I have a rack at the house now, and loaded up 225 to see if I could squat it. Put the weight on the bar got under the weight and lifted it off the J hooks... Said **** that and put it back down. God 225 feels so heavy. No idea how you can do 275, really jelly.

Lol. Did you warm up with something lower or just try 225 cold? Definitely need to warm up, especially for someone who doesn't squat often (i assume?)

Fri 6/24
Usual rolling and stretches

Db bench- 45x5x2 60x5 70x5x4 1x7 (90s)

10 rounds x5 90s rest-
Ohp 105x5x7 3x4
Chin-ups 10x5

4 rounds x12 60s rest-
Ez lte +30x12x2 1x11 1x9
Ez curl +30x12x2 1x11 1x9

4 rounds x12 60s rest-
Tricep pushdown 110 x 12 11 10 9
Db curl 22.5sx12x4

Bike- hiit 12:00 30s sprint/ 30s recovery

Summer upper body weakness is officially setting in.

Sun 6/26
Usual rolling and stretches + bike 5:00

Squat- 45x5x2 135x5 185x5x8 (60s)
Rdl- 95x5 135x5 185x5x5 (60s)
Leg press- 180x8 270x5 360x10x2 1x5 (30s)
Leg extension- 145 x 12 10 10 10 (60s)
Lying leg curl- 95 x 12 9 9 7 (60s)

Once a week for like the last 6 weeks. It just felt like way heavier than I was expecting it to feel. Got 205 once tho.

Nice on the 205. It'll get easier the more you grind it out.

Tue 6/28
Usual rolling and stretches

Machine row- (both arms) 90x10 180x5 270x5x5 (90s)

10 rounds x5 90s rest-
Incline db bench 70x5x7 3x4
Cable row 170x5x10

4 rounds x12 60s rest-
Ez lte +30x12x3 1x10
Ez curl +30x12x4

4 rounds x12 60s rest-
Tricep pushdown 110 x 12 11 10 9
Db curl 22.5sx12x4

Abs 2 rounds 90s rest-
Rkc 32 30
L/R 35 30
Sb crunches 20 15

Bike- hiit 10:00 30s sprint/ 30s recovery

Thu 6/30
Usual rolling and stretches + bike 5:00

Deadlift- 135x5 225x4 275x2 315x2 345x2 365x2
Squat- 45x10 135x5 185x3 225x3 255x2 275x1 295x1

Abs 3 rounds 90s rest-
Rkc 36 32 26
L/R 35 35 30
Sb crunches 20 15 15

Felt good for all the heavy deads and squats, then as I'm sitting down to change out of my squat shoes I twist my knee a little bit. Decided not to risk it and just did abs to finish off.

Fri 7/1
Usual rolling and stretches

Db bench- 45x5x2 60x5 70x5x4 1x8 (90s)

10 rounds x5 90s rest-
Ohp 105x5x8 2x4
Chin-ups 10x5

4 rounds x12 60s rest-
Ez lte +30x12x4
Ez lte +30x12x3 1x10

4 rounds x12 60s rest-
Tricep pushdown 110x12 x 12 10 10 8
Db curl 22.5sx12x2 2x10

Weak as **** and WIM is pretty low too. I started playing live cash again recently and I think the longer grind is probably taking a bit of a physical toll on me.

Tue 7/5
Usual rolling and stretches

Machine row- (both arms) 90x10 180x5 270x5x5 (90s)

10 rounds x5 90s rest-
Incline db bench 70x5x9 1x4
Cable row (one arm) 70x5x10

4 rounds x12 60s rest-
Ez lte +30x12x4
Ez curl +30x12x2 1x10 1x8

4 rounds x12 60s rest-
Tricep pushdown 100x12x1 3x10
Db curl 22.5sx12 x 12 11 10 10

Bike- hiit 10:00 30s sprint/30s recovery

Been busy with friends in town the last few days so no lifting. I went hiking on mt charleston yesterday, I twisted my ankle multiple times and legs were a little sore today so I'm just skipping Sunday's leg day. I actually got a pretty decent workout from the hike since my dog got exhausted on the way down and refused to walk so I had to carry him about 2/3rds of the way down.

