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blut wump
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It makes you work harder to hold onto the bar so I'm inclined to think that it works your grip more. I wouldn't risk a lift for the sake of it but with a weight I know I'm good for I'll use double-overhand. I'd switch to mixed without a moment's hesitation if I thought I needed the extra holding power.
I feel more comfortable with both hands pronated and less likely to take chunks out of my shins. When I use mixed, the side with the pronated hand loses shin flesh.
I feel more comfortable with both hands pronated and less likely to take chunks out of my shins. When I use mixed, the side with the pronated hand loses shin flesh.
djeclipse
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blut wump said:
ya, I still have the scars on my shins form the first time I used mixed grip. And at least once every lift I bang my shins/knees pretty good with the bar.
I will try doing overhand grip for the warm up weights and see how it goes. I am just worried about tiring out my grip for the last set.
blut wump
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Week 7 Day 3
I'm starting to feel a little beaten up after all these weeks. One of my knees is giving me grief when I kneel on it and my arms are developing aches. I was also starting to feel early signs of loading again. I think I was still recovering from Wedsnesday's deads. It's an interesting ride.
I decided I was going for 150Kg today on squats. I got a bit of a shock when I realised that I would be on 135 for the next-to-last set and then realised that I've never done more than a belted single at 150 since moving to proper, deep squats. 120 felt kind of hard, 135 reasonably easy and then 150 felt no harder than 145 last week. It consisted of five of the ropiest squats I've been involved in, though. I had the strength but couldn't find the groove. Obviously, I got the depth, else they'd be fails, but it seemed like something was poor in my balance left to right or front to back on every rep. 150Kg x 5 PR.
I just realised that my squat x5 is catching up with my deadlift x5x5. I'd like to have the confidence to go for 160, 3.5 plates, next week on squats.
When I started on bench the aches in my brachialis/brachioradialis were looking to be a problem. A bit of massage took care of them though. When I got to the working sets the first set felt easy but after the second I decided the weight was about right. The last set finished on two tough reps. 122.5Kg x 5 x 5 PR
I set the bar down to 90Kg for my back off close-grip sets but aborted while starting to take the strain to lift it. Aches in the left arm and right elbow put me right off.
I also ended up aborting rows. I worked a couple of warmup sets and decided either that I simply wouldn't be able to do the higher sets or I'd injure myself trying. Not worth it either way so I did some abs work and called it a day.
Measures beyond my control are going to interfere with next week's workouts but catching it early I can move the days along by one and get my workouts in. I'm not sure whether I can get to the gym on Monday but the plan is to make Monday a light arms day and then work out Tu, Th, Sa. It'll give me a needed rest and maybe a minor deload for the final week or two.
Weights in Kilos
ATF Squat
20x10, 30x10, 60x5, 90x5, 105x5, 120x5, 135x5, 150x5
Bench
20x10N, 40x10S, 60x5W, 80x3W, 100x2W, 110x2W, 122.5x5x5
I'm starting to feel a little beaten up after all these weeks. One of my knees is giving me grief when I kneel on it and my arms are developing aches. I was also starting to feel early signs of loading again. I think I was still recovering from Wedsnesday's deads. It's an interesting ride.
I decided I was going for 150Kg today on squats. I got a bit of a shock when I realised that I would be on 135 for the next-to-last set and then realised that I've never done more than a belted single at 150 since moving to proper, deep squats. 120 felt kind of hard, 135 reasonably easy and then 150 felt no harder than 145 last week. It consisted of five of the ropiest squats I've been involved in, though. I had the strength but couldn't find the groove. Obviously, I got the depth, else they'd be fails, but it seemed like something was poor in my balance left to right or front to back on every rep. 150Kg x 5 PR.
I just realised that my squat x5 is catching up with my deadlift x5x5. I'd like to have the confidence to go for 160, 3.5 plates, next week on squats.
When I started on bench the aches in my brachialis/brachioradialis were looking to be a problem. A bit of massage took care of them though. When I got to the working sets the first set felt easy but after the second I decided the weight was about right. The last set finished on two tough reps. 122.5Kg x 5 x 5 PR
I set the bar down to 90Kg for my back off close-grip sets but aborted while starting to take the strain to lift it. Aches in the left arm and right elbow put me right off.
I also ended up aborting rows. I worked a couple of warmup sets and decided either that I simply wouldn't be able to do the higher sets or I'd injure myself trying. Not worth it either way so I did some abs work and called it a day.
Measures beyond my control are going to interfere with next week's workouts but catching it early I can move the days along by one and get my workouts in. I'm not sure whether I can get to the gym on Monday but the plan is to make Monday a light arms day and then work out Tu, Th, Sa. It'll give me a needed rest and maybe a minor deload for the final week or two.
Weights in Kilos
ATF Squat
20x10, 30x10, 60x5, 90x5, 105x5, 120x5, 135x5, 150x5
Bench
20x10N, 40x10S, 60x5W, 80x3W, 100x2W, 110x2W, 122.5x5x5
anotherbutters
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Sounds like a tough one. Are you coming to the end of the gear now? How are you going to finish off - pure deload, or are you going to try for some singles?
blut wump
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I have another one or two weeks 'on'. I'll go into a deload and intensity after I'm done with volume. The important thing is to go into deload while still 'enhanced' which covers a period of around two weeks from last injection. After around six weeks, I'm pretty much in the clear and should be training normally again.
If this next week goes well then I'll try for one further week of volume and my last injection will be on the Weds of that week. Otherwise my last injection will be next Saturday and the week after this one coming will be the start of my deload. I suspect that I'll end up with some hybrid of those two plans as I dally with being loaded again.
I'll basically just run a standard intensity phase working with triples. When that's all done I'll finally take a shot at some singles after having worked up to them.
If this next week goes well then I'll try for one further week of volume and my last injection will be on the Weds of that week. Otherwise my last injection will be next Saturday and the week after this one coming will be the start of my deload. I suspect that I'll end up with some hybrid of those two plans as I dally with being loaded again.
I'll basically just run a standard intensity phase working with triples. When that's all done I'll finally take a shot at some singles after having worked up to them.
Protobuilder
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Sounds like you're dealing w/ some aches & pains. You're nearing the end though so hopefully you can hold on a little longer. LoL Maybe it's the "old" setting in. LoL I have to spend more time warming up than before.
I'm sure you'll get the 160 squat, bro. Don't take no for an answer.
I'm sure you'll get the 160 squat, bro. Don't take no for an answer.
