2024 Collaborative Training Log and Discussion

[Camarija]

The Leg Press/Hack Squat I ordered showed up yesterday, so my training consisted of carrying it, piece by piece, from my front porch, through the garage, into the house, down a flight of stairs, around a tight 90 degree turn, down another set of stair, and to the far end of the basement. Around 600 pounds worth of parts. Pretty sure I got in both my cardio and weight training quota for the day.

Lol! That struggle is so relatable. When I build my home gym, I'm going to name it whatever 4 letter word comes to mind after going through the effort of moving everything in there. Good job brother! Looking forward to the home gym update.

I'm looking forward to seeing what progress I can make in the coming months.

Any year end goals to keep you in the game?

@Cam - 396 x 14 RDL is pretty strong, just curious, what kind of deadlift numbers do you think you are at?

5 plates should be easy enough for a few reps, but realistically I wouldn't purposefully try to pull more than 4 plates for high rep sets

I'm around 190 lbs right now, so i'm kind of too lean and injury prone

If I bulked up I could probably do something fun like 6 plates AMRAP, I just don't know if deadlifts and bulking is worth the risk anymore

Still managed to move 2 washers down 4 flights of stairs, and another 2 washers up 4 flights, so I'm not too badly injured, just aggravated

[CW47]

Lol! That struggle is so relatable. When I build my home gym, I'm going to name it whatever 4 letter word comes to mind after going through the effort of moving everything in there. Good job brother! Looking forward to the home gym update.

To say I was sweating profusely would be an understatement, lol.


Overhead Press: Rest Pause
100 pounds x 16 total reps
Once again, I used 5 more pounds than last time and did the same number of reps.

Incline DB Press: Rest Pause
52.5lb DB's x 18 total reps
2.5 more pounds resulted in 3 fewer reps. Felt like I should have been able to do more but it didn't happen today.

Leaning Lateral Raise: Rest Pause
Left Arm = 22.5lb DB's x 27 total reps
Right Arm = 22.5lb DB's x 27 total reps
Pretty dialed in on these today. Added several reps with more weight than last time.

Overhead Cable Triceps Extension: Rest Pause
27.5 pounds x 22 total reps
Lost 7 reps with 2.5 more pounds. Wasn't expecting that. I was pretty exhausted to begin with and almost didn't even lift today because of it. I'm sure that had an impact on todays results.


Here's video of the first set of OHP:

[EliKoehn]

@SJT, thanks.

Any year end goals to keep you in the game?

I admittedly just received some bad news and am not in the best of moods right now, but are you trying to say something?

I just said that I am going to be logging here again after a short break where I was still lifting anyway and that I expect to make progress in so doing. Your post seems to be insinuating that I'm going to give up or something, or that I'm not "in the game" right now as it is.

If the tone of that was misread, then that's on me, but it does come across that way.

I want to get my deadlift a good deal over 500 with some reliable consistency at a bodyweight under 260. I'm already there with 455 on several instances with only a little reacclimation. Now that I was able to replicate a clean 350 bench on multiple occasions, I'm going to switch focus to that.

Also, I just saw the 396 x 14 Romanian. That is kind of insane, good job. Was that a machine or with free weight?

Good job to everyone else in the meantime, too. My wifi is down so I can't reply easily to everyone on my phone, as it keeps refreshing and wiping my draft.

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Flat Bench (T&G):
275 x 8, 295 x 4, 325 x 1, 225 x 10 @10, 10, 10, 8

Pendlay Row:
4 x 8 at 225 @7? each

Squat:
Warmed up to 275 x 2, 315 x 1 @9 or 10

A.S.
Dips:
2 x 8 at BW @9

Face Pulls:
2 x 8 at 70

[CW47]

Left a post in another thread with video and pictures of my new equipment if anyone wanted to check it out: https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showt...post1702673851

[coachcalande]

Left a post in another thread with video and pictures of my new equipment if anyone wanted to check it out: https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showt...post1702673851

I got one of those free from my HS as they were getting all new equipment. I still can’t believe they just gave it away …

Anyway, enjoy it. The reverse hack looks natural for you. Adjusted seat back angles make all the difference in those moves.

[coachcalande]

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Todays bench work:
225x13
275x5
295x3
295x3
295x3

[CW47]

I got one of those free from my HS as they were getting all new equipment. I still can’t believe they just gave it away …

Anyway, enjoy it. The reverse hack looks natural for you. Adjusted seat back angles make all the difference in those moves.

Wish mine was free, lol. But glad to have it either way, and will definitely put it to good use.
Reverse Hacks feel very good indeed. A lot like a back squat.
Leg Press feels real good as well.
Hacks were a bit awkward in the video but I had found a setting that felt quite good first time I tried. Just need to play around with the foot plate angle again and figure out what setting I had it on.

[gauntlad]

Thanks guys.

Ticking over:

Overhead press - 15x5 with 2k dumbbells
Russian Twists - 15x5
Rows - 15x5 with 2.5k dumbbell

[coachcalande]

Wish mine was free, lol. But glad to have it either way, and will definitely put it to good use.
Reverse Hacks feel very good indeed. A lot like a back squat.
Leg Press feels real good as well.
Hacks were a bit awkward in the video but I had found a setting that felt quite good first time I tried. Just need to play around with the foot plate angle again and figure out what setting I had it on.

Hack squats always irritated my knees. I guess it’s because you can’t push your hips back at all and my ankle Mobility is poor.
I recall my low back feeling compressed too…reverse hacks, no issues at all. I only do leg press on mine at the moment.

One of my fav leg days is to crush deads, then just sit down and relax banging out leg presses every few min.