The Bridge 2.0 - 8.2

Pin Squat
190x5@7
195x5@8
200x5@9

1ct Bench
200x1@8
175x4@8.5
170x4@8

Rows
135x10@7
145x10@8
150x10@8

275 AU
55 minutes
SRPE 5

The Bridge 2.0 - 7.3

DL /w belt
340x1@8
305x4@9
295x4@8

Paused Press
97.5x5@7
100x5@8
105x5@9

3-0-3 Tempo Squat
135x10@7.5
135x10@8.5
135x10@9.5

275 AU
50 minutes
SRPE 5.5

Okay, so done with that training block. Plan to do 7 week hypertrophy - 3days/week next. I will try to do all the GPP but...I dno, that is a big ask given my life stuff going on.

Not sure two weeks pay is worth it to go after with an attorney. If I do decide to leave, though, I will expect to be paid in full and could imagine having to go to an attorney.

However, I was tempted to just threaten to leave this time a paycheck was missed. But...I'm not really ready to follow through.

Yes and no. I do not live paycheck to paycheck but we do not have a big cash reserve right now so I'm not interested in floating my paycheck more than I already am.

Yeah. I wonder what they'd actually look like if I wasn't so fat. May never know lol

He won't be able to successfully do this for quite a few reasons. And I have drawn a line that I will not assist him if he tries without our current team being completely current in terms of payment.

I'm not sure I'd sue. But I would consult one regardless. It is pretty ****ty to pull this kinda of stuff on vendors/employees. Sometimes doing the right thing is a lot harder than doing the easy thing.

Congrats on not living paycheck to paycheck. Guess the N1 log has been a cautionary tale.

I will let you know how not living paycheck to paycheck is going after our second kid starts daycare lol.

But, yeah, I've never been in anything resembling the N1 situation. Seems completely avoidable and and -lifeEV. No thanks.

Seems like the thing he is best at is avoiding anything mildly uncomfortable: learning, reading, pretty much anything to have sex with a woman or "succeed". His second best skill is surrounding himself in a nonsense cocoon to enable his illusion.

Pretty sure you'd be totally incapable of this. There are plenty of people who are mentally ill who are in a paycheck to paycheck situation. (Or just dumb with no skills.) Or have genuine developmental disorders that make their human interactions baffling. But to sequester yourself for a decade while developing no skills (professional or personal) or having any money is truly amazing.

And he still has enough opportunities for easily turning things around for an easy life!

7 week hypertrophy (3 day) - 1.1

Squat w/ belt
215x6@6
230x6@7
245x6@8
245x6@8.5

OHP /w belt
95x6@6.5
100x6@7.5
105x6@9
102.5x6@9

Pendlay Rows
115x16@8
Myo reps:
x3
x3
x3
x2

275 AU
50 minutes
SRPE 5.5

Yugo,

Work situation sounds sub-optimal; hopefully you can see your way to a favorable solution.

Re: a 3 day hypertrophy program:



Re: the nood, looking very . . . Aidan-esque.

You've definitely got a younger, shorter, visually-impaired, Stojakovic thing going on, so I can see how you got the nickname.

Aiden-esque= thatshighpraise.jpg imo. I'd agree. If you can maintain at least that, you're doing pretty well.

I assumed it was a dig. Although I am often confused by Monte's posts. Like, that punching .gif, is that me getting punched for running this program because I'm an idiot or the program will be hard and punch me?

But, yeah, any comparison to Aiden imo is high praise even if it's 90% Aiden aesthetics, 50% Aiden lifts.

Ahhh the good old days where I'd just throw on my Peja jersey at Halloween.

Yugo,

The gif was in reference to the 3 day part of your post.

Nary a Cut in View

That's what I would rename this log.

I mean you are probably 10 pounds overweight but your exercise volume seems okay so you are probably healthy. Plus big guns.

And welcome to the greying beard club, my girlfriend makes me shave when I see her family (lol).

Ahh, since you ran the four day? Is the four day just more volume? I assume 3 day is "easier" overall. But maybe that .gif should make me reevaluate.

