Week 3 Day 2 Back Squat : 85kg x3 for 5 sets. Much easier than week 2 OHP : 40kg x 3 5 sets. Found it harder, especially in the 4th and 5th set. Might increase rest time to more than 2 mins and see how it goes. Chinups: I'm not doing weighted chinups yet, just did 8,7,7,7,8 BW reps. Definitely made ...

nickgoldma wrote:Best of luck. I really look forward to reading this. Gladiator is a fun program if you really enjoy lifting, for sure. Best of luck.

Thanks mate

Hello fellow TBers :) I wasn't updating my logs here but I'm consistent with my next run of gladiator. Been going at it thrice a week. Now in week-3. I found 80% week was very hard and I could not finish 5 sets on back squat. So I dialed down my 1rm from 100kg to 95kg and pushing on with the program...

DocOctagon wrote:
Nice work! Did you have any issues with the Gladiator volume?

Not really, I had to push a little on 80% weeks, it was the hardest but it got easier after that! Again my lifts are all pretty low!

Theyre great results...... haven't come across 'Gladiator' if I'm honest.... must have been in an earlier edition of the book. Bravo Zulu, mate Thanks :) , I don't have the latest edition. I believe it is same as operator with a higher volume, 5 sets in place of 3. Since my lifts are all really low...

I did my retests yesterday after 9 weeks of running gladiator. I must say I'm happy with the results. Squat: 84kg on smith machine half reps --> 100kg barbell squats going quite below parallel OHP : 37kg --> 45 kg (quite happy with this one) chinups : 6 --> 9 will start doing weighted chinups now! I...

Hi, I'm excited for this. I am a newbie with little strength base. I did about 4 months of compound lifts (linear progression) over last year, not consistent. Adding weight every session was hard and I suspect that made me inconsistent. Tactical barbell with more relaxed increments sounded like a go...