already from squats. weds rest is great, but I almost wonder if I should change my sessions to every other day rather than 2 on, 1 off, 2 on, 2 off.
Dustin07
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I think I'm getting better at moving weights that are truly on the upper end of my capacity cause these last few sessions have been hitting me like a sack of rocks! last night I could feel DOMs in my hamstrings and glutes within like 3hrs of my squat session, and today (weds) my chest is tight/sore from Mondays chest work. I haven't felt such consistent DOMs like this since my old xfit days doing 2hr sessions 6 days a week, lol.
Hyde
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Man, I don’t know why I haven’t seen your updates (I’ve been looking for them!), but congrats on the bench and squat improvements!!! Really solid rep PRs achieved.
Why is your bench supposed to climb 10lbs each cycle? It’s specifically supposed to be FIVE (5). Wendler is very clear about this; I think your app is doing things wrong. It’s going to run you off the runway shortly if you follow that. Keep milking it!
Why is your bench supposed to climb 10lbs each cycle? It’s specifically supposed to be FIVE (5). Wendler is very clear about this; I think your app is doing things wrong. It’s going to run you off the runway shortly if you follow that. Keep milking it!
Dustin07
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let me check, hadn't even thought about it.
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yeah you're right the app has me going up 10lbs per cycle lol. I hadn't really thought about it cause here we are 6 months in and I'm only just at old 1RM's really so it hasn't by a long shot over extended me. Did some digging in on settings and found it. Bench, Pulls, Squats were set at 10lbs. OHP at 5lbs. I was able to manually correct it though so here's what the future looks like. Just finished Cycle 6 at 300lbs
Cycle 7 to 305
Cycle 8 to 310
Cycle 9 to 315 <- that would be about New Years Even, Starting Cycle 10 around 1/1/27.
OMG my glutes are sore today lol thanks dude
appreciate it! I need to make an adjustment here somewhere to incorporate meaningful pause work I think. @gphagan1 's spottos are getting me thinking. I hit that 300 x 2, but I want these to be much better quality reps and I think lower position / pause work could be a good contributor.
Dustin07
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all of this means that in cycle 7 I'm running for top sets
5 x 240
3 x 270
1+ x 305
whereas cycle 6 was:
5 x 270 (got 5)
3 x 285 (got 4)
1+ x 300
so thats kinda weird. those are massive adjustments for a 5lb difference in weekly jumps. the AMRAPs should look better on paper though I'd think.
Hyde
Legend
Yes, do not think of this as a reduction - it’s just ensuring you can keep momentum rolling strong on this train!
MrKleen73
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Yes, not a reduction, instead, a plateau delayer.
Dustin07
Legend
thats what I need. been hitting my numbers but have been very aware of how much harder they're getting! wanna keep this gravy train going.
speaking of gravy. woke up about 204 today. it seems like 204 is my normal weight, 206 is my 'salted' weight these days. its held there for weeks. generally nutrition has been cleaned up but tonight is a BBQ date with my boy after school. so we'll see how that goes
