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14 hours ago, VirginiaDoug said:

22Apr20

-Front squat: 140x3, 230, 280

-Back squat: 230, 280, 320, 370

Just did a little something. Left hand is bothered and I’m knackered from building jerk boxes the passed two days. Coming along nicely though!

 

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23Apr20

-Front Squat (belt): 50x5,5,5, 100x3, 140x3, 190x3, 230, 280, 300, 320, 300x2, 230x5

-Back Squat (beltless): 230, 280, 320, 350

-Box jumps: 35, 40, 45 inches - just singles.  Easy.  Wanted to see if I could jump on my new jerk boxes.  Haven't done a box jump in probably ten years.

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24Apr20 - bw: 184lbs

-Front squat (beltless): 50x5,5,5, 100x5, 140x3, 190, 230, 250, 270, 290
-Back squat (beltless): 230, 280, 320
-Deadlift (straps, belt): 135x5x5, 225x5, 325x5, 365, 405, 445x5
-Shrugs (straps, belt): 135x20, 225x20, 315x10, 405x10, 455x10, 405x10

Trying to get 100 chins in today. Need to make time/energy for focused back work. Feels good to know I can smoke a 300+ beltless front squat after years of no front squatting. Took it easy on the FS/BS today to get something in but stay pretty fresh for my pulls. Still pretty wiped out. Chins feel like a chore and a half. 

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25Apr20

Holy manual labor, Batman!  Drove to my mom's, mowed her grass, drove home, mowed here for half hour, benched, log presses, mowed another 20 minutes, then squatted, now onto pressure washing things.  I'm going to sleep like the dead tonight!

-Swiss bar Bench: 60x15,10, 110x10, 150x10, 200x5, 240x2, 275x1,1,1

-13" log press (from boxes, no clean): 90x10, 140x5, 180, 200, 230(fail), 

-10" log press: 170x3, 220 (success!), 170x3,3

-Front squat: 50x5, 140x3, 230, 282x5

-Back squat: 282, 320x5

Belt for the log and squat work.  1:15 of push mowing and several hours of pressure washing ahead of me.  No real grip work the last few days.  Left hand was bothered so I gave it a rest.  

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27Apr20
-Front squat: 50x5,5,5, 100x5, 140x5, 190, 230, 270, 300
-Back squat: 230, 280, 320, 350
-FS: 230x5
-BS: 300x5

Low back was a little crunchy so I planned on 300 and 350 toda but wanted a little more so I went back in for some lighter fives.  Focused on just wrecking the sets of five, no pauses anywhere; just tore them up.

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17 hours ago, VirginiaDoug said:

27Apr20
-Front squat: 50x5,5,5, 100x5, 140x5, 190, 230, 270, 300
-Back squat: 230, 280, 320, 350
-FS: 230x5
-BS: 300x5

Low back was a little crunchy so I planned on 300 and 350 toda but wanted a little more so I went back in for some lighter fives.  Focused on just wrecking the sets of five, no pauses anywhere; just tore them up.

Great work. I like high frequency squats. I cant wait until the gyms reopen here.

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28Apr20

-Front squat: 0x10, 50x5,5, 100x5, 140x5, 190x1,1, 230, 270, 300x1,2,3
-Back squat: 230, 280, 320, 350

Just worked the front squat and hit my daily minimum in the back squat. Day 16 of consecutive squatting. Trying to go 100. I’ve never made it as far as a month in the past. Trying to take it easier this time around. Hey, 10#/month is 120# a year, right? It would be sweet to throw 100# on my daily minimums by next spring. 

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On 4/28/2020 at 4:22 PM, VirginiaDoug said:

28Apr20

-Front squat: 0x10, 50x5,5, 100x5, 140x5, 190x1,1, 230, 270, 300x1,2,3
-Back squat: 230, 280, 320, 350

Just worked the front squat and hit my daily minimum in the back squat. Day 16 of consecutive squatting. Trying to go 100. I’ve never made it as far as a month in the past. Trying to take it easier this time around. Hey, 10#/month is 120# a year, right? It would be sweet to throw 100# on my daily minimums by next spring. 

Good stuff man. Have you read about John Broz's thoughts and method of squatting? Basically upto a daily max. Pretty much singles.

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5 hours ago, mcalpine1986 said:

Good stuff man. Have you read about John Broz's thoughts and method of squatting? Basically upto a daily max. Pretty much singles.

Yeah man. I’ve done it in the past but always got injured in some way after a few weeks. I modified the philosophy for myself so it’s slightly less hardcore. Going for broke everyday leaves me broken. Now I have my daily minimum set, I’ll bump that up every few weeks and do something cool once or twice a week in both the front and back squat. 