Only 10? Damn, I would expect you to say 20 or maybe even more. I'm kind of always in "no mans land" where I could cut or bulk and likely not be too unhealthy.

My plan is to lose a bit of weight while on this hypertrophy block and then gain a bit on a strength block.

Had greying beard for several years now. It's k. Congrats on the gf, hope she's a loco machine gun approved super spinner.

I don't know about 10 pounds overweight, I didn't look at the BMI calculator. But I adjusted a little but because you are lifting.

And yes she is very petite but likes to hit in-n-out hard. I always get one order of fries to share and she is not too happy and looks at me weird for having a bunless burger with 3 patties.

7 week hypertrophy (3 day) - 1.2

1ct Bench
160x6@6.5
165x6@7.5
170x6@8
170x6@9

RDL
190x8@6
200x8@7.5
210x8@7.5
210x8@7 (used straps)
220x8@8 (used straps)

DB Bench
45x16@8
Myo reps:
x4
x4
x3

357.5 AU
65 minutes
SRPE 5.5



Who doesn't like to hit in-n-out hard? Not sure why she puts up with sharing fries - I'd get my own, loco be damned.

mmmmm, in-n-out. I usually get 4 or 6 bunless patties. Its one of the few chain restaurants I can still eat at.

You'd think given how much ppl like burgers in MN they'd make an exception to their West Coast bias and put a few here.

7 week hypertrophy (3 day) - Week 1 GPP

25m bike around lake
7m chins - 42
7m abs - front plank, L side, R side 20s each x 4

Triceps
50x15@7
55x13@8
55x13@8

Biceps
55x14@8
55x14@8
55x14@8

7 week hypertrophy (3 day) - 1.3

DL with belt
270x6@7
280x6@8
280x6@8.5
280x6@9

CG incline bench
115x6@6
125x6@7.5
130x6@8
115x8@8
115x8@8

HBBS
135x14@8
Myo reps:
x3
x1

360 AU
60 minutes
SRPE 6

7 week hypertrophy (3 day) - 2.1

Squat w/ belt
215x6@6.5
230x6@8
240x6@8
240x6@9
230x6@8

OHP /w belt
90x6@6.5
95x6@7
100x6@8
100x6@8.5
100x6@8

Pendlay Rows
120x14@8
Myo reps:
x4
x4
x4
x2

390 AU
65 minutes
SRPE 6

Week 2.1 GPP

7m chins - 49
7m abs - front plank, L side, R side 20s each x 4

Triceps
55x15@8
55x14@8
55x15@8

Biceps
55x14@8
55x13@8
55x14@8


7 week hypertrophy (3 day) - 2.2

1ct Bench
150x6@6
160x6@7.5
165x6@8
165x6@8.5
165x6@8

RDL
205x8@6
215x8@7
225x8@8
225x8@8
225x8@8.5

DB Bench
47.5x15@8
Myo reps:
x4
x4
x4
x2

357.5 AU
65 minutes
SRPE 5.5

2.2 GPP

Skipped cardio again due to the biking to daughter’s daycare and library - not things I’ve done in the past.

7m chins - 50
7m abs - front plank, L side, R side 20s each x 4

Triceps
55x16@8
55x16@8
55x16@8

Biceps
55x15@8
55x15@8
55x15@8

7 week hypertrophy (3 day) - 2.3

DL with belt
245x6@6
260x6@7
275x6@8
275x6@8
275x6@8.5

CG incline bench
110x8@6
115x8@7.5
120x8@7.5
120x8@8.5
120x8@8

LBBS touch n go
135x10@8
Myo reps:
x3
x3
x0

390 AU
65 minutes
SRPE 6

I did some googling about In & Out. They have no plans to franchise ever (they are family owned). They have no plans to expand to the east. While they apparently did add stores in Houston, they refused to go to Denver or points east of there. The reason is because they do not use freezers or microwaves. They have all their stores within 300 miles of their beef suppliers so that they can always sell fresh, not frozen, beef. rigged.

Very rigged. At least it's in Vegas!

