Dips, Hack Squats, Curls, Shoulders

sRPE @8

BW - 224

Lever Dips - 180X15, 11, 11, 9 @9.5/10

Hack Squats - 100X13, 10, 9, 8 @9.5/10

DB Incline Curls - 

-    20sX12 @10

-    15sX13, 12, 10 @9.5/10

super-set with

DB Incline Laterals - 15sX12, 9, 8, 7 @9.5/10

Start of the Lever Dips wave.  Will probably add a half plate next week and see what happens.  Once I settled on Bench Dips and Lever Dips as my movements for the first two waves, I was on the fence about what order they should go in.  On one hand, Bench Dips are a bit more "body in space," like the main lift, but the pressing angle of the lever dips is more similar and it's a bit easier to load.  We'll see what happens.

All reps of Hack Squat continue to be metal on metal at the bottom.  Feeling good.

Combo of Lever Dips and Incline Laterals got me some nice, anterior delt DOMS the following day.  

Dips, Hips, Curls, Shoulders

sRPE @7

BW - 225

Bench Dips - BWX18, 15, 16, 13 @8.5/10

Machine Knee Raise - X13, 12, 10 @10

Incline DB Curls - 40X12, 30X13, 13 @10

super-set with

Incline DB 45-degree Raise - 40X9, 30X10, 8 @10

Training and Recovery were both disrupted around the 4th of July holiday.  I was able to get into the gym on Sunday, but didn't feel up to Deadlifting.  Decided to go ahead and start my new block of training instead.  Will be focused on Vertical Pressing (Dips, and Overheads), and Upper Back Pulling.

Cambered Bench, Roman Chair Squats, Curls

sRPE @6

BW - 225

Cambered Bench - 

-    up to 215X1 @9.5

-    155X6, 6, 6 @7/8

Roman Chair Squats - BWX12, 10, 9 @~8

DB Incline Curls w/ rest-pause partials - 15sX16/11, 14/8, 12/8 @~10

Looking at the numbers, Cambered Bench was flat over last week, but it subjectively felt more "under control" if that makes sense.  I had hoped to match my PR of 225 today, but that's ok.  

Cambered Bench, Hack Squats, Curls

sRPE @7

BW - 222

Cambered Bench - 

-    up to 205X1 @8.5

-    155X6, 6, 6 @6.5/8

Hack Squats - 25psX10, 10, 10 @~7

DB Curls - 25sX12, 10 @9.5

DB Incline Curls - 20sX10, 8 @10

Singles on Cambered Bench felt good, but difficulty ramped up precipitously on the back-off sets.  

Adductors and Glutes were still pretty sore from SSB on Monday, so I just threw a little weight on the Hack Squat and tried to get some blood in there.  Each set felt better than the last, but I didn't feel the need to push weight.

Upper Push, GHR, Curls

sRPE @6.5

BW - 223

Feet-Up Bench - 

195X1 @7.5

215X1 @9

225X1 (PR) @9.5

235X1(PR) @10

Standing Lever Press - 40sX10, 10, 10 @8/10

GHR - BWX14, 13, 10 @8/9.5

Lying DB Curls - 20sX9, 10 @~9

Incline DB Curls - 20sX10 @8

Had it in my head that I had to beat 225 on Feet-Up Bench for PR, but looking back at my logs today I only had to beat 220.

Standing Lever Press was a dumb seeming idea that ended up working pretty well.  Basically a clean and press on a Hammer Incline Bench.  Actually felt really great on my front delts.

Lying/Flat Bench/Supine DB Curls are a pretty intense stretch.  I don't think I would do these again as my first elbow flexion movement.  Probably safer to save them for after the biceps are warmer.

Upper Push, Bottoms-Up Hacks, Curls

 sRPE @7

BW - 219

Pin Bench - 195, 205, 215, 225X1 @8/10

Dips - BWX9, 7, 6 @9.5/10

Reverse Hack Squat - SledX8, 8, 6 @8/9

Incline Curls /w Rest-Pause Partials - 25sX10/10, 9/9 @9.5/10

Guess this turned into a week of dead-stop work.

225 is a PR on Pin Bench.

Never done the Reverse/Football Hack Squat before.  The machine at the gym is an old bottoms-up model and just the sled weight was enough for me.  Was tough to break out of the hole.

Long-ROM Rest Pause Partials were brutal on Incline Curls.  

