what's wrong with switching grip every rep?

Nothing really, it's just super nitty. It is so ingrained in my routine now though I see no reason to change.

I wish I'd switched grips even once per workout, after deadlifting with the same grip for years I have a notable imbalance between my left/right lats. Slowly fixing it but it's prettttyy annoying.

8-8 Deload

Bench- up to 225x1
Pushups- 5 sets of 20
KB Rows- 88#x10x2
Lat stretches with a band

Bench was disappointingly hard. For some reason I just cannot stay tight with the bar on my chest with more than 205 lbs. Whatever, I don't care about upper body strength anymore, just aesthetics. As long as I deadlift 500 this year I'll be happy.

I know this has been said a lot but you're strong as balls.

Thanks.

I should probably just stop reading Halfslant's, Aiden's, and <3 tha grind's logs for now. They're all progressing too fast.

On that note bodyweight was 166 this morning, so I've gained around 10 lbs in the last 6 weeks.

8-10 Deload

Powerclean- up to 195x1, full clean 205x1x2 (didn't catch high enough)
HBBS- 225x5x3
Swiss Ball Situps- 2x25
Pallof Press- 2x10 each side
Leg Raises- 2x15
Side Bends- 2x10

Pretty sure I can powerclean 205, I'm just a bit rusty. Videoed a couple of the heavier singles and the extension wasn't there.

Got 1 more deload workout tomorrow. After that I'm gonna switch to a more standard 5/3/1 template. I don't expect to do much with my squat, hopefully just get back to my old PRs, but I think squatting less is probably good for my deadlift and I've got a ton of room for growth there.

Sunday: Push Press singles, other vertical push/pull stuff and triceps
Monday: Deadlift 5/3/1, assistance
Wednesday: Bench vs Bands 5/3/1, other horizontal push/pull stuff and biceps
Friday: Speed pulls, Squat 5/3/1, assistance

Didn't really do anything worth logging yesterday. Some walking, some pullups, some pushups, and some laying by the pool.

what does your gtg programming look like, or is it just completely random

When I got to Denver I was diligent with GTG stuff, basically just daily pushups (max of 50 per day spread out in sets of 10) and 3-5 sets of 5 pullups during lunch at the pool. When I started to get worn down I basically stopped all of it. Not sure how much it was helping tbh. I did it a bit over the last week, basically randomly, just trying to keep the volume reasonable since I am supposed to be deloading.

I'm gonna be in Dallas in early September btw, any chance you'd want to golf/lift/eat bbq?

8-13

Push Press- 5 singles at 175

6 Rounds:
Pullups- BWx10
KB Press- 20kgx10 each arm
Rest- 2 minutes

4 Rounds:
DB Laterals- 22.5sx10
Thib Pulldowns- "60"x10
Rest- 1 minute

Band Laterals- Greens x 20 (50 seconds TUT) x 3
Band Resisted Pushups- 3 sets of 7
Close Grip Bench- 135x7x3
DB Skull Crushers- 22.5sx10x2 each arm

Elbows did not like the pushups so I will not be doing those again. Just close grip bench and random slow open chain extension exercises. Felt good to do an actual workout.

Despite feeling pretty good my workout was severely hampered because I only had about an hour to lift:

8-14

Deadlifts- 155x5x2, 225x3, 275x2, 295x5, 315x5, 335x10
HBBS- 135x10, 185x10, 225x10x3 superset with
KB Shrugs- 88x15x3
Good Mornings- 155x10x3

Later at home:
Ab wheel rollouts- BWx20x3 superset with
Crunches- 20x3

So I didn't get a chance to play with skittle bells or do a metcon =(. Deadlifts were easy for the first 6 reps, after which I started to get the tunnel vision until I stopped at 10. Was closer to passing out than I was to failing.

How do you do your KB Swings? I do mine similar to this

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...17835396207887


Which looks more similar to the squat. But recently have been watching some videos and it looks like they have way less knee flexion and they look more like a deadlift. How do you do them? I personally think its a monster, in terms of fitting in with my goals so want to learn about them since I am going to be doing thousands of reps over the years. I also think I strained a lowerback muscle a while back doing the squatty version.

8-16

Bench vs Black Bands- 140x5, 150x5, 160x7

5 Rounds:
Incline DB Bench- 75sx5
DB Rows- 100sx10

5 Rounds:
DB Flyes- 25sx12
RD Flyes- Unweighted x 25
Rest- 1 minute

Squat Rack Curls- 95x7,6,5

DB Curl Drop Set- 5@40s, 35s, 30s, 25s each arm

Juuuust missed the 8th rep on bench a few inches short of lockout. Also didn't bother to time the rest on the first superset but they were all 2-4 minutes so no real accumulated fatigue. Middle back was still pretty wrecked from deadlifts and I've been having a pain under one of my shoulder blades so I took it easy on the RD Flyes.