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It is better than nothing. But there are a lot better options out there.

I'm gonna stick to both. Gym during the week and carrying a loaded pack on the weekends.

Today I woke up with chest congestion. Gym, work, eating out, having a crew in to install a wood burning insert, grocery store, Daughters Chickens, that smoking hot Chinese gal from the gym???? Who do I blame????

Three mile hike with Merlot....Coughed more than usual....

3 six packs of IPA are not a loaded pack.. At least not for a serious beer guy....

hot Chinese gal from the gym???? Who do I blame????

Blame Her and tell her you need compensation. If you can't negotiate it with her, call Jorge!

winds blowing 35 mph w/ gusts to 50........ to the gym I go

deadlifts 3/3/3+/10 @ 70/80/90/70% of 1RM
overhead press 3/3/3+/10 @ 70/80/90/70% of 1RM
lunges 3x30 yds
chinups 3x14
core

Can’t let Jorge in on it, she has big ta-tas for a Chinese gal. Next thing you know he will be telling her I don’t comprehend well and be trying to cut in. 😀

Not many people can do 10 reps @ 70% 1 rep max on shoulders. Specially at the end of the sets. Sure in bigger muscle groups most can as in deadlifts, bench, squats. You have some strong shoulders for sure. Your OHS must be very impressive. It is my weakness, I wish I had beast mode shoulders.

thanks (not beast mode yet :)); I am still progressing pretty well w/ deadlifts and overhead press, but my squat and bench are stalling- I'm going to finish this cycle with them and then give Wendler's 5 forward/3 back strategy a go, I'm going to keep going as outlined with deadlifts/presses until I stall out with them

I don't know that is impressive to me. I wish I had shoulders like that.

What is your bench and squat routine? Adding board presses to your bench routine may help. But if I were looking for big gains I would be working more closely to your 1 rep max. I would add a light work day as well and use bands on the bar.

Squats are well dam near the hardest to make big moves on or at least for me. But I would work sets around my 1 rep max and adding a light day of sets to failure.

still pretty much following Wedler's 5/3/1 week one is 5/5/5+ 65/75/85%; week two 3/3/3+ 70/80/90%; week three 5/3/1+ 75/85/95%, I've added an additional 10 rep set (70%) to weeks 2&3 just to increase volume a bit; week four is a recovery week 5/5/5 70%

I add pull-ups & dips to my squat/bench day and lunges & chinups to my deadlift/overhead press day

I've bastardized his workout combining squats/bench and deadlifts/overhead presses into two day; two days a week is all can really carve out and thus far has worked pretty well

one big advantage of his workouts is they don't take very long- I'm only in the gym about 45 minutes

Yesterday:
12, 3 minute rounds bag work
1 minute on elliptical between rounds

This morning:
Elliptical 15 mins
Circuit, several warm up rounds, 3 working rounds, no rest between exercises, 1 min rest between rounds:
Hang Snatches/single OH squat on last rep
1 legged squat (db's)
1 legged stiff legged deadlift (db's)
Weighted dips on rings
Weighted chins on rings
Rev Hyper

5 miles on the trails with Tiny E- a mix of snow/ice/mud and yes, even a little bit of dry trail!

Rode a different route, 23+ miles with 2500+ of elevation gain... at its core is a brutal climb up Grimes road (very obscure rough asphalt 1-laner over the coast range) which I've done before but it's been a while.

Looks like I'm getting back some of that taxing work I talked about last year.... "huh"..... mixed feelings.

Yesterday - yoga & pushups in AM, squats, bench, power cleans after work
Today - stretching, pushups, 60 min on bike

Elliptical 15 min

Circuit:
10, 3 minute rounds bag work
1 minute on elliptical between rounds

Elliptical 15 min

I hit an hours worth of fly balls and ground balls to a team of 9yr olds last night!

If you didn't pitch batting practice, it doesn't count.

That's the rule.

I was the only one that swung a bat at that practice. All defense and base running. And no, I was not the one running the bases.

Yesterday:
Rower: 30min before work
30min watching the Pens

Today:
Elliptical:15min
Deadlifts:4x10
Barbell rows: 4x10
Seated cable rows:4x10
Lat pulldowns: 3x8
Rower: 20min