Yeah, this is seeming about right.

Still sore today from Monday’s killer leg session, but workable. In fact, felt better to move around under some load. So yeah, hopefully this every 4-5 days spead of an A/B 3x/week rotation will be just right. Especially when you consider the intensity and perceived intensities are up there due to things like 350-Method.

Today was a little weird tho.

Something happened during front squats — I can’t say what, but it made things unstable for me. Sometimes this happens — something with the belt, how it causes some nerve down the back of my legs to be unhappy, and so when I get down in the hole things aren’t happy. It’s part of why I can’t do things like lay on my back and “flutter kick”. Ah well. All in all it was ok, just a little odd.

That said, I continue to work on my front squat form, keeping chest high, dropping straight down, etc..

The AMRAP set didn’t go as long as I wanted too, as it was my upper body that peeded out before my legs did. Still, that’s kinda the beauty of AMRAP+50%, because it’s 2 sets to push yourself. I did feel better on this than before, so things are improving, but still some ways to go.

Leg presses peeded out sooner than expected. I realized why: that first set went really slow because things are still a little tight and sore (esp. adductors). So with the eccentric going so slow that was a lot more TUT and boom — less reps. But it got me thinking that I may want to go that route — not some sort of 4-0-1-0 type of tempo or anything, but just putting a little more into the eccentric on the leg presses to mimic my squat tempo a little more.

And finally lunges. I’m going to try to change my mentality towards things like lunges, split squats, etc.. I keep saying how much I “hate” them. Well, I really do not like them, but I know they are beneficial for me in many ways, which is why I keep doing them. I’m just going to focus on the benefits and work to get away from the negative mentality. It’s a small thing, but it matters.

Oh… and while I’m enjoying the massing diet, I’m getting a little more bloated than I care for. Gotta watch that.

Music: Clutch – “Psychic Warfare”, “Earth Rocker”, and a few other random songs to finish me out.

Based on Paul Carter’s Guaranteed Muscle Mass” article.

• Front Squat
  • bar x 5
  • bar x 5
  • 115 x 5
  • 135 x 4
  • 165 x 3
  • 195 x 2
  • 225 x 1
  • 165 x 10 (AMRAP)
  • 165 X 7 (50%)
• Leg Press (350-method)
  • 225 x 17
  • 225 x 17
  • 225 x 14
• Lunge
  • BW X 10e
  • BW X 10e
  • BW X 10e
  • BW X 10e
  • BW X 10e