Unfortunately for now, I have to wait one more week since my gym is obviously closed for Saturday-Sunday (X-Mas)...

To tide me over, I've decided on this to better prepare me for what's to come. I was going to do upper on Tues, lower on Wed, then a full body on Fri....But that would IMO be pointless since it really has no bearing on what I'll be doing next week.

Tuesday: Full Body

Olympic Squats 5x5 (same weight)
Benching 5x5 (flat)(same weight)
JS Rows 5x5 (same weight)
Accessory (Skullcrushers: 3x8-10)

-After each exercise per bodypart, I'll do a loaded (DC) fascia stretch, each one running 60 seconds worth of pain.

Friday: Full Body

Oly. Squats [A2G]: 1x5 (5x5 pyramid to max set)
Incline Barbell: 5x5 (same weight)
Weighted Pull ups 5x5 (same weight)
Deadlifts 5x5 (same weight)
Accessory (incline curls: 3x8-10)

-After each exercise per bodypart, I'll do a loaded (DC) fascia stretch, each one running 60 seconds worth of pain.

-I was going to do standing military's instead of incline's on Friday, but I wanted to hit my chest twice this week. Plus, I'll be using a slightly wider grip so my anterior delts will get smoked regardless.

-This week will be a good guide to see about where I need to be in relation to my new RM's per exercise. I already know my standing military max from before stayed the same. Whatever I hit for weight, I will add it to my week three, then calculate new RM's for my final week. All this will consequently be entered into my spreadsheet I made for this training cycle. I'm sure my max probably went down from my last 5x5 run since I've been doing slower tempos and more "bodybuilding" (cosmetic/beach) work. :(

-So, my goal for this week is to find all RM's. I plan on picking a heavy enough weight to do all sets/reps with. This way, if I cannot finish every rep, then this could be my week 4 (new PR). If I got all of them easily, then I might add 5-10 lbs and factor that in. Normally, I would add 5% to all my PR's from my first run with the 5x5 and that would be that. Unfortunately, I know that it's been quite a while since working with heavy weights. For example, my first 5x5 (flat bench) PR for the final week was 305 lbs->5x5. This time I'd be very lucky to hit that. We'll see. I'll probably just do my first run through all over again.

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