Thu 7/7
Usual rolling and stretches + bike 5:00

Deadlift- 135x5x2 225x5 275x2x2 (tried double overhand but my grip kept slipping) 315x5
Squat- 45x5 135x5x2 185x5 225x3 245x3 225x5x3
Leg press- 180x8 270x5 360x10x3 (60s)
Lying leg curl- 95x12x2 2x10 (60s)
Leg extension- 145x12x2 1x10 1x9 (60s)

Abs 3 rounds 90s rest-
Rkc 34 30 27
L/R 35 35 30
Sb crunches 20 15 15

Bike- hiit 10:00 30s sprint/ 30s recovery @7

Fri 7/8
Usual rolling and stretches

Db bench- 45x5x2 60x5 70x5x4 (90s) 1x8

10 rounds x5 90s rest-
Ohp 105x5x9 1x4
Chin-ups 10x5

5 rounds x12 60s rest-
Ez lte +25x12x5
Ez curl +25x12x5

5 rounds x12 60s rest-
Tricep pushdown 100x12x2 3x10
Db curl 22.5sx12x2 2x10 1x9

Bike- hiit 10:00 30s sprint/ 30s recovery @10

Sun 7/9
Usual rolling and stretches + bike 5:00

Squat- 45x5x2 135x5 185x5 225x3 265x2 285x1 225x3x5 (60s)
Rdl- 95x5 135x3 185x5x5 (90s)
Leg press- 180x8 270x4 360x4 450x5x3 (60s)
Leg extension- 145x12x2 1x10 (60s)
Lying leg curl- 95x12 x 12 10 8 (60s)

Abs 2 rounds 60s rest-
Rkc 34 30
L/R 35 30
Sb crunches 25 20

Playing the Wsop main event tomorrow, if anyone's interested in following along I'll probably tweet some updates @Dubness23.

glgl. don't think i'm making it this year which is tough after going out in brutal fashion late last year.

ME bustouts always sting for a while...usually til the following year's bust:/

Tue 7/11
Usual rolling and stretches

Machine row- (both arms) 90x10 180x5 270x5x5 (90s)

10 rounds x5 90s rest-
Incline db bench 70x5x7 2x4 1x3
Cable row (one arm) 70x5x10

5 rounds x12 60s rest-
Ez lte +30x12x5
Ez curl +30x12x3 1x10 1x8

5 rounds x12 60s rest-
Tricep pushdown 100x12x4 1x10
Db curl 22.5sx12x4 1x10

Bike- hiit 12:00 30s sprint/30s recovery @7

Made day 2 of the main event with 108k chips from 50k starting, restart tomorrow at 300-600.

Sat 7/16
Usual rolling and stretches

Db bench- 45x5x2 70x5x5 (90s)

10 rounds x5 90s rest-
Ohp 105x5x5 5x4
Chin-ups 10x5

5 rounds x12 60s rest-
Ez lte +25x12x5
Ez curl +25x12x4 1x10

5 rounds x12 60s rest-
Tricep pushdown 90x12x3 2x10
Db curl 20sx12x5

Made it to the very end of day 4 of the main event finishing in 269th for 36k. I was super short basically all of day 4, in fact a few hands before my bustout (JJ<AKo with 23bb), I was at my high point for the day in terms of BBs.

After grinding 10+ hours of the main 4/5 days in a row, I was pretty beat today, definitely the reason for weakness/exhaustion.

My forearms get really tight sometimes, but never any pain the I can recall.

I wish I still had all my action. I learned the hard way that keeping all my action in medium-big buy in events for years can very easily (lol big field tournament variance) force me into the market for selling action.

Tue 7/19
Usual rolling and stretches + bike 5:00

Squat- 45x5x2 135x5x2 185x3 225x3 255x2x3 225x5
Rdl- 95x5 135x5 185x5x5 (90s)
Leg press- 180x8 270x5 360x10x3
Leg extension- 130 x 12 10 10 8 (60s)
Lying leg curl- 95 x 10 10 8 6 (60s)

Abs 2 rounds 90s rest-
Rkc 34 28
L/R 35 30
Sb crunches 20 15

Schedule is still crazy even though wsop is over. The gf and I both have lots of friends in town still so we end up scheduling most of our regular stuff around them.

Also, we are very close to buying a house out here which is very exciting/stressful/time consuming.

