Thanks close_fox!!! Your words are a great motivation to keep going and trust TB process!! Thanks again for reading and leaving a message!close_fox wrote:Great decision. I see no downside to repeating a block. Having the patience and humility to own the current weight is a form of progress. The heavier weight will be there when you are ready. 80% is typically the most challenging week for me also.Stefano wrote:...so I took a decision: next Block i’ll repeat the same weights without force progression, even if the 85% and 90% workouts will be great...i think 80% is really the key week in a block
I also enjoyed reading about your squat stand purchase.
You had a potential training setback (job change forced you to train at home). You kept a good attitude, changed your cluster to work with what you had, and kept moving forward. Then you found a solution to your problem (missing squats). Great job!Stefano wrote:What a great day! A friend of mine phoned me today telling me that he saw two Squat stands in a market of used items...I run to bought them
They are rusty, they are dirty...but the most important things is that they are sturdy (they can handle over 250kg) and take up a very limited space so they fit perfectly in my flat!
I can resume my normal Operator I/A cluster and my cycle before the job change with:
Back Squat
Incline Bench Press
Weighted Chin Ups
Session 4@80%
BSQ 3x5 104kg
BP 5x5 61kg
WCU 5x5 BW+8kg
It was only two weeks but I missed my Squat, good workout!
Stefano’s Log
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Session 7@85%
BSQ 4x3 113kg
BP 6x3 66kg
WCU 6x3 BW+16kg
Good workout
BSQ 4x3 113kg
BP 6x3 66kg
WCU 6x3 BW+16kg
Good workout
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Session 8@85%
BSQ 4x3 113kg
BP 6x3 66kg
WCU 6x3 BW+16kg
BSQ 4x3 113kg
BP 6x3 66kg
WCU 6x3 BW+16kg
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Hello everyone!
It’s a great pleasure to write again...6 months has passed since my last post: 6 months made of travels for my job, no sleep and without the chance of lifting weights...
I tried to keep all my strength working out in my very little spare time: Push Ups, Dips and Pull Ups in parks and in my hotel rooms was all i could do...
Now i’m still far from home, but luckily i’m guest at a friend’s home who has a garage with some equipment: no power rack and Bench...only a barbell, 160kg of weights and a pull up bar
Not so much, but enough to re-arrange a legit TB Cluster and to resume Operator I/A Template, the greatest program i’ve ever followed...so my Cluster for this Block:
Sumo Deads
Overhead Press
Weighted Chin Ups
Session 1@75%
SDL 3x5 101kg
OHP 5x5 41kg
WCU 5x5 Bw+12kg
How i missed this program...can’t find the words to describe the sensation of Pressing again a Barbell...so the plan is starting very light and build from here
It’s a great pleasure to write again...6 months has passed since my last post: 6 months made of travels for my job, no sleep and without the chance of lifting weights...
I tried to keep all my strength working out in my very little spare time: Push Ups, Dips and Pull Ups in parks and in my hotel rooms was all i could do...
Now i’m still far from home, but luckily i’m guest at a friend’s home who has a garage with some equipment: no power rack and Bench...only a barbell, 160kg of weights and a pull up bar
Not so much, but enough to re-arrange a legit TB Cluster and to resume Operator I/A Template, the greatest program i’ve ever followed...so my Cluster for this Block:
Sumo Deads
Overhead Press
Weighted Chin Ups
Session 1@75%
SDL 3x5 101kg
OHP 5x5 41kg
WCU 5x5 Bw+12kg
How i missed this program...can’t find the words to describe the sensation of Pressing again a Barbell...so the plan is starting very light and build from here
Last edited by Stefano on Wed Mar 27, 2019 7:42 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Welcome back, mate!!Stefano wrote:Hello everyone!
It’s a great pleasure to write again...6 months has passed since my last post: 6 months made of travels for my job, no sleep and without the chance of lifting weights...
I tried to keep all my strength working out in my very little spare time: Push Ups, Dips and Pull Ups in parks and in my hotel rooms was all i could do...
Now i’m still far from home, but luckily i’m guest at a friend’s home who has a garage with some equipment: no power rack and Bench...only a barbell, 160kg of weights and a pull up bar
Not so much, but enough to re-arrange a legit TB Cluster and to resume Operator I/A Template, the greatest program i’ve ever followed...so my Cluster for this Block:
Sumo Deads
Overhead Press
Weighted Chin Ups
Session 1@75%
SDL 3x5 101kg
OHP 5x5 41kg
WCU 5x5 Bw+13kg
How i missed this program...can’t find the words to describe the sensation of Pressing again a Barbell...so the plan is starting very light and build from here
"Man is what he reads." - Joseph Brodsky
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Thanks a lot Barkadion!! Today:
Session 2@75%
SDL 3x5 101kg
OHP 5x5 41kg
WCU 5x5 Bw+12kg
Little by little strength is coming back, still working on my Sumo Deadlift technique
Session 2@75%
SDL 3x5 101kg
OHP 5x5 41kg
WCU 5x5 Bw+12kg
Little by little strength is coming back, still working on my Sumo Deadlift technique
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HIC Session
Push Ups/Mountain Climbers
20 sec. on/10 sec. off x8
Short...strength is the priority, so two really brief HIC sessions a week
Push Ups/Mountain Climbers
20 sec. on/10 sec. off x8
Short...strength is the priority, so two really brief HIC sessions a week
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Session 3@75%
SDL 3x5 101kg
OHP 6x5 41kg
WCU 6x5 Bw+12kg
Looking forward to 80% sessions, still working on my Sumo technique...but overall i’m really happy of this workout
SDL 3x5 101kg
OHP 6x5 41kg
WCU 6x5 Bw+12kg
Looking forward to 80% sessions, still working on my Sumo technique...but overall i’m really happy of this workout
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HIC Session
Ring Dips/Ring Rows/Jump Squats/Push Ups
20 sec. on/10 sec. off
4 min. total
Ring Dips/Ring Rows/Jump Squats/Push Ups
20 sec. on/10 sec. off
4 min. total
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Session 4@80%
SDL 3x5 108kg
OHP 5x5 43kg
WCU 5x5 Bw+16kg
Hard....but I nailed all the sets
SDL 3x5 108kg
OHP 5x5 43kg
WCU 5x5 Bw+16kg
Hard....but I nailed all the sets