Bar sits in the same place as when you do reverse grip benches-directly above your wrists.
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8/27
squats 15x135, 12x185, 9x235, 6x275, 4x315
leg curls 3x10 100
GHR's 15,14
Short session was hitting depth on the squats without much pain but my right knee is feeling it today.
8/28
paused close grip bench 5x165, 6x215, 6x265, 4x295, 2x325
dips 15x +45, 2x13 +90
tate presses 3x10 45
Close grips went well today. Ready to start the Bulgarian method benching on Monday and see how far above 400 we can get in the next 9 weeks.
squats 15x135, 12x185, 9x235, 6x275, 4x315
leg curls 3x10 100
GHR's 15,14
Short session was hitting depth on the squats without much pain but my right knee is feeling it today.
8/28
paused close grip bench 5x165, 6x215, 6x265, 4x295, 2x325
dips 15x +45, 2x13 +90
tate presses 3x10 45
Close grips went well today. Ready to start the Bulgarian method benching on Monday and see how far above 400 we can get in the next 9 weeks.
runner-runner
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Powerlifting is not for me, but I enjoy seeing people move big weight. Interesting for me to see the training methods used. When you compete are your wearing a bench shirt or deadlift suit?
I compete in the raw division so no bench shirt or deadlift suit. You can use wrist wraps and a belt while benching but when I hit 400 at my last meet I wore neither but I have used wrist wraps in other meets. Deadlift is a belt only.
jaymaximus
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Speaking of belts, do you train full time using it? I recently started using one, but I only wear it when im doing "maxes". Besides that volume training is done without it.
8/29
sumo deads double overhand 3x225, 3x275, 3x325
3" block sumo pulls 2x375, 2x425, 2x475
sumo pulls 20x250
pull throughs 12x120, 2x10 140
pull ups 3x10
Week 1 of the Lilly deadlift program called for pulling in your non competition stance which for me is sumo. Worked up to a double with 475 then followed the program and did a set of 20 off the floor with 250 even though I rarely ever do a set of more than 5 deads.
No troubles today. Rest of the program is conventional deads. 9 weeks from meet day and today's session kicked off my meet training cycle.
sumo deads double overhand 3x225, 3x275, 3x325
3" block sumo pulls 2x375, 2x425, 2x475
sumo pulls 20x250
pull throughs 12x120, 2x10 140
pull ups 3x10
Week 1 of the Lilly deadlift program called for pulling in your non competition stance which for me is sumo. Worked up to a double with 475 then followed the program and did a set of 20 off the floor with 250 even though I rarely ever do a set of more than 5 deads.
No troubles today. Rest of the program is conventional deads. 9 weeks from meet day and today's session kicked off my meet training cycle.
I only use a belt on deads above 400 pds. and when I'm doing barbell OHP's.
In on this log! Can't wait to see some big new PRs
Welcome Rthoads. PR's are definitely the goal for this meet.
8/31
paused bench 5x135, 5x185, 2x235, 1x285, 1x335, 1x375
dips 15x+45, 12x +90
tate presses 3x10 45
bb curls 12x 65, 12x85, 10x105, 7x125
First day of the Bulgarian method benching. 335 moved slower than I thought it would. Decided 375 was enough for my top single. Pause should have been a touch longer but it moved smoothly. I'm good for somewhere between 380 and 385 with a legit pause right now. Hopefully that number will move up relatively quickly over the next couple of weeks.
paused bench 5x135, 5x185, 2x235, 1x285, 1x335, 1x375
dips 15x+45, 12x +90
tate presses 3x10 45
bb curls 12x 65, 12x85, 10x105, 7x125
First day of the Bulgarian method benching. 335 moved slower than I thought it would. Decided 375 was enough for my top single. Pause should have been a touch longer but it moved smoothly. I'm good for somewhere between 380 and 385 with a legit pause right now. Hopefully that number will move up relatively quickly over the next couple of weeks.
9/1
paused bench 5x165, 5x215, 2x265, 1x305, 1x345, 1x377, 2x2 345
bent rows 3x8 225
low pulley rows 3x10 250
GHR's 2x15
Took a work call right before starting this session and misloaded the bar to 165 for my first set which is where I have been starting my warm ups during my non meet training.
It should have been 135. I'm pretty particular about how I work up when I'm running this method so I had to adjust all of my other warm up sets higher than I had planned or liked.
377 didn't move fast but it wasn't a grind. Both back off doubles at 345 were solid. I will get a video up later in the week when I hit a top single that I'm happy with.
paused bench 5x165, 5x215, 2x265, 1x305, 1x345, 1x377, 2x2 345
bent rows 3x8 225
low pulley rows 3x10 250
GHR's 2x15
Took a work call right before starting this session and misloaded the bar to 165 for my first set which is where I have been starting my warm ups during my non meet training.
It should have been 135. I'm pretty particular about how I work up when I'm running this method so I had to adjust all of my other warm up sets higher than I had planned or liked.
377 didn't move fast but it wasn't a grind. Both back off doubles at 345 were solid. I will get a video up later in the week when I hit a top single that I'm happy with.
I'm OCD about some stuff too. I only use certain plates, certain collars, warm up with certain weights and reps, etc. It's a superstition thing I guess but I do not vary it at all.
insertnamehere
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I do this as well. To me its more about having as many controlled variables as possible. That way if training expectations don't meet outcomes, I can immediately rule out those controlled variables.
I will never add more weight to the bar than I did on the previous set so once I started the sequence with the wrong weight I was stuck.
Wow. I just wing it. You guys are making me raise the bar here. Is that pun acceptable for your log mp?
How about muscle confusion ? Is your body also use to the same routine/weights ? Mix it up ! Confusion/variety . Works for me....
insertnamehere
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I understand why you stuck with it but IMO you didn't have to. If you noticed the misload after your first warm up of 165, a quick adjustment back on to the initial plan wouldn't have cost you anything that day. In fact, according to your current training period, you would have gained something - less fatigue accumulation. Even still, you got some quality work in so maybe in the end, since its the beginning, its a wash.
I meant that for my warmup weights, equipment I use, clothes I wear at the gym, and etc. My workouts aren't the same weights day in day out if that's what you meant OGH.
I use to have the same warm-ups , same weights . But now that changes too . Nothing is ever the same (except my clothes
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I would have been fine just going from 165 to 185 then 235. If I would have thought the misload from the start was really going to cost me I would have done that but as you say above we are early enough along and the weights are light enough I knew it wasn't a big deal either way.
My warm up weights move up as my max moves up in the program. When I get to 285 all warm up sets move up 10 pounds. So then it will be 145x5, 195x5, 245x2, 295x1, 345x1, max.
When I get over 390 what I went with the last training cycle was 165x5, 215x4, 265x2, 315x1, 365x1, max as I needed something closer to the max to judge what that top single should be each day once I got over the 390 mark so that I wasn't constantly grinding or missing reps.
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