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Man, I keep getting a pinch in my hip, but then it goes away. It's really annoying because I'm petrified of it getting injured again.

Like my mobility and strength is totally fine on it. So I think it's just because I walk a lot during work because that's when it happens.

As much as I like strength training and pushing myself to the limits. It is nice to just do some light weights, focus on form, and take it slow and easy. Plus it pretty much split my gym time in half since I'm not resting between sets as much.

iiaattgg posted...

Sounds like we are all tired lol

Yeah, fuck it.

I just walled today, shit sucked lol. My elbows, knees, shoulders all just hurt.

So I'm starting my deload/rest week tomorrow. Will resume same reps, but will cut the weight by 70% and take a few extra rest days. I'd rather rest and get my body back to normal instead of just trying to fight through this when I know that won't work in the long run.

And if things improve again after this rest week I know that my limit on fatigue with my workout plan and worklife load has a shelf life of about 8-10 weeks. So I'll rest up, continue my bulk for another 8 weeks, and hopefully hit some of my goals, and continue to PR. After the next 8 weeks I'll decide if I want to do a mini-cut.

Still stuck on 365. Had a couple improvements on cable squats, and dumbell goblet squats, other than that pretty mundane workout that kicked my ass. I forgot that plateuing at everything at once causes you to be extremely fatigued lol.

I'm gonna take a rest day before my next leg day. See if that kickstarts it like it did with my deadlift. If I'm truly plateauing at everything then I'll deload for a week or two and go from there.

As great as yesterday was, today was not that. Definitely felt it this morning. Back hasn't been this sore in a while.

Also just hit a wall today. Granted it's arms, I don't expect fast improvements. My biceps are probably the strongest they have ever been. Also walked a lot at work, over 20,000 steps. So I was already sort of tired from that.

I'll see how squats go tomorrow.

Hey man, systemic fatigue is a very real thing! Get that rest.

My rest day payed the fuck off. Fucking destroyed deadlifts. 365x1 to 385x1, 20 pound jump, haha. Bonkers mode.

It was a 285x6, 305x3, 365x1. On the 305 set I was thinking to myself that seemed way too easy. Then the 365 just went up super smooth. Then kept doing 1 rep 5lb increases till I hit my limit and failed on the 385 attempt.

Got my shoulder shrugs up to 345x3 now, no PR's on bw pullups, but still tied my PR even with the increase and 4 max deadlift reps lol. Really great back day. Hips felt great, this day put me in a great mood.

Had a sharp pain in my hip when walking yesterday at work. Been flaring up on and off throughout the day today. Hopefully it's nothing because I can walk fine, my flexibility is fine, and I can kick things without crumbling to the floor in pain.

However, if it does become an issue. I'll just halt this bulk and go back to cutting for a few weeks. So hopefully everything is good tomorrow because I'll find out either way by doing deadlifts.

I will say I have a feeling it's just from my strength going insane in about an 8 week time frame. Even though(obviously) the muscles can handle it, the joints maybe not so much. I have noticed a lot more joint pain, just overall in my elbows, shoulders, and legs. Nothing horrible, but you just notice the aches a bit more.

Sorozone posted...

Gonna do some bench tomorrow. Looking at a 235x5, 250x3, 275x1.

Cranked those out, failed on 280x1.

Solid day all around. Really need an off day tho, starting to feel it in my joints.

So I had my first dragon/drake encounter. And I was getting my asskicked but it died because it landed in the water and got eaten lol.

Yeah, my bench is nuts. Especially considering I'm not doing nearly as much chest work as I used to do. My flat bench day is actually more focused on triceps more than my actual chest, my incline chest day is definitely more chest focused tho.

Out of my 8 workout days, I only have 4 sets dedicated to flat bench. The three I do tomorrow, and the one max rep I do at the end of my incline work. I did focus a lot of energy on bench press earlier in my lifting days, nowadays it's more about my legs and back. I've actually thrown out dumbell flat press completely in favor of rotator cuff strengthening. Which I think it partially the reason my bench press is going nuts. I don't have any shoulder pain/hinge pain any more at all, and my rotator cuff is starting to be able to handle a lot of weight stress.

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Is your hip thrust a machine, or is it a bar? I mean either way that's some insane shit lol.

