Monday, August 5, 2013

2013-08-05 Strength (MB)

Warmup: 500m row

Squat: 215x3x5
Press: 120x3x5
Deadlift: 260x5 (hamstring feeling better)
Planks: 75s x2
Declined Situps: 15x2
Dips: 10,8,6
Shrugs: 160x3x10
DB French Press: 65x3x10

Yang scolded me for doing this much volume. I plan to continue this trend until I consistently stall, then I will scale it down when needed. I understand that some theories contend that this type of programming is suboptimal, but I have no problem finding that out for myself. I like how my body has been responding so far -- gaining weight, gaining strength -- but I do expect some stalling soon.

11 comments:

  1. too much accessory work volume?

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  2. Yes, and by extension, too much volume in general.

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  3. how does the accessory volume you're doing compare to rippetoe's prescription for starting strength?

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  4. I believe chin/pull-ups are the only accessory exercises that are programmed into SS. Rippetoes mantra is "when in doubt, leave it out."

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  5. In particular, if one wants to follow SS and do chinups, you would need to deviate from the traditional program. Details here: http://startingstrength.wikia.com/wiki/The_Starting_Strength_Novice/Beginner_Programs

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  6. I was confusing SS with Wendler, which I believe has a bunch of accessory work prescribed.

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  7. Yeah, I will likely change to Wendler or TM once I hit my 300 3x5 goal.

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  8. Thing about wendler is that each day you have just 1 lift. My typical day would be:

    squat 315 x 5, 335 x 3, 355 x 8 or something + some random accessories that are pretty low poundage.

    On SS it would be like:

    squat 365 x 5 x 3
    bench 235 x 5 x 3
    deadlift 365 x 5 x 1, which is a lot more tonnage.

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  9. could add some other shit into wendler, like, dare i say...conditioning

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  10. Thanks for sharing...
    If you can still do it a month ,you will be stronger...

    Black

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