Doughnutgut to peanutgut to washboardgut.. Is it possible???

[ThighoftheTiger]

Some people (me) hate squats, some people (you) hate deads.

Got me wondering about your back and your daily driving. For me, my wife's car destroys my back in 30 minutes. But my truck, I can do hours as needed. Do you have a good setup in your driver's seat?

Oh, and most importantly, that chix made me hungry!! :slobber.jpg

[doughnutgut]

I do very little else on deadlift day either except some BBB Goblet squats or 60% back squats at best. I leave it at that now and have felt way better for it. You got pretty close to 300 lbs there. That's nothing to hang your head about. And I didn't quote


Happy birthday too if I read that correctly. So 40 tomorrow or 39?

I was 39 mate.

I have considerable lower back DOMS today. Nice feels. But I am pretty much wired to keeping it low on Deads day where accessories come Dave. Cheers.

Big workout Leigh. For someone who hates deads you decided to throw jokers in at the end huh? :-D

Great pulling today, anything over 8 reps on deads is pretty brutal. Nice way to get the 11 on the + side. Lots of upside there man. Great looking grub as well.

Have you tried sumo deads? Maybe those will not bother your back nearly as much. I imagine if you could build a sumo pull to near your conventional pull on 531 you would end up with a pretty big bump in what you could pull conventionally down the road. Maybe a trap bar deads would be a good alternative as well. Idk, just spitballing here.

Tried Sumo. But tbh. My pull is ok. I am able to potato over 3 plates. But even on low weight. My lower back gets achy from the hinge. No trap bar here.

Yep but deadlifting is the most important thing in the training universe so its OK :-D

Not that I dont like other stuff. But if your going to prioritize something...

I rest my case and await flounders rebuttal.

Flounder is playing on his swing in the field he calls a garden. Cheer Robert.

Same boat as u with deads, contemplating swapping them for rack pulls....

I aint gonna chuck them out. Will keep plugging. Just like to moan. Everyone knows DNG likes a moan.

If your lower back is constantly fatigued on deads, are you certain form is optimal and safe? Regardless, a lot of people do rack pulls instead. Don't really see the issue with it. I personally dig stiff legged deadlifts just because it's much easier to hinge my hips if my knees aren't moving.

Strong pressing mate. Good to see you again <3

Cheers buddy. I read your PM. I am coming into reply mode sometime tonight or tomorrow my good pal. My form is dandy. Honestly. I could not possibly get any tighter with such poverty weight.

I am just feeling abuse from lack of movement in early life.

I thought your press was measured in kilos. :-(

They are.



Still poverty.

WO looks strong to me Leigh, and miren that dayum jerk chicken, could eat that all day long!!!

Tell me about your breathing tech you are suing on the press... please? :-)

Breathing trick is clever. It is dont feking breathe until the set is over. srs. If I do need to draw breath. I will then re rack and get tight again.

I am not able to brace my core correctly with the bar on my upper chest. I use the breathing technique you see in Norwichgrads vids. For all my sets now.

I did 4 sets of deads today and quit.....
Great job!

Cheers mate. Gym looking sexy.

Don't know what to add to the mix.....I don't hate deadz but I also don't put any pressure on myself to push for PR's with it....Hang in there Doughnut it's really early in the game and the game never ends...

Give Harry a high five :-)

I don't put no pressure on myself for PRs either Ron. They will come when they are ready. No hurry. As long as I balls to wall my main session. I know it will come again.

Harry will get a high five from Ron as soon as he wakes from his mid morning snooze.

11 reps on plus set = one better than the press day excellent

For someone who hates something, you seem to be pretty phucking good at it

This was my favourite part

Joker(ish)
100kilo x 3
110kilo x 1
120kilo x 1
125kilo x 1

Now that is impressive after the 11 rep plus set and with back fatigue setting in by that point I would imagine

bench day to look forward to now, bench day is a treat after heavy deads days.

Thanks Steve. Bench today. Lack of sleep. But will give it full potato at about 3pm.

Good to see deadlifting happening, that's some good wt for someone who's getting tortured by the DL. :-D ;-)

Cheers Hammer.

