2023 Collaborative Training Log and Discussion

[RapidFail]

Ha, nice! Hope it goes well for you.

Did them this morning, followed by RDLs, lunges, calf raises, face pulls and ait ups. Squats went well, reckon I had just one RIR for the last set.

[CW47]

Did them this morning, followed by RDLs, lunges, calf raises, face pulls and ait ups. Squats went well, reckon I had just one RIR for the last set.

Nice! I like the High Bar/RDL combo.

[BeginnerGainz]

1.25” deficit deadlift
~top single @ 455

Getting used to pulling with straps, starting to catch up to my mixed grip.

Lumberjack squats
~140x7, 6, 8

May have to switch these out with something, these piss off my injured tendon in my elbow something fierce.

Seated leg curls
105x12, 9, 10

Finally getting used to these older machines. No wonder the bodybuilders of yesteryear were stronger than the guys today.

[EliKoehn]

(KG)

Barbell Incline Bench (T&G):
1 x 5 at 100

Barbell Flat Bench (T&G):
1 x 1 at 120, 1 x 8, 6 at 100

A.S.
Supinated DB Curl:
2 x 8 w/ 20s
DB Lateral Raise:
2 x 10 w/ 10s

Didn't have much time today so I kept it quite short. The benching felt quite a bit heavier, despite eating a bit more this week. Was going for 8s on the flat but could only manage that once. Oh well, just got to keep with it.

I do wonder whether that bench bar is 20KG/44lbs so I'll upload the photo soon.

EDIT: Here's the bar. The strange thing about it (aside from the fact that it feels heavier somehow and isn't marked with any numbers) which makes me wonder is that there are no symmetrical rings to reference for hand placement. Could legitimately be a normal Olympic bar but I've never encountered one without those until now. Also, the ends are quite long, as though they're designed to hold more plates than anyone but a world-class athlete would be using on a bench press. Again, could be normal, but it's different than I'm used to.

The link looks like it works but I don't know how to imbed it so that it shows up on its own. Thanks Camarija for the reference.

https://ibb.co/02GYFwh

https://ibb.co/TLZRy7f

https://ibb.co/1MYQvL8

[coachcalande]

I put videos of
My son squats and deads from today

He pulled 385 fairly fast and hit 365x2 on squats

https://mobile.twitter.com/home

[BeginnerGainz]

(KG)

Barbell Incline Bench (T&G):
1 x 5 at 100

Barbell Flat Bench (T&G):
1 x 1 at 120, 1 x 8, 6 at 100

A.S.
Supinated DB Curl:
2 x 8 w/ 20s
DB Lateral Raise:
2 x 10 w/ 10s

Didn't have much time today so I kept it quite short. The benching felt quite a bit heavier, despite eating a bit more this week. Was going for 8s on the flat but could only manage that once. Oh well, just got to keep with it.

I do wonder whether that bench bar is 20KG/44lbs so I'll upload the photo soon.

EDIT: Here's the bar. The strange thing about it (aside from the fact that it feels heavier somehow and isn't marked with any numbers) which makes me wonder is that there are no symmetrical rings to reference for hand placement. Could legitimately be a normal Olympic bar but I've never encountered one without those until now. Also, the ends are quite long, as though they're designed to hold more plates than anyone but a world-class athlete would be using on a bench press. Again, could be normal, but it's different than I'm used to.

The link looks like it works but I don't know how to imbed it so that it shows up on its own. Thanks Camarija for the reference.

https://ibb.co/02GYFwh

https://ibb.co/TLZRy7f

https://ibb.co/1MYQvL8

It very well may be a weightlifting bar or squat bar. Squats bars are usually 55 lbs.

[CW47]

BGainz - Had to look up Lumberjack Squats. Never knew they were called that. I had a similar issue when I did them previously - they were harder on my hands/wrists/arms than on my legs, lol.

Eli - Tried those image links 3 different times today. They're not working for me.

Coach - Your link sends me to my own Twitter home page rather than to yours. Linking to your profile should do the trick.

[CW47]

Bench Press
130 pounds x 8/8/8/8/6/6 [44 reps total]

Sumo Deadlift
395 pounds x 1 rep
315 pounds - 8 sets x 4 reps [32 reps total]

Pushup
BW x 30/25

Hammer Curl
25 pounds - 2 sets x 10 reps

This was a bear of a workout. Took me almost 2 hours because I'm nowhere near acclimated to the volume. Everything felt good though - solid reps throughout. Most likely will take a couple days off to recover now.

[coachcalande]

BGainz - Had to look up Lumberjack Squats. Never knew they were called that. I had a similar issue when I did them previously - they were harder on my hands/wrists/arms than on my legs, lol.

Eli - Tried those image links 3 different times today. They're not working for me.

Coach - Your link sends me to my own Twitter home page rather than to yours. Linking to your profile should do the trick.

