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VERY nice pressin there Wolfy, great PR.

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Originally Posted by TALO (Post 67932)

Nice PR !

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Originally Posted by HIThopper (Post 67936)

VERY nice pressin there Wolfy, great PR.

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Originally Posted by Pitysister (Post 67935)

good shit man.

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Originally Posted by Ross86 (Post 67934)

That looks heavy. Good lift. :) You're passing me again on all the major compound lifts. You've been getting a lot stronger. Aside from you putting in that good work, it says a lot for the program. Keep it up!

Thanks guys :)

Yes, MS has been an awesome program :)

Wow, thats awesome man. Way to stick in there and grind it out.

IronWorker

MAXIMUM STRENGTH by Eric Cressey

Phase 4: Peak
Week 17 - Low Volume
Moving Day Two

Beginning Thoughts:

I decided to just nail this day. Box Squats, Pull-ups, Deadlifts and Broad Jump. After today I am done with MS.

Workout:

Box Squats
- 345 lbs x 1 rep

Deadlifts
- 355 lbs x 1 rep - pretty hard
- 365 lbs x 1 rep - hard
- 385 lbs x FAIL x 3 attempts

Pull-ups
- +10 lbs x 3 reps
- +15 lbs x 3 reps

Broad Jump
- 6'3
- 6'6
- 6'7

Videos:

Box Squat and Pull-ups:

YouTube

Overall Impression:

So today was sort of saddening and yet pleasing. Here are my overall gains from MS compared to 4 months ago.

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4 Months Ago Maximum Strength Body Weight 175 lbs 195 lbs Deadlift 365 lbs 365 lbs Box Squat 315 lbs 345 lbs Military Press 160 lbs 175 lbs Pull-up 3RM +25 lbs +15 lbs Broad Jump 6'5 6'7

Since my DL showed no improvement, I am going to work on getting the bar off the floor. Doing all those rack deadlifts with 365 lbs didn't help much when I couldn't even clean the bar off the floor. I will be doing Deficit Deadlifts and Snatch Grip Deadlifts from now on.

My next program is 90% finalized. I will be posting it when I fully confident that this is what I am going to be doing.

As for the rest of this week: I am just gonna do some random work. I will be doing some light(er) lower body work and more aggressive upper body work.

I hope everyone has a good week :)

Nice work. I feel that unless I'm adding chains or something to rack pulls, it's doesn't help me beyond teaching me how to strain more when I go back to another form of deadlift.

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Originally Posted by Darkhorse (Post 67969)

Nice work. I feel that unless I'm adding chains or something to rack pulls, it's doesn't help me beyond teaching me how to strain more when I go back to another form of deadlift.

Thanks a lot for dropping by, DH :)

I know what you mean...I did rack pulls with 350+ for multiple sets of 5 over 4 weeks, I even did Snatch Grip Deads with 275 for 5's....

I would actually invest in some bands. Chains I don't think I can afford or find the place to store right now. But I saw the monster mini's at EFS are cheap. I just don't know what band I should get.

What would you suggest, D?

What happened to the plan?

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Originally Posted by Eric3237 (Post 67971)

What happened to the plan?

What plan? Just box Squats for today? I was gonna do that but then I thought perhaps what you said might work for me might actually work for me and I did deads too. I did hit 365 again. And then I failed at 385. I couldn't get it off the floor. Other than that I had increases in everything, E.

Deadlift: 0 lbs increase
Box Squat: 30 lbs increase
Military Press: 15 lbs increase
Broad Jump: 2 inch increase
Pull-up (with BW included): 10 lbs increase
Body Weight: 20 lbs increase

What do you suggest I do, sir? Take some time off and try Deadlifts again on Wednesday?

I would try DLs again on another day that you haven't done squats first. I think you've got 385lbs in the bag.

IronWorker

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Originally Posted by iron_worker (Post 67973)

I would try DLs again on another day that you haven't done squats first. I think you've got 385lbs in the bag.

IronWorker

agreed.