Oklahoman does it Texas style

[xRequiem]

Nice VD, I love that ground breaking day when everything clicks.

I'd suggest 5s for a while. Stall, deload then do some more 5s. lol

[L The Pirate]

Strong workout bro! Love those days when it's all clicking. I approach the rack the same way Arian said. U wana squat we can share, no squat? You can wait.
Good luck in school!

[HoneyBadger300]

Nice VD, I love that ground breaking day when everything clicks.

I'd suggest 5s for a while. Stall, deload then do some more 5s. lol

Thanks a lot, yeah I'm thinking the same thing. So I'll repeat 365 this Friday.

Strong workout bro! Love those days when it's all clicking. I approach the rack the same way Arian said. U wana squat we can share, no squat? You can wait.
Good luck in school!

Yup, pretty good method. Thanks, things are going well so far. Trying to keep on track with the studying. So far so good.

[HoneyBadger300]

I'm getting impatient for Intensity day on Friday. I even wanted to workout yesterday. Recovery day today, I'm going to try to workout between my physio class and my math class this afternoon. That way I'll be using up broken time that isn't very useful for studying anyway. Trying to set up a consistent schedule is kinda tough, especially when I just want to do everything right now.

[HighFivan]

stick to your guns on the recovery day brotha! you'll be happy you did.

thats one groovy belt, where did you find it or order it? I think I've seen the same or something similar in matt ogus/lavado's videos. Is it pretty adjustable? My current belt doesnt go small enough and its a bodybuilding.com small size lol.

strong squats, lets see an updated vid!

[HoneyBadger300]

stick to your guns on the recovery day brotha! you'll be happy you did.

thats one groovy belt, where did you find it or order it? I think I've seen the same or something similar in matt ogus/lavado's videos. Is it pretty adjustable? My current belt doesnt go small enough and its a bodybuilding.com small size lol.

strong squats, lets see an updated vid!

I'll have to have Arian11 make a vid when we workout together on Friday. I got the belt from inzernet.com, it's kind of pricey, but it's worth it and it'll last. I got a medium and I'm 4 whole inches from maxing it out, so depending on the size of your natural waste, a small should be good, you can probably even fit a medium, as there's a bunch of holes on the back end that I didn't bother counting since I'm only concerned with getting bigger! lol. I'm sticking to recovery, following my chart and taking it easy like I should. Super pumped about I-day on Friday though, I backed that weight off too because it's supposed to be a heavy 5 reps, but not a true 5 rep max, so I'll be squatting 320, but at this depth and with corrected form, I may as well just call it a PR since I don't really want to count that crappy 335x5 from months ago. If I make a vid, you guys will be able to see how crappy my uni gym is, haha.

[HighFivan]

awaiting crappy uni gym. maybe some time i'll be able to make a video in my crappy uni gym haha.
thats awesome you are taking the form over the weight. it's that mindset that will make you really progress.

[xRequiem]

stick with it man, i've got my ID tomorrow

330x5 squats
385x5 deadlift and maybe a 500 pull if i'm feeling up to it!

[HoneyBadger300]

awaiting crappy uni gym. maybe some time i'll be able to make a video in my crappy uni gym haha.
thats awesome you are taking the form over the weight. it's that mindset that will make you really progress.

Haha, just wait! It'll probably be packed in the afternoon and you all will be able to see all the internationals trying to figure out how the hell the cable row machine works. I swear it was like Funniest home videos in there today.

stick with it man, i've got my ID tomorrow

330x5 squats
385x5 deadlift and maybe a 500 pull if i'm feeling up to it!

Badass. I need to see if I can pull 405 since I haven't ever tried it, but Arian11 will get pissed that I did heavy single again instead of sticking to the 5 reps like I'm supposed to.

[arian11]

stick with it man, i've got my ID tomorrow

330x5 squats
385x5 deadlift and maybe a 500 pull if i'm feeling up to it!

385x5 deadlift, 500 pull...is this real life?

I PRed on deadlift this week with 415x5 and I can only pull 515.

[HoneyBadger300]

January 16th, Week 4
Recovery Day

Squat
225 x 5
225 x 5

Bench
166.5 x 5
166.5 x 5
166.5 x 5

Hypers
BW +15 x 10
BW +15 x 10
BW +15 x 10
BW +15 x 10
BW +15 x 10

Chins
BW +5 x 10
BW +5 x 10
BW +5 x 7-2-1 (10)

Hell yeah, poverty weights.

Not much to say about today. Did my thing and left in 45 minutes or less. Not many people in the gym except some dudes who I guess were football pictures, since they were on posters around the gym (dafuq?) and some asian brah was teaching his extremely asian brah how to do a cable row (it was a **** show), and then some mid-eastern twig people were dinking around with dumbbells, didn't really pay attention to what exactly they were doing, because it was phucked up. So I just got in, got out, got on with life, showered, went to class.

Looking forward to I-Day. The more people in there, the better, because, "Yeah I phuckin grunt when I when I get my swell on at the gym, that's cause everyone should see just how jacked, and tan I am... Whoiit!!!!" -my new haircut.

[xRequiem]

385x5 deadlift, 500 pull...is this real life?

I PRed on deadlift this week with 415x5 and I can only pull 515.

I pulled 410x5/445x3 then maxed 465 lololol

385 is an easy deload. maybe i don't try hard enough on my max attempts?

strong chins, it took me 4 sets to get 10...

[HoneyBadger300]

I pulled 410x5/445x3 then maxed 465 lololol

385 is an easy deload. maybe i don't try hard enough on my max attempts?

strong chins, it took me 4 sets to get 10...

