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[fittofattofit]

Squat form looked really good to me. You could see you wavering a little with the last rep, so no problem in staying with the 265 for another week or two
Great form on the deficit deads. You can see how they force you to adopt a good upright stance and help to build that strength off the ground. I'm sure my trainer will have me doing them on Thursday, but, you're inspiring me to squeeze some in tomorrow as well

[Opeth09]

Good squats man. I thought they looked good. Tough reps, but good reps

Good call on the deficit deads, they are something I have never tried but plan to soon

[Juggernaut0]

Nice work man. Bad ass woman there... lol

Why was 215 heavy? What was the weight for your last volume bench?

[moshvr]

Last couple of sessions have really looked good man

[juicydanglers]

awesome strength duuude

push up the squat 5 pounds

come on

do eeeeeeeeeeeet

[pyaarawala]

Everything looks good man! Deadlifts look great too. Got your whole body working in one fluid motion rather than in pieces like before. Haven't been to the gym cuz of my vacation and watching those squats really got me going!

[GinjaNinja85]

Squats looked bang on mate. I like the notes. Looks like your gonna play it smart this time round.

[mike201011]

squat depth looked real nice brah!















get dem 5 lbs!

[Sinaku5]

Squat form looked really good to me. You could see you wavering a little with the last rep, so no problem in staying with the 265 for another week or two
Great form on the deficit deads. You can see how they force you to adopt a good upright stance and help to build that strength off the ground. I'm sure my trainer will have me doing them on Thursday, but, you're inspiring me to squeeze some in tomorrow as well

Thanks Andrew! Yeah I definitely agree - one more week should do the trick. Next VD I'll repeat 265, then I'll move onto 270lbs on the squats.

And yeah - deficit DLs were GREAT for really enforcing the concept of leg drive into my head. Your Defict Deadlifts are probably like 10x the weight I'm using tho lol.

Good squats man. I thought they looked good. Tough reps, but good reps

Good call on the deficit deads, they are something I have never tried but plan to soon

Thanks Opeth! Tough, but they felt AWESOME! Letme know what you think of the deficit deadlifts when you implement them into your routine!

Nice work man. Bad ass woman there... lol

Why was 215 heavy? What was the weight for your last volume bench?

Thanks Jugz! Yeah - she looks like she's ready to kick some ass lol...in a sexy way.

Not too sure why 215 felt so heavy to be honest. It wasn't unbearably heavy, just felt like it would be too heavy to allow solid progression on my ID.

Last couple of sessions have really looked good man

Thanks Michael! Yours have as well! You really maintained your strength on your break.

awesome strength duuude

push up the squat 5 pounds

come on

do eeeeeeeeeeeet

Lol...thanks Juicy!! - THE PEER PRESSURE!!!! Lol I'll see how the squats feel on VD, if they feel too easy I'll bump them now, if they still feel like they'd allow progression I'll keep them there for one more VD.

Everything looks good man! Deadlifts look great too. Got your whole body working in one fluid motion rather than in pieces like before. Haven't been to the gym cuz of my vacation and watching those squats really got me going!

Thanks Pyaarawala! I appreciate the compliment and I agree - my deads were a mess before lol.

Yeah when I'm away from the gym I get anxious to go back too! I know that feelbro lol!

Squats looked bang on mate. I like the notes. Looks like your gonna play it smart this time round.

Thanks Ginja! Yeah after seeing the insane strength that so many people have gained from TM in their logs I figured its worth it to run it properly lol.

squat depth looked real nice brah!















get dem 5 lbs!

Lol Thanks Mike!

AGAIN WITH THE PEER PRESSURE!

We'll see how the weights feel on my next VD.

[Sinaku5]

Quick Note: Recovery day was just there...I didn't get a chance to upload it but it was kind of funny cuz the gym I went to didn't have a squat rack cuz its under construction, so I decided to powerclean some weight off of the bar for the bench press and do front squats to OHP for recovery day - everyone at the gym looked at me like I was a crazy person. I don't think they ever saw power cleans or front squats before in their life. lol.

Squats
305x1x5

Honestly these didn't feel too hard. Rep 4 and 5 were a bit questionable, but I really think it was just because I psyched myself out with the weight. After I got done with the set and racked it I realized that it really didn't feel that heavy; like if I needed to I could do another set of them with better form.

Bench
235x1x5

These weren't that bad, but I'm going to begin microloading the BP and OHP I think. In the vid below the weight looks much heavier than it actually was because I wasn't far enough forward so the bar kept hitting the safety things for the BP and throwing me off

DL
340x1x5

Form looks pretty good to me. I need to stop taking so long between reps though. I'll work on that next session.

OHP
140x1x5

I'll go up to 142.5 which I think may be a PR.