I definitely felt fatigued today. Could tell in my plyometrics warmups that I did not have the full strength quads going. Still hit all my sets on squats, no PR tho. Fucking died on the 365 attempt, couldn't even control the negative, and as the day went on I felt pretty good on everything else. Feels nice to crank out 225x10 deadlifts and feel like I could keep going for more, especially at the end of the workout. Sucks that my strength refuses to go up on it considering that it feels easy on anything under 315. My form feels better than ever.

Gonna do some bench tomorrow. Looking at a 235x5, 250x3, 275x1. I've hit all those before except the 250x3. Don't think I've ever hit three reps on it. Either way I feel pretty good about my upper body, gonna rest the following day and hopefully kill deadlifts on Thursday.

Depending on how the rest of the lifts go on this week. I'll see how fatigued I am or if things start becoming a struggle, might need to take a couple days off instead of one, or just deload after this workout week.

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Nah I'm having a blast, I just don't have a lot of time to play.

About 20 hours in, still messing around in the opening forest biome area. Made it to the capitol. Mobs are kind of annoying, but the bigger enemies are always a thrill to fight. Maxed out my vocation on Archer. It's a fun build if a bit boring, currently leveling up Warrior now.

Also just thinking on it, since I've learned a lot more in the past two years. I think a lot of the progress on deadlift is simply just not allowing things to rest. Deadlift is so systemic fatiguing compared to a squat or deadlift, getting proper rest needs to happen.

And learning that once you start plateauing, to start deloading(AKA More rest) a week or two, then start up your program again.

So while I do still lift 6 times a week, I'm much more aware of when to actually start doing longer rests as I can identify it now. So hopefully that should increase my strength instead of stalling for months.

iiaattgg posted...

dont take this the wrong way, but your deadlift always surprises me considering it in comparison with your other lifts. Why do you think the stuff like your bench and squats seem to be higher in terms of proportion?

Nothing wrong here, I've wondered the same thing. Like I've mentioned my PR is 450, from like 6 years ago.

If I had to guess it mostly stems from my previous hip and lower back injuries. I just don't have the same pulling power for that specific motion. For whatever reason, when I got back into lifting two years ago which is when I started this back up(this thing on GFAQS) my deadlift was just stuck in the low 300's and never got anywhere near the same rate of progress of my squat and bench, I really only started getting my strength back on it around the start of this bulk.

Moving forward with my bench and squat I 100% expect that to slow down a tad bit since I'm getting close to weights I've never hit before so the whole muscle memory advantage goes away, and while today there was no PR's on it, that was mostly fatigue. I'll probably take my next off day the day before I do deadlifts again. I expect to to make some ground on the other two lifts.

Assisted pullups rule, especially if it's a machine(instead of the old school way of using bands). Wish my gym had one.

Had a solid workout. Couldn't hit my x3 of 55 on weighted pullups. Hit 2 tho. Then attempted a few solo reps on it afterward. Wore my back out a bit too much. Also getting some fatigue in my elbow tendons. Made for or a hit or miss workout. Did hit 355 and 360 on deadlift, couldn't hit the 365.

Shoulder shrugs, and hip thrusts saw improvements, and my weighted chinups also saw some improvement.

Depending on how my arms and tendons feel tomorrow I'll either rest or do my arm day.

iiaattgg posted...

What is your target weight for the bulk soro?

Mid 180's probably. Though to be honest I don't have an exact amount in mind. I'm more so more concerned with how much fat I gain.

The way I look at it is; if I can keep getting strength gains, while still being relatively lean I'll keep going. As soon as I start to plateau, I'll deload for a couple weeks, then continue to strength gain for another 8 to 10 weeks, or until I start plateauing badly. At that point I'll either do a small 6 week cut, but if I'm starting to look pretty bloated and fat I'll just convert it to a full 2-3 month cut.

Up to 170lbs. 170.4. So I've gained about 5 pounds in about 6 weeks. Solid rate, would prefer it to be a bit slower, but it's nothing crazy. Still have visible abs, the side lining is still visible too, and my arms still have a lot definition and doesn't look like a connected glob(also there is a chance if have a lot of water retention/water weight on me...(Had a lot of salt yesterday.)

Pecs are crazy sore from yesterday, probably from attempting the body weight reps at the end.

Hitting weighted pullups and deadlifts today. Hoping for more insane progress.