Don't ask me man, I'm a volume beast, but I can't ever hit PR's. I've done 295x5x5 and 350 is my 1 rep max on squats... Weak.

[RipCJ]

Something I have noticed throughout my time with TM was that my 1RM squat was about 50 lbs more than my 5RM squat, and that was about 50 lbs more than my volume squat.

[xRequiem]

Something I have noticed throughout my time with TM was that my 1RM squat was about 50 lbs more than my 5RM squat, and that was about 50 lbs more than my volume squat.

That's pretty accurate for most. That's actually EXACTLY the correlation between 5rm, 5x5 and 1rm.

[yowhattapfatso]

That's pretty accurate for most. That's actually EXACTLY the correlation between 5rm, 5x5 and 1rm.

came in here to 3rd this
exactly the same for me when I ran TM

[HoneyBadger300]

Something I have noticed throughout my time with TM was that my 1RM squat was about 50 lbs more than my 5RM squat, and that was about 50 lbs more than my volume squat.

That's pretty accurate for most. That's actually EXACTLY the correlation between 5rm, 5x5 and 1rm.

came in here to 3rd this
exactly the same for me when I ran TM

I need to figure out wtf I'm doing wrong then.
Thanks guys, week 4 though, I'm still trying to figure things out and get into a rhythm with this... but I definitely need to figure out what's up with my 5RM and my 1RM, maybe I have more in me?

edit: I need to get some more people in here so I can spread reps around and give you guys another round of my poverty reps.

[arian11]

Something I have noticed throughout my time with TM was that my 1RM squat was about 50 lbs more than my 5RM squat, and that was about 50 lbs more than my volume squat.

That's pretty accurate for most. That's actually EXACTLY the correlation between 5rm, 5x5 and 1rm.

came in here to 3rd this
exactly the same for me when I ran TM

275*5*0.3333=46 lbs
350*5*0.3333=58 lbs

That makes sense for anyone with a 5RM in the 275-350 range. Don't know what is up with you RipCJ. My all-time 5RM is 395 and all-time competition 1RM is 463.
395*5*0.3333=66 lbs
395+66=461 lbs

About dead on.

[HoneyBadger300]

I guess my 5rep, especially after my deload this week, is in the right range, 275x5x5 - doing 320x5 on Friday. But that's still only 30 pounds from my 1 rep instead of 50.

[dabucche]

I need to figure out wtf I'm doing wrong then.
Thanks guys, week 4 though, I'm still trying to figure things out and get into a rhythm with this... but I definitely need to figure out what's up with my 5RM and my 1RM, maybe I have more in me?

Do you have trouble with grinders?

[HoneyBadger300]

Do you have trouble with grinders?

I grind like pepper, bro.

[pyaarawala]

Nice quick, easy, to-the-point session! Wish I could just be in and out like that but it seems impossible for me.

[HoneyBadger300]

Nice quick, easy, to-the-point session! Wish I could just be in and out like that but it seems impossible for me.

I try to always be in and out of the gym quickly. There's no one there I care about, and that sesh was in between classes. V-Day and I-Day take a lot of time because of all the rest between sets, but Recovery Day is kinda like "meh, whatever, let's get outta here." That and the beady little eyes of all the chicks on the elypticals was getting annoying.

What holds you up?

[HoneyBadger300]

January 18th, Week 4
Intensity Day

Squat
45 x 2x5
125 x 5
190 x 3
155 x 2
320 x 5 (vid)

Vid. Now that I watch it, 1st rep looks dirty, but pretty sure I was just getting into it.

OHP
45 2x5
70 x 5
90 x 3
110 x 2
138 x 2 Rep PR (not vid)

Deadlift
145 x 2x5
215 x 3
310 x 2
365 x 5 Rep PR vid
375 x 1 PR vid

Obviously I'm stoked. Words need not be said.
Squat: 350
Bench: 238.5
Dead: 375
Total: 963.5
To go: 36.5

in before Do you even lift?

[xRequiem]

DLs looked too easy, just pull 4 plates next time

[HoneyBadger300]

DLs looked too easy, just pull 4 plates next time

Too easy? You didn't see my right knee shaking like a leaf on rep 4? I really want to pull 405 but I don't want to shoot for it, miss it, and then not be able to get anything else that day, or the following Monday. If I pull 405 I'll be 6.5 lbs from 1000lb club, even if my other lifts don't move at all.

[arian11]

DLs looked too easy, just pull 4 plates next time

No point in wasting energy pulling 405 after a top set of 5 when he is going to pull 425+ after a deload. Come at us bro.

[HoneyBadger300]

No point in wasting energy pulling 405 after a top set of 5 when he is going to pull 425+ after a deload. Come at us bro.

Lol, yeah right. I'm down though.

[pyaarawala]

I try to always be in and out of the gym quickly. There's no one there I care about, and that sesh was in between classes. V-Day and I-Day take a lot of time because of all the rest between sets, but Recovery Day is kinda like "meh, whatever, let's get outta here." That and the beady little eyes of all the chicks on the elypticals was getting annoying.

What holds you up?

I dunno, maybe I just move too slow in between warmups and exercises. Whenever I'm just halfway done with my workout I notice that it's been well over an hour already. Time just flies in the gym I guess.

Oh and your lifts look good! I just noticed the consistent butt-wink in the squats, but I can't seem to get that right either no matter how hard I try.

[xRequiem]

No point in wasting energy pulling 405 after a top set of 5 when he is going to pull 425+ after a deload. Come at us bro.

You don't deload on TM bro.