2020-08-24
Microcycle 2, Day 1
Wide Neutral Grip Pullups
BW 3x8
Overhead Press
125 3x8
SSB Squat
255 3x8
BB Row
175 3x8
EZ Bar Curls
90 2x8, 6
85x3
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Tweaked the back on the squats.
Usual place.
Annoying.
Going to switch days for close grip floor press and skull crushers. Floor press and push press together is a little too much.
Back tweak was transient. Much better today.
2020-08-25
Pushups
BW+30 3x8
Facepulls red band
3x12
Misc forearm work.
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2020-08-26
Microcycle 2 Day 2
Neutral Close Grip Pullups
BW+20 3x8
Close Grip Overhead Press
120 3x8
Romanian Deadlift
285 3x8
Close grip Floor Press
175 3x8
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2020-08-28
Microcycle 2 Day 3
1 Arm Barbell Press
60 3x8
Not all that challenging
Close Stance High Bar Squat
235 3x8
Easier than 225 last week
Meadows Row
80 2x8
90x8
Should’ve started with 90
EZ Bar Reverse Curl
75 3x8
The presses were more obliques work than shoulder work today, but they will be more challenging when I go to 6’s cycle.
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So many folks mass-bought bumper plates and bars that there is now a glut on craigslist. The prices are ridiculously high, but since Rogue and other supply companies are identifying these plate-flippers and not allowing them to buy anymore stock, I imagine the prices will come down, especially once production is back up.
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I hope so, even the price of iron weights is crazy high 2-3x normal prices. A correction is overdue.
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Left hip is getting niggly. Hope I can make it through one more micro of squatting 8s, and then the volume goes down. It might settle down then.
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2020-08-31
Mesocycle 1 microcycle 2 day 4, pt 1
Push Press
145 3x8
Deadlift
355 3x8
Skull Crushers
90 3x8
Pullups tomorrow.
Tweaked my back on the first set of DLs, which I suspected might happen. I need to maybe have a no-back day every so often. Since it was already tweaked, I just kept going and stayed tight. Didn’t get any worse, so maybe it was a good call.
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Back tweak gone the next day.
Fatigue high, upper back and lats still sore from DLs. skipping the pullups and taking another recovery day.
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2020-09-02
Mesocycle 1 microcycle 2 day 4, pt 2
Wide Neutral Grip Pullups
BW+10 3x8
Pushups
BW+35 3x8
Pullups hurt as I thought they would, but when trying the warmups weren’t so bad, I went ahead and did some straight sets. Def stretchy-pain around the armpit and down to the right elbow.
This next microcycle is going to be at the limit for me as far as 8’s go. Looking forward to the down week after.
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Glad your back is ok. You never know what the next day will be like when you tweak your back. Did you do a 1 arm barbell or db press? Overhead or bench press? Sounds interesting.
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It’s a one-arm overhead barbell press.
Big fun. They go even lower to the shoulder than a dumbbell because there’s a little more clearance.
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Sounds interesting. And maybe a little dangerous.
2020-09-03
Mesocycle 1 microcycle 3 day 1
OHP
130 3x8
BB Row
180 3x8
EZ Bar Curl
95 3x8
Nice pump. Squats tomorrow. May throw in day 2’s RDL’s as well.
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If I tried this I am sure it would be one of those gym fail vidoes. 
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2020-09-04
Mesocycle 1, microcycle 3 Day 1 pt2
SSB Squats
265 3x8
Mesocycle 1, microcycle 3 Day 2 pt1
Romanian Deadlift
295 3x8
Whoof!
Made it through the squats, which is the only movement that really mattered to me in this meso. Everything after this (except push-presses) will be a breeze. Then a micro off doing fun stuff (sandbags!) followed by a meso of 6’s
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Mesocycle 1 microcycle 3 day 2 part 2
Neutral Close Grip Pullup
BW+25 3x8
Close Grip OHP
125 3x8
Close Grip Floor Press
180 3x8
Really didn’t want to pause on floor press. Got 'em all anyways.
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2020-09-07
Mesocycle 1 Microcycle 3 day 3
One Arm BB Press
65 3x8
High Bar Close Stance Squat
245 3x8
Meadows Row
90 3x8
EZ Bar Reverse Curl
85 3x8
A little too much english on these.
1 more day of 8’s
Had to wait for the sun to get behind the western building. I have to train outside and its just too hot lately. We’ve got extensive southern exposure and I bake when training out front of the apartment.
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