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iiaattgg posted...

lets see that 240 today

Failed 3/4th of the way up. I think I mentioned it before but my right side is slightly weaker than my left, and my right side just couldn't get it up and started slanting. Hit 235 tho.

Other notables 115x3 on weighted dips.
Seanchan posted...

What's your guys max reps for a body weight bench? I'm 150lbs, and I did 17 @ 142.5, so I'm extrapolating to something like 15 reps.

So I attempted this at the end of my workout today, which is chest heavy. I hit 165 x 23.

Sounds about right considering before this I did weighted elevated pushups(to get a deeper stretch in the chest) and that goes 18 reps(45 pounds) 17 reps(25 pounds) 26 reps body weight. Then I hit 245x1 and 250x1 on bench press, then I rested for about 6 minutes to tit and got 165x23.

Obviously could have gotten more if I was more fresh, but my bench is my best lift considering my bodyweight. As in I'm much closer to hitting 2x my own body weight in bench compared to 3x in squat, which is the metrics I go by for insane strength metrics.

FFDragon posted...

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That's how I play games too nowadays.

Aecioo posted...

Aaron Moten (who plays Maximus) looks so similar to Jonathan Majors it's crazy.

Yeah this threw me through a loop at first.

Back to 365 on squat. I failed on it, but I hit 360. So moving forward my one rep will be at least 365. Which I probably will hit on my next day, assuming my gains are staying the same. Looking at a 260x8, 280x5, 310x3, 365x1 for my next splits.

Excited for incline bench tomorrow. I want to temper my expectations, but I expect to atleast be able to hit 235.

And update on my dunking goal. I've gained 4 inches on my vert so far. Pretty good stuff. No where close to dunking, but still didn't expect that much progress on that either.

Haha, if I was lateral raising 45kg, I'd have boulders for delts.

iiaattgg posted...

So Ive been training consistently and heavy for years, and its something that I dont hide my passion for. Its also just pretty obvious just looking at me that I lift a lot, and thats been the case since I got big into it sixish years ago. So having said that I know things have been going well lately because the amount of comments or compliments Ive gotten from people in my life lately has shown that theres definitely been a bit of a level up physique wise, especially considering that Im pretty much at the same weight Ive always been at. Im not entirely sure whats caused it, whether its just Ive done well avoiding injury (aside from the recent arm) and have been able to progress more meaningfully, or if its just been something more long term. But whatever it is Ill take it :)

Hell yeah dude!

Sorozone posted...

Deciding on when to take my rest day this week,

Decided on it being yesterday. Was just dead tired after work, knew I wasn't going to get a quality workout in. Seemed to pay off.

Currently on and getting PR's every time on lateral dumbell raises. Up to 45x3 now, 25's feel like 10's now.

So last time I improved on my OHP 135X8, while I hit it, was a struggle, so I wasn't sure how I was gonna feel on 140x8 this time. I cranked that shit out though, surprised me. The not only hit 170x1, hit 175 too. I'm now officially on PR watch for OHP, bench press, incline bench, and squat. Confidence is through the roof. Only way I could be more elated is if my weight is still in the mid 160''s somehow.

Deadlift is now up to 365, another 15 pound improvement.

Also hit 14 reps on body weight pullups. New PR as far as I know or can remember. I'm sure I could eek out a few more reps more than that if I ever did them fresh, but I don't particularly care about that to find out. Maybe on a deload week I'll test it out.

Solid improvements all around. Deciding on when to take my rest day this week, not sure when. Gonna weigh myself on Saturday. Hoping to still be in the high to mid 160's. I still look good in the mirror so I can't imagine too much weight gain from fat.

Oh and speaking of the 1,000 club, I'm now like 10 pounds away. I'll probably zoom to 1,100 if I can get my deadlift anywhere near my PR.

My little brother did this forever until he finally grew out of it.

Never seen a full grown adult do it.

bsp77 posted...

Pick the weight that lets you do about 10 SLOW reps until you reach exhaustion. Ideally do 3 sets of that, with about 3 minutes rest btwn each set.

Fine advice, and I get what you mean by saying go slow, but tempo actually doesn't matter. What matters is controlling the negative. As in you aren't just letting the weight 'drop' back to you, you are controlling it with your muscles the wholetime instead. The speed at which you do that doesn't actually matter much.

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Sorozone posted...

With the increase in my OHP, and my incline I'm expecting big results on bench in a few days.

Aye, I was right.

