Blut Wump - Korte 3x3

[anotherbutters]

Awesome, congrats!

Is that your Korte squat goal fulfilled then? You mentioned going for 160kg last week - was that a revised goal or are you just throwing that in for good measure?

 

[blut wump]

I'm putting the belt on loose at around 100Kg which is my working '60%' weight. I tighten it after that. I don't typically wear a belt but my old 140Kg PR was in full gear (ie a belt) so I decided that the intensity phase should be belted for the squats on the heavy squat days.

I'm kind of keen to see where I am with wraps now. I should be comfortably over 400lbs with the wider PL style squat to parallel and wraps.

Still, that's 20+lbs gained on my squat and today, while heavy, didn't feel much like a max effort.

It's 5Kg over initial projections made in week zero and I'll get either 155 or 160Kg next week. The 160Kg was my revised figure after the end of the Volume phase. Just a stab in the dark for something to go for, really.

If I view this is being about a 95% effort then I made my basic 25lbs Korte gains plus 12lbs which is more than I'd expect from a run of the 5x5.

 

[blut wump]

Firstly thanks to all 'you guys'. I made a long-term ambition today and it was easy.

The 140Kg bench came down sweet and, after last week's failure, I pushed with everything I had and the bar just sailed up. No hint of any grind nor sticking point. I racked the bar and my spotter asked why I wasn't doing any more reps. I had forgotten to tell him that I was just going for a single and that I was far from confident of getting it.

I removed a plate from each end and did 13 reps at 100Kg which was a new PR for reps at that weight and I had maybe another still in the tank.

I almost feel like I cheated, though, since I did no pressing at all on Wednesday. I did the usual light bench on Monday and worked up to some singles on Push Press and thought that four days with no pressing might work nicely. Woohoo!

I just have one more PR to squeeze out of the Korte for Monday's squat and that's my Korte experience over. I'm glad I decided to hobble on despite losing the deadllift.

 

[Jim Ouini]

Awesome, congrats! Get a vid next time

No temptation to keep going up on bench? Especially since it was so easy.

 

[blut wump]

Awesome, congrats! Get a vid next time

No temptation to keep going up on bench? Especially since it was so easy.

When it went up I did have the temptation to go for another rep but it was fleeting and then I'd racked it and it was over.

I was so flushed with having done it that I reckoned that there was nothing to be gained at getting back under the bar and trying a second time and doing a back-off set was probably as beneficial overall.

 

[Guinness5.0]

congrats bro!

 

[blut wump]

Awesome, congrats! Get a vid next time

No temptation to keep going up on bench? Especially since it was so easy.

Lol, I'm more tired than I realised. I guess, next Friday, I'll either try for a double at this weight or try for 142.5Kg.

Thanks, G5.0

I need to think what to do afterwards now. I recall after the last 5x5 I wanted to keep working at 1x3 and 3x3 weights and I'm in that same kind of mood now but I know it's not feasible. I might try the Tate 9-week Westside intro or I might take another stab at the Korte. I obviously still need deadlifting practice.

 

[anotherbutters]

Awesome! Absolutely awesome! Congrats!

lol at your spotter wondering why you weren't doing any more reps

Why don't you think 1x3 or 3x3 is feasible? Why not just try it for a couple of weeks, see what you can get out of it with small increases? Single factor style

 

[blut wump]

It's feasible for a while but you start to lose fitness and conditioning with so few reps. There comes a point when it's time to do higher rep-ranges again.

 

[blut wump]

I got the 160Kg squat.

Not a drop left in the tank, I think. I came out of the hole and the bar was grindingly slow. I used my Mighty Yell superpower to change the gravitational constant and managed to stand up with the weight. I had entertained designs of using my wraps to see how high I could take the weight in belt + wraps but after the 160Kg I was drained. I struggled with 100x3 and then again with 60Kgx5.

I'm very pleased again and have to consider the Korte a success despite the deadlift injury. It looks like the one week gap did no lasting harm. I guess you could hardly call my last few weeks Korte although I have tried to work the basic template for squats amd bench.

Bench 135Kg (hard) -> 140Kg (easy)
ATF Squat 140Kg (hard) -> 160Kg (hard)

I'm starting to entertain thoughts of beginning afresh next week.