Overtraining & Undereating

[bar-belle]

but after squatting to a max 12 days out of the last 14

Sheesh PMan that's hardcore...think you deserve a day off.

[ThePman]

21-April

Front Squats, usual warmups, 80x2, singles with 90, 100, 105, 110, 115, 120, 125, 130, 110 / 3x1

Clean Pulls, 150 / 3x2 (hooked), 3x2 (straps)

BB rows (from the floor, straps), 105 / 3x3

Weight's hanging on around 83.0

Was itching to train after missing Tuesday's session. The front squats at 125 and 130 went up way easier than I'd thought. If I'd pushed the adrenaline 140 would have been on the table today. These are still kinda break-in weights; I don't expect to really stall out until 140ish on these and maybe 150-160ish on the backs.

My best on the last Broz cycle was only 130 or 135, so it's good to see that broken ground carries forward.

No Mystery Pains to speak of today.

Squats and Inclines tomorrow.

[ThePman]

but after squatting to a max 12 days out of the last 14

Sheesh PMan that's hardcore...think you deserve a day off.

Fatigue, it's all in your head

[bar-belle]

Fatigue, it's all in your head

tell that to my aching body....that rusky has kicked my arse this cycle

[ThePman]

I felt pretty bad about 3-4 days in. I just kept lifting, my body learned it had no choice. :pfft:

[ThePman]

Motivation for the day:

Max squats daily, but only does the 5 by 5 workout (or attempts that workout, lol) one day a week. His other 10 or 12 workouts a week are just working up to a heavy single. Today before he did the workout on the video, he worked up to a 302kg single, and missed it.

He does not always do the 5 by 5 once per week, and there is quite a bit of "autoregulation" when working up to the frequent max singles. He decides how often to squat and how heavy to go depending on how he feels. I have seen him work up to a max 4 times in one day I am pretty sure... hell it could have been even more than that. On the other hand he takes a day off here and there also.

But in general, infrequent episodes of high volume work like 5 sets of 5, coupled with very frequent short workouts going up to a max single IMO is a fair representation of how he trains. I have asked him to back off the 5 by 5 work the next couple of weeks, maybe back it down to 220-230kg, then try another big day, like 260-265kg, just because at these weights it is quite the hammer on his system, and I don't think he completely recovers from it in one week especially with all the other work he does. We will see how that goes.

[samuelNZ]

Holy crap :shock: what a beast! Very different training ideas too

[ThePman]

For sure. I'm not squatting often enough yet

[samuelNZ]

For sure. I'm not squatting often enough yet

Haha your mad! :crazy:

[OnlyHuman]

Nice vid :nod:

[ThePman]

22-April

Squats, 110x2, singles at 120, 130, 140, 145, 120x2, 125x2, 130x2, 135x1, 140x1

Inclines, 70x3, 75x3, 80x2, 85x2, 90x1, 95x1, 100xAlmost, 80 / 5x3

Chins, +20 / 2x5, +10x6, lots of lat stretching

[ThePman]

23-April

Front Squats, singles at 90, 100, 105, 110, 115, 120, 100x2, 110x2, 120x1, 125x1, 110x2

DL (hunched & hooked), 160 / 6x2

Pump stuff for lats and biceps

Mystery Pain: shoulder/lat/bicep, but I've figured out how to tame it.

[ThePman]

24-April

Squats, 110x2, singles with 120, 130, 140, 150, 125x2

Push Press (off boxes), 60x3, 65x2, singles with 70, 75, 80, 85x Not Quite, 60x2 (strict)

pump-up for shoulders and triceps

Lower back and overall mood were a bit tired from yesterday, so I wound up taking it easy on the back-off sets.

[ThePman]

25-April

Front Squats, singles with 90, 100, 105, 110, 115, 120, 125, 130, 115x2

Snatch Pulls (hooked), 100 / 10x2

DB row (standing), one set of 10

Felt a bit blah and feverish today so I kept this scaled back. May or may not see some light days and down-time over the next week.

[ThePman]

26-April

Squat, 110x2, 120, 130, 140, 150 for singles

Inclines, 70x3, 75x3, 80x2, 85x1, 90x1

Chins, +30 / 3 singles

Took a light day today. Not feeling sapped per se, more like trying to stave it off. Rest day tomorrow, back to front squats and pulls on Thursday.

[steak]

good stint of training there bro...love Maxs' work you posted there on the 21st :nod:

[ThePman]

Yeah Max is a monster. All those guys that keep up with frequent max lifting seem to get brute strong.

28-April

Front Squats, up to 110

Bench (close grip), up to 100

Clean Pulls, 100 /3x2

Easy day today. Weights didn't really start to snap on the way up, so I left it at that and went home.

[ThePman]

29-April

Squats, 110x2, 120, 130, 140, 145, 150 for singles, 120 / 2x3

Push Press (from rack), 60x3, 65x3, 70x2, 75x2, 80xAlmost, 70 / 2x3

Chins (ladders), +25 / 2x1/2/3

[ThePman]

Front squat motivation for today:

[steak]

Max! 8)

[ThePman]

30-April

Front Squats, 100, 110, 120, 125

DL (hooked & hunched), singles up to 180

pump stuff for lats & guns

Today's Mystery Pain: bruised right knee that started screaming at me after the 125 rep. Runner up goes to low back during pulling.

Back tomorrow for squats and push pressing.

[ThePman]

1-May

Squats, singles with 110, 120, 130, 140, 120 for four singles

Push Press, 60x3, 65x3, 70x2, 75x1, two almosts with 80, 70 / 3x2

miscellaneous for delts and triceps

Right knee and low back were stiff and sore all day, but it was nothing some heavy squats couldn't fix.

Broz says:

NOT training everyday leads to more injuries! IF you train everyday then your entire body is fatigued. Muscles, tendons, cartilage, ligaments, etc. When you train every other day, then the muscles and avascular tissues don't recover at the same pace. What happens is the muscles become fresh and recover but all the connective tissue is NOT. When the additional stress put on these weakened tissues (that never really got a chance to recover) by fresh muscles = injury. Lifting everyday keeps everything in a state that is equal and consistent within the system. A balance or harmony within. The fatigued muscles can't contract enough to harm the other tissues. The weak link moves from body part to body part, and in a sense is not letting the other parts max so that's when they are resting!

Front squats and pulls tomorrow.

[ThePman]

2-May

Front Squats, lots of warmups, singles with 90, 100, 110, 115, 120, 125, 100 / 5x2

Close-grip Bench, lots of warmups, singles up to easy 100, 80 / 2x3, 90 / 3x2

Snatch grip Pulls, 120 / 5x2, Clean grip, 120 / 5x2

Right knee and low back still giving me pains but better after squat therapy.

[Big john]

front squat madness :clap:

[ThePman]

front squat madness :clap:

yessir

3-May

Squats, 100x3, 110x2, singles at 120, 130, 140, (added belt) 150, 155, (belt off) 125 / 3x2

Inclines, singles up to 95, 75 / 5x3

Chins (neutral grip), +30 / 5x2

I knew that my squat was suffering from the weight loss and tonight confirmed my theory as to why. The drop in waist girth explains why squats start to grind like hell around 3 plates, and yet my front squat is strong as ever. Belting up after the 140 single makes me feel like I've got another 30kg in the tank.

I don't want to drop completely freeballed squats but will add the belt for at least one of the weekly BSQ sessions to help break new ground on the daily maxes.