BBM Gen.S+C Block 2. Cycle 4. GPP Session B.

sRPE @6.5

BW - 205

BB Curls - 55X17, 15, 10 @8.5/10

super-set with

Straight-Bar Pushdowns - X18, 18, 18 @7.5/9

DB Incline Curls - 25sX16, 15, 10 @8.5/9

super-set with

DB OH Extensions - 50X16, 10, 8 @9.5/8.5

Toes-to-Bar - BWX6, 6, 6, 6 @~7

Mash-up a couple of GPP sessions and still skipped conditioning, lol.  Just a lot going on heading into the holidays so getting in what I can/what I'm motivated to do.

Backed off a bit on TTB reps as calluses were bothering me.

BBM Gen.S+C Block 2. Cycle 2. GPP Session B. +Westside Team Training

sRPE @8

BW - 206

DE Bench (various grips) - 10 sets of 3 up to ?198ish?

Reverse Grip Bench - up to 198X3 @10

Toes-to-Bar - BWX6, 6, 6, 6 @7/9

DB Incline Curls - 25sX15, 14, 7 @7.5/10

super-set with

DB OH Extensions - 

50X14, 9 @9//10

40X9 @10

Worked out early with a bunch of long-time gym friends that train together in a Westside-style conjugate system.  We were moving too fast and using kilo plates, so I couldn't keep track of the actual weight lifted on DE Bench.

We decided to then max out on Reverse Grip Bench.  I've never done it before so that was exciting.

Was definitely out of gas by the time I got to the Bis'n'Tris.  Skipped conditioning.

BBM Gen.S+C Block 2. Cycle 1. GPP Session C.

sRPE @5

BW - 209

Toes-to-Bar - BWX5, 5, 5, 5 @7/9

Incline DB Curls - 25sX14, 13, 10 @7.5/8.5

super-set with

DB OH Extensions - 50X13, 12, 9 @7.5/9.5

Airdyne - LISS; 30 minutes

BBM LFT Block 1. Cycle 6. GPP Session B.

sRPE @6

BW - 200

Leg Raise - BWX6, 6, 6, 5 @~8

DB Incline Curls - 20sX14, 13, 10 @9/10

Assault Bike - HIIT; 20/100 seconds; 16 minutes (9 rounds)

BBM LFT Block 1. Cycle 5. GPP Session B.

sRPE @6

BW - 202

Parallel Bar Leg Raise - BWX6, 5, 4 @~7

Incline DB Curls - 

25sX13 @8.5

20sX14, 10 @9/10

Airdyne Bike - HIIT; 20/100 seconds; 16 minutes (8 rounds)

Block 16. Cycle 7. Session B.

BW - 219

sRPE @6

Bench - 245X1 @9.75

Chin-Ups - BWX9 @9.65

Rope Rows - X8, 9 @8/10

Toes-to-Bar - BWX4, 4, 4 @~8

Incline DB Curls - 40sX9, 9 @9/10

Kept with the final week theme of reaching for some heavier weights and or PRs and otherwise cutting back on things.

Decided to max-ish Bench.  Not quite where I'd hoped it would be at the end of this block, but still my heaviest actual bench since Nov. '19.  Did a lot of 10s this block, and will do some more low rep volume next block and see if that transfers better (not the case with all my lifts, but maybe this one).  Definitely started re-learning some heavy bench lessons towards the end of this block.

219(BW)X9 on Chins is a Rep PR since I tried to re-set my form to a longer ROM.  I haven't videoed my chins in a while because the reps were so low that I assumed they were a good ROM.  I should probably grab videos now anytime I think I might have a PR to keep myself honest.

219(BW) for 3X4 is a Volume PR on TTB.

Block 16. Cycle 6. Sessions B and C.

Session B:

BW - 217

sRPE @7.5

Bench -

235X1 @9

175X10, 10, 8 @6/8

Chin-Ups - 

BWX7 @9

Density Block; 1 rep every 0:10; 2:00 (12 total reps) @10

Rope Rows - X8,9 @8/10

Toes-to-Bar - BWX3, 3, @7

Incline DB Curls - 35sX12, 8 @7.5/10

Session C:

BW - 219

sRPE @8

Deadlift -

405X3 @8.25

330X8, 8 @~6

Dips - BW+50X10 @7

PJR Pullovers - 85X8 @7

DB Bench - 65sX8, 8, 12 @7/9.5

Drag Curls - 60X10, 12 @8/10

Fatigue is definitely building up.  Went into that last session thinking I needed to drop some volume but only cut volume on the pullovers.  Need to really gauge my fatigue next week when I'm trying to close out the block.

The bench day was fairly flat.  Those density chins in 10 second intervals fucking suck.

However, on DL 405X3 is a Rep PR, and 330 for 2X8 is a Volume PR.  Those were nice.

269 (BW+50)X10 is also a Rep PR on Dips.

Block 16. Cycle 5. Session B.