3.1 lift

Squat w/ belt
215x6@7
220x6@7.5
220x6@8
220x6@8
220x6@8.5

OHP /w belt
90x6@7
95x6@8
100x6@8
100x6@9
95x6@8

Pendlay Rows
120x16@8
Myo reps:
x3
x3
x3
x3

490 AU
70 minutes
SRPE 7

3.1 GPP

30m biking to library and back

8m chins - 61
8m abs

Triceps
60x14@8
60x14@8
60x12@8
60x14@8

Biceps
60x14@8
60x14@8
60x14@8
60x13@8

3.2 lift

1ct Bench
150x6@6
160x6@6.5
170x6@8
170x6@8
170x6@8.5

RDL
205x8@6
215x8@7
230x8@8
230x8@8
230x8@7

DB Bench
47.5x16@8
Myo reps:
x4
x4
x4
x2

330 AU
60 minutes
SRPE 5.5

3.2 GPP

HIIT
20s on/100s off x10

8m chins - 63
8m abs - front plank, L side, R side 20s each x 5

Triceps
60x15
60x14
60x14
60x15

Biceps
60x14
60x14
60x14
60x15

3.3 lift

Deadlift w/ belt
245x6@6
260x6@7
280x6@8
280x6@8
280x6@8

CG incline bench
110x8@6
115x8@7
125x8@8
125x8@8
125x8@8

HBBS
95x16@8, x4, x4, x3

4.1 lift

Squat w/ belt
210x6@6
230x6@7
245x6@8
245x6@8

OHP /w belt
90x6@6
95x6@7
102.5x6@8
102.5x6@8.5

Pendlay Rows
125x14@8, x3, x3, x3, x3

300 AU
60 minutes
SRPE 5

4.1 GPP

Bike around lake

8m chins - 66
8m abs - front plank, L side, R side 20s each x 5

Triceps
62.5x15
62.5x15
62.5x15
62.5x15

Biceps
62.5x15
62.5x15
62.5x15
62.5x15

4.2 lift

1ct Bench
155x6@6
165x6@7
175x6@8
175x6@8

RDL
210x8@6
225x8@7
235x8@8
235x8@7

DB Bench
50x14@8, x4, x4, x3

302.5 AU
55 minutes
SRPE 5.5

4.2 GPP

No cardio

8m chins - 70
8m abs - front plank, L side, R side 20s each x 5

Triceps
65x13
65x13
65x13
65x13

Biceps
65x13
65x13
65x13
65x13

4.3 lift

Deadlift w/ belt
250x6@6
265x6@7
285x6@8
285x6@8

CG incline bench
115x8@6
120x8@7
130x8@8
130x8@8

HBBS
105x16@8, x3, x3, x2

330 AU
55m
srpe 6

5.1 lift

Squat w/ belt
290x1@8
245x6@8
245x6@8.5
245x6@9

OHP /w belt
120x1@8
100x6@8
100x6@8
100x6@8

Pendlay Rows
130x15@8, x3, x3, x3

390 AU
65 minutes
SRPE 6

5.2 lift

1ct Bench
205x1@8
180x6@9
170x6@8.5
170x6@8

RDL
210x8@6
225x8@7
225x8@7.5
225x8@8
225x8@8
225x8@8

DB Incline Bench
45x15@8, x4, x4, x4, x4, x1

385 AU
70 minutes
SRPE 5.5

5.1 GPP

35m liss

9m chins - 75
9m abs - front plank, L side, R side 20s each x 5

Triceps
65x13
65x13
65x13
65x13

Biceps
65x12
65x12
65x12
65x12

RIP

Looks like dadbod got him again.

Just finished week 7 and will move on to bridge 3.0 next week. Haven't missed any lifting days but GPPs have been skipped.

3 year old is requiring tons of work at bedtime. Sleep not great even though 3 month old sleeps 9 hours sometimes (and other times wakes up for.multiple feedings.

In general my stress levels seem relatively high and perhaps that's partially why I am having trouble with motivation for GPP even when I have time. Anyway, will start it again next week on the new training block.

I should probably try to nap most days but then it feels like there's so little time the rest of the day.