Haven't had an update in a while. MT is still going great. I feel like, after I finish my current 3 week cycle, that I'll have achieved most of what I set out to achieve. I'm sitting at 196 today. Up ~11 lbs. from when I started MT. I've put on size that I'm very happy about. Of course, some of that...

I bit off more than I can chew with the Bulgarian Specificity template. I finished the work on days 1 and 2, but just barely on day 2, and I don't believe that I have the work capacity to maintain this for another 2.5 weeks. I'm going to pivot to another 6 weeks of MT, since the MP book, when discus...

Peaking this week has been great. I set out with a goal of setting PRs. I worked up to a 275 lbs. squat for 1 rep and 190 lbs. bench for 2, the second rep was shaky with a sticking point around halfway but came through. I don't think that I will push DL into PR range tomorrow. Nothing Earth shatteri...

MT week 2. Completed the week but Wednesday was rough. Thankfully by Friday I felt fully recovered. Being sick sucks, glad that it's behind us now. Looking forward to next week, I'm planning to run peaking for bench and squat. Conditioning this week was a ruck and a 30 minute jog.

Training on Monday morning was fine but by Monday night I was feeling sick as a dog. Bad cough, bad congestion, sore throat, a very bad headache that I couldn't shake. I woke up Tuesday and progressively lost my sense of taste and smell. Had another negative covid test on Tuesday afternoon. I took a...

Last week was solid, training wise. Week 1 of MT, ruck and recovery run for conditioning. Nutrition was a bit of a train wreck but I made sure to hit my protein numbers (almost) every day. All things considered, I'm content with how it went. This week should be fairly regular, hopefully. We all came...

Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday was MT week 3. AMRAP sets on squat and bench, peaking on DL. It was nice to hit AMRAP sets this week. I left ~2 reps in the tank on both of those AMRAP sets. Crushed the squat (14 reps) and bench (11 reps), though, and was very happy with the results. I will be using ...

Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday was MT week 2. Tuesday I got in a 30 minute recovery run. Thursday I got in a 40 minute ruck. My diet has continued to dial in. I'm down to a 1-2 scoops of whey a day now. Weight is starting to move. I'm up 1.4 lbs. over the last 2 weeks. I was expecting it to...

Wrapped up the first week of MT. Very happy with this training so far. Hit a 30 minute LSS jog for my conditioning session on Thursday and got quite a bit of walking in over the weekend. My insatiability finally subsided on Thursday. I haven't had any issues getting the calories in, so far, though I...

Started Mass Template. Wow. Monday and Wednesday were MT week 1. Bench, squat, and bodyweight pull-ups. Tuesday I went for a ruck, 30 lbs. for 60 minutes. Wasn't pushing it and averaged 17 minute miles. Two observations so far: DOMS. I was expecting this but not to the degree that I felt. I was pret...