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That's the new way to fix your injuries and niggling pains -- keep training through them til they give up :lol:

In other Broz news, this kid squatted 400 lbs on May 22:

and then a few days ago he hits 200kg:

Broz: gain 20kg on your squat in 3 weeks.

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Farris isn't actually one of Broz's guys. And I think he only squats two or three times a week, but he's one of the best OLifters in the States and a freakin' monster for his size (200+ C&J). Impressive squatting is impressive.

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Don't think I'm gonna lift today. Will have to make it a late-ish session if I do and I'm not all that keen on it. This makes eleven weeks of max-squatting 6 times a week; I think I can handle one extra off-day.

I added creatine back in today. I've got about 2kg of the stuff sitting here, and I'm interested to see what if anything it does to recovery. At this point I'm feeling fairly adapted to all the training (no soreness or chronic tiredness or anything) so who knows.

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I'm invoking Ditillo cred on this one.

Various pulls, squats, lunges, etc. were done every day, day after day, until unrecuperable fatigue set in and then, and only then, three days or so were taken off and the result was you were stronger AFTER the short rest than before, and this enabled you to continue with the everyday training once again until nature would once again step in and literally FORCE you tot rest once more.
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16-June

Fronts, up to 130 (dropped on pins)

Backs, up to 140

Strict Press, 60 / 10 singles

DL, 180 / 10 singles

Squats felt weird today. I didn't feel sick this morning but as soon as I got to the gym I felt that weird brain-fog and flu-warmth weirdness that makes you feel like you're getting sick. I almost lost the 120 rep on fronts due to bar slippage and definitely lost it on 130. Backs didn't really get any easier so I just left it there.

Press and DL felt good all around. I think two days off made me allergic to squatting.

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This journal is a great read. Keep at it and keep logging those sessions! I'm very interested to see if the Broz approach works for you.

I used this basic structure for 4-5 months last year, and it worked just as well. I'm a fan.

17-June

Squat, up to 155, then 165 and 170 belted, back-offs 140 / 5 singles

Push Press, up to 80x2, 85, 87.5xAlmost

Close-grips, up to 100x3, 90 / 5x3

Chins, +25 / 5x3

Weight isn't really up from the creatine yet, still around 84kg. Shoulders are starting to give me a little grief on the benching (what's new :roll: ) so I'm going to see hit triples instead of singles. The way my whole upper body lags the extra volume can't hurt anything.

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Shoulders are starting to give me a little grief on the benching (what's new :roll: )

You bench? :grin: , Ive been getting fried delts lately too..guess the remedy is well, More benching

That's the remedy for anything. If it hurts, do more of it.

18-June

Squats, up to 155 rawdawg, 165 belted

Fronts, 120 / 6 singles

Strict Press, 62.5 / 10 singles

DL (hunched & hooked) 180 / 10 singles, 160x8 (stiff-leg)

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19-June

Squats, up to 150, 130 / 3x2

Push Jerk, 80x2, 85, 90 x 2 technical misses

Close-grips, up to 100x3, 90 / 5x3

Chins, +25 / 5x3

Squats weren't bad, had a surprising bit of go given the LB fatigue from yesterday. Still cut it at 150 despite some spring left in my step; figured I'd put the juice in some back-offs rather than grinding.

Push jerks are identical to push presses only I take a second dip (with a short split) to get under the bar at lockout. The attempts at 90 were solid "almosts", wasn't quite confident enough to really get under the bar. I'd like to leave these in once a week for confidence-building and to build support strength in the lockout position.

Close-grips and chins are still humming along.

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20-June

Squats, up to 140

Front Squats, 120 / 6 singles

Strict Press, 62.5 / 10 singles

High Pulls, 100 / 3x2, 120 / 5 singles, 140 / 4 singles

Squats took ages to warm up so I left it at the last warmup. The bar kept slipping out of position for the first three singles so those ended up as some kind of bizarre strongman exercise to keep the bar in place for each rep. Dunno what was going on there.

High pulls felt really good, like I'm starting to get some of my pulling power back.

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