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Pulled Sumo for the first time in my life on Friday. Felt obviously awkward, but I think it'll be very beneficial for me to get better at these. Will be a much more well-rounded deadlifter. Hit 270...

High bar squatted for the first time in over a year on Thursday. Hit 225 lb x 12 x 3.

I like this program for intermediates because it's gonna get you stronger and more well-rounded by doing all...

Walking around like a zombie lately. Low energy and unenthusiastic mindset. But I'm gonna keep going forward regardless. The numbers on my upper body push lifts are apparently off due to me getting...

Haven't updated in a while. So what happened was I ended up doing a low stress weeks two weeks ago. I came back and didn't keep enough stress in so my body completed dropped off. Crazy sore. Totally...

Just like yesterday's surprisingly good session, today was great as well. First set of paused bench press with 250 lb was quite heavy, but I acclimated one the latter sets came. I hit 5 x 3 with 250...

This Monday's squat went alot better than I thought it'd be. I thought as the weeks progressed, I wouldn't be able to recover in time. But this week took me by surprise. Hit 355 lb x 5 x 3 quite...

Here are last week's sessions:

Didn't feel too bad after new years the day before so Monday's session was fine.

Squat: 345 lb x 5 x 4

It was one of those things where the weight felt heavy on my back but the reps were solid....

Been super busy so I'm just gonna post the numbers:

Close-grip Bench Press: 6 x 3 @RPE 7

Was supposed to be 6 x 3. Should have checked again just in case cause I ended up doing 5 x 3. Made sure to shove my lats down to my back pockets as a cue....

Deadlift: 5 x 4 @72.5%

Was supposed to do 5 x 3 @70%. Since DL overall will be going up by 2.5% anyway instead of 5%, I thought I'd start off a little higher. First set felt heavy on my back, but...

Paused Bench Press: 5 x 5 @70%

Really focused on my cues here. Squeezing the bar, shoving my lats together and down, chest up and shoulders retracted, legs pressing up against the floor with...

Week one is going to start off a little light, but the intensity is going to gradually increase as the volume incrementally decreases per standard.

Squat: 5 x 5 @70%

Trying to make sure my...

Haven't posted here in a bit. Not just cause I've been busy but I also got pretty lazy....yea. Anyway, to recap, I finished the last two days of week three of Silent Mike's offseason program. I got...

Tuesday

I was supposed to do 220 lb as the program prescribed, but since I'm switching programs I decided I'll do a round'about 225 lb. I got the initial 5 x 5 though with a liiiiittle difficulty....

Monday:

Deadlift went pretty great. Got 5 x 5 with 420 lb and ended up with 8 reps on the AMRAP set at the end. Didn't expect that. I was going or it, but thought since I only managed 8 with 405...

Friday

Some of the volume in this program is really unnecessary. Especially the close grip bench presses x 10 reps for multiple sets across right before doing strength work for the overhead press...

Most impressive in this program thus far is my squat. Hit straight sets of 5 x 4 with 310 lb, but on the AMRAP set I got 14 reps. I was gonna stop at 13 but I knew I had one more rep left in me....

Tuesday:

Face Pulls: Completely focused on my feeling my scapula being actually retracted. I wanted to feel the muscle working. 80 lb x 30 x 3

Bench Press: Bench is moving along nicely. I feel...

Monday:

Deadlift:

Hit straight sets on the opening sets with 405 lb x 5 x 4. Then got 8 reps on the AMRAP set. I expected 8 considering I got 10 with 390 lb.

Here's the set:...