Kuytrider's Training Log: Dipping my Rippetoe into powerlifting!

[Hazzard]

Awesome work man, that's a lot of volume over the course of a few days!

[BendtheBar]

110x2
Experimenting with squats, trying 3-5 days a week with minimal volume but decent weights. Today was very decent.

Good man. I love the minimal volume, high frequency squatting. It should be a great learning experience.

[Kuytrider]

Originally Posted by Hazzard

Awesome work man, that's a lot of volume over the course of a few days!

Welcome back Pete the beast! It looks like a lot of volume but it's not really, it's just the way I write it out At lot of that is warm up weight type sets with only a few hard singles thrown in. As I said sessions are now sub 40 minutes and I really like that. I find that my performance tails off by the 45 minute mark so I get good work done, head off and go back and do it many times a week.

Originally Posted by BendtheBar

Good man. I love the minimal volume, high frequency squatting. It should be a great learning experience.

Actually, reading your thoughts on the matter previous got me thinking. You always say that you believe that squatting 5-6 days a week at 85% for singles was more than doable. I felt like crap heading in yesterday but by my heavy sets, I felt good. The 120kg squat felt comfortable as it should.

I'm also upping bench frequency and doing the same thing. My first ever 100kg paused bench felt great! I find that pausing (and close grip bench) really makes it easy to tuck in those elbows. I'm now of the opinion that paused bench can really help technique and this is probably something known to experienced lifters for many decades Only now am I catching up!

[markievicz]

a fine two days of lifting Kuyt,
nice work on the paused bench PR , pendlay rows also getting stronger i see.

if you are going in 3-5 days a week to squat , make sure and eat big!

[ravimolasaria]

great stuff Kuytrider ... keep lifting ...

[Fazc]

Hey, nice paused Bench PR!

[LtL]

Solid work here. Keep it up.

LtL

[Off Road]

I like that clean and press, that'll get the heart pumping.

[JTurner]

Solid work Kuyt. Congrats on the paused bench PR, can be tough but rewarding, seems to be helping my bench recently.

[BendtheBar]

Actually, reading your thoughts on the matter previous got me thinking. You always say that you believe that squatting 5-6 days a week at 85% for singles was more than doable.

I think they are, especially if you don't go well above 85% for a while and listen to your body. That's the real key for me. I always stop early when I feel I should.