Texas Method

[HunterMC6]

Oh i see. if u get a ps3 lemme know id love to have a bb.com friend lol

Don't hold your breath on that haha. Calculus owns my life at the moment so I don't have much time for extra curricular activities..

[Sinaku5]

Nice log. All of the videos were pretty impressive, I echo what fittofat said about the deadlifting though. Your legs seem to be pushing before your back is pulling though which is probably why your back is rounding a bit. There are two things that I picked up on from the video which might be able to help. Firstly, on some of the reps it looked as though the bar position on your foot was pretty near your toes (as opposed to it crossing the midpoint of your foot) which could be putting you slightly off balance and leaning a bit too far forwards at the start of the lift. Secondly, are you taking a deep enough breath before each pull? It was hard to tell but it didn't look as if you were which could also be part of the reason that you're struggling to maintain a straight back. I hope that was somewhat helpful, I'll keep an eye on your log to watch your progress

Yeah, that was the most I've ever pulled and DL isn't my strongest point; but ill make the corrections to make it better.

Thank you for the tips; I may not have been taking a big enough breath and I'll focus on having the bar over mid-foot. I appreciate the tips! We'll see what 315 looks like next week.

Thanks for dropping in!

I was reading your program and was thinking there's way too much volume there! I'm on Texas Method as well (weigh 140lb, squat 5RM 255lb, bench 5RM 157.5lb, deadlift 3RM 300lb), setup like this:

Volume
Squats 5x5@(85% of intensity weight)
OHP/Bench 5x5@(85% of intensity weight)
Back Ext 3x10@(whatever is comfortable)
Pullups/Dips 3x8

Recovery
Squats 2x5x(80% of volume weight)
Bench/OHP 3x5x(80% of volume weight)

Intensity
Squats 5RM
OHP/Bench 5RM
Deadlift 5RM or 3RM (depending how your recovery is)
Pullups/Dips

If you start adding anymore in, it starts to become too much.

Yeah, I have an interest in more volume, so I switched the program midway through my log to PHAT style programming. The previous volume I had was affecting my intensity day so I decided to switch programs. Thanks for dropping in tho!

BTW - at those stats it seems like you should still be able to milk SS and continue linear progression; is there a particular reason you chose Texas Method at this time in your training? You should be able to make MUCH strength gains on something like SS for now.

Don't hold your breath on that haha. Calculus owns my life at the moment so I don't have much time for extra curricular activities..

Lol...calculus - it makes me cringe just thinking about it.

Meh; I make time for video games. Sundays are typically my gaming/netflix days. Nice and relaxing


Today's workout

"Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you." - Ralph Waldo Emerson,

Shoulder and Back hypertrophy

Bench dynamic effort
135x10x3

DB OHP
60x3x6

Seated Military Press
115x3x8

DB Shoulder lat raise
10x3x12

Pull-ups
BWx3x8

Seated Cable Rowws
110x3x10

Yates Rows
115x3x8

Close grip pull down
85x3x15

Cable Crossovers
10x3x10

All in all good session, low weights high volume.

My hip flexors and mostly lower body are in pain from the tone-up class yesterday lol...intense stuff.

Leg hypertrophy tomorrow.

[HunterMC6]

Nice work bro! How do you like PHAT so far? I have seen mixed reviews on it. Some claim it is just to hard of a program to take on without a decent amount of previous gains. Others love the volume.

[fittofattofit]

All in all good session, low weights high volume.

My hip flexors and mostly lower body are in pain from the tone-up class yesterday lol...intense stuff.

Leg hypertrophy tomorrow.

Yeah...good session = loads of upper body volume
My wife always asks me to join her with some of her classes eg 'step', 'balance', 'attack' and whenever I do I always find some part of me that aches. It's one of the reasons that I've started to do a few more functional/compound/plyo movements in my schedule

[Sinaku5]

Today's session

Chest and arm hypertrophy + power bench

Bench
230x3x5 <----EASY! Ass on bench for all reps, driving through toes, decent arch. I used Dave Tate's set up method and the weight felt EASY...I guess Tate was right...I didn't know how to Fawkin bench lol.



Incline BB Press
135x2x10
135x1x8

Hammer Strength Press
2PPSx3x12

Chest Cable Flys
17.5x2x15

BB Curl
80x2x8
80x1x6

DB Curl
30x2x7
30x1x8

CGBP
135x3x12

Straight Bar Pull-down
42x5x3x10

All in all great stuff. Bench form looked better. Weight felt lighter at 230. Reps and weights went up on many exercises

Next day is power day...bring it on

[HunterMC6]

Mirini' bench numbers nice work! What does CGBP target that is different from normal flat bench? By the way the last few videos you have posted have not worked without clicking on the youtube icon and watching it on youtube directly. I don't know if its my browser or not anyone else have this problem?

when I get to the video I get this at the top of the screen:

This video is unlisted. Only those with the link can see it. Learn more

[Sinaku5]

Mirini' bench numbers nice work! What does CGBP target that is different from normal flat bench? By the way the last few videos you have posted have not worked without clicking on the youtube icon and watching it on youtube directly. I don't know if its my browser or not anyone else have this problem?

when I get to the video I get this at the top of the screen:

Lol Ty!