Nice to see the press and bench going up again! Waiting until you start going for 100kg on bench again :-P

Don't hold ya breath. Cos if you do while waiting. You may never draw another one.

Cycle one is up and running smooth. Your +set numbers in the double digits right now is good (as you know). I'm "guiding" a 22 year old who wa to to powerlift and he's started 5/3/1 yesterday. Brings me a sheet with all his cycle numbers and he'll be lucky to not stall in the second cycle . Some people just don't get it no matter how many times it's said....start light, work your whey into the program.

Dreads...well...suck it up. I'm the same with dreads and out. Just about the same with my 5/3/1 squat day. That's why I have a catch all day (OHP day) where I catch some accessories I might have done during the week.

Yup. I could of easily adjusted my numbers to hit around 6 or 7 on my plus 5 days. But I managed to get to around cycle 6 before a minor stall last run. So this should keep me sweet until about then.

Well. We shall see what my bench and squat figures come out at first. lol.

I am sucking it right up John. It is just a PITA kind of feel after the session is done.

I'm with you on that Leigh!

We are dead hating buddies. I like it.

Fanny pad rubbing? Mangina caught in thongs?

Regardless that a hell of a lot of volume for deads.
Never been so happy when I switch the BBB to the opposite days. Heavy then light, made a whole world of difference.

Fixed for ya mate. That is honestly all it is.

Some people (me) hate squats, some people (you) hate deads.

Got me wondering about your back and your daily driving. For me, my wife's car destroys my back in 30 minutes. But my truck, I can do hours as needed. Do you have a good setup in your driver's seat?

Oh, and most importantly, that chix made me hungry!! :slobber.jpg

I honestly don't spend my life in the car mate. I know some who virtually live in theirs. But I do this so I can come and go as I please and see Harry and Anna whenever I feel like it.

I get roughly 4 and a half days a week in. But TBH. I should really say 4 days because Saturdays I am usually only out for 3 or 4 hours at best.

You seldom get me doing much more than 35 hours mate. 40-42 at a very greedy push.

My seat is not in the cruise position. I sit upright and often squeeze shoulders together so as to drive upright.

It is a Skoda Superb. So it is not too shabby for seat positioning.




Workout on the whey later tonight.

[doughnutgut]

Wendlers 5/3/1
Cycle 1 proper.
Week 1 +5
Boring But Big
Set at 50%
Bench.


Warmup.
Wide grip lat pulldown
40pin 3 x 12

Seated row.
3rd pin 3 x 12

Arm circles of peas.


bench press
Each set had either lat pulldown or seated row x 12 between.
5 × 30 [5]
5 × 37.5 [5,1.25,1.25,1.25]
3 × 45 [10,1.25,1.25]

5 × 50 [15]
5 × 57.5 [15,1.25,1.25,1.25] (bumped to 60) weights were stolen.

5+ × 65 [20,1.25,1.25] ----------- Made 12.


BBB. EMOM
10 × 37.5 [5,1.25,1.25,1.25] BUMPED TO 40s
10 x 40 [10] speed
10 x 40 [10] speed
10 x 40 [10] paused
10 x 40 [10] half n half

10 x 40 [10] 6th. Grinder.



Accessories.
DB Side lat raise. (lol @ weight)
2kilo Dbs x 12
4kilo Dbs x 12
6kilo Dbs x 12

Drop sets.
6/4/2 x 12 of each.
2min rest
6/4/2 x 12
2min rest
6/4/2 x 12
2min rest

Bang bangs
2 sets of 5.


END.



10 good nice reps on bench. Final 2 were dirty buggers. Hard ground. But fought for.
Takes my 1rm to around 91kilo. Soon. Coming back fast now.

BBB killed.

Side raises with pinker than pinks were strict. Hence the low weight. But still 6s felt too heavy. Forced final 4 or 5 reps out each time.

Bang bangs / or should i say fek feks. Were horrible.



So deadlifts. Will add in bicep work. 21s and drop sets after a 5 set of 3 warmup and 2 working sets and increase per week after hitting target.