 BW - 221

sRPE @7.5

Bench - 

235X1 @8.75

170X10, 10, 10 @7/9

Chin-Ups -

BWX6 @8

Density block; 1 rep every 0:10; 3:20 (20 total Reps ) @9

Rope Rows - X8 @9.5

Toes-to-Bar - BWX4, 2 @9/7

DB Incline Curls - 35sX12, 10 @8/10

170 for 3X10 is a Volume PR on bench.  3rd set was harder than I hoped it would be, but I also added the 3rd set this week.  2 more weeks in this block to see if the RPE stabilizes. 

Density Chins were still really tough even though I backed off total time/reps.  Going to pull that WAY back next week.  Don't need to be hitting @9s on secondary, compound movements if I want to keep sRPE moderate.

TTB was also tough.  Maybe just a tough day.

Block 16. Cycle 4. Session B.

BW - 220

sRPE @8

Bench -

235X1 @9

165X10, 10 @6.5/8.5

Chin-Ups - BWX5@7.5

Density Block; 1 rep every 0:10; 4:00 @10; 24 total reps

Rope Rows - X8 @9.5

Toes-to-Bar - BWX3, 3 @~7

Incline DB Curls - 33.75sX12, 10 @8/10

Gym got flooded in heavy rains the day before, and so was pretty miserable for this session.  Really swampy from the heat and water everywhere, and huge fans running everywhere being loud as hell.  Definitely made everything a little tougher and drove up the sRPE.

Bench was a little flat over last week on the top set.  Back-offs were slightly better.

Density chins were awful.  Gonna drop the total time down again next week to 3:20 for 20 total reps.  Try and get RPE down a bit.

Block 16. Cycle 3. Session B.

BW - 218

sRPE @7

Bench -

230X1 @8.5

160X10, 10 @~7

Chin-Ups - BWX5 @~8

Density Block; 1 rep every 0:10; 3:30 @9 (21 total Reps)

Rope Rows - X8 @10 (strict)

Toes-to-Bar - BWX3, 3 @~7.5

Seated DB Incline Curls - 31.25sX11@10

Solid session.  Everything just about where I'd wanted to be.

Chin-Ups were particularly interesting as the regular set felt very strong, but then the Density Block was very tough.  I'll still try to add another 0:30/3 reps next week, but we'll see.

Block 16. Cycle 2. Session B.

BW - 219

sRPE @6.5

Bench -

230X1 @9

152.5X10 @6.5

Chin-Up -

BWX4 @8

Density Block; 1 rep every 0:10; 3:00 @8

Rope Rows - X8@7.75

Toes-to-Bar - BWX2, 2 @~7

Incline DB Curls - 35sX12 @10

Block 16. Cycle 1. Session B.

BW - 221

sRPE @6

Bench 

207.5X1 @7.5

150X9 @5

Chin-Ups - 

BWX3 @7

Density Block: 1 rep every 0:10; 4:00 @9.5

Rope Rows - X9@8

Toes-to-Bar - BWX2 @6.5

DB Incline Curls - 31.25sX12 @8

Always tricky trying to dial-in an RPE @X.5, but otherwise Bench moved very well.  Always a wonder what moving something to the first slot in a training session can do.

Chin-ups moved well, but the increase in density on the back-off "set" from every 15 seconds to every 10 seconds was pretty intense even a 2 minutes less total time than the end of last block.  I'm going to back it up to 3 minutes for next week and progress from there.  This set kept the sRPE for the session from dipping down to 5.

Incline curls were done fairly strict with a pause at the bottom and no swing to start the movement, and yet a combined weight of 62.5X12 @8 projects to the same e1RM as Monday's BB Curls of 67.5X9 @7.  Surprising. 

Small Session. Arms

Machine Curls - X6, 6, 6 (straight-weight)

super-set with

Machine Triceps - X8, 8, 8 (straight-weight)

DB Hammer Curls - 25sX6, 6, 6

super-set with

DB Incline Curls - 25sX6, 6, 6

Small Session. Biceps

Biceps DB Curls Giant-Set: 25s
Hammer - X6, 5, 5, 10
Incline - X4, 5, 5
Drag - X5, 5, 5

On these small sessions, I want to do one session or arms a week, and also avoid having to go to the gym on the weekends.  My schedule got thrown off by illness last week, so I've got heavy bench tomorrow.  That meant only biceps today.  I just made up this giant-set on the spot.  Hammer curls to warm-up the joint and get the brachialis going, incline fully supinated curls to really work the biceps through a full stretch, and then drag curls to overload the biceps after their fatigued from inclines.

I finished off with one burn-out set of hammer curls because it felt like they were getting short-changed a bit at this weight.