re: Pen and Paper Strength App

Pool season workouts are pretty long on some days. Arm farm goes pretty quick, my buddy has run it several times now

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Has anyone run Jacked Up Joker? I’m intrigued plus afraid of what a 5 day PPSA-based German volume training program would be like. I assume I would either get hurt or yoked with zero in between haha

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its only gvt on some of the arm exercises like tricep pushdowns and curls.

overall volume of jacked up joker is way less than programs like Stacked and Jacked, strongville and some of the others..

example for pushing exercises

bench- 15 sets
oh press(all forms)- 6 sets

21 sets total

S&J is 28 sets between bench(all forms) and press(all forms) plus has way way more volume on accessory exercises.

S&J has 33 sets of Squat and deadlift variations

JuJ has 20

i mean you have a litte throw in but not nearly the overall volume as S&J, Strongville, or periodic table

Finished Day 1 of Squatober. Paid closer attention to the rest times. It made the workout feel smoother and made it feel more effective.

I bought this timer from Target. Best 7 bucks that I've spent to upgrade my gym. Has a magnetic back so it sticks to the upright on my squat stand.

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I’m going to do it one more time and then check in here for recs on what to try next.

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Jump in on Squatober. I'm running behind also but hope to start tomorrow. Looks fun and it will shake things up.

Is it legs only?

Side question: is there anyway to see a preview of the workout? I get the guy doesn’t want to reveal too much about the program but I feel like it’s hard to know what a program is all about. Unless I’m missing something.

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It's full body.

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Sure is. The squats are aplenty, but he doesn't forget the rest of the body. The workoutare challenging, but still fun.

Ahh thanks guys. So this is one you don’t have to purchase?

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lsu777

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Is Deadcember also a free program? You've convinced me to run this one, too.

I'm going to run the Seesaw in January.

Question about max. For squats and deadlifts, I have the strength to do a lot more than I do. I have lower back disc issues that prevents me from doing the max that my muscles can do. Not pain, just fear if something slipping again. Should my max be what I’m comfortable doing or should I estimate what my strength would allow? My % squat sets never seem like enough. I’m always feeling like I’m just warming up. For example, I typically won’t squat more than 225. So my 60% max for that, 135, is not in The least bit challenging for me.