My grip problems are due to the fact that I didn't start masturbating till I was 18 and even then I only used my right hand.

I am glad you liked the alternating views. I figured I'd make things exciting :biglaugh:

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Week 13 = Anderson Squats 7 Singles
Week 14 = Anderson Squats 5 Singles
Week 15 = Sumo Deadlifts 9 Singles
Week 16 = Only Reverse Lunges and Pallof Press

What would you have had me done, sir?

I had forgotten about the first two weeks being anderson front squats. That's the reason for the confusing statement.

Given only the one week of deadlifts my point is even more relevant. I.E. heavier is more important than the quantity assuming your are sticking to the guidelines of greater than 90 and having appropriate rest periods.

So what I would have had you do today is focus more on lifting as heavy as you could within those parameters rather than worrying about completing 9 whole reps..

Again...it's still a VERY good day!

Oh I understand now.

I am actually trying to figure out what to do next time.

Would you like me to repeat this next time with like 345-355 lbs for a few singles and maybe a double?

What I am considering is: next week we do Lower 1 damn heavy, followed by a Heavy Press day....and then 2 light(ish) workouts followed by maxing out. So Week 16 is still reasonably light overall but Week 17 is a maxout week.

Week 17:
Lower 1 = Deadlift Maxout
Upper 1 = Pull-up and Broad Jump Maxout
Upper 2 = Military Press Maxout
Lower 2 = Box Squat Maxout

Something like that...what do you think?

I would follow what EC has laid out as far as the omissions. But you could change the last upper body a bit to doing some light work sans the max stuff as well.

And then save all the testing for "week 17" such as you have just laid out.

Keep in mind, though, that it makes perfect sense the way he did it. It is "competition day" more or less and this, after all is a strength program not a deadlift, squat, or press program.

So either way you choose to do it makes no never mind to me. You may lift more giving it a whole week and psychologically, that is a very good thing. Just doesn't necessarily reflect "the real world" as far as preparedness is concerned. But we don't care about that! We want to lift more when we can.

I also don't think you perform very well in the midst of a lot of high intensity activity in one day. For me...just doing maxes like that it wouldn't make too much difference whether I tested them all at once or not because that kind of thing actually tends to HELP me lift more. But for you I think only your first few things would be really good. Can't say for sure of course.

Gotcha...

Off topic: I had 1/4 of a pint of ice-cream today! :D

Why? Did you drop the other 3/4's on the ground?!? :biglaugh:

Ditto

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Lol...I thought nobody would be able to guess...:biglaugh:

So how's everything going, Kane? :)