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29/09/17 - Week 1, Day 4 - Deadlift, Bench Paused deadlifts and close grip bench press to 1" board. Hips and shoulders were a side tight but neither caused any real problems with training today. 2ct Paused Sumo Deadlift 60kg x 5 90kg x 3 110kg x 3 125kg x 4 132.5kg(B) x 4 140kg(B) x 2x4 Much...

28/09/17 - Week 1, Day 3 - Squat, OHP Started off with pin squats and they went better than expected. Maybe the pause irritated the knee to a very small degree, but all in all things felt ok. Back to doing OHP as a primary movement so that was fun. Pin Squat Bar x lots x lots 40kg x 5 60kg x...

27/09/17 - Week 1, Day 2 - Deadlift, Bench Today was pretty decent. Managed some decent intensity and volume on deadlifts and benching felt miles better today too. Sumo Deadlift 60kg x 5 80kg x 3 100kg x 3 120kg x 3 135kg(B) x 5 142.5kg(B) x 5 150kg(B) x 2x5 Very nice indeed. Hip mobility...

Steady progress is the aim. 25/09/17 - Week 1, Day 1 - Squats, Bench Today was the start of a new training cycle under the coaching from someone else. For the first time I've given up the reigns on programming to let someone else point out and fix problems that I don't recognise in my...

23/09/17 - Friday - Light Squats and Medium Bench I was extremely tired today so I did what I needed and left. High Bar Squat Bar x lots x lots 40kg x 5 60kg x 3 70kg x 3 77.5kg x 5x6 Easy enough. Medium Grip Bench Press Bar x lots x lots 40kg x 5 50kg x 3 60kg x 3 68kg x 3 72.5kg x 5x8...

20/09/17 - Wednesday - Light Deadlift and Bench Today was a very early start so I dropped the intensity for the bench since I bench last night and made sure I had a strong focus on form and volume. The pump was good by the end. Conventional Deadlift with controlled eccentric RDL x lots 70kg x...

Fortunately it's getting better day by day because I've been smart enough to reduce the stress on it. Although now that I've started my cut, that's now the culprit to my terrible lifts (I've got to blame something, right?). 19/09/17 - Tuesday - Heavy Squats and Bench By no means was the weight...

14/09/17 - Thursday - Light Squat First day back after a very busy period and things felt slow and clunky. The session was easy enough so it was a case of blowing the dust out of the cracks. High Bar Squat Bar x lots x lots 40kg x 5 50kg x 3 60kg x 3 70kg x 3 75kg x 4x6 Easy enough, knee was...

It's been a very long week so training has been crammed together in whatever was has been feasible. This has also meant that I've done upper and lower session together and my training days have been back-to-back; so it's fair to say I'm feeling a tad worn out already. 29/08/17 - Tuesday - Light...

24/08/17 - Thursday - Heavy Bench Today was a terrible bench session and a real disappointing way to end the cycle. I just couldn't get tight and my feet were slipping the as they were in my previous sessions which meant it was very difficult to plant my feet, and keep them planted, as well as...

I've only ever come across wooden boards that are 2" so to find the 1 rep board to be bigger than a wooden board seems bizarre. I've found the 1board to help with getting the bar off the chest but I'm in a grey area right now where my board press currently is a little less than my bench max...

23/08/17 - Wednesday - Final Deadlift The intention today was supposed to be a nice simple medium-ish sumo session but it just was not to be. I couldn't get into position at all, particularly where the floor was a tad slippery which meant I couldn't spread my feet hard enough to get the knees...

I know the feeling regarding a knee being difficult... I had to stop full squatting to go and do box squats with a somewhat vertical shin and only just started squatting again but with a safety squat bar. I've found repboards to be great but I had to take anything I readout board pressing with...

21/08/17 - Monday - Light Bench Light bench session with medium grip went well as the numbers are going up, wrist pain is dramatically coming down and shoulder functionality is improving. Medium Grip Bench Press Bar x lots x lots 40kg x 5 50kg x 3 60kg x 3 70kg x 2 80kg x 5x6 The floor was...

18/08/17 - Friday - Light Squat My ankle was giving me issues today as there was certain rom where the tibia (shin) just won't get into the position I need it too. I kept doing banded ankle distractions, cossack squats, duck walks and then do some squats and it all helped, but just not as much...

That's god news about the knee. My knee stopped working the other week for no reason whatsoever and then a day or so later they were fine with the exception of a bit of a strain on my medial left quad, which I'm still dealing with... Are your boards the traditional 2" thick or like...

17/08/17 - Thursday - Medium Bench Since I'm getting towards the end of my final cycle (I've finally decided) it's no surprise that my light sessions are no longer light, medium sessions are heavy, and my heavy sessions are pushing the limits now to where my numbers actually should be. Wrist is...

Hopefully the knee gets back to normal asap. What size boards are you using for your board pressing?

16/08/17 - Wednesday - Light Deadlifts Light deadlifts are no longer quite so light, but they did feel really good. Still using straps a the wrist is still giving me grief. Sumo Deadlift 70kg x 5 90kg x 3 110kg x 3 130kg(B) x 2 143kg(B) x 3x6 Not bad but I wanted to just stop after every...

In terms of raw the best single I ever actually pulled was 160 and in the suit it was 170x3 so it's ice knowing that I was doing my old 1rm for reps. From the calculator though it does suggest upwards of 180 as a max. 15/08/17 - Tuesday - Light bench Light bench with a medium grip tonight and...