TGR's Modified PowerBuilding v2.0

Woke up at 0219 and haven't been able to go back to sleep.

I feel rested enough to workout, but I'll likely lose energy early in the day today.

Hoping for 450!
 
Nice work on the presses man. Some times you need the rest. But yeah both incline and OHP keep the shoulders back and down. I use an arch on incline.
 
I don't remember how much stumil8 I scooped, but dam, I'm sweating.

Squats are feeling good...
 
RegisterJr said:
I don't remember how much stumil8 I scooped, but dam, I'm sweating.

Squats are feeling good...
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Sounds like your about to kill it!
 
ShouldeRok 16.33

SINGLE ARM-
Set 1 : 7x40
BOTH ARMS-
Set 2 : 9.5x20

BANDED HIP SERIES
BANDED OLY WALL SQUATS X3
Rev BANDED BW SQUATS

Barbell Squat 450

Set 1 : 135x5
Set 2 : 165x5
Set 3 : 205x5
Set 4 : 240x3
Set 5 : 275x3
Set 6 : 315x3
+ Belt
Set 7 : 345x3
Set 8 : 385x1 Vid
Set 9 : 415x1 Vid
Set 10 : 450x1 Vid PR
Set 11 : 405x1

Criticisms welcome. DMax sent me a video to improve my dis-rack (thanks man)

Squats felt good today. I was almost scared of 450 until I hit bottom. Didn't feel that heavy.

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It didnt look that heavy either man.... looks like 500 is coming SOON
 
I saw your vid on Facebook, great depth on that 450 man! That was awesome, congrats!!
 
zcol94 said:
It didnt look that heavy either man.... looks like 500 is coming SOON
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I hope so. Thanks man.

turff49 said:
I saw your vid on Facebook, great depth on that 450 man! That was awesome, congrats!!
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Thanks Brian. I was happy with the depth on that one. Not so much on 385.
 
It may sound stupid, but anecdotally I've found if I am a little high on depth on work up sets its like I end up being just perfect on a heavy set...it's like the weight forces you to a perfect spot and you have a nice rebound.

Awesome squatting man. You definitely aren't at a true 1RM yet.
 
rob112 said:
It may sound stupid, but anecdotally I've found if I am a little high on depth on work up sets its like I end up being just perfect on a heavy set...it's like the weight forces you to a perfect spot and you have a nice rebound.

Awesome squatting man. You definitely aren't at a true 1RM yet.
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Thanks Rob. Thankfully I videoed the 385, or I might not have known that I was high. I don't know if you can tell, but I tried to find a more neutral head/neck. It got progressively worse as my work sets got up there though.
 
Squats are looking awesome, Thomas!
 
I can't write diacritics/sometimes vowels on my phone keyboard. That and I may be using a levantine words/dialect. Trying to stay fresh on it.

Means "excellent job friend! Very good!"
 
justanotherj said:
I can't write diacritics/sometimes vowels on my phone keyboard. That and I may be using a levantine words/dialect. Trying to stay fresh on it.

Means "excellent job friend! Very good!"
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Thanks man
 
So, i was up at 2 thinking about some stressful situation, which is why I couldn't go back to sleep. Sometime around 7 my BP skyrocketed. It was that way most of the day and just started tapering off a couple hours ago. Never had that happen before.
 
A sign that more sex is needed...with the wife of course, stay away from the sheep...lol
 
That peanut butter stuff gets chalky and clumpy. I can't drink it in my protein shakes because the texture is yuck. :/
 
liftandswim said:
Probably anxiety, bud. That'd explain the BP spike. Caffeine can exacerbate this sometimes.
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Probably.

rob112 said:
I'd be inclined to agree with LnS. Although Turff makes a good point lol
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Of course... lol

puccah8808 said:
That peanut butter stuff gets chalky and clumpy. I can't drink it in my protein shakes because the texture is yuck. :/
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How much do you put in? Typically I mix 1 scoop protein in with 8oz of almond milk. If I add PB2 at 2tbsp, I add another 2oz almond milk. Otherwise it's super thick.
 
RegisterJr said:
Probably.



Of course... lol



How much do you put in? Typically I mix 1 scoop protein in with 8oz of almond milk. If I add PB2 at 2tbsp, I add another 2oz almond milk. Otherwise it's super thick.
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I just add hot water, oatmeal, and my protein shake. Am I doing it wrong? Haha, I can't even make a damn shake.
 
