New Cycle

Made it through another full 5/3/1 cycle with some gains I believe. Started a new one yesterday. Chase is pretty committed for the moment, but he hasn't done a lot of heavy lifting. That's not to say that he's weak, just that his form sucks and the supporting muscles through the four main lifts are out of balance. So for this go around, we're going to use a version of the 5/3/1 template called the "Big But Boring" (BBB). It's pretty simple but I think it will be killer effective. You do your normal sets and reps with the primary lift of the day. Then you drop the weight to 50% and 5 sets of ten with it. That's an extra 50 reps a day with the primary movement. I'm going to be very strict with form, but it should build muscle memory (and pain tolerance) like mad. Not to mention, it will be a fun way to bulk up a bit. We did this yesterday with standing military presses. It was righteous suckiness. I could barely put the bar clamps back on the top of the rack when we were done. Haven't done anything that pumpy in a long time. But my shoulders looked awesome! We finished up with three sets of pull ups to failure. This turned out to be a bad idea as my shoulders were so weak they felt like they were going to dislocate. Think I'll follow up with some ab work instead next time. That's all of I've got for now. Had an amazing weekend. Glad your clan could come down.