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Good bench day today. Didn't really feel up to doing assistance work so I just did extra back and called it a day.

135x5, 185x5, 225x5, 225x5, 275x1, 285x3,3,3,3,3

This is my workout from yesterday:

Squats: 135x5, 225x5, 225x5, 275x5, 315x2, 345x3,3,3,3,3
Dumbbell 45 degree Glute/Ham raises: 45s x12, 12, 12

The entire point of using a hook grip is to allow you to go double overhand so you are symmetrical in your pull.

Correct me if I'm wrong because I don't sumo, but isn't the only place you're going to get stuck on sumo is at the bottom of the lift?

Relatively uninspiring deadlift session. Got all my lifts on standard DL then proceeded to try out a bunch of different accessory exercises without really going hard on any of them. I'm still feeling...

First bench day went awesome. First set was a bit slow, but I was powering through all my reps by set 5. The fifth rep of the last set was a bit of a grinder, but I got it and got work done on my...

Like I said, I don't have good experiences with heavy, high frequency programs. "Feeling like ****" described me after about the first week of squatting three days a week and deadlifting twice a week...

Sure thing, I'd love to hear about any future experiences you have with the DL. I'm going to try to incorporate them and just see what happens. I'll do them 8-12 for 3 sets and hopefully it won't...

I don't think I know anyone who actually recovers from doing a straight up heavy deadlift twice a week. I'm already doing speed deads a second day a week which have really helps my speed off the...

Nice, I'll try out 3x3 then.

Also, do you find that you can recover from squatting 2x/week, deadlifting 1x/ week and adding in another deadlift variation? I want to start doing SLDL's with a...

First workout of squats went well. Was extremely tough, more so mentally than physically. After taking a full week off, 325 felt more like 365. I was ready to quit by set 2, but then I turned green...

For people of average anthropometry, you're going to have a higher deadlift than squat. Its more unusual if you're like me, where your squat is pretty much even with your deadlift. T-rex arms suck.

So I already have my squat and bench programming pretty fine tuned and I'm seeing consistent progress on both of them. Deadlift I'm a bit more shaky on. I know that the majority of powerlifters only...

No. It's definitely impossible to ever get to 500 when natural. Not Srs.

But maybe not if you stay 160 pounds. If you get up to 170 I would say you have a pretty fair shot.

Or you could just run 5/3/1 with more volume. IE second set last x2 and boring but big 5x10 > 5x8 > 5x5 on asecond day per week for each lift (except deads).

I don't like the meatgrinder mentality...

Terrifit 18'' wrist wraps with the thumbhole. 12'' are too short and 24'' are too long IMO. 18'' are justtttttt right.

Its hard to say whether it is too fast or too slow. It isn't necessarily the speed of progression that is important, so much as it is how far are you progressing away from weights that you have...

Same, but rather than vary reps, I'll vary the number of sets for each; IE from 5x5 to 3x5 to 1x5 back to 5x5.

I have a confession. Recently I have found myself trying to get too complicated and cute with my training. Every training session had to be its own unique little flower, no workouts could be repeated...

Well if it is your first "wall" then simply reducing the weight by 10% and moving back up will usually suffice to break through your plateau. But after 2-3 resets, then more sophisicated planning is...