I am sure I have it, I wake myself up with my own snoring so I know it’s pretty bad. Only a few days in but wife says it is deff better. I managed to her to sleep a lot quicker with the mouth piece in last night so am starting to get used to it.
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Wednesday 16th June - week 4
Deadlift
Bar x 10
70 x 5
110 x 3
140 x 2
160 x 1
177.5 x 4 (391 lbs) RPE 8,
177.5 x 4 RPE 8,
177.5 x 4 RPE 9
177.5 x 3 RPE 10 (rushed the last rep and lost my brace) it went 2 inches and I unfolded.
177.5 x 3 RPE 10
Kept the rest a little longer tonight. These were not easy tonight, but it was very mental just had to keep telling myself to get it done. Missed a couple of reps but still happy. This was a huge volume PR.
Tricep roll backs
12.5kg x 3 sets - 15, 15, 15
Inc supported Db row
16kg x 15 x 4 sets
SS
Tricep press down
4 sets
This was a great session. Back was seriously pumped after deadlifts and rows. Some of this hard work has got to pay off eventually.
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Anytime you get to go RPE 10 pays off instantly. Being able to prove to yourself that you got that in you is huge. Good on you dude.
I really appreciate that mate. The last rep on deadlift took some skin off my thigh where I dragged it up, it a full strongman hitch but deff not a clean rep, lol. Tonight I was stinging in the shower not signing !!
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Some of those must have registered on the RPS scale?
The daddy strength is back up.
Here we fucking go ya big shagging machine
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Probably the last rep felt like it was slow so maybe a RPS 3 (3 secs of grind). Its pretty hard do grind out a deadlift much over 5 secs (unless you are @T3hPwnisher ) !!
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Mate with the time difference Its nice to wake up and start the day with a motivational boost from my mad Scottish friend. Made me smile and start the day feeling good.
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Some big tonnage here indeed, coudos.
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Mad work mate. Keep it up
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It’s how to solve the whole “deadlift doesn’t have enough time under tension to be a hypertrophy exercise” problem, haha.
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Friday 18th June week 4
Squat
Bar x 10
70 x 5
90 x 3
110 x 2
125 x 6 x 5 sets (275 lbs) RPE 7, 7, 8, 8, 8
Legs felt pretty good. Lower back pump was crazy!!
Bench
Bar x 5
70 x 5
90 x 3
100 x 2
110 x 4 x 5 sets (242 lbs) RPE 8, 9, 9, 10, 10
Shoulder still a bit pissey. Still happy with these though. So happy to hit all the reps. Last rep was probably a RPS 5 deff a good slow grind.
Pull ups BW + 12.5
5 x 3 sets
Back in the gym, back on the prowler. The gym has been cleaned as part of the COVID lockdown and they must have steam cleaned the carpet that I push the prowler on. It felt like it was literally stuck to the floor tonight. It was like a max effort set just to do 1 rep. At one point I was pushing so hard I ripped up a carpet tile !! Dropped the weight and did a few more reps but was totally spent from the first 2 max effort reps!!
Great session tonight, so happy to get all the reps in bench.
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Bench vids from tonight, first and third set.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CQQmqZJAULl/?utm_medium=copy_link
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A couple of guys training near me tonight started talking to me. They asked how long I had been training and were commenting on the weight I was benching and how good my form was. I then overheard them talking to each other, the comment went something like, he is benching more than we are squatting. Made me smile to myself and I thought imagine if there was someone actually strong training here. 
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This!
Not this.
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Rarer than a unicorn sighting, nice effort mate.
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Big Poppa Pump showing the young stags how it should be done
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More beautiful as well.
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Yup agreed with @SvenG your bench has made consistent gains and is looking very solid! Mr long term consistency.
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That’s very nice of you to say mate. I’ve just got to keep managing this annoying bicep tendon/ shoulder issue and hopefully it will keep getting better.
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