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OH press hurts my wrists also when I go heavier. I normally wear 24" Convicts when I get over 155 or 165. I still do the majority of my working sets without them. But it will save a lot of unnecessary wear and tear for those few heavier reps.

I had a pair of these and sold them. I liked them just as much as my Convicts, but I didn't need 2 pairs. These are cheaper. I couldn't tell a difference in support between the two. APT has a 10% discount right now on everything in case you decide you want to order a pair. As far as length goes...12" is too short IMO. 24" is nice. 36" is awfully long. If you don't want to drop the money on a pair right now, just PM your address & I'll mail you my pair of 12" wraps that I don't want or use. They will work better than nothing.

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I'll get back to you guys shortly...in a hurry right now.

Beginning Thoughts:

Went in feeling kinda meh...

Workout:

Pistol Squats:
6 reps x 4 sets
In Bombay I was using these 4 kgs dumbbells. Out here, there are only 2 dumbbells 10 lbs and 7.6 lbs. I tried the 7.5 lbs and it felt too light and I kept losing balance. So I used 10 lbs for the 4 sets. But, my form was crappy because I am not used to such a heavy weight. Next week I am gonna take 7.5 lbs and try to get the reps in. I'd rather use a lighter weight than rely on something so heavy it puts me off balance every time.

Pull-ups:
BW + 10 lbs x 5 reps x 3 sets
BW + 30 lbs x 3 reps x 2 sets
Keeping it really light and easy today.

Jack Pikes on a Swiss Ball:
BW x 10 reps x 3 sets

Pallof Press:
32.5 lbs x 12 reps x 3 sets

Zottman Curls:
25 lbs x 15 reps

Dumbbell Tricep Pullovers:
60 lbs x 15 reps

Videos:

Pistol Squats and last set of Pull-ups:

YouTube

Overall Impression:

Decent session. This week is gonna be meh overall. Still settling back into school and stuff. I think 2 weeks from now I'll be back to normal.

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I don't really count PRs on lifts.....because I don't like to get stuck in that mentality. But yes, 295 is a PR. 275 is normal.

I do Pistol Squats as a key exercise (just have a look at my last update). Progress on them is very rough: over time I want to be able to do more Pistol Squats. Sometimes I go for reps or sometimes I go for total volume.

To illustrate, last week I did
5 + 5 + 13 = 23 reps

This week I did
6 reps x 4 sets = 24 reps

This is progress.

Next time I might want to do 5x5 or whatever. I may even do like 1 or 2 sets to complete failure.

Progress is measured long term.

If you're just getting into them, doing them after any heavy exercise is counter productive. Try focusing on them for a month. You'll nail them. If you want more info on how I managed to get this far with them, let me know.

Good luck

I have the same wraps. I'll probably wear them next time. I hate all pressing exercises though :teeth:

Makes sense. Thanks Anuj

Beginning Thoughts:

It's only 1 week since school's begun and I'm already swamped with work....Who said Senior Year was gonna be a breeze?

Workout:

Deadlifts:
385 lbs x 6 reps
385 lbs x 5 reps
385 lbs x 4 reps
I should've rested more. Needless to say, I was wiped out. Good news is that I did not throw up. So thats an improvement right there!

Hanging Air Kicks:
BW x 12 reps x 3 sets

Cable Crunches:
80 lbs x 10 reps x 3 sets

Videos:

Deadlifts:

YouTube

Overall Impression:

Very tiring. I think I'll do my Press workout tomorrow....let's see....

Beginning Thoughts:

I might be going to Dallas this weekend so I decided to workout today...

Workout:

Military Press:
135 lbs x 6 reps
155 lbs x 3 reps x 3 sets
Everything was smooth and relatively easy.

Dumbbell Rows:
80 lbs x 5 reps
85 lbs x 5 reps
90 lbs x 5 reps
95 lbs x 5 reps
100 lbs x 5 reps
105 lbs x 5 reps
110 lbs x 5 reps
120 lbs x 2 reps
This was a hella lot of fun!

