Quote:
Originally Posted by Bluegrassplayer
Those bridesmaids are going to be all over him.
The bridesmaids, if there are any, will be well over 50.
Thursday, June 15, 2017 Training
Squat Variant, C4W3 TM121 5x7 @72.5%
1. HBBS (kg):
30lb x5x4 goblet squat
40x5
60x3x2
75x2
87.5x7
87.5x7
87.5x7
87.5x4 (*)
87.5x7
2. Romanian Deadlift (kg):
82.5x9
82.5x9
82.5x9
82.5x9
2. Cable Straight-Back Crunch (lb, leverage):
130x9
130x9
130x9
130x9
3. Goblet Squat (lb):
50x15
50x15
50x15
3. DB Hammer Curl (#):
20x17
20x17
20x17
* A Khmer broette started loading plates on the smith machine during my set, dangerously close to the path of my bar, which completely distracted me and caused me to abort.
***
While this wasn't quite the win that I was pulling for (with two lackluster lower days prior to this workout), at least I (sorta) hit my numbers with (kinda) passable form.
It looks like I need to take a moderately wide stance with my feet angled pretty far out to achieve depth without having to relax in the hole. I noted that the reps where I descended more slowly had better depth and a more vertical bar path.
The goblet squats were whatever. In the last linked set, I changed stance widths twice during the set and found that the widest stance felt the best on my knees. I'm still not sure if these would be useful enough to expend a slot in my program. Maybe I should do them with a slower tempo to get more tension on my quads.
I'm wondering if programming changes should be made if only to reduce staleness. I've been considering switching my paused squat and tng squat, doing paused as primary, probably for the same sets and reps as my block pulls due to the increased TUT. Then I could practice my tng squats on deadlift day, or even do front squats on that day (and HBBS less frequently). It's going to be kind of soul-crushing if I need to keep the training max constant for my squat for next cycle. I may be able to more easily make progress on my paused squat, which would be good for morale.
It's something to think about. While it may be jumping the gun, I'd rather get ahead of a stall than wait for it to happen, cause me to feel like **** and create lots of negative feedback loops. And variation for its own sake can have value.
Last edited by Renton555; 06-15-2017 at 06:08 AM.