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29Apr20

-Neck harness extensions: 30x50, 53x50,50,75
-Lying neck flexion: 30x25,25,25
-Front squat: 50x5,5, 100x5, 140x5, 190, 230, 270, 300, 330
-Back squat: 230, 280, 320, 370, 400

Another session that I almost quit on. Worked up to some heavy singles. 300 flew up so I threw on 330 and that flew up too, but I was pretty dizzy so I called it there. Feel like another 20# is right around the corner. Just trying to be patient. 400 is the most I’ve moved in five months and felt good. That will be my daily minimum in a month or so, I’m sure.

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30Apr20 - bw: 183lbs

1000:
All beltless:
-Front squat: 50x5, 100x5, 140x3, 190, 230, 270, 300
-Back squat: 230, 280, 320, 350

1200:

-Press: 65x10,10, 95x5, 115x5, 135x3, 155x2, 165x2, 175x5, 135x12, 95x10,10,10 

-Neck and grippers - just a smattering of work here and there.

Squats in 20 minutes from start to finish including time to run back inside and respond to work messages. 10 minutes to front squat. 5 minutes to back squat. Everything felt heavy today. Just hit my daily minimums and went back to work. Singles took it out of me yesterday. Probably would’ve had 135x15 but had no fire in my belly and took a rest at rep 12. Could’ve been spectacular.

 

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01May20

Greasing the groove on all the things.  Trying to get 100+ chin ups/day in the month of May.  I haven't made time for dedicated back work and this seems like a cheat-code to getting them started again.  Get back to doing sets of five with 90# hanging off my waist!

-Neck Harness: 30x50, 53x60,60,55
-Neck flexion: 30x30,30,30 
-Front squat: 50x5,5, 100x5, 140x3, 190, 230, 270, 300
-Back squat: 230, 280, 320, 350
-Deadlift: 135x8,8,8, 225x5, 315x2, 365x10
-Shrugs: 135x20, 225x10, 315x10, 365x10,10,20
-chin ups: 105 total, 7 “sets” of (1,2,3,4,5) on the hour while I worked. Just bodyweight.   

Neck in the morning, then on lunch I took only 30 minutes total to squat and pull, then shrugs. I was breathin pretty good. Chins all day. Forearm curls throughout the day, because why not?  Backing off the deadlift weight. I can pull much heavier but it feels like a test more than productive work. I need a month or two to get some “infrastructure” back before I attack 500+. 

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21 hours ago, VirginiaDoug said:

01May20

Greasing the groove on all the things.  Trying to get 100+ chin ups/day in the month of May.  I haven't made time for dedicated back work and this seems like a cheat-code to getting them started again.  Get back to doing sets of five with 90# hanging off my waist!

-Neck Harness: 30x50, 53x60,60,55
-Neck flexion: 30x30,30,30 
-Front squat: 50x5,5, 100x5, 140x3, 190, 230, 270, 300
-Back squat: 230, 280, 320, 350
-Deadlift: 135x8,8,8, 225x5, 315x2, 365x10
-Shrugs: 135x20, 225x10, 315x10, 365x10,10,20
-chin ups: 105 total, 7 “sets” of (1,2,3,4,5) on the hour while I worked. Just bodyweight.   

Neck in the morning, then on lunch I took only 30 minutes total to squat and pull, then shrugs. I was breathin pretty good. Chins all day. Forearm curls throughout the day, because why not?  Backing off the deadlift weight. I can pull much heavier but it feels like a test more than productive work. I need a month or two to get some “infrastructure” back before I attack 500+. 

Thats a nice amount if volume. If you can recover from it, why not. Great for building work capacity and fitness. You are starting to push the reps up on neck harness extension. Great work. 

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02May20

-Front squat: 50x5,5, 100x5, 140x3, 190, 230, 280, 310, 310x3
-Back squat: 230, 280, 320, 370, 410, 425, 370
::35 minutes total::

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03May20

-Swiss bar bench: 255x3,3, 225x8,8
- Front squat: 50x5, 140x5, 230, 280, 310
-Back squat: 280, 330, 370
-Strict press: 45x10, 95x5, 135x3, 155, 185x4 (failed five. That’s bodyweight though, baby!)

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04May20

-Front squat: 50x5,5,5, 100x5, 140x3, 190, 230, 280, 310x5 singles 
-Back squat: 280, 320, 370
-500# tire: 10 flips in 4 minutes
-Chin ups : 1,2,3,4,5 x7: 105 total
-Biceps curls, forearm curls, grippers
-Neck harness: 30x50, 53x75,60,60
-Neck flexion: 30x30,30,30

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05May20

-Front squat: 50x5,5, 100x5, 140x3, 190, 230, 280, 320, 340, 350(fail), 275x nope
-Back squat: 275, 320, 370

340 flew up like I was naked and standing up from a chair. Then got dizzy and set 350 on the pins. Went to rep out 275, got dizzy again and racked it. Good news is, I switched back to my Air Force Ones and my depth improved considerably v weightlifting shoes - they just put me too forward in the hole.

