Mehrad's Training Log

BW: 72.3kg

HB Squat
Barx5,5
60x5
100x3
125x1

Belt on:
150x1

Belt off:
122.5x3,3,3

Paused Bench
Barxlots
40x5
60x1
70x1
85x1
70x3,3,3

Deadlifts (Beltless)
60x5
100x2
120x1
140x1

BW: 71.8kg

HB Squat
Barxlots
60x5
100x2
120x1

Belt on:
143x1
163x0

Paused Bench
Barxlots
40x5
60x1
80x1
90x1
96x0

Deadlifts (Beltless)
60x5
100x3
120x1
140x1
160x1
120x3,3,3

Such a weak mess.

I think youre missing something out

What could you possibly mean Jack?

#carpetbaggermode

Ok confession time: In a desperate need to squat something reasonable I stripped the weight off I just catapulted from, I decided to do some low bar squats, mind you I only worked up to 120 for a single before I realised what I was doing pretty f**king pointless. Plus it felt awkward.

I did some 1rm lifts this week. These two in particular seem relevant:

200kg Low Bar Squat.
172.5kg High Bar Squat.

Looks about right. Although my knees are taking a battering from bouncing off the bottom and tracking more foward than usual, I get far less issues with my lowerback, hip flexors and glutes.

If you see what I did as 'about right' you accept lifting low bar is stronger.

So what about what you did today was 'f**king pointless'. I don't get it?

You're f**ked.

Just because something is stronger doesn't mean its necessarily going to be good in the long run. I only said it looked about right because from what I gathered, your main bar placement is low-bar, which is why I said it looked about right. As for the pointless bit, When you dump 163kg, the last thing you want to do is start making irrational decisions afterwards, in my case, I needed to accept it and move on. Life's too short to throw a tantrum over a missed squat.

BW: 71.8kg

HB Squat (Beltless)
Barx5
40x5
60x3
80x3,3,3,3,3

Paused Bench
Barxlots
40x5
50x3,3,3,3,3

Deadlifts
60x5
100x3
120x2
140x1
160x1

Belt on:
180x1
192.5x1
200x0 (didn't come off the floor)

Video of my 192.5 pull:



Right knee still feels off when squatting, but deadlifts went alright, considering its a legit stiff power bar and not a bendy weightlifting bar like I was using beforehand, I'll take that. Should I add this to my sugden total or do comps only count?

There may be some really odd commentary in this video between Jack and my friend who works at the gym, I can't hear anything on this computer lol.

good deadlift and erm... mix the oats in, its like a liquid, wait until it cools down COME ONNN

BW: 71.8kg

HB Beltless Paused Squat + Volume Dropset
Barx5,5,5
60x5
90x2
110x1
134x1
123x5,5,5 (not paused)

Paused Bench
Barxlots
40x5
60x2
75x1
90x1
75x5,5,5

Deadlifts (Beltless)
60x5
100x6x3

Right knee feels better now, but right shoulder didn't feel too good, probably didn't warm up enough.