Thanks breauxs. Hopefully I can squat decently tomorrow.

10/10: 189.4

Ate the last half dozen homemade cookies from the weekend and still lost weight. Somewhere, skeletor is disappointed.

A
5/3/1 Squat (Cycle 12, TM 295): wu, 5x190, 5x225, 1x250, 3x275, 3x295 (PR) (7.5), 10x250 (~8), 10x235, 10x205

B
RDLs: wu, 4x8x225
Upsidedown KB Press: 4x10

C
Back extensions: 4x12xbw+25

Learned from three weeks ago, when I'm pretty sure I failed a triple attempt at 290, and got plenty of sleep last night. Felt like I had five or six at 295 today. Cut off the AMRAPs at 10 for SI integrity, which still feels good. Strong day today. Gainz.

To nit that up on an RPE level a 7 should be a speed weight. If your bar speed is declining, prob not a 7. And I don't think you're doing a set of 7 there.

Disagree

Yeah, I called it an 8, fakeb called it a 7 -- I split the difference. Two more felt doable, maybe 3, which is all I was trying to convey.

^^^

Some lifters are excellent at grinding out reps. Slows down? No problem. Three more reps in the tank.

We have seen the videos around, if we had equivalent weight on our backs here are the perceived RPEs.

Fakeb 7 (Maybe 6, beast grinder)
Montecore 8
Downtown 6 (Rip gentle giant, too much heart)
KC 8 (Does not believe in grinding)
Loco 9 (lol@backsquatting)
Rav 7 (he is a beast, maybe 6.5)
Weasel 7
Aidan 7.5
Jonfon 7 (no technique, a lot of heart)
Old halfsant 7 (another beast)
New halfslant 9 (has some kind of fainting disease, RIP)
ExpectedV 12

So I am sure if you average all those out you get 8. Agree with thremp.

I thought RPE 8 meant anywhere from 2-4 reps in the tank?

Different people have different RPE charts. Mike Ts used to be RPE 8 was 2-4 left, now its 2-3 left. Other people have RPE 9 is one left, RPE 8 is 2 left, RPE 7 is 3 left ETC.

Oh. What a wonderful thing to have variety on.

So lol.
Loco's persistence with the InnerEV comments has me now referring to my own devil on the shoulder as my InnerEV. Very unfair as I live in a glass house but still lol.

Montebeastsquats

10/11: 188.0

Treadmill (4.0/2.0%): 45:00/3.0 mi
HLRs: 4x9xbw
Pallof Press: 4x12
Farmer's walk (105 lb DB): 3x30secx~100ft
Upside down KB Press: 4x10

Still k. Weigh-in yo-yo still engaged.

Thanks man, but I'm just slowly ambling towards adult male status. It's taken a while.

Terrible.

Busto,

In a way not to equivocate, those people who grind out reps are mostly just pussy bitches who can't lift anything heavy without their inner pussy overpowering them with failure. They also don't try hard since its obvious if they could muster the slightest semblance of WIM they'd get some decent bar speed.

Monte,

What RPE scale are you using? The 0/1/2/3/??? scale? Or the 0/1/2-3/SPEED WEIGHT scale?

NB: Freaks use the first.

Mihkel,

Assuming I'm understanding your notation correclty, the latter (i.e. my assessment of yesterday's set -> RPE 8 = 2-3 more).

And I definitely have an inner EV that kicks in when the weight gets close to my perceived max, so the only choice is to do more volume. Sad.

Mickey,

Fair enough. Especially when generalizing. Point stands for Monte.

Who coined this nonsense terminology of innerEV. I'm changing it to innerexpectedEV.

The ability of EV to thrive in a trolling environment is rivaled only by MLY.

10/12: 188.4

A
Barbell Bench (Cycle 5, TM 245): wu, 160x5, 185x5, 210x1, 225x3, 245x3 (9-9.5), 210x9 (9), 195x11, 170x12
Hammer Strength Row (Single Arm): wu, 6x10x88
One Arm Cable Row: 6x12

B
DB Incline Bench: wu, 3x7x85
Machine Rear Fly: 6x12
Single Straight Arm Cable Pulldown: 6x12

C
Lying DB Skullcrushers: 4x10
Upsidedown KB Press: 4x10

Kind of meh; wife couldn't sleep last night and "accidentally" woke me up early, and I'm maybe a bit more fatigued than I normally would be. 245 felt heavy, and I was hoping for an extra rep on the AMRAP, but whatever. Seven across on incline DB might be a volume PR, though.

While not calling it an InnerEV, I have stated that everyone has that same issue when weights get heavy. I disagree with the "only choice is to do more volume" thinking. People need to ignore their InnerEV, push through it's bitching that the weight is heavy, and do another rep. If it is an issue with form starting to break down, do more volume at the higher weight (add another 295 set in there instead of backing off). I have found that adding another set allows you to do more work at the higher weight, which helps train your body and mind to realize that you have more in the tank than you think.

Good job on the squats, now get to work evicting InnerEV from your mindset.

Blaming your wife for being fatigued is a poor excuse, even for you Monte.

skel,

I'm trying, man! Sorry if my innerEV puts me on your list.

EV,

Maybe your coach can assign you a trolling block to address another weak point? That attempted burn was the equivalent of SLDLing 75 lbs, so you've got some gainz to mine!

Good news: it doesn't.

10/6: 188.4

Stress ate during the Eagles game last night because I'm a pansy.

A
5/3/1 DL (Cycle 3, 340 TM): wu, 5x225, 5x255, 1x290, 3x315, 3x340, 11x290 (8.5-9), 10x275, 10x235
Seated DB Press: wu, 4x8x65
Upside down KB press: 4x10x18

B
Squat (beltless, recovery): wu, 3x10x225
Facepull: 8x15
Zottman Curls: 4x12x25

C
Back extensions: 4x10xbw+25
Bayesian Curls: 4x12

Tried to get a bit more of a pause and reset on each DL rep; not sure I really achieved it. Decided to go for some extra volume on the beltless squats; went from eight across last week to ten across this week, and might have had another rep or two.