Road to recovery and 1600

[Jason2459]

Flu season this year suck bad. I think I'm just now 4 weeks later recovered from it.

[JRMoore82]

Flu season this year suck bad. I think I'm just now 4 weeks later recovered from it.

Yeah it’s brutal for sure. And glad I didn’t pull a Garret Blavins and catch the flu 2 weeks prior. Granted he still hit some WR’s. :P

8 weeks out so should be able to get back into swing.

[JRMoore82]

Still trying to not rush back but let my body decide.

Bench
225x3
280x3
310x3
340x3
355 (Paused)

Deadlift
405
495
545
585

Surprised I hit rep pr. Third rep was grinder. But decided to try pause cause I recovered in 3 minutes. The 355 was heavy, grinder near lockout so skipped slingshot work.

That 585 was so smooth. Almost went for a PR but again rather not kill myself.

[JRMoore82]

LOWER RAW

Squat
405
475
515
555
585
445x5x3

Front Squat
195x4x6

Sumo
405
495
545
595
485x5x3

Didn’t wanna do x10x3 so close to after flu. But 9 weeks out needed to to get body going.

So decided to hit a top rep and follow it by x5x3. Hitting 585 squat feels awesome!! Throw on wraps and suit and 725 should be good to go!!

[JiP]

Big squat. Well done.

[JRMoore82]

Thanks JIP!

And now to make things more confusing.

UPPER RAW

Bench
325
355
290x5x3

Deadlift
495
545
595
625

Well I’ll need to pull conventional in the suit and see how it feels. Wanna hit 625 at meet for total. But you’ll see. Especially considering I’ve pulled 4 Days this week.

As for bench. I moved grip in and tinkered with form. I think for raw purposes that heavy x3 and long pause will pay off. I could probably make the long pause a second at a meet and hit a PR.

[Jason2459]

Nice job man. Some good progress leading up to the next meet and getting into gear.

[JRMoore82]

Nice job man. Some good progress leading up to the next meet and getting into gear.

Thanks man! I’m happy that my lower geared days I can focus on singles and just get depth dialed in. and bench is coming along. Only 4 sessions in gear left and I’m just happy I don’t feel as lost as I did the first go around.

The couple of weeks I’ve done the x10x3 I’m surprised at what my body gets out of it.

[JRMoore82]

So sore from last week couldn’t get a lot of single ply stuff done.

[JRMoore82]

First world problems.

Gonna modify program so I can break in a new suit and so I can train balls out in gear and see if I can hit a 765/585/660 or 347.5/267.5/300 in kgs.

I have that loose suit at a point where I can pull in it and the tight suit takes way too long to get into it and there’s a good chance there will only be one flight for that day. The tight one is 50 and the loose is 54 so ordered a 52. Also ordered a narrow stance cause I don’t wanna sit back so much and I’m doing great in my adipowers atm.

So raw days will consist of x5x3 on squat and bench and gonna pull conventional x5x2.

Gonna get into bench shirt today and follow the other week course. But will get into lower single ply for next two weeks and do knee sleeves and crack depth. So I’ll have two sessions with new squat suit and wraps.

Also I didn’t forget about my goals list.

Front Squat = 315x5
Back Squat (Raw) = 585
Squat (wraps) = 625
Sumo TnG = 505x5
Bench = 315x5x5
Comp bench (raw) = 405
Sumo (raw) = 635

Change the sumo goal to a deadlift goal.

[JRMoore82]

UPPER SINGLE PLY

Bench
225x5
305x3 (slingshot)
360x3 (slingshot)
415x3 2” (LCC super Katana)
470x3 2”
505x3x3 2”
505 (forgot to arch for touch)

Barbell shrug 395x5x15
Lat pulldown 80x5x10
Superset hammer curl/tri push 35/80x4x10/12

Not even mad. Honestly with how beat up I was yesterday thought I’ld hit 505x2x3 2” and call it a day considering last shirted day I only handled 475. Felt fine after 2 sets,hit third,felt time to try touch.

All in all I’m still very happy. If you followed along last meet you probably saw I didn’t control the shirt all too well. But I feel a lot more in control now.

[JRMoore82]

LOWER RAW

Squat
405x3
475x3x3 (rep PR)
475x2x1

Front Squat
205x4x6

Conventional Deads
405x2
495x5x2

Kinda knew I was in trouble when 1) 405 felt heavy and 2) form felt off.

Granted last week I zapped myself so I’m probably waiting for the uptick. Plus had that monster bench (monster for me) session Tuesday.

All good.

[Jason2459]

A PR is a PR especially if it's a single, double, or triple.

[JRMoore82]

A PR is a PR especially if it's a single, double, or triple.

Thanks bro!

[JRMoore82]

UPPER RAW

Bench
225x3
275x3
295x5x3

Face pull 130x5x10
Reverse lat pulldown 130x5x12
Cable Crunch 130x4x8

Not too bad.

