Almost zero soreness today (Sunday). Awesome!

Week 2


Absolutely zero soreness entering this workout. Not as easy as last week, but still not challenging. Took 3.5min rest breaks in between sets because I don't want to be sore like I was last week from the 6x6. While unracking the bar, I was having some elbow pain on all sets (but only while unracking...). The elbow pain continued onto the bench press, where it hurt a lot more, at which point I decided to stop. Squats are more important. I won't fight through the pain if it may mean I miss a squat session due to greater pain next workout. No pain on the chin ups. The numbers listed on the chin ups are my bodyweight including the clothes and ipod and everything measured right before the sets (because that's what I'm actually lifting with my arms).

Aright thanks for the input. Lol, after the first several words of that post I laughed haha then I saw you were serious. Guess I'll try some if there's still pain while unracking tomorrow.

lol get those dude's out of your head who go "curls are for girls" and shit.. all of those twerps can suck my d&&k.. they can also suck it when it comes to "ATG OR GO HOME" etc, but that's another topic i've covered many times ;d

ya i was serious, direct bicep work has helped my 'elbow issues' MANY times hah.

peace man, btw, high frequency training + good diet = soreness is rare, good stuff man.

nice man!

ya i get that most every time on big MSEM clusters.. the reps towards the end start becoming the best, don't even want to end the session.. that's been happening with my jump sessions lately too (odd for me with jump sessions).

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Week 2


Minimal soreness entering the workout. Still, I need to warm up better in terms of lubing up my joints and getting more blood flowing.

This was the hardest workout so far, but it still wasn't that tough! Entering the workout was very tough though. The warm ups were very hard to do (just like last time for some reason, but harder). The 305lbs was much more difficult than I would have liked (c'mon, I've done 325x5 and this seemed comparable in difficulty).

I really thought that today would have been the first true mental test of smolov i'd have, but it wasn't. Set 1 was very difficult. Sets 2, 5, and 8 were the easiest. I went true ATG on the 8th set and the bar still went up pretty quick. Used 5 minute rests throughout.

In retrospect, the workouts always seem easier than I thought they were going to be. Going into them, they seem VERY tough. I guess it's because the sets don't get harder and harder as you progress, but rather, sometimes they get a little easier. Once you complete half of the work sets, you know you'll make it through no matter what.

I remember thinking that tomorrow's 10x3 may be nearly impossible for me to complete at 305lbs, but right now, I feel like it's doable. I better eat a LOT of food right now and tomorrow morning!

I'm not. I need full focus if I want to stay alive for another two weeks. Although I do play pick up games and if I'm really hyper I'll try a few max effort jumps (nearly had a two handed; got high enough but missed the basket).