Cgbp targets the triceps more than the chest. I use it as a tricep exercise. To my knowledge its a great tricep.mass builder.

Yeah the vids were unlisted before. I just changed it to public does it work now without clicking the YouTube icon.

[fittofattofit]

Hey.....you made those 230s look too easy! You had a few more reps left in you as well, but no point in pushing it too hard!
Form looked tight and that will stand you in good stead for bumping the bench weight next time = 235 x 5 for 3 sets? You've got it!
I'm mirin' the HS pressing as well at 2pps!

[GinjaNinja85]

Massive bench press! Your like me in that your pressing is relatively much stronger than your squats. Better that way I think, as the squat is easier to gain strength in.

[Sinaku5]

Hey.....you made those 230s look too easy! You had a few more reps left in you as well, but no point in pushing it too hard!
Form looked tight and that will stand you in good stead for bumping the bench weight next time = 235 x 5 for 3 sets? You've got it!
I'm mirin' the HS pressing as well at 2pps!

Thank you! All of your form tips really helped i appreciate all the help Andrew!

235 for 3 sets of 5 is my next goal yeah. And to think i said when i hit 225 for reps id be happy...not satisfied with it now

HS press felt easy for some reason today. Thanks for all the support!

Now if i could just get my yates rows to the 200lbs ur pulling!

[Sinaku5]

Massive bench press! Your like me in that your pressing is relatively much stronger than your squats. Better that way I think, as the squat is easier to gain strength in.

Yeah. Not sure why. I always did a lot of pressing when i was younger and neglected legs so that may have something to do with it.

My squat is always a grinder tho! Its never easier than it was last time lol and ik that ur squats are becoming a but of a grinder too! Just gotta push through them!

Thank you for the support.

[GinjaNinja85]

Yeah. Not sure why. I always did a lot of pressing when i was younger and neglected legs so that may have something to do with it.

My squat is always a grinder tho! Its never easier than it was last time lol and ik that ur squats are becoming a but of a grinder too! Just gotta push through them!

Thank you for the support.

Same here, not enough leg work before I started SS in March. Yep, squats are killer most days, but that's what seperates the men from the boys ay.

[HunterMC6]

Lol Ty!

Cgbp targets the triceps more than the chest. I use it as a tricep exercise. To my knowledge its a great tricep.mass builder.

Yeah the vids were unlisted before. I just changed it to public does it work now without clicking the YouTube icon.

Nice thanks! The videos work now.

[Sinaku5]

Same here, not enough leg work before I started SS in March. Yep, squats are killer most days, but that's what seperates the men from the boys ay.

Lol. So. Fawking. True.

I remember in one of rips books he said something about how no one wants to do squats to parallel because its so hard so they'd prefer just doing quarter squats with massive weight. Made me laugh.

[GinjaNinja85]

Lol. So. Fawking. True.

I remember in one of rips books he said something about how no one wants to do squats to parallel because its so hard so they'd prefer just doing quarter squats with massive weight. Made me laugh.

I remember reading that. I've lost count of the amount of times a bro has come up to me and told me I don't need to squat so deep. When I say I do it for more hamstring and glute recruitment they look at me blankly then proceed to half squat next to me

[Datfox]

Strong bench press. You said you used Dave Tate's setup method, where can I find this?

[Sinaku5]

I remember reading that. I've lost count of the amount of times a bro has come up to me and told me I don't need to squat so deep. When I say I do it for more hamstring and glute recruitment they look at me blankly then proceed to half squat next to me

Lol... I've never had someone tell me that fortunately...I'd prolly just give them the bertstare lol.

They're only cheating themselves. IMO a squat above parallel is not a proper squat. Its a half, quarter squat, or a motion just short of a squat. Simple as that.

Strong bench press. You said you used Dave Tate's setup method, where can I find this?

Hey Datfox! Dave Tate describes his "pull-through" set up method here, at about 6 minutes through the video:



It REALLY helped me. Let me know if you find it helpful as I did!

Also - if it helps heres a link from T-nation that goes more in depth and compliments the vid well in regards to Tate's Six-Week BP cure.

http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_...nch_press_cure

looking forward to your next session!

[Sinaku5]

Random note to keep the log going - Planning on seeing Paranormal Activity 4 tonight...I'll let you guys know how it is in case anyone's interested .