CW, whats your twitter addy? Ill follow you there. My sons videos are up here: https://twitter.com/CoachCalande

He’s getting really into this now and will soon be 1100 pound club.

[CW47]

CW, whats your twitter addy? Ill follow you there. My sons videos are up here: https://twitter.com/CoachCalande

He’s getting really into this now and will soon be 1100 pound club.

Thing is... I don't actually have a personal twitter. I really, REALLY dislike social media and use it as little as is possible. The only 'social media' I actually have a personal profile on is LinkedIn for work reasons. I do have a Twitter for the Game Design/Level Design website I run that has a healthy following, but I don't post anything personal on it.

Your sons lifts look great! He'll get really strong if he ends up sticking with this.

[coachcalande]

Hanging on to my strength

5x3 at 305 bench
5x5 at 235 incline

Satisfying

[Camarija]

I'll be traveling tomorrow all day, so I prepared 4 lbs of ready to eat meals.

Sirloin Center Cut on top
Brown Rice in vegetable broth
Guacamole
More Sirloin Center Cut

Eli - Tried those image links 3 different times today. They're not working for me.

The entire server is down still, should be resolved soon.

My sons videos are up here: https://twitter.com/CoachCalande

He’s getting really into this now and will soon be 1100 pound club.

Solid form too

Lumberjack squats
~140x7, 6, 8

[RapidFail]

Still working towards that elusive bodyweight bench press. Bodyweight is currently sitting around 175lb. Still easing back into things - I've finished up the PT and have regained full feeling in my fingertips, but my pressing strength is still well down.

10 x 66lb
5 x 88lb
2 x 116lb
6 x 116lb
6 x 116lb
6 x 116lb

Last set was about 2 RIR.

[SaviorSelfJT]

EDIT: Here's the bar. The strange thing about it (aside from the fact that it feels heavier somehow and isn't marked with any numbers) which makes me wonder is that there are no symmetrical rings to reference for hand placement. Could legitimately be a normal Olympic bar but I've never encountered one without those until now. Also, the ends are quite long, as though they're designed to hold more plates than anyone but a world-class athlete would be using on a bench press. Again, could be normal, but it's different than I'm used to.

I notice the pad on that bench is really narrow, that may be making it harder than normal

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My chest has been sore the past few days from a car accident, someone veered out of their lane and hit us head on. I probably need another day or two of rest

[BeginnerGainz]

OHP
~135x1
~110x5, 4

Chin grip pulldowns
~170x10, 9, 6

Flat DB bench
~45x16, 15, 15

Seated cable facepulls
~80x9, 10, 10

[BeginnerGainz]

Box jumps 4x2 to 24”box

Leg extensions
~90x11, 12, 12

Seated leg curls
~105x12, 12, 12

Back extensions
~20, 16, 15

I have to say I’m enjoying jump training as a complement to my heavy lower body stuff

[coachcalande]

Highlights from todays chest day

Incline set 3 was 255x5
Incline set 4 was 265x3

Shockingly strong without carbs.

[CW47]

BG - I really wish I could do some jump training. I suppose in the summer time I can do some outside, but it's been below zero here lately (not to mention it's extremely icy outside, lol) and I can't do it inside because ceilings are too low.

coach - I find the same thing. I can live pretty much only on protein and have no impact to my energy or workouts. I've done if for months at a time in the past. I'd imagine there are differences in how a persons body processes different things that make this the case for some but not for others, but I know next to nothing about the science behind that.




The following two days were meant to be in 1 workout, but life happened and I did what I could. Didn't actually finish up the second workout until almost 11PM yesterday.

Feb 3, 2023
Bench Press
180 pounds x 1 rep
150 pounds - 6 sets x 4 reps

Top single was a 9+ RPE - more difficult than I wanted. Rep work went well though.


Feb 4, 2023
Yoke Bar Box Squat
195 pounds - 5 sets x 3 reps

Close Grip Cable Row
100 pounds - 3 sets x 10 reps

Going away from straight bar squatting for the foreseeable future. My left elbow has been bothering me for months and isn't getting any better. I think there are a few contributing factors, but the stress from low bar squatting is almost certainly one of them. Also going to be limiting or removing a lot of rows since grip work seems to impact it as well (even when wearing straps). The rows I did here were relatively light, and had at least another 5-10 reps in the tank.

[SaviorSelfJT]

Two days ago:
Stair climber: 100 flights in a hair under 35 mins. One hand off the rail the whole time. Only using the other hand for balance. I think this is a PR, other times I’ve gotten to 100 flights it’s taken 45+ mins I think

Today:
Squats
295x5
320x5
345x5

Bench:
235x5
235x5
235x5

Deadlift:
375x5

Cheat curl:
155x4 or 5, can’t remember

Some bruising on my waist from the seat belt/car accident that hurt a little from wearing lifting a belt. And it hurt to sink the weight into my chest for bench because of the wreck too. But not too bad.

