JZT 2.0

[jzt]

Will be posting back soon, I was gone for 4 days, back for 3, then gone for another 3 with tons of hiking and swimming so while I had to take my foot of the gas for some lifting, I did tons of ''unofficial'' conditioning. Starting with the lifts again tonight, Week 3/3 of Block 1.

[jzt]

So here's the progress so far, I think I've found my rhythm with the following ''split'' of Operator I/A + Black:

Day 1 - Max Strength + Assistance
Day 2 - HIC
Day 3 - Max Strength
Day 4 - HIC
Day 5 - Max Strength + Assistance
Day 6 - E
Day 7 - OFF

And I add 90 minutes of mobility spread through the week. Depending on my schedule, I might swap some things around, like do a Strength workout in the AM and HIC in the afternoon, then take the next day off, etc. I'm keeping the conditioning volume fairly low for now because I'm still a newb at it, specially E training. I ran 2-3x per week before starting this and my knees always felt sore, I got a new pair of running shoes and brought the running down to 1x per week and the knees are 100% again.

I plan to add +1% all across the board every new 3 week block and then retesting my new 1RM after 6 blocks. Instead of a TM I'm starting at 65 / 75 / 85% which makes more sense than a TM to me. To give an example, running the classic 75 / 85 / 95% with a 90% TM would turn into 67.5 / 76.5 / 85.5% which is almost exactly what I'm doing, without using a TM.

I think TM are completely useless and never understood the principle of it, if you want to start easier/lighter, just lower the actual 1RM % and then you know what % you're lifting (end of rant on TMs).



The lifts so far feel light and easy, I'm enjoying the slight emphasis on the BP + SQ which I find carryover well to the OHP and DL anyways. Injury wise, everything is pretty much 100%; knees, lower back, shoulders, elbows. I find the mobility work really helps as well as warming up before every session.

[jzt]

Just finished 9 weeks of a (slightly tweaked version) Operator/Green Cycle.

Basically did strength work 3 times per week (Press x3, Chins x3, Squats x2 and Deadlifts x1) and ran 30 mins x 3 trying to keep a 150-160 BPM pace.

Results:

Press +4lbs
Chin ups +4lbs
Squats +30lbs
Deadlift +15lbs
Reduced my total 5KM run by 2:40

[Barkadion]

Just finished 9 weeks of a (slightly tweaked version) Operator/Green Cycle.

Basically did strength work 3 times per week (Press x3, Chins x3, Squats x2 and Deadlifts x1) and ran 30 mins x 3 trying to keep a 150-160 BPM pace.

Results:

Press +4lbs
Chin ups +4lbs
Squats +30lbs
Deadlift +15lbs
Reduced my total 5KM run by 2:40

Nice! Basically, you did strength oriented BB. I did the same few years back and it was one of the best blocks I have done in TB..