Banded Shrugs:
Blue x 15 reps x 3 sets

Renegade Rows:
30 lbs x 10 reps x 4 sets
I always thought these were really easy and stupid but I am truly humbled by this exercise.

Seated Dumbbell Curls:
35 lbs x 8 reps

Rope Pushdowns:
62.5 lbs x 10 reps

Videos:

Way too many people in the gym to be able to actually record anything.

Overall Impression:

I'm gonna weigh myself sometime this weekend. 3-4 weeks ago I weighed in at 185 lbs...I want to remain in the 185-187 lbs range so it's time I go monitor myself.

Tonight is cheat night with the diet though...Indian food FTW!!!

I hope everyone has a good weekend. Thanks for reading!

Cradler, dude, Anuj made a blog post that has a lot of the pistol squat stuff in it:

http://www.gustrength.com/anuj-train...of-progression

I don't know why he's holding out

Anyway, in the post he says that he didn't like using a box for various reasons. So I just wanted to defend the box a little. This has nothing to do with whether what Anuj did worked for him and pay attention to his progression in the post.

But I found the box perfect by simply perfecting one height and moving down the box. I didn't actually have to do it that gradually. That is not to say that it will work for everyone and there are more ways to skin a cat...just don't dismiss it out of hand.

It's a great blog post and there is a great discussion to follow.

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If you act sanctimonious I will just list out your logical fallacies until you get pissed off and spew blasphemous remarks.

Beginning Thoughts:

I am not currently in San Antonio....I'm in Dallas with some friends. We decided to hit the gym yesterday and all I got in was this. Unfortunately, no videos this workout because I forgot to pack my camera.

Workout:

Pistol Squats:
6 + 7 + 10 + 7 = 30 reps
Good stuff.

Pull-ups:
Skipped

Renegade Rows:
30 lbs x 10 reps x 3 sets

Videos:

None

Overall Impression:

Decent session. The most I've ever done on Pistol Squats though...

Beginning Thoughts:

I felt kinda meh going into the workout....

Workout:

Deadlifts:
385 lbs x 6 reps
385 lbs x 6 reps
385 lbs x 5 reps
This was very difficult for me. I took like a 15 minute break between sets here.....and boy did I need the rest. I was so tempted to throw up after set 3 but I controlled the urge and lay down for 20 minutes lol....

Videos:

Deadlifts:

YouTube

Overall Impression:

I am happy with this workout. Over the last 8 weeks I have done some solid training with Deadlifts. Just incase anyone is interested, here's a quick summary:

I spent the first week doing 8-10 singles with 385 lbs (90% of my 1RM). Week 2 involved me doing 6-8 doubles with 385. Week 3 involved me doing 5-7 triples. Week 4 was me doing 2 sets to failure with 385 (I got 6 reps and 4 reps). This basically sums up Mesocycle 11:
Week 1 = 385 lbs x 1 rep x 10 sets, 415 lbs x 1 rep
Week 2 = 385 lbs x 2 reps x 8 sets, 415 lbs x 1 rep
Week 3 = 385 lbs x 3 reps x 4 sets, 385 lbs x 2 reps x 2 sets, 415 lbs x 1 rep
Week 4 = 385 lbs x 6 reps, 385 lbs x 4 reps

Now, what have I done this month? The basic breakdown of this month goes like this:
Week 1 = 385 lbs x 5 reps x 3 sets = 15 reps
Week 2 = 385 lbs x 6 reps x 2 sets = 12 reps
Week 3 = 385 lbs x 6 reps, 5 reps, 4 reps = 15 reps
Week 4 = 385 lbs x 6 reps, 6 reps, 5 reps = 17 reps
The idea of this month was to play around with 385 lbs for reps.

This article here should help summarize what I have been doing: consolidating my strength gains: Strength Consolidation by Eric Troy.

I also think that this article regarding progression can be helpful to a lot of people. It is just thinking about progression from a different perspective: Single Double and Triple Progression.

I hope everyone is having a good week. My training week just begins.

Have a good weekend and thanks for reading