It might be kinda thick to add to oatmeal unless you use it instead of protein or 1/2-1/2
 
RegisterJr said:
It might be kinda thick to add to oatmeal unless you use it instead of protein or 1/2-1/2
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It gets crumbly. I'm wondering if the hot water is "cooking" it. Tastes worse than crunchy peanut butter.
 
puccah8808 said:
It gets crumbly. I'm wondering if the hot water is "cooking" it. Tastes worse than crunchy peanut butter.
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That's very possible. I used to put protein powder in coffee to chill and drink later in the day, and it would do that. Try adding the liquid to the oatmeal first, then after stirring in add the powders.
 
RegisterJr said:
That's very possible. I used to put protein powder in coffee to chill and drink later in the day, and it would do that. Try adding the liquid to the oatmeal first, then after stirring in add the powders.
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I let it sit for a few hours and it's pretty good, I can't taste the chunky stuff anymore. :D thank you!
 
Awesome 450 Squat! Wonder what spiked the BP?
 
Watched your squat videos. You're killing it with your squats . Great job as usual
 
Seems like an awful long time if it was anxiety unless you were worrying about something the entire time.
Could've been CNS shock but doubtful.
Did you do any extra stims?
 
kenpoengineer said:
Awesome 450 Squat! Wonder what spiked the BP?
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Work related stuff. Something is going down at work an I had to go above a few heads to protect my ***, because they've been pawning a liability off on me. I said I won't ride with/train this person anymore.

MARK_ said:
Watched your squat videos. You're killing it with your squats . Great job as usual
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Thanks Mark!

turff49 said:
Seems like an awful long time if it was anxiety unless you were worrying about something the entire time.
Could've been CNS shock but doubtful.
Did you do any extra stims?
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It was a day long situation as mentioned above.

No extra stims today for that reason.
 
Office politics, yep that'll cause it! Was determined long ago my personality doesn't fit a typical office. I'm more of the "break glass in case of emergency" guy. I don't fit the new "don't hurt their feelings" society. Good luck Thomas, and if you can't get it straightened out then take the person behind a closed door and give them wall to wall counseling. Your word against theirs...lol
 
It's a she, and since day one 3 months ago I've given them enough to fire her multiple times. Now she's fighting against upper management, exactly what I said would happen to the asst chief on her 7th day, and they documented almost nothing to protect themselves.
 
turff49 said:
Office politics, yep that'll cause it! Was determined long ago my personality doesn't fit a typical office. I'm more of the "break glass in case of emergency" guy. I don't fit the new "don't hurt their feelings" society. Good luck Thomas, and if you can't get it straightened out then take the person behind a closed door and give them wall to wall counseling. Your word against theirs...lol
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You and I would make great neighbors Brian! I'm with you 1050% on this! I can't stand this "rub their little toes before asking them to do their damn job" generation! Thomas, that would increase my BP all day as well. To be safe though, keep an eye on your BP.
 
Hey look at it this way - you had a baller squat at 450 and almost wiped the floor w 415! More coming quick; I personally feel 5/3/1 works the best for squat over any of the other lifts (not that it won't help them). Remember to live one day at a time concerning the job; God will provide. Your job is just to be the best man you can be every day, and hopefully better than the man you were yesterday somehow.
 
If you are depressed you are living in the past.
If you are anxious you are living in the future.
If you are at peace you are living in the present.
-Lao Tzu
 
Hyde said:
Hey look at it this way - you had a baller squat at 450 and almost wiped the floor w 415! More coming quick; I personally feel 5/3/1 works the best for squat over any of the other lifts (not that it won't help them). Remember to live one day at a time concerning the job; God will provide. Your job is just to be the best man you can be every day, and hopefully better than the man you were yesterday somehow.
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Thanks Hyde, couldn't agree more.
 
I slept 9.5 hours last night. Solid, sound sleep.

Originally I thought I might start a deload this week, but I feel like singles week doesn't take much out of me. So, every 4th week from here on, in between 3's and 5's weeks, I'll deload. Those DL AMRAPs are starting to fatigue me fore sure.

Bench on tap. Then I get to dig to run pipe at the house.
 
Digging a trench... now that's GPP!!!
 
You moving to Canada???? Hibernation
 
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