I weighed just a little over 190 at the doctor when I got my chest looked at, I was like 210-215 when I did the lifts in my sig

[CW47]

Savior - sucks about the car accident, but I'm glad you're recovering well. Seems like your training is going in a good direction.



February 5, 2023
Cambered Bar Bench
110 pounds - 5 sets x 8 reps

Bicep Curl
Orange Band - 3 sets x 10 reps

First time touching a cambered bench bar in a while. The extra stretch felt good. Seems weird though that this bar seems to fatigue my triceps more than my chest.

[coachcalande]

Two days ago:
Stair climber: 100 flights in a hair under 35 mins. One hand off the rail the whole time. Only using the other hand for balance. I think this is a PR, other times I’ve gotten to 100 flights it’s taken 45+ mins I think

Today:
Squats
295x5
320x5
345x5

Bench:
235x5
235x5
235x5

Deadlift:
375x5

Cheat curl:
155x4 or 5, can’t remember

Some bruising on my waist from the seat belt/car accident that hurt a little from wearing lifting a belt. And it hurt to sink the weight into my chest for bench because of the wreck too. But not too bad.

I weighed just a little over 190 at the doctor when I got my chest looked at, I was like 210-215 when I did the lifts in my sig

Man, sorry to hear about your injuries, health issues.. you were absolutely in beast mode not long ago…just reboot and retrace those steps.

[BeginnerGainz]

Didn’t train today. Been fighting a cold the last few days. Today the body aches and chills hit and I’m constantly tired.

I think the stress of recently buying a home did me in.

Might do incline smith press + trap bar squats + rows on Wednesday to make up for it

[coachcalande]

400 G protein today at 3000 cals. I dont track often anymore as Im eating as much as I want four times a day. Some of my lifts are going up, others down…legs /deadlifts are not good with this glute strain.

Anyways, good leg day today, tomorrow is shoulders and arms. I can’t wait.

Hope you all are enjoying the process. I just love to eat and train. I don’t see chasing PRs anymore while eating like this and getting older…but the passion is there.

[CW47]

Sumo Deadlift
350 pounds - 4 sets x 3 reps

Overhead Press
105 pounds x 1 rep
85 pounds x 39 reps [7 minute density block]

I've not done a density block in quite a while. I really like them. Arms are still shaking as I type this, lol.
Haven't posted any video in a while, so I decided to record one of the deadlift sets today.

[Camarija]

My chest has been sore the past few days from a car accident, someone veered out of their lane and hit us head on. I probably need another day or two of rest

I'm hoping you take it easy after that kind of trauma brother. Get well soon and recover well. Walking may be better than lifting for now.

[SaviorSelfJT]

^^ I think I’m all good, feeling almost 100% except a little in my side where the seat belt goes to buckle in I think


Yesterday:
About 30 mins cycling. Did a few really intense intervals, really hard on my quads. Then about 10 mins walking incline treadmill

Today:
Squat:
300x5
325x5
350x5

OHP:
150x5
150x5
150x5

Hang clean:
200x3
200x3
200x3
200x3 (had to drop down into full clean position to catch the 3rd rep)
200x2 FUK

[BeginnerGainz]

Normally I do max effort lower stuff, but since I took Monday off due to being sick, I just did a little from my push upper and a little bit from my lower.

Incline wide grip Smith press
~180x3
~147.2x7, 7

Pronated CSR machine
~127.5x11, 11, 9

RDL
~205x9, 8, 8

2.5” deficit trap bar squat
~385x4

[EliKoehn]

SJT, glad you're okay with the car accident. Hope everything goes well with any repairs and insurance stuff.

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(KG)

Flat Bench (T&G):
100 x 8, 8, 8, 6, 6 (aiming for 4 x 8, compensating failed set with a duplicate)

Pull Ups:
BW x 5, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2 (for a total of 25)

Dips:
3 x 5 at BW

A.S.
DB Hammer Curls:
3 x 12 w/ 15s
DB Lateral Raise:
3 x 12 w/ 10s

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An employee at the gym said that the bar on the bench was 20KG, so I'll take his word for that.

[CW47]

Floor Press
170 pounds x 1 rep
155 pounds - 5 sets x 3 reps

Was also supposed do squats but wasn't feeling up to it. I've felt progressively worse over the last 3 days and am not feeling up to doing much of anything. I'm sure I'll start feeling better over the coming days.

[BeginnerGainz]

Double the amount I normally would have on a Friday. Which in turn pissed off my already pissed off left elbow tendon. So that was fun to deal with. Plus the general overall fatigue.

OHP
~135x1
(same as last week, but was a grinder. I think I need to make smaller more gradual jumps like the week prior to keep my elbow happy)
~110x7, 6

Chin grip pulldowns
~170x9, 8, 7

Flat DB bench
~50x15, 14, 14

Seated cable facepulls
~80x10, 10, 10