This is all.


Squats tomorrow. Crap.

[SteveWright1]

Looks like an excellent session Leigh
12 reps with 65 is great going

a 6th set on BBB also for additional volume
like the format you used, seated rows and Lat pulls either of which done between sets looks good to me

[RT1957]

Good Bench Day Doughnut and I'm happy to see the push pull going on....I think you'll see that your shoulder issues will be gone the farther you take it into your training.....I'm surprised now how little I hurt for such simple things like push pull....

OK go squat

[fittofattofit]

I was 39 mate.

Smart arse youngster

bench press
5+ × 65 [20,1.25,1.25] ----------- Made 12.


BBB. EMOM
10 × 37.5 [5,1.25,1.25,1.25] BUMPED TO 40s
10 x 40 [10] speed
10 x 40 [10] speed
10 x 40 [10] paused
10 x 40 [10] half n half

10 x 40 [10] 6th. Grinder.

Really impressed with that 65kg x 12 Leigh and love that EMOM ... pecs and tris must've felt smashed

[MooseTequila]

Great rep work on the bench Leigh, even if 2 were dirty, still counts, still taxing... and props for doing EMOM, I am not touching that crap... and speaking of crap, enjoy the squats

[scott_donald]

sounds like a great session there... pushing through hard on the bench... its a weird exercise and seems to be one of the easiest to really push yourself in...

were the dumbbells pink for the side laterals???

[raynerd]

Solid benching DNG, 12 reps on your plus set is fantastic, it's coming back fast, and you will be in new territory in no time. Great job on the accessories!

[mirroroferised]

Good work all around in here!

[Daniel0636]

12 reps with 65kg is pretty damn impressive, nice job man!

[connorpat1995]

12 rep bench set?
screw that, more tiring on the back than the chest at that point

you benching paused or tng?

[thehobbes]

Strong 12 rep finisher set on bp, had to google kg to lb as usual. Ooo squats of death and destrution this fine Saturday you say? You're gonna kill it DNG.

[EjnarKolinkar]

I've been slacking on my arm circles, good reminder ITT to warm up.

Nice work on the 10 reps. 91kilos sounds good to me

[doughnutgut]

Looks like an excellent session Leigh
12 reps with 65 is great going

a 6th set on BBB also for additional volume
like the format you used, seated rows and Lat pulls either of which done between sets looks good to me

Cheers Steve. Feeling it today for sure.

Good Bench Day Doughnut and I'm happy to see the push pull going on....I think you'll see that your shoulder issues will be gone the farther you take it into your training.....I'm surprised now how little I hurt for such simple things like push pull....

OK go squat

I dunno mate. One wrong move on the bench and that loose single rep will pop my shoulder no matter what pulls I do. I did squat. lol.

Thanks Ron.

Smart arse OAP ;-)

Fixed

Really impressed with that 65kg x 12 Leigh and love that EMOM ... pecs and tris must've felt smashed

Mate. Any touching right now and I wince like a little girls blouse. Smashed to pieces. Thanks monster. ( I seen them selfies )

Great rep work on the bench Leigh, even if 2 were dirty, still counts, still taxing... and props for doing EMOM, I am not touching that crap... and speaking of crap, enjoy the squats :-D

I am pretty much going with 10 for the plus set. The 2 really were filthy. Filthier than a casting couch Brazzers bird.

sounds like a great session there... pushing through hard on the bench... its a weird exercise and seems to be one of the easiest to really push yourself in...

were the dumbbells pink for the side laterals???

Them dumbbells were feeling manly. But shamefully were like toothpicks with polos on the end. Not pink, no. But I can increase with the 1.25 plates they have here by just holding them.

Yeah. I suppose it is easier to get a good session in when it is bench. Dunno why though.

Solid benching DNG, 12 reps on your plus set is fantastic, it's coming back fast, and you will be in new territory in no time. Great job on the accessories!

Cheers Shawn. Nice new gym toy BTW.

Good work all around in here!

12 reps with 65kg is pretty damn impressive, nice job man!

Cheers guys.