Thu 7/21
Usual rolling and stretches

Two armed machine row- 90x10 180x5 270x5x5 (90s)

10 rounds x5 90s rest-
Incline db bench 65x5x10
Cable row 1 arm 70x5x10

5 rounds x12 60s rest-
Ez lte +25x12x5
Ez curl +25x12x4 1x10

5 rounds x12 60s rest-
Tricep pushdown 90x12x5
Db curl 20sx12x5

Sat 7/23
Usual rolling and stretches

Deadlift- 135x5 225x5 275x5 315x5
Squat- 45x10 135x5 185x5 225x3x8
Leg press- 180x8 270x5 360x5x5 (60s)
Leg extension- 130x12x3 1x10 1x8 (60s)
Lying leg curl- 95x12x2 1x10 1x8 (60s)

Abs 2 rounds 90s rest-
Rkc 35 30
L/R 35 35
Sb crunches 20 15

Sun 7/24
Usual rolling and stretches

Db bench- 45x5x2 60x5 70x5x5 (90s)

10 rounds x12 90s rest-
Ohp 105x5x9 1x4
Chin-ups 10x5

5 rounds x12 60s rest-
Ez lte +25x12x5
Ez curl +25x12x4 1x10

5 rounds x12 60s rest-
Tricep pushdown 90x12x4 1x10
Db curl 20sx12x5

Bike- hiit 6:00 30s sprint/ 30s recovery @10

Tue 7/26
Usual rolling and stretches + bike 5:00

Squat- 45x10 135x5 185x3 225x3 245x5x3
Rdl- 95x5 155x3 185x5x2 2x3
Leg press- 180x8 270x5 360x8x3
Leg extension- 130x12x5 (60s)
Lying leg curl- 95 x 12 10 6 6 6 (60s)

I saw a video somewhere in the forum yesterday with Rip talking about grip and I realized that the massive calluses on my hands were probably due to improper placement. I tried fixing it today on squats and rdls, it felt a little strange for squats but was fine. However for rdls it put a ton of weight on my fingers that I wasn't used to and I had to cut some sets short.

Thu 7/28
Usual rolling and stretches

Two armed machine row- 90x10 180x5 270x5x5 (90s)

10 rounds x5 90s rest-
Incline db bench 70x5x6 2x4 2x3
Cable row (one arm) 70x5x10

5 rounds x12 60s rest-
Ez lte +25x12x5
Ez curl +25x12x4 1x10

5 rounds x12 60s rest-
Tricep pushdown 90x12x5
Db curl 20sx12x5

Abs 2 rounds 90s rest-
Rkc 41 29
L/R 35 30
Sb crunches 20 15

Sat 7/30
Usual rolling and stretches + bike 5:00

Deadlift- 135x5 225x5 275x3 315x3x2
Squat- 45x10 135x5 185x3 225x3 255x2 275x1 225x3x2
Leg press- 180x8 270x5 360x4 410x5x3 (60s)
Lying leg curl- 95x12x2 1x10 2x8 (60s)
Leg extension- 135x12x3 2x10 (60s)

Wed 8/3
Usual rolling and stretches

Db bench- 45x5x2 60x3 70x5x5 (90s)

10 rounds x5 90s rest-
Ohp 105x5x5 3x4 2x3
Chin-ups 9x5 1x4

5 rounds x12 60s rest-
Ez lte +25x12x5
Ez curl +25x12x2 2x10 1x8

5 rounds x12 60s rest-
Tricep pushdown 90x12x2 2x10 1x8
Db curl 22.5sx12x3 2x10

Abs 3 rounds 90s rest-
Rkc 40 33 30
L/R 35 25 25
Sb crunches 25 15 12

Weak.

It's been humid out here the last week or so which is absolutely miserable when it's like 110 degrees to top it off. So of course we decided to play golf yesterday at 1pm... I think I lost about 10lbs just from sweating. I shot 85 which I'm pretty ok with after over 2 months off.

Fri 8/5
Usual rolling, some stretches

Squat- 45x5x2 135x5 185x3 225x3 225x5x3
RDL- 135x5 185x5x3 1x4 1x3
Leg press- 180x8 270x5 360x10x3

Did a couple other random leg exercises. Went to my gf's gym super late night because she's trying to start going to the gym on a more regular basis after a hectic wsop.