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Hey Tim, Hope all is well with you. I read as far as this in the linked article... "...and if you do not get enough rest (this not only includes sleep but also relaxation times when stress is at a minimum) then you will not grow." ... and decided that was as far as I wanted to go. I think...

It doesn't hurt to do a few extra reps here and there but just remember that the start of each mesocycle is designed to allow some accumulated fatigue dissipation so just don't push to failure. Higher reps encourage muscle glycogen storage so that may be partly what you are experiencing as a...

Someone said to me afterwards that the divisional record for the Masters II squat was 170kg! I had no idea. The guy after me was allowed to lift 171 and got a new record! I dropped my final lift down to 170 to be sure I didn't mess it up but actually 175 would have been ok because 170 went up...

Something that was also pretty cool was seeing the crazy-strong dude in my weight class (he was actually the lightest 93 lifter at 87kg) who opened with 290 for his deadlift. He then pulled a text-book 310 and narrowly missed 325. He was pulling conventional. Shredded too, so he needs to eat...

Sunday 16/10/16 Devon & Cornwall Open PL Championships Masters II, 93kg weight class. Weighed in at 91.4kg at 9:30 am then had breakfast. Thought lifting was going to kick off at 11am but due to the number of lifters (44), the day was divided into two sessions. 93s were at the start of the...

Nice job [emoji106]

I'm not going to change things up as far as regular my meals go but I'm going to add extra carbs this evening (Friday) and throughout the day on Saturday.

I was behind a Mr Bean lookalike at a Tesco checkout today! Enjoy your next 4 days.

Thursday 13/10/16 Midday session Final lifts before meet on Sunday. LBBS (kg) 60/10, 80/3, 100/1, 120/1, 140/1 150/3 - belted 160/1 - belted Deficit Sumo DL (kg) 60/10, 110/3, 140/1 170/1 - belted In O-shoes Notes Thought I'd go through my warmup and then a rep or two at ~85%. @Jester: I...

Wednesday 12/10/16 Evening session Paused Bench (kg) Warmup 40/10, 60/10, 70/3, 80/3, 100/1 Comp lifts 110/1 Belted from here 120/1 125/1 110/3 @RPE 8 Notes Spent a good while warming up shoulders. Right shoulder still not right but got through all the lifts ok. Self lift-off for all attempts...

@Browner: Thanks for the link. I will check it out and see if my plan is close to what experienced people do. This is what I'm intending as of now: Openers and following lifts 150, 165, 175 110, 120, 125(130) 180, 190, 200 2nd lifts total 475 3rd lifts total 500(505) It is possible that I...

Monday 10/10/16 Afternoon session Final week before meet on Sunday Sumo DL (kg) No hook 60/10, 110/3, 140/1 Hook 160/1 180/1 - belted from here on 190/1 200/1 - PR for sumo! 180/3 Floor Press (kg) 60/10, 80/10, 90/10 100/13 - PR Notes So, 200 sumo is in the bag. It wasn't at all easy but...

Saturday 8/10/16 Evening session LBBS (kg) 60/10, 90/3, 110/1, 140/1 160/1 - belted from here on 170/1 175/1 160/3 140/8 Knee sleeves throughout Notes Was going to save 175 for the meet as I obviously don't have any spotters training home alone. However, 170 went up with decent speed so I...

Comp date is Sunday 16th October, one week tomorrow.

Friday 7/10/16 Evening session Landmine Row (kg) (Right arm, then left) 20/10,10 35/10,10 45/10,10 55/12,12,15,15 - straps Notes For these rows, I'm starting out with a barbell loaded with a 20kg plate at each end and then I add extra plates only to the end I'm lifting. I'm only counting the...

Hey benben, did you take a period of SD prior to starting your HST cycle? Hopefully, you did. This usually makes the first workout or two harder than expected (if you have the load progression figured out correctly based on actual RM loads) because your muscles will be relatively deconditioned...

Thursday 6/10/16 Evening session Sumo DL (kg) 60/10, 110/5 140/5 150/5 160/5 No belt; hook grip for 150 & 160 Press (kg) 60/11 - PR Notes Heavy dead session on Sun so this was a low-volume maintenance session. Intended to do a couple of sets of 5 @ 60 for press to finish up, but at 5 reps I...

Wednesday 5/10/16 Evening session Bench (kg) 60/10 - paused 80/5 - paused 90/5 - paused 100/8 - touch'n'go 100/5,5 - paused 100/7 - touch'n'go 110/1 - paused 115/1 - paused Belted for 100 and up Ring pull-ups BW(91kg)/5,8,8 Notes Stupid right rhomboid area still in spasm which made right arm...

Tuesday 4/10/16 Morning session LBBS (kg) No belt 60/10, 90/3, 110/1, 130/1, 140/1 Belted 160/4 170/1 140/6 Knee sleeves throughout Notes Low volume session. Was hoping to get a double with 160 so a set of four was sweet, as was the 170 single afterwards.

Sunday 2/10/16 Evening session Floor Press (kg) 60/15,10 80/10 100/10 110/5,5,5 Dips Bw (91kg)/40 Notes Short session to catch-up on what I should have done yesterday. 100 for a set of 10 matches my previous 10 RM for floor press. Dips done quickly. Not super strict. Just banged them out...