-105 chin ups throughout the day
-Neck harness: 30x50, 53x35, 75x35, 50x75
-Lying neck flexion: 30x30,30,30
-Fat grip iso db curls: 25x5,10,10,10

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06May20

0630:      -Press: 45x10,10, 95x5,5, 115x5, 135x3, 155, 175, 185, 195, 205, 135x15

2130:      -Front squat: 50x10,5, 140x3, 230      -Back squat: 140x5, 230

Left knee was knackered from the previous two days so I just warmed up the squat to keep the streak alive.  ALMOST skipped it but ran out after I put my son to bed.  Drank too much on Cinco de Mayo and paid for it today though I can't be mad at that press work.  First time over 200 on the strict press in over 3 years AND 135x15 ties a previous rep PR at that weight.  Can't be too mad at today.  Tomorrow will make 25 consecutive days of front and back squatting with only today as a real throw-away workout.

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07May20

1200, all beltless:
-Front squat: 50x5,5, 100x5, 140x3, 190, 230, 280, 310
-Back squat: 230, 280, 320, 370
-Front squat: 230, 280, 320
-Back squat: 280, 320, 370

Did them both twice since I half-assed yesterday. Worked up to my daily minimums twice. I was gassed when I got in. Not enough to eat this morning.

105 chin ups, neck work, curls and grippers throughout the day. 

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08May20

-Neck harness: 30x50, 53x100, 70x45, 53x100
-Neck flexion: 30x30,30,30
-Front squat: 50x5,5,5, 100x5, 140x3, 190, 230, 280, 320
-Back squat: 230, 280, 320, 370
-Deadlift: 135x8,5,5, 225, 315, 375x10
-Shrugs: 400x10,10,10
-100 chin-ups in fives, curls and forearm curls throughout the day. 

Pushing the reps and adding weight on the neck harness extensions. Time to be yoked again. Good session today. I’m taking less time on my front squats after I unrack the bar which helps me keep tight. 320 flew up but I called it so I didn’t gas or fail before my deadlift set. 

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09May20

The streak has died. Didn’t get to squat today. Too many chores and lots of energy spent benching. Oh well. If I go 100 days with a few misses, I’m still doing what I set out to do, which is squat A LOT!

-Swiss bench: 260x3,3, 230x8,8
-Press: 135x5,5,13

10May20

-Front squat: 50x5,5, 100x5, 140x3, 190, 230, 280, 320

Skipped the back squats this morning. Lower back is irritated from deadlifting on Friday. Didn’t want to push it. Tomorrow is another day - though I may back squat later today if I get some ibuprofen in me and loosen up a bit. 

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On 5/8/2020 at 6:43 PM, VirginiaDoug said:

08May20

-Neck harness: 30x50, 53x100, 70x45, 53x100
-Neck flexion: 30x30,30,30
-Front squat: 50x5,5,5, 100x5, 140x3, 190, 230, 280, 320
-Back squat: 230, 280, 320, 370
-Deadlift: 135x8,5,5, 225, 315, 375x10
-Shrugs: 400x10,10,10
-100 chin-ups in fives, curls and forearm curls throughout the day. 

Pushing the reps and adding weight on the neck harness extensions. Time to be yoked again. Good session today. I’m taking less time on my front squats after I unrack the bar which helps me keep tight. 320 flew up but I called it so I didn’t gas or fail before my deadlift set. 

Great workout. Nice to see you pushing the weight and volume on the neck harness. 

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11May20

-100 chin ups
-db curls: 25x10,10,10
-db forearm curls: 25x20,20,20
-Neck flexion: 30x30,40,40
-Neck harness: 30x50, 53x75,60,50
-Front squat: 50x5,5,5,5, 100x5, 140x3, 190, 230, 280, 320, 350 (fail), 320, 320, 350 (fail)
-Back squat: 230x3, 320, 370, 400x2, 320x8
-Front squat: 230x5

Keep getting dizzy in the front squat and having to set 350 in the rack. The lift is there but my breath isn’t. Going to switch my focus to the back squat for a month and work on reps/breath/set-up in the front squat. 

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5 hours ago, mcalpine1986 said:

Great workout. Nice to see you pushing the weight and volume on the neck harness. 

Thanks man. That’s the goal. One or two days a week, really get after the neck work. I was back up to 18” today and would like to get back to 19”. I’m eating more and may try to eat up to 200, so it should be back soon. 

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