12 rep bench set?
screw that, more tiring on the back than the chest at that point

you benching paused or tng?

And very clever post there mate. It is strange how the Plus set brings the lower back for me anyhow. Into play. The last 4 reps were very VERY exhausting on the back. Even with a belt.

My benching is slow decent on the working sets and touch n go on the plus set. No bouncing allowed. I want the 2 plates with correct ROM. Some day.


Cheers doughnut monster.

Strong 12 rep finisher set on bp, had to google kg to lb as usual. Ooo squats of death and destrution this fine Saturday you say? You're gonna kill it DNG.

x 2.2lb lol.

I google stuff all the time. But mainly end up with a screen full of titties.





Workout on the Whey.

[doughnutgut]

Wendlers 5/3/1
Cycle 1 proper.
Week 1 +5
Boring But Big
Set at 50%
Squat.

Warmup ghost squats speed reps 3 x 15

squat
5 × 40 [10]
5 × 50 [15]
3 × 60 [20]

5 × 65 [20,2.5]
5 × 75 [20,5,2.5]

5+ × 85 [20,10,2.5] ---- Bagged 10

BBB EMOM. Stupid fekin idea.
10 × 50 [15]
2 pullups
10 × 50 [15]
2 pullups
10 × 50 [15]
2 pullups
10 × 50 [15]
2 pullups
10 × 50 [15]
2x2 pullups


END. Smashed.



Squats. Stopped at ten. They will come along. Wanted some breath for the BBB. DOMS tomorrow no doubt.

BBB fast. Lots of air holding. Tightness not lost at any time.

Set of 5 at 75 kilo



BBB SPEED.



PLUS SET = lol at 9th rep. Breathed and decided to pussy out. Had to readjust.






OK. Finally. Some food. Forgot to post Cod and chips from the coast. Fish was caught only hours before. Not a typical fried in cheap oil back street shed.




So I make you all aware. 39 years old. First pic looks like my face has melted. Well that is what you get with a young bairn LOL.
Also so most of you can compare and realize that YOUR progress can now be nodded at when comparing to my lack of gainz.
But I like to keep myself accountable.

Also note. None of these are flexed LOL. Like that matters.

[conoutlook]

Your form is bang on dude, love that 4th pic

[raynerd]

Hard work on the squats and BBB EMOM work DNG! Form looks bang on dood! You look pretty decent in the progress pics DNG, don't look like a 6 month layoff that's for sure!

[Sen8or]

No full potato in those pics (except the last one), although some sun might not go amiss...........

[mirroroferised]

So I make you all aware. 39 years old. First pic looks like my face has melted. Well that is what you get with a young bairn LOL.

This made me actually lol My wife and I always joke about how we look in pics now that we have kids.

For a guy who just took 6 months off and sits down for work you're doing pretty damn good. And if there's one thing that I miss possibly more than your bacon over there it's the fish and chips

And nice squatting of course.

[doughnutgut]

Your form is bang on dude, love that 4th pic

LOL. That was a Potato flex of peace. Cheers.

Hard work on the squats and BBB EMOM work DNG! Form looks bang on dood! You look pretty decent in the progress pics DNG, don't look like a 6 month layoff that's for sure!

TBH Shawn. I am not even contemplating faffing about with weight reductions for the forseeable future. I know I am VERY FLUFFY. But I am just going to concentrate on progressing on the bar and eventually this year introducing more mild jogging. 5k a few times a week should be enough to keep my health together.

Already found the spot. The lamp post run/walk was how I managed to get to 10k a while back. But the 10k always fuked my body up due to gate, etc.


So 5 it will be.

No full potato in those pics (except the last one), although some sun might not go amiss...........

Autumn is now upon us mate. No sun gets on this body. Mate. My image issues are bad enough posting on here. Let alone anyone else IRL seeing my bloody torso.

This made me actually lol My wife and I always joke about how we look in pics now that we have kids.

For a guy who just took 6 months off and sits down for work you're doing pretty damn good. And if there's one thing that I miss possibly more than your bacon over there it's the fish and chips

And nice squatting of course.

Aged 200 years since Harry's birth.

