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Okay, missed a few days so it's time to play catchup! Paused Squats 440 for three sets of five I'm not sure if this was a good or a bad session, but it was definitely a taxing one. With how beat up my back and quad are, I found myself coasting through a lot of reps, since acceleration past the...

I think it's very unlikely. For one, I'm not a big-name powerlifter, which doesn't help. I don't have a great single lift or a fancy trick. I don't really have any Animal connections. And I don't know if I would be willing to peak and supplement for what is an exhibition event. I figure I only...

I like Kagemusha. Great set pieces, darker tone, really striking aesthetic tone, and I do like his longer period epics, though this is one of the weakest of that bunch. I have seen that Criterion version and always felt like the things I enjoyed in Ran were all present here (I saw Kagemusha long...

Paused Bench 330x5 315x6x2 Also kind of yuck.

Squat 460 for two sets of five The worst session of the week. Yuck.

Paused Bench 225 for five sets of 20

Whoa, I haven't logged shit yet this week. Okay. let me spam these out: Deadlift 573 for three sets of five

I don't know what you mean by APA. In the U.S., there are only a small handful of drug-tested federations, and the large majority are not tested. Of the tested federations, only one does OOC testing and is WADA compliant, and that is the USAPL. There is a certain prestige to competing...

Paused Deadlift 641x1 Yay, I get to go on deload week. I have had a few aches and I am just going to play it nice and safe and give myself a week off. Decent single. Technically a 20-lb. PR from last prep, but the pause was longer here and I used kilo plates, which are harder to break off the...

She competes in the USAPL/IPF. She's a woman. The main compounds available for women--those that do not produce masculine side-effects--tend to have half-lives of 3-5 weeks. She has competed internationally and is subject to OOC testing. Yes, she is an outlier. But isn't it amazing that...

Ditto. Except obviously still 100% natty.

Next week I'm on deload. Here is the plan for the following six weeks.

Wrapped Squats 570x2 Best overall set of the training cycle. There is still SO MUCH to work on, but week by week, I'm improving. Next week I deload.

My idea is just to find a safe point for sub-threshold training, and linearly progress volume as I go. Doing a lot of higher-intensity work is a no-go for me, so I need to be a bit creative. The good news is, benches usually love light volume.

Paused Yoke Bar Squats 380x4x4 Nice easy day, but my back is TIGHT and my left quad was yelling at me, so this lighter work is really necessary for me. My quad doesn't love the Yoke, but my biceps do, and I can at least squat fine with this quad strain. I will go back to twice-weekly straight...

Paused Bench 225 for five sets of fifteen This day I just redistributed my target NBL (75) over five sets to make for a nice, easy session. This for me is sub-threshold training; I can do this without my tendonitis flaring up, so I have been loading up on a lot of this lighter volume while...

I'm back, for good. Until I quit next week.

LOL--I'm trying. Some days are good and others...are a work in progress.

I've moved my feet further out and force my knees out more, but yes, you're right, it would be easier if I forced them out more. A big part of the problem right now is getting accustomed to squatting in wraps and dealing with how that has changed my mechanics. I will mess around with it...

SSB Paused Squats 350 for five sets of six Just a nice, easy session, since last week I pushed exertion pretty hard and I need to take my foot off the gas for the next couple of weeks. I will treat this almost like a switching phase before I head into the final six weeks of training.