redcl123

I agree with you guys... remember - the reason sumo feels so good on my lower back is, I believe, that I'm 6'5... and I understand that if I want to reach my full potential I must use exercises that enable me to use progressive overload without having to worry like crazy about technique breaking down all time. The movement felt so short and efficient, I think I'm in love!

EricT

Yeah, definitely being very tall can be a factor but it is worth it in the long run to lower the weights and work on the conventionals too. Easier isn't necessarily better in this case. There is bound to be a weight that you can do with proper form yet still be accomplishing a whole lot. If you used conventionals before and you weren't able to progress without breaking down it could be a case where conventionals are not for your but it also could be a case where you should have started much more conservatively and built a foundation on practice with ligther weights while you slowly progressed (meaning as quickly as possible without comprimising form...which to most people is slow, lol). When it comes to progressive overload the quickest way to lift a heavier barbell is not ALWAYS the best way so it's just something to think about.

But like Widdoes said I'm glad you're doing well with them. Sometimes I forget to say things like that!

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7/9/07
Intensity day
(I'm not cycling this day, only the volume day)

box squat:
barx5x2
40x5
55x3
70x2
83x5x1 PR (wasn't that hard)

bench:
barx5x2
30x5
45x3
60x2
73x4x1 (maybe I could've done another one, but it was pretty hard, so I want to do it next week. I'm not that stressed about doing PR's in intensity days anyway, volume day is much more important for me. 1$ to Eric)

pull ups:
10, 8, 6 ---> TL: 24 PR (before: 23)

Have a nice weekend guys!

redcl123

9/9/07
volume day

box squat:
barx5x2
40x5
50x3
62x2
67.5x5x5 (last week I accidently did 70 kg, not 67 like I was supposed to, so I decided to ramp again from 67.5. Next week I'm gonna do 70, then 72.5, then 75, and when it'll be hard I'll add 2-3 lb's each time instead of 5. Today was kewl and easy)

bench:
barx5x2
30x5
40x3
50x2
60x5x5 (not hard. elbows tucked enough but not too muce, legs not moving an inch on the floor)

chest supported rows:
barx5x2
20x5
28x3
35x2
42.5x5x5 (also not hard)

Overall - I felt good. Because of holydays, I'll have to train this week on tuesday and wednesday. The weights are easy for me, so I'm changing nothing beside the training days.

Have a good day!

redcl123

11/9/07
light day

(weights are in kg, not lbs)

sumo dl:
58x5x2
66x3
75x2
83x5x1

press:
barx5x2
23x5
28x3
32x2
35x5x3

box squat:
barx5x2
30x5
39x3
48x2
56x5x2

notes: easy, piece of cake weights.

redcl123

(I trained today, because the next 3 days my gym is closed due to some holydays here, so this week I was training on sunday, tuesday, wednesday).

12/9/07
Intensity day:

box squat:
barx5x2
40x5
55x3
70x2
85x5 PR

bench:
barx5x2
30x5
45x3
60x2
73x5 PR

pull ups:
10,8,7 --> TL: 25 PR, last time 24

Notes: good workout, nice PR's. I have straight 3 days to eat and sleep without training whatsoever we're celebrating a new year here, so I officially wish you a good year as well - lots of fun and PR's

Riddick2112

good work! Soon I'm going to be moving onto the Texas Method, or something similar, myself so it's great to see someone using it successfully!

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_Wolf_

i would like to give u a piece of advice: if u know that in a certain week, one of the training sessions is going to be disrupted - in any way (for example u said u cant workout on saturday), dont try to fit in all 3 workouts. u may be able to pull it off for a short while but in the long run this isnt gonna help u. instead, i would advise u to drop the wednesday workout and instead just do the volume and intensity workouts. so, this week u should've (in my opinion because this is what i would've done and have done when i did the texas method) done:

sunday - volume
wednesday - intensity

no tuesday workout and no recovery workout either. this works fine too.

also, lets say ur going to miss 2 training sessions, just stick to the volume workout in that case. when i ran the TM for 16 weeks, i skipped the wednesday AND friday workouts at times (wednesday because of exams and friday because i had to go for parties - i know its but its true) and this still helped me to progress very well.

this is just a heads up. u dont need to do the same thing but u should know that doing these things works for some people

also, in my texas method thread, read up all the posts made by Eric and Riddick. very important IMO.

Sentinel

ps: ur doing a fab job

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EricT

In the big scheme of things cruching all the workouts together once won't make a big difference.

But if the ONLY days you had to train this week was Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday I would have either skipped the recovery day altogether or done an abbreviated recovery day on Tuesday. If just to get a set of deads in (maybe a little lighter) and some very light squats. Just skipping it altogether may be just as well. But again it hardly matters in the face of continued progress and consistency. If you come up with that kind of scenario often then you it might be wise to do what Sentinel or I am saying. Otherwise you had a good week!

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