jshaw's Starting Strength log

[Woody-5]

Dem squats! Unreal progress. How long have you been on TM now?
Bench continues to move along nicely. Those sumo deads are nothing to sneeze at after those squats

[PeterGibbons316]

Squats looked real solid man. Nice bench PR too - 215x8 after a 230x8 PR is good as well.

[jshaw5]

Dem squats! Unreal progress. How long have you been on TM now?
Bench continues to move along nicely. Those sumo deads are nothing to sneeze at after those squats

Thanks wood man. It's been just over 4 months on TM.

Squats looked real solid man. Nice bench PR too - 215x8 after a 230x8 PR is good as well.

Thanks man. Yeah I was happy with 215x8 considering how much 230x8 took out of me. I think I had at least 10 if I went a little more conservative on 230.

[The Shoeless Wonder]

dl form is looking better.flare those knees! you also want to push your feet out when you pull, as if youre trying to spread the floor

[xRequiem]

squats are unreal man. you might try rotating squats and deads on ID. one week max squat and de deads, then vice versa. or you could try moving deads to monday or wednesday

[jshaw5]

dl form is looking better.flare those knees! you also want to push your feet out when you pull, as if youre trying to spread the floor

Thanks man. Yeah I need to work on that. It's tough when my legs are beat from squats.

squats are unreal man. you might try rotating squats and deads on ID. one week max squat and de deads, then vice versa. or you could try moving deads to monday or wednesday

To be honest, the thought did cross my mind on the drive home from the gym to alternate weeks between squats and deadlifts, possibly do VD/ID squats one week, and speed pulls/heavy pulls the following week. I also thought about doing deadlifts on Wednesdays, but I think I'd be worried about overtraining my back since it already feels pretty beat up after both squat days. I think that the combination of heavy squats, heavy deads, and all the Macenko volume is taking it's toll. I'm going to do some thinking over the next few days, I'm most likely going to try to do four days and split ID and Macenko B.

[The Shoeless Wonder]

mon-s wed-dl fri-s

[xRequiem]

I think if you went with alternating squats and deads on ID I would still do volume squats. That's just my opinion though. Not squatting heavy for a 1 week can really get you out of groove.

[KenshinH]

Just catching up Josh. Awesome ID last Friday! Looked like you had more on the 380 set

[BabyOilBrah]

hell of a good day Josh, all lifts look great.

[PeterGibbons316]

Thanks man. Yeah I need to work on that. It's tough when my legs are beat from squats.


To be honest, the thought did cross my mind on the drive home from the gym to alternate weeks between squats and deadlifts, possibly do VD/ID squats one week, and speed pulls/heavy pulls the following week. I also thought about doing deadlifts on Wednesdays, but I think I'd be worried about overtraining my back since it already feels pretty beat up after both squat days. I think that the combination of heavy squats, heavy deads, and all the Macenko volume is taking it's toll. I'm going to do some thinking over the next few days, I'm most likely going to try to do four days and split ID and Macenko B.

I'll make you a deal - if you take the week off, I won't increase my squat volume for a week, that way you don't fall behind.

Don't do anything heavy on your light day, you'll regret it.

[12ccopeland]

un****ingreal squats J; maybe OP is not a *******.

[jshaw5]

Just catching up Josh. Awesome ID last Friday! Looked like you had more on the 380 set

Thanks man. Not I had much left, that set was brutal.

hell of a good day Josh, all lifts look great.

Thanks Mike.

I'll make you a deal - if you take the week off, I won't increase my squat volume for a week, that way you don't fall behind.

Don't do anything heavy on your light day, you'll regret it.

Haha I'm feeling a bit better today, probably going to hit some volume squats tonight. Even if you keep your VD the same, you'll still increase ID, thus increasing the difference between our squats, and I can't have that. I will catch you if it's the last thing I do

un****ingreal squats J; maybe OP is not a *******.

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Haha thanks.

