re: Annual Squatober Thread - TigerDroppings Year 4: SEE YOU IN 2024!!!!

Same for me Canuck.
Well, I took me a day off and came back to do this See-Saw earlier this evening. I'm still pretty sore and stiff at times, so I slathered my legs in Flexall and pulled on my sleeves and then pulled on some sweatpants and a hoodie and I even wore a beanie....ya know.....like one of those guys!

My intent was to stay as hot as possible and just not sit down and let stiffness take hold of me. It worked. Once I got through my admittedly long as hell warmup, I was really warm, and I didn't sit down or stop moving until right before the final SQUAT! set of 295lbs x 10. I felt pretty good the entire session, slightly stiff, hard to get to depth. Felt even better when I finished. If you take away my marathon warmups, it only took me 1hr10min to do this, but with the warmup it's 2hrs10min.

I've been attacking protein in the past few days and trying to sleep like a bear. It's working I think. I might be a day behind, but I'm not out.

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TM is probably too heavy

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Wonder if that’s why there were options. To adjust TM moving forward.

I was targeting option 2 for both. Squats felt good after 3 reps so I kept going. Felt like I had more in the tank after the 13 reps too. Considering increasing my TM

The first heavy set of bench was tough, not sure I could have gotten 3 reps. I felt better on the last set when I had to get three.

I was thinking the same thing. I doubt I’m adjusting though if there’s an option. Already at 95%.

Day 12 down

I really liked those pause squats from yesterday. I went ahead and incorporated them into my warm-up and also for the three warm-up sets of squat.

I went option 3 and bumped it to 88% just to round up to a full plate. I did take a short breather after the 3rd or 4th rep of set 3, but it wasn't too bad.

For bench I went in with the mindset of option 3, but that wasn't happening. Ended up doing option 2 and using almost the full 3 min rests. I completed all the reps as written in option 2, but the bar velocity wasn't there. Hindsight, I probably should've adjusted to option 1, but I didn't want to lower my initial plan that much. My bench still hasn't recovered from where I was at in June. I plan on running either Benchamin Franklin 1 or Christmas Big Bench in November.

As far as the cardio went, I knew I'd struggle on the push-ups after bench. Lats and pushdowns were fine. They burned when I bumped up the weight for sets 2 and 3, but they were complete with decent form. First set of pushups were fine. Second set I struggled a little at the end and paused once or twice but completed them. Third set.... arms gave out at 11. Called it quits on that one.

Looking forward to cardio and recovery this weekend.

Week 2 in the book!

Did option 3 4,4,5 for both. Bench was a lot harder than squat. Squat actually wasn’t bad at all

Cardio was tough as well. Underestimated that as well. Overall solid 2 weeks! Walks, stretching, and foam rolling this weekend

My legs feel so strained. I’ve never felt this much at the top of my legs. Considering doing squat portion of the lift tomorrow and doing bench/cardio today.

Or I should just power through and enjoy two days off.

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Or I should just power through and enjoy two days off.

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This would be my suggestion. So far option 3 was really manageable (on squat) for all of us who have posted we completed the workout. Go in prepared for option 3. You should be able to tell on the 2nd rep whether you need to stop there and drag it out over a few extra sets or if you can push for a couple more reps.

A long warm up would probably be good.

No drinking and 8+ hours of sleep is a given.

Shoulda got the hot tub ready for this weekend.