Thursday 7/13
Back Squat
2x135
2x185
2x225
2x275
2x315
2x365
1x395
1x410
2x315
Friday 7/14
Deadlift
3x135
3x225
1x315
1x405
1x425
1x445
1x495
1x515
1x535
1x555
1x495
1x495
Weird day. I felt pretty off all day; woke up with a headache, feeling like a mild hangover (I had a hard cider with dinner last night, but not nearly enough for a hangover, lol). Even as I walked to the gym, I still felt crappy, and wasn’t sure how high I would push today. But then 515 went up smoothly, and 535, so I slapped one more pair of 10’s on and hit 555 pretty easily - a little grind, but never a doubt that I would lock it out.
That’s 98 percent of my all time PR on an otherwise blah day. 600 is on the horizon.
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When do you think you are going to shoot for that 600??
Saturday 7/15
Deadlift
3x135
3x225
1x315
1x405
1x495
1x535
1x585 (PR)
1x495
1x495
1x495
1x495
12x295
Well. How about that.
Probably in two or three weeks. I’ll take it a little easier (staying between 495-545) for the next couple weeks, then maybe the first week of August. That’s right before we leave for a week’s vacation and then move into our new house, so it’s a good time - a natural “end of this chapter” point in life.
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Looks like you get 600lb now congrats.
Just dropping by to see how things are going.
Great work on such consistent gains!
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Thanks man!
House closing is just under a month away now…once we’re moved in, I’ll be setting up my garage gym (barebones at first; don’t need much when 95% of your training is squats and deadlifts, haha) so if you ever get a little time off from Daddy duty, you’d be welcome at the ActivitiesGuy Barbell Club for a workout.
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Sunday 7/16
7-Mile Run (64 Minutes)
Been awhile since I ran this far; my wife wanted to run down to “the point” (where the Three Rivers converge in the center of Pittsburgh), and I sorta misjudged the distance from where we parked the car; I thought we would have about a 5-mile roundtrip, but we took a little extra loop that made it a bit longer. Ah well, we survived.
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And thank you too!
Looking forward to it! As the bird flies, you’re going to be right over the hill. As the car drives, its well, you know.
Monday 7/17
Deadlift
3x135
3x225
3x315
2x405
2x405
2x405
2x405
2x405
2x405
2x405
2x405
2x405
2x405
2x405
Ten beltless doubles at 405, EMOM, and then just tacked on an eleventh for good measure. Didn’t have a lot of zip today, but after a new 1RM pull on Saturday and long run yesterday, probably should have seen that coming.
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Tuesday 7/18
Back Squat
2x135
2x225
2x315
2x330
2x345
2x360
2x360
2x360
2x345
Wednesday 7/19
Deadlift
3x135
3x225
3x315
3x405
1x495
1x515
1x545
1x515
1x495
3x405
Thursday 7/20
Back Squat
2x135
2x185
2x235
2x285
2x335
2x350
2x365
2x335
2x335
Friday 7/21
Deadlift
3x135
3x225
3x315
1x405
1x455
1x495
1x515
1x545
1x495
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Saturday 7/22
Bikram Yoga (90 Minutes)
Sunday 7/23
Deadlift
3x135
3x225
3x315
1x405
1x455
1x495
1x545
1x565
1x495
1x495
Front Squat
2x135
2x185
2x235
1x285
1x300
Back Squat
1x300
1x300
1x300
1x300
1x300
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Monday 7/24
Back Squat
3x135
3x225
3x275
3x325
1x375
1x375
1x375
1x375
1x375
3x325
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Were you mad at yourself or something? Was this punishment? LOL
That’s one of the longest workouts I’ve seen you post.
You mean Sunday’s workout?
Eh, not really mad, but my wife was in a show this weekend so we went out for a huge celebration dinner on Saturday night. Lots of rich food, dessert, a couple drinks. Figured that I had to work it off a little bit, plus after the heavy deadlift(s) I felt like a few squats would do me some good.
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