[JRMoore82]

LOWER SINGLE PLY

Squat
405x2
495x2 (straps down/sleeves)
565x2
625x5x2 (still down/sleeves)
675 (straps up/knee wraps)

Sumo
405
495 (straps up)
545
595
635 (hitch)

Was a gamble with the new suit. But I like the narrow stance better. The 625’s were half squats (feeling groove and no wraps so no risk knee injury) but felt I was getting a hang of it to where I tried 675 full gear to feel it out. 2 inches high but for a first attempt I’ll take it!

Can’t pull conventional so sumo it is. Never tried 635 EVER so I’ll make this a second attempt and go for that 300kg/660lb pull at meet.

Since I haven’t had a lower single ply day in a while...............

[Jason2459]

Deep as fuk ATG! Djdm

[JRMoore82]

Deep as fuk ATG! Djdm

DJDM??

I’m 36 and what does this mean?

[Jason2459]

DJDM??

I’m 36 and what does this mean?

Bb.com misc thing. Good job Dave man.

[Jason2459]

Iol
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[JRMoore82]

Iol
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Lmao!! Only the misc!!

And thanks!

[JRMoore82]

Well I’m going to be about 6 weeks out and since I bombed my first single ply meet I think it’s way better for me to get my game plan now and train it.

MEET ATTEMPTS

Squat

1st 312.5kg/685lbs
2nd 335kg/735lbs
3rd 345kg/760lbs

Opener being 100lbs over my raw best couple weeks ago. Really seems like a no brainer. No one lifts in AZ (especially equipped) so 3rd would be a new AZ squat record. Going to acclimate to 735 in next two sessions (3 Gear ones left total) and keep getting my raw numbers up.

Bench

1st 232.5kg/510lbs
2nd 250kg/550lbs
3rd 262.5kg/575lbs

With that solid 505 bench day I know I have more in the tank and the 2nd I should be able to get to in training doing 3x3 2” then a touch like I’ve been doing. No one lifts again and 1st attempt is a AZ record.

Deadlifts

1st 270kg/595lbs
2nd 290kg/640lbs
3rd 302.5kg/665lbs

This is the fun one to pick for. If I hit my 3rd squat and bench, then the opening 595 gets me the total AZ record. If not then all my second attempts will get it for me.

If I hit all my 3rds it gives me a 909kg/2000lb total which just sounds cool to me as a newb of 3 years.

Yes I’m severely outclassed compared to the elites. But we all gotta start somewhere and this is my 3rd year competing so some stupid AZ state records will be cool to me.

[JRMoore82]

UPPER HEAVY RAW

Bench
225x5
275x3
325x3
350x2
375x3x3 (Slingshot)

Barbell shrug 405x5x15
Superset tri push/Barbell Curl 75/55x5x12/10

That x2 on the 350 was my own stupidity. Messed around with my form (tried putting feet on bench) and felt weird going for that 3rd rep (where I hurt my back last meet) so just reracked at 2 and skipped Paused.

Oh well. I’ll try the next progression and go from there.

[JRMoore82]

LOWER RAW
More than one way to skin a cat edition

Squat
405x3
455x3
495x3
520
415x2x3
365x2x5

Front Squat
225x4x5

Sumo
405x2
495x2
545x2
585x2

My back at times feels wonky and I have never been a rep machine. So time to just drill down form, keep the rep PR’s going and go from there. I’m just working into squat and sumo total and rather save hard stuff for bench.

[Jason2459]

Sandbaging MOFO. That 495x3 was way to easy

[JRMoore82]

UPPER RAW

Bench
225x5
275x3
300x5x3

Deadlift
495
545
595
635
660 (hitch and not lockout; got to groin)

I think i can pull raw if I don’t get comfy with single ply pull. All things considering I would probably have a great chance at 300kg/660lb at the meet once I’m rested.

[JRMoore82]

Sandbaging MOFO. That 495x3 was way to easy

Lol. I missed this comment.

I think I could do 3x3 with enough rest. It’s just starting to feel way to heavy ATM.

[IronKrazy]

A PR is a PR especially if it's a single, double, or triple.

You're goddamn right it is!

In on Jay moving some heavy ass chit around and making it look easy! Stay focused and murder that fuking bar!

[JRMoore82]

LOWER SINGLE PLY

Squat
405
495
585
635 (straps down, at parallel)
685 (felt tight with straps up/reracked)
735x2 (half squats)
635 (straps up/couple inches high)

Sumo
495
545
595

That unrack at 685 was rough. I put my old hooks on so I think they are higher than the ones I’ve been using. It’s fine. Two weeks in a row in gear so I’ll do it again in a couple of weeks. The 735 walkout was just to get used to it.

Will hit that 635 in wraps only next Monday just cause.

[IronKrazy]

LOWER SINGLE PLY

Squat
405
495
585
635 (straps down, at parallel)
685 (felt tight with straps up/reracked)
735x2 (half squats)
635 (straps up/couple inches high)

Sumo
495
545
595

That unrack at 685 was rough. I put my old hooks on so I think they are higher than the ones I’ve been using. It’s fine. Two weeks in a row in gear so I’ll do it again in a couple of weeks. The 735 walkout was just to get used to it.

Will hit that 635 in wraps only next Monday just cause.

Half squats with less than 300lbs to a grand. FUKIN KILLING IT!!!!!

Nice Jay!