[HunterMC6]

Random note to keep the log going - Planning on seeing Paranormal Activity 4 tonight...I'll let you guys know how it is in case anyone's interested .

Take a lady friend and hold her tight when she gets scared

[Sinaku5]

Take a lady friend and hold her tight when she gets scared

Lol im going with my gf.

Great minds think alike

[Sinaku5]

Today was an interesting day...

Power Day

Squats
275x3x5 <-----I actually missed the last two reps on the last set but I'm going to count it because it was nothing more than a mental thing. I racked the weight and lifted it again. Felt AWESOME. Next time I'll do 280x3x5. SOOOOO close to 315.



OHP
140x3x5 <----I'm going to have to begin microloading these. Next session I'll go for 142.5.



Rows
160x3x5 <---I used the tips found in FittoFattoFit's log and found it to be a little better.

Dips
BW+80x2x6 <----I threw on the weight just to see if I could do it... and I could. I'll hit 80x2x8 next session then I'll move up to BW + 90lb dips.


Chin-ups
BW+35x2x6
BWx1x5


I skipped the dead lifts. I just couldn't pull with good form after all that heavy work. I'll find somewhere to throw them in this week though. Maybe on leg hypertrophy day...I'll prolly lower the weight and do deficit DLs on hypertrophy day, work on keeping my legs down.

Sidenote: Paranormal activity 4 rocked...creepy as hell.

And lastly: Found this and loved it; bit of a squat Natzi, yes, but its awesome...



Also...found this in the nutritional misc section...your welcome to all who view
https://www.********.com/SheSquatsBro

[RyouBakua]

good job on the squats man

you really drove that weight home



i havent seen PA4 yet, but Grave Encounters 2 was pretty good

check it out

[fittofattofit]

Great job on the squatting! That was heavy and you kept your form very well. Good depth and strong out of the hole ----- you're racing towards a 3pps set in the New Year
OHPs were very good as well (no leg drive at all for those) and the dips were great for depth and strength.
I'm glad that the rows felt better so I hope that the tips proved handy
Everything is looking really good and it was a good move to leave the deads after all the other heavy work in that session.
What is your height and weight now? You look tall and you're looking really solid so I'm guessing about 6' and 200lbs

[Sinaku5]

good job on the squats man

you really drove that weight home



i havent seen PA4 yet, but Grave Encounters 2 was pretty good

check it out

Thank you!

I fawking loved the first grave encounters i didn't know there was a second one.

Ill definitely check it out asap. Ill let UK what i think after i watch it.

[Sinaku5]

Great job on the squatting! That was heavy and you kept your form very well. Good depth and strong out of the hole ----- you're racing towards a 3pps set in the New Year
OHPs were very good as well (no leg drive at all for those) and the dips were great for depth and strength.
I'm glad that the rows felt better so I hope that the tips proved handy
Everything is looking really good and it was a good move to leave the deads after all the other heavy work in that session.
What is your height and weight now? You look tall and you're looking really solid so I'm guessing about 6' and 200lbs

Thanks Andrew!

Im probably going to be a bit more aggressive with my squat and up them 7.5lbs a week to make my goal.

Yeah im 6 foot 184lbs. Im getting a bit tubby lol but im planning on fixing that with my cut. Your leaning out nicely tho. Nj on that. I remember on ur pull up did u had the tree. How's ur abs coming in?

[HunterMC6]

Nice work on the squats man! Pushing some serious weight around man really impressive. Form looks great too. OHP looked like a grinder but you got it! Does your gym carry micro plates or did you have to buy some?

[Sinaku5]

Nice work on the squats man! Pushing some serious weight around man really impressive. Form looks great too. OHP looked like a grinder but you got it! Does your gym carry micro plates or did you have to buy some?

Thanks Hunter!

I may actually be beginning my cut a bit sooner...I don't want to get to 200 lbs then need to cut 35 lbs lol.

There's no "official cutting thread for November" in the Losing Fat section, otherwise I'd begin my cut now. I'm guessing there will be one for December and if there is I will begin my cut then.

I had to buy my own micro plates. I got them from amazon for a few bucks. Under 20 i believe.

You'll be catching up to me in no time with the weights tho. You're progression is going real well.

Keep up the great work!

[moshvr]

Nice weights being tossed around in here.

Subbed!

[Sinaku5]

Nice weights being tossed around in here.

Subbed!

I appreciate it man!

Glad to have ya!

I looked in your log for a hot second and saw that u were throwing around some pretty impressive weight.

[moshvr]

I appreciate it man!

Glad to have ya!

I looked in your log for a hot second and saw that u were throwing around some pretty impressive weight.

Thanks man! My bench is a bit off of yours ... It's always been kind of a week spot for me. Working on it!