Path to a 500 wilks

[Brandaddy]

Weight today was 205.0

Workout was,

2x10 cambered squat bar squats
X3 conventional deads @ 495
4x3 speed conventional deads
2x6 sumo rdls
3x5 pendlay rows
5x20 straight arm pulldowns

Conventional deads were surprisingly easy considering I've been a gay man puller for awhile now. Lol. I always liked conventional deads but it's too hard to manage lower back fatigue with them.

 

[Brandaddy]

Weight yesterday was, 203.0

Workout was,

8x5 paused bench @ 280
8x6 chest supported rows
3x12 cable fly
1x10,8,7,6 lat pulldown
3x12 reverse curl 5 sec negative
12-1 pushups

 

[Brandaddy]

Weight today was, 205.6

Workout was,

2x5 squat @ 415lbs
5x9 seated rows
3xamrap pullups
3x14 split squats
3x3 single leg rdls
15-1 juarez squats
Weighted planks

Tried my heeled shoes on again. Squat instantly felt way stronger. Lol.

 

[Perrin Aybara]

Try the heeled shoes on bench sometime.

 

[Worf]

Try the heeled shoes on bench sometime.

I still can’t get my heels to touch,lol

 

[MindlessWork]

Weight today was, 205.6

Workout was,

2x5 squat @ 415lbs
5x9 seated rows
3xamrap pullups
3x14 split squats
3x3 single leg rdls
15-1 juarez squats
Weighted planks

Tried my heeled shoes on again. Squat instantly felt way stronger. Lol.

Using your woman's stiletto heel shoes for training again? Lmao jk.

Keep grinding as spring's on its way so hang in there!

 

[MFAAS]

Nutrition at the moment is

Meal 1. 360ml fairlife skim milk, whey protein,o bar

Meal 2. 8oz chicken, 2 cups of rice, mixed vegetables

Meal 3. 8oz chicken, 8oz potatoes, green beens

Meal 4. 8oz chicken, 8oz potatoes, green beens

Meal 5. 8oz beef, 90 grams rice, 2 eggs, spinach

Meal 6. 360ml fairlife milk, whey protein, outright bar

Do you use fresh or frozen vegetables for your meal prepping?

At what weight do you start using straps for deadlifting or other exercises?

 

[Brandaddy]

Do you use fresh or frozen vegetables for your meal prepping?

At what weight do you start using straps for deadlifting or other exercises?

Basically any vegetables I eat are fresh except peas.

I'm not using straps ATM. I was using them on volume sets just so I could go double overhand and reduce the risk of a tear.

 

[MFAAS]

Basically any vegetables I eat are fresh except peas.

I'm not using straps ATM. I was using them on volume sets just so I could go double overhand and reduce the risk of a tear.

I'm in the same boat, frozen peas only. I am considering getting more frozen veggies for my upcoming cut starting in 2 months though, just for convenience purposes. Not entirely sure, I'll have to see where I end up with it. Might at least give it a try for a few weeks.

Good to know! I only do overhand for deadlift as the twisting is horrible for you IMO. I do use straps above 400 lbs though

 

[Brandaddy]

Weight today was 205.8

Workout was,

2x10 bradford press
2x6 paused yukon bar bench
2x15 inverted rows
5x12 paused barbell tricep extensions

Still feeling pretty good. Gonna keep slowly building up. Plan to peak around 225 mid may. If I can stay injury free there should be some easy prs

 

[Brandaddy]

Weight today was 206.0

Workout was,

2x10 camber bar squats
X3 real man deads @ 515lbs
3x3 speed conventional deads
2x6 rdls
3x5 pendlay rows
5x20 straight arm pulldowns

Another good training week in the books. Finally broke a full weight of 210 last night.

 

[Perrin Aybara]

What's a real man dead?

 

[MindlessWork]

What's a real man dead?

Never heard of that either lol.

 

[Brandaddy]

What's a real man dead?

A conventional deadlift. Lol. It was a joke about sumo deadlifts.

 

[Perrin Aybara]

A conventional deadlift. Lol. It was a joke about sumo deadlifts.

That's what I figured lol. I'm doing those lately too. Ironically they're way lighter than real man deads.

 

[MindlessWork]

A conventional deadlift. Lol. It was a joke about sumo deadlifts.

Lol gotcha.

 

[Brandaddy]

That's what I figured lol. I'm doing those lately too. Ironically they're way lighter than real man deads.

Are your hips just beat up?

I'm definitely still stronger sumo. I'm guessing I could still do around 600 conventional though.

 

[Perrin Aybara]

Are your hips just beat up?

I'm definitely still stronger sumo. I'm guessing I could still do around 600 conventional though.

I've been squatting and deadlifting 3-4 weeks now and good so far. And yeah, I pulled a fairly difficult 585x1 the other day after doing 500x12 the week before, so I'd say more rested I'm still around 600lbs conventional.

 

[Brandaddy]

Weight today was 206.0

Workout was,

10x5 paused bench @ 280lbs
10x6 chest supported rows
15,13,12 cable flies
12,10,9,8 lat pulldowns
8,7,6 5 second negative reversely curls
Juarez style pushups

 

[Brandaddy]

Weight today was 206.0

Workout was,

2x5 squats @ 430lbs
5x10 seated rows
3xamrap neutral grip pullups
3x15 split squats
3x3 single leg rdls
Juarez style squats
X2 20 sec weighted plank