Me too Lava, me too.
I think it’s the first time I’m really trying to do 1RM’s
Hopefully it’s not going to end in disaster 
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Haha I thought this said 190 lbs for a few seconds and I was like damn you’ve been bulking like a mofo
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woke at 82,3 kg - 181,4 lb
about 2800 calories some wine/G&T’s/and a beer.
@muskratlifts I’ll be there but not that fast
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Todays training
The Danish Vikings Darkhorse
W10D2: Dynamic effort deload OHP – Bench
Warmup: Ropeskipping, yoga stuff, stretches
Dynamic warmup: 10 minutes
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Plyo push ups 5 x 3
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BPA 5 x 10 controlled, focus on MMC and squeeze
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kneeling bottom up KB press 5 x 5 each arm
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Rope skipping 5 x 30 sec
Complex:
- bar x 8, 8: DL, row, Hang clean, fr Squat, press, squat, GM, push press
Superset 1:
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pull up 5 x 5 @ BW
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OHP 35 kg
Superset 2
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BB row 3 x 12 + 2 x 6 @ 45 kg
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Bench 5 x 60 kg.
Assistance giant set
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Standing triceps extension EZ bar 3 x 10 @ 17,5 kg
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EZ bar curl 3 x 10 @ 17,5 kg
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kneeling AB wheel 3 x 10
Done in 30 minutes + 20 minutes warmup.
Quick session focus on technique and speed.
Tried BB row with 45 kg for reps of 12, this will probably be the starting weight for SGSS.
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Are you planning to run the program as written or are you going to add a couple weeks of higher reps (10-12 per set)?
I’m planning 2 weeks of 12 reps and 2 weeks of 10 reps.
I’ll evaluate on the fly, it could be 1 week 12 reps and 2 week of 10’s.
After week one of 5 x 12 you might reconsider and just jump into the original week one 
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woke at 82,3 kg - 181,4 lb
2800 calories yesterday.
Seems like 2800 has become my new maintenance number.
To really mess with my PR lifts coming up, today I’ll be starting badminton season.
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Eat more.
I’ll eat more when I start the SGSS program, that is right after the testing.
It’s more badminton is quite taxing or at least I get sore AF in the days after the first couple of times I play.
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woke at 82,1 kg - 181 lb
2800 calories yesterday.
Todays training
The Danish Vikings Darkhorse
W10D3 Dynamic effort Deload Squat – DL
Warmup: Ergorower, stretches, yogastuff.
Dynamic warmup: 4 rounds of
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Ergorower 30 – 40 seconds
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BPA x 12
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airsquat x 10
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Dip x 5
Complex:
- bar x 8: DL, row, Hang clean, fr Squat, press, squat, GM, push press
Main giant set:
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jump 5 x 3
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squat 5 x 3 @ 70 kg good strong fast
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hanging leg raise 5 x 5
”2’nd main super set
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KB Swing 5 x 5 @ 24 kg
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Deadlift 5 x 3 @ 90 kg DOH
Assistance
5 pull ups
Done in 25 minutes.
A bit tired from badminton yesterday. Lifts where great though. Getting the form down quite well I think.
Shitty rainy weather today, so I took the bike for work first time since april.
Next two days are long days at work. Tomorrow about 15 hours or so. Wednesday “only” 11.
Two days without training at all. Thursday is the start of the testing.
Brian says test over two weeks, I think that is too long time, so I’ll be lifting every other day,
Wednesday OHP,
Saturday Squat,
Monday (or Tuesday) Bench
Wednesday (or Thursday) DL.
What do you guys think about this? Okay, to long, to short.
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Testing every other day seems fine to me. However, if Brian says to test over two weeks, maybe that would give you the best results. I’m not sure. Maybe you could do your first test day or two then decide how you are feeling.
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Who is Brian?
Brian Alsruhe strength and strongman coach. The author of Darkhorse, found on his site Neversate or here on T-nation in his log: Alpha V, his avatar here is Alpha.
Ah that guy, I like his videos. Thanks for clearing that up!
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Looks fine to me.
Was that just the work giant sets, or does that include your warm-up? Either way, you’re way ahead of me on conditioning. Maybe I’ll do some Darkhorse after November and December strongman comps and try to lose some flab/bump up the conditioning for next Summer.
25 minutes for the giant and SS + assistance
About 15 - 18 minutes of warmup.
This is the deload part.
about 1 minute rest between sets. Breaking some sweat but kind of easy.
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Testing every other day should be fine. Your getting 2 lifts this week and 2 next, so it is basically over 2 weeks anyway
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Woke at 82,4 kg - 181,7 lb
2800 calories Yesterday was up at a quarter past four this morning. Long day ahead with lots of food and junk
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