For context I failed on 260 last time, hit that, felt easy. Decided to up it to 270, hit that too. Tried 275 and failed. So a 15(255 to 270) pound increase. Insane. It's nice knowing when you are 100% confident a major improvement is on the way. I might actually get a PR on bench in a week or two, really depends on how I feel on incline and OHP later this week.

Looking at a 235x5, 250x3, and 275x1 for next week. 285 is my PR. Bench carrying hard to get me back to that 1,000 pound club. I'm really focusing on my form on deadlift to hopefully continue the improvements on that. Really wish my gym had a hamstring curl machine. Miss it a lot.

Looking forward to deadlifting tomorrow tho.

Hit 350 on squat, failed on 355.

Looking at a 260 x 6, 280x5, 300x3, 355 for next week. Getting closer and closer to 365 every week.

Funny feeling that 225 is now 'light' for me. Like when 135 was light, when I was repping 225.

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Damn TC really posted a topic just to show his own ass.

That's a solid idea.

I mentioned my previous hip problems so I couldn't do much leg work outs, but what I could do was leg extensions. So I just piled up on that lol.

Today is my most boring day because not a lot of room for improvement on things. It's a lot of arm work using dumbells and cables, and most of it is for biceps.

But I was able to hit 165 on OHP this time around on this arm day. Looking at a 145x6, 150x4, 170x1 next time around.

With the increase in my OHP, and my incline I'm expecting big results on bench in a few days. Taking a rest day tomorrow, then hopefully on Saturday it'll be more squat improvements.

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Solid backday, nothing crazy today but did see a couple improvements.

First hit 75 x1 on weighted pullups. All my upper back work is paying off right away. Second, my forearms are getting massive. Like cartoonishly big. Gonna have DBZ arms by the end of my next cutting phase lol. I'm also consistently getting around 1:40 on my dead hangs now. Can't wait to hit the 2:00 barrier.

Still hit 350 on deadlift despite all the pullups work, 355 failed halfway. Just couldn't push or in this case pull through all the way. Once again this is done at the end of my workout so I don't do a lot of reps, mostly just max work, so looking at a 300x3 355x1 for next time.

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Hit 225 on incline, failed on my attempt for 230.

Looking at a split of 205X5, 210x3, 230x1 next week.

Another notable improvement is that I hit weighted dips x3 for 110.

Also hit 245 on regular bench pretty comfortably at the end of the work out. Which is a very good sign because I'm usually super fatigued at this point. Wouldn't be surprised at another big jump on my regular bench day in a few days.

iiaattgg posted...

I really dont want to take any extended time off, but I also Im starting to think Im in a bit of denial about it

This is going to be the best bet. Not worth to fight through because you strength will slowly go down and you'll question yourself saying that you should have fixed this earlier. I know from experience, my hip was fucked, and I kept trying to go through it, and it just got to the point where my stability was so shot that if I tripped on anything, stubbed my knee or toe, I would just crumble. Stopped doing any leg work outside of just walking for about 2 months, then started slow and worked my way back up just incase I got injured again from going too heavy, too quick.

Hit 340 on squat, failed on 345.

Might be full of myself, but I think I'll hit 350-355 on my next leg day. Only because this day is specifically quad destroyer day.

I've been following this story for a while(I live in Arizona, have family in the Gilbert area).

But yeah, fuck this kid, fuck his friends, and fuck his family, and the Gilbert Police.

Smallville posted...

way more in credit card debt., .....do you support that in forgiveness?

No, because it's not the same?

Work on a better gotcha ya, you rube.

Almost 2 trillion dollar's in student debt is fucking bonkers, and you literally have people arguing against forgiveness on it.

I will say that sometimes the textures in the caves don't load and just look like low-polygon mud. lol.

iiaattgg posted...

soro you feel like that 200 Ohp is gonna be in the works for you when its all said and done?

I think so, outside of my back like I mentioned, I'm also doing extra work on my delts. Even got my lateral dumbell raises up to 40lb's now. Granted, when I was at my strongest, OHP always plateaued pretty badly once I hit 180.

Gonna go through this current routine 8-10 times or so,(currently halfway through the 3rd time). See where I'm at progression wise. Probably deload for a week, then go through the routine another 8 times, and then see where I'm at overall and if I want to do a mini-cut. I think that's more than enough time to break through my plateaus and barriers for almost all my lifts.