[jshaw5]

Texas Method Volume Day

Barbell Squat:
45 lb x 5 reps (+36 pts)
135 lb x 5 reps (+66 pts)
200 lb x 3 reps (+82 pts)
265 lb x 2 reps (+107 pts)
330 lb x 5 reps (+245 pts)
330 lb x 5 reps (+245 pts)
330 lb x 5 reps (+245 pts)
330 lb x 5 reps (+245 pts)
330 lb x 5 reps (+245 pts)
Damn this sucked. I'm getting over a bug that my son brought home from daycare, aka the germ factory. They weren't extremely difficult, but I was sweating quite profusely and sucking wind between sets. Form felt sloppy, weight on my toes on a few reps, though it looked better than it felt and my back feels surprisingly fresh afterwards.

[PeterGibbons316]

Sorry for making you go through that. Way to nail it despite the sickness.

[Juggernaut0]

Sick volume weight man. Hope your cold goes away ASAP and that you squat 385 on ID.

[jshaw5]

Sorry for making you go through that. Way to nail it despite the sickness.

Haha thanks for the motivation.

[jshaw5]

Sick volume weight man. Hope your cold goes away ASAP and that you squat 385 on ID.

Thanks man. Yeah that's what I'm hoping for. I'm pushing back Macenko 7A a few days to get some more rest in.

[johnblythe]

great work j, esp considering the bug. squashed it along with the weight.

[KenshinH]

Good job hitting it hard even with the bug man!

Now I gotta keep pace with your VD and ID sets

[BabyOilBrah]

couple of my friends who are trying to get in shape just told me the other night they joined club 24 lol.

[jshaw5]

great work j, esp considering the bug. squashed it along with the weight.

Thanks bro.

Good job hitting it hard even with the bug man!

Now I gotta keep pace with your VD and ID sets

Thanks man. I asked this question in the Macenko thread, but are you doing TM now?

couple of my friends who are trying to get in shape just told me the other night they joined club 24 lol.

Haha I hate that place more and more. They have everything crammed in there so tight now, you can barely move around. I was thinking about looking into No Limit Fitness over by the Brookfield/New Milford border. It's a little further from my house, but I think the powerliftingwatch.com site lists it as a powerlifting gym, could be better than than shithole.

[BabyOilBrah]

Haha I hate that place more and more. They have everything crammed in there so tight now, you can barely move around. I was thinking about looking into No Limit Fitness over by the Brookfield/New Milford border. It's a little further from my house, but I think the powerliftingwatch.com site lists it as a powerlifting gym, could be better than than shithole.

So cheap though, yeah I know No Limit, my friends live up in new milly off route 7 so I pass it all the time. My chiro goes there and apparently likes it. He's not a powerlifter or anything like that though.

[hcoyle545]

5x5 with 330..


'damn this sucked'

Does not compute.

[Woody-5]

Good god, impressive volume work! Your squat is out of control

[jshaw5]

So cheap though, yeah I know No Limit, my friends live up in new milly off route 7 so I pass it all the time. My chiro goes there and apparently likes it. He's not a powerlifter or anything like that though.

Yeah can't beat $9/month haha.

5x5 with 330..


'damn this sucked'

Does not compute.

Give Texas Method a shot, try to do volume day while you're sick, it will compute haha.

Good god, impressive volume work! Your squat is out of control

Thanks wood man.

[hcoyle545]

Give Texas Method a shot, try to do volume day while you're sick, it will compute haha.

ah, I thought you meant your performance sucked. Yeah 5x5 with that weight even feeling well, donotwant.

[jshaw5]

ah, i thought you meant your performance sucked. Yeah 5x5 with that weight even feeling well, dowant.

fify

[johnblythe]

j,

what percentage of your 1rm and/or 5rm did you start TM with? i'm trying to determine what it would look like if i started in january.

thanks, sir

[KenshinH]

j,

what percentage of your 1rm and/or 5rm did you start TM with? i'm trying to determine what it would look like if i started in january.

thanks, sir

In for answer as well.

I was thinking of backing up 15 lbs on my 5RM and start with that on ID. So by the fourth week (+5 lbs a week), I'll be back at my 5RM, but hopefully stronger. Too conservative?