Bacon here is argued about all over this site. Muricans won't admit it. But mate. We are very lucky in that department. Fish. Cod actually, is very good here and as we live close to the sea. Sourced early and cooked that day.

As for the body. You are too kind. I know I am not in the best of shapes. Well for a blimp I am. But shrugs. Little insight.


I see this game as one that grips a lot of us folk and then has us hugely missing the overall goal altogether with the mirror and scale playing a huge part in the progress.

We want to get strong. The numbers are all that matter. We slow down in the PRs. Then decide that we look chubby. Start a deficit and get disheatrned by the numbers we have consistently chased, dropping.

So we get all fogged and lose the direction and starting goal we once had.

So for me at least. This time (injury pending, Touch wood) I will crack on. Get to a point of squeezing everything I can out of Wendler. Really putting focus on building myself a base.

This means that although looking great in a tshirt. Not so much without. That eventually. When the time comes. There will actually be no worry about the drop in numbers. As long as I balls to wall with diet and training. I will keep as much of the hard earned mass that I can.

Then the obvious. Looking like DYEL in a tshirt.


Vicious circle. But one I now have total control over.


TL/DNR. But inevitably, it's the truth.

[RT1957]

Solid squat session Doughnut......keep at it....me I love cod but ya got to eat it the day it's caught or it get really smelly fast.....

[shaneinga]

Nice day of skwots! I keep hearing 40 is the new 30, I would rather just be 30 again myself.

[NorwichGrad]

Mate,

Those squats were outstanding! That's how it's done..

I had to turn down my laptop's volume. Not because of the crappy music, but because so I can feel and see your awesomeness on the screen..

Well done..

[doughnutgut]

Solid squat session Doughnut......keep at it....me I love cod but ya got to eat it the day it's caught or it get really smelly fast.....

Cheers Ron. The quayside opens early for the fish market. Restaurants and the like get there for the good stuff. This place is bang in the middle of the fish market. So it can't come any fresher. Plus the place is a fortune in comparison to most places but the queue is mindblowing.

I am a big fan of mushy peas as well.

Nice day of skwots! I keep hearing 40 is the new 30, I would rather just be 30 again myself.

I am in a pretty happy place in comparison to my past dude. So I will keep the late thirties thanks.

Cheers mate.

Mate,

Those squats were outstanding! That's how it's done..

I had to turn down my laptop's volume. Not because of the crappy music, but because so I can feel and see your awesomeness on the screen..

Well done..

You are far far too kind winkle.

But I guess I will take that as not having to change anything drastic then?

Cheers either way you short armed Trex sumo pulling PR doubling ninja.

[Bh44]

Sorry Ive been away from the log; getting started with school again, I've basically only had time to do my log.

Anyways; I second that maybe you should look into Sumo pulls. depending on ROM of several things (hips, ankles etc) it may be better for you. I switched to sumo just before my accident, and the only time I get lower back doms is when my form is the issue now. I always found that conventional was more stressing on the low back.

A cue that Mike Wines taught me that has helped me a ton (less stressing on the low back). "Think of the deadlift as a push, not a pull. Focus on pushing the ground away, NOT pull the bar up" - Mike Wines

[anonymous]

back in for cod n chips (almost worth going back to the UK for after seeing that plate, that and a decent curry) and @ 39 you're too old to misc, Granddad

oh wait, I'm 39 too

agree with NG, those were some nice squats!

[scott_donald]

everything is looking good with the squats... impressive stuff...

[piperdown]

That was a nice tight form on the squats…I should be so lucky.

Also, nice job on the benching from a few days ago. Sometimes volume helps get over sticking points.

Jelly on the fresh fish. I'm smack dab in the middle of the US. Only fresh fish is bass or catfish, neither of which I'm overly fond of. When I travel for work to the coasts I usually gorge myself on seafood.
We do have awesome beef here though…...

[SteveWright1]

fish chips and mushy peas - the diet of champions without doubt

saw the squats on my you tube subscription to Mr Keegans site

I believe "Noice" is appropriate ?

Happy belated birthday Leigh, hope you had a great one