Incline BP
185x3x5

I did these with a closer grip than I normally would. I used a grip where my hands were thumbs length from the smooth part of the bar. Normally I'd align my hands so that my pinky is set right before the ring on the bar.

Chin-ups
35lbsx1x7
35lbsx2x6

[nads786]

Good work buddy! That BP looked a bit harder than usual. Are you still cutting?

[Sinaku5]

Good work buddy! That BP looked a bit harder than usual. Are you still cutting?

TY Nadeem! No, I'm eating closer to maintenance now, just a bit over, but the stupid bar kept hitting the pin things to rack the bar on which threw me off really bad.

[Sen8or]

last rep was a grinder on your bench, but rest looked ok. Good solid workout

[Sinaku5]

last rep was a grinder on your bench, but rest looked ok. Good solid workout

Thanks Sen!

[fittofattofit]

Great form on those vids Musid --- you're looking really strong on those squats and the deads. I didn't think reps 4 or 5 looked bad at all so repping 315 with good form is happening soon, especially now that you're eating back at maintenance. The deadlift form looked excellent to me. I'm really jealous now

Great work!

[Sinaku5]

Great form on those vids Musid --- you're looking really strong on those squats and the deads. I didn't think reps 4 or 5 looked bad at all so repping 315 with good form is happening soon, especially now that you're eating back at maintenance. The deadlift form looked excellent to me. I'm really jealous now

Great work!

Lol Thanks Andrew!!!

Its all in part because of your awesome tips! I appreciate all of the tips and critiques you've given me honestly - They've improved my deads tremendously.

[viennafat]

lol @ the power clean story.
I bet people were bert staring hard.


Awesome ID work.
Everything looked good and you're putting up great numbers.
Micro loading is probably a good move.

Great stuff, Musid!

[Sinaku5]

lol @ the power clean story.
I bet people were bert staring hard.


Awesome ID work.
Everything looked good and you're putting up great numbers.
Micro loading is probably a good move.

Great stuff, Musid!

Lol they were bertstaring hard!

Thanks Tom! I appreciate it! Yeah I figure I've been being greedy with 5lb increases on my pressing for too long lol.

[Opeth09]

Good workout man! Squats looked great! I agree with you on the deads and taking long breaks between sets. I usually drop the bar, take a second to regrip, and pull again. Strong form though! And bench press looked good, sucks that you kept hitting the pins though. Last rep was brutal, but I am sure if the pins weren't messing you up it would have been no big deal.

[Sinaku5]

Good workout man! Squats looked great! I agree with you on the deads and taking long breaks between sets. I usually drop the bar, take a second to regrip, and pull again. Strong form though! And bench press looked good, sucks that you kept hitting the pins though. Last rep was brutal, but I am sure if the pins weren't messing you up it would have been no big deal.

Thanks opeth!

Yeah i need to do that for deads i feel like im kind of cheating right now. I wasn't sure if id hit the last rep!! Lol those damn pins!

[ch3v3ll3]

damn 235x5 looked smooth as hell.

You think you'll be stickin with TM for a lot longer?

[juicydanglers]

dam son, thats a hell of a session

whats tougher the volume or intensity day?

they both look pretty hardcore

[Sinaku5]

damn 235x5 looked smooth as hell.

You think you'll be stickin with TM for a lot longer?

Thank you!

Yeah i plan on sticking with TM at least until i hit a 405 squat.

[Sinaku5]

dam son, thats a hell of a session

whats tougher the volume or intensity day?

they both look pretty hardcore

Thanks Dave!

And that's a tough question! They're both hell but i think ID is much more daunting than ID. Its a true test of your strength! Lol.

[SuicideGripMe]

Damn man, you are putting a lot of volume/intensity in that one day.

[Juggernaut0]

Great stuff man!

Don't think microloading your presses is necessary at this stage, IMO. Cutting right now isn't really doing you any favors, so I'd keep that in mind.

[Sinaku5]

Damn man, you are putting a lot of volume/intensity in that one day.

Thanks suicide!

I try to keep the volume fairly low but i wanted to do incline presses too so i just went for a 3x5 of them.

[Sinaku5]

Great stuff man!

Don't think microloading your presses is necessary at this stage, IMO. Cutting right now isn't really doing you any favors, so I'd keep that in mind.

Thanks juggernaut.

Yeah i see that your presses have been at 5lb increases. I appreciate the feedback. Ill keep it at 5lbs for the next few sessions and see how they go

And Im not cutting anymore - im doing a slight bulk. I may cut again in march just to be more cut for summertime tho.

[xRequiem]

Ideal Intensity Day sinaku, keep it up

[Sinaku5]

Ideal Intensity Day sinaku, keep it up

Thanks Requiem!

I'm chasing your squat!