that is awesome, congrats! nice job with the workouts as well

Good ****, man.

As a favor to me (and I realize this isn't going to be for a while), can you have the doctor say "pryess" instead of "push" when you're in the delivery room? Mazel tov!

Just awesome.

Eat more plz. We talked about the water cut already :P

Thanks man!
Ha! Will put it in the to do basket

Yeah, I'm pretty nervous about a water cut. Weighing over after all this would be brutal. Going to eat more this weekend anyway, plus I'm still not sure if my session will be morning or afternoon yet.

Congratulations!

That baby will be squatting before his first birthday!

I'm just the master of hindsight after weighing in at 117,1 last meet, making the shirt way too loose.

We have a kid who walks around at 96-97 in training who cuts to 93 for the meets, mostly water cut.

But do what you are comfortable doing. Maybe when you have some more meets under your belt you will feel better about cutting it close :-)

And gratz on the baby, better start getting a home gym ;-)

Congrats on the newborn dude! Having a baby is all the rage in H&F.

Cheers man! Not delivered yet though, I think we're at 18 weeks or thereabouts...

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Intentional skipping of a workout this weekend. Fatigue and niggles had climbed too damn high, back at it again monday.

May 29th: Project Momentum Week 6 Day 1

Squat
210x1 RPE 9
195x3 RPE 9.5
180x3
180x3

Bench Press
130x1
132.5x1 @8
127.5x3 @10
120x3
120x3

Overhead Press
52.5x8
52.5x8
52.5x8
52.5x8

Tough day on squats - quad is bugging me and making me hesitant on the descent. Going to see witch doctor about it tomorrow, and will start popping ibuprofens i think. Bench felt solid though, despite the pain. Nice little PR triple.

12 Days Until Competition

Do we know it's a boy?

Nah, we don't think we'll find out pre

Is that unusual?

Not in China

May 30th: Project Momentum Week 6 Day 2

Sumo Deadlift
245x1
232.5x3
220x3
220x3

2ct Pause Bench Press
125x1
120x3
115x3
115x3

Solid +2.5kg on deadlift, though it was probably closer to a 8.5 than an 8. Nice PR backoff triple though. Knee not bothersome for deadlift, but more annoying immediately on ending a bench set. Otherwise, bench was aight.

Saw the physio, she thinks its probably some tendinosis around the knee with a potential for it being a back injury referring to the thigh. She suggested lots of quad stretches given how tight they are anyway (she was really not impressed) along with a couple of hip/low back exercises. Said getting through the comp was priority so managing it for now is only option, with rest and then working on the underlying imbalances as the long term treatment. I'm tempted to miss pause squats on thursday or just go light and see how it feels, openers next monday the marker.

11 Days Until Comp

Nice work in here setting PR's

1st June: Project Momentum Week 6 Day 3

2ct Pause Squat
180x1
175x3
165x3
160x3

TnG Bench Press
130x1
135x1
117.5x3
117.5x3
117.5x3
117.5x3
117.5x3
117.5x3
117.5x3
117.5x3

Wide Grip Bench Press
100x6
100x6
100x6
100x6

Another alright session, quad a bit tender but got through it all ok. Weighed 82.7kg yesterday and 83.0kg today, expect it to be higher tomorrow because of donuts today, but its looking like its going to be ok. Annoying with a midday weigh in though.

9 Days Until Comp

The fact that you ate donuts today yet posted no PRs tells me you did not push yourself hard enough

I worked harder than I would have without donuts, though.

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Thinking about the following as attempts:

S: 205-220-230
B: 125-135-142.5
D: 230-245-255

As always, will see how it goes on the day. I don't have any major competition but locking in a win still important, then >400 Wilks, then a big pull. Happy to dial the other two back to get there.

What do you think the probabilities of hitting each/all of the 3rd attempts are in the meet? Just kinda wondering what # GTO looks like, although one would prob want to +/- variance depending on their competition.

(Feel free to ignore if you think it's gonna jinx you).

Awesome #s btw.

Fifty-fifty imo.

None of them feel like big reaches. None of the thirds are hail Mary's, they're all well within e1rm. Squat will depend on how my knee feels. 140 should be there but always risk of error for bench. Deadlift again feels like I should definitely have it, but fatigue and technical error are possibilities. Will be a small flight so shorter rest between attempts so that's a factor too.

GTO looks like going 9/9 with nothing left in the tank on each third attempt. Dropping them down is absolutely fine if that's what is needed on the day. Would be happy to go into third pull with gold locked in and yolo a 260 attempt also.

Not sure any of that answers your question!

3rd June: Project Momentum Week 6 Day 1

2ct Pause Deadlift
220x1
212.5x3
200x3
200x3

Slingshot Bench Press
155x1
150x3
140x3
140x3

RDL
100x8
100x8
100x8
100x8

A nice morale boosting day. Just have to keep my heels down on bench press.

7 Days Until Comp

The Eleiko banner with Ivanko plates and no name rack + bench is hilarious