Wisconsin method day 7 9/30/18

It's only been a week??? What the actual fuck. I feel like ive been doing this for months (i mean that in a very positive way).

Today was not a great lifting day, but last night was filled with junk food, booze, smoking, poor sleep, and avenue q. I may try for another ohp PR tomorrow morning before i switch movements. It would be mega awesome if i could hit a strict 185 overhead on this cycle as well.

Depending on how this goes, i may nix the backoff work entirely. It's super easy, but i dont know whether the slightly increased volume is eating into my recovery for the next day.

Sex drive: better. Still not great, but also still not bothering me. Condidence is HIGH
Mood/energy: very mediocre, but ill chock this up to diet, booze, and sleep deprivation
Body comp: shoulders are popping a little bit. Arms feel fantastic (day long pumps). The weekly volume for both body parts is going to end up being pretty great (800+ weekly reps) so im interested in seeing where this takes me

Workout
Ohp 180xfail
Rear delt raise 10lbs; 1x55, 1x25
--note: i may want to look for other decent rear delt movements as well. This feels great at the moment, but in guessing im going to hit some overuse thresholds after a few weeks
Front squat 270x1
--note: easier than yesterday's 265, but still tough
Bw chinup 1x19, not to failure
Tricep and bicep band work

Wisconsin method day 6: 9/29/18

Soreness abound in my shoulders, but i just about hit a lifetime PR on overhead press. The nerve control is there, but the bar came out of the groove. Front squat was a bit low, but fuck its my first lift post back injury (and also just 5lbs shy of my old old PR).

Sex drive: forgettaboutit
Mood and energy: top notch

Ohp 175x1 easy as pie
Ohp 185x0, fucked it up
Ohp 135x3x3
Rear delt raise 10lbs 1x55, 1x20
Front squat 265x1
Chinup 1xbwx15 (gonna keep this in rotation daily if unweighted, no going to failure)
Banded tricep pushdown and curls

Wisconsin Method Reddit Link

Link directly from the cow himself

Wisconsin Method
https://www.reddit.com/r/Fitness/comments/60he3r/bulgarian_lite_or_how_i_learned_to_stop_worrying/

Wisconsin method day 4: 9/28/18

Renaming the wisconsin method b/c eric and dairyland strength have coined it. I illustrated the differences between the wisconsin/bugenhagen method and classic bulgarian light/perryman in my last post.

Sex drive: Still dead. Annoying but also kind of liberating. Looking at this from another angle, im not encumbered by worrying about finding dates or getting some ass. All of my energy has gone towards lifting, working, and fun.
Energy: through the roof. Feel fantastic
Mood: ditto, stellar

Lifting
Ohp 170x1
--165 was hard, but honestly i was afraid of it. 170 had a little aggression behind it and went up smooth as butter
Ohp 135x3x3
Shoulder raise 10lbsx65 reps
Chinup 120x(failure), switch movements
Banded dropset for triceps and biceps
stretch hips and shoulders

Bulgarian light day 3 9/27/18

Needed to be at work early as sin yesterday, so no training session. Today was HARD. First time this week where ive really felt the impact of daily lifting.

At the moment, in following Eric Bugenhagen's style as opposed to Mathew Perryman's.

Los differences
A. Bugenhagen
- 1 to 2 lifts (not including prehab or pump work)
- lift every day
- work up to a max single, backoff sets are optional
- 10 to 15 reps working volune daily
- change movements when you fail to make progress

B. Perryman
- 3 to 7 lifts over the course of a week (not including prehab or pump work)
- lift 3 to 7 days
- work up to a daily max (not necessarily a true max), backoff sets are encouraged
- keep the same general movements in rotation

Im still really enjoying the simplicity of bugenhagens style, but my upper body only pair of movements means that im going to stall out fast as fuck.

Sex drive: non existent
Energy: fucking great
Mood: ditto. Im killing it at work, with friends, and family

Workout
Floor press 255x1
--barely got this. Exchanging it for something else
Floor press 205x3x3
Rear delt raises 10lbsx60 reps
--this feels wonderful
Chinup 115x1
Chinup 67.5x3x3
--backoff was a little too heavy this time
Band tricep pushdowns and curls, amap

Bulgarian light day 3 9/25/18

Today was difficult, not gonna lie. Both top sets were barely won, although this may have been more due to form than neural strength (especially floor press).

Converesly, all backoff sets were as smooth as butter.

Appetite: Poor
Lunch and dinner get wolfed down easy enough, but im not finding i want more than that. Considering how difficult today was, i may try to force some more calories in. Keto might be part of the problem here.

Sex drive: Poor
Im not too worried about this at the moment, but slightly disappointed at waking up to a yawny softy instead of a military boner.

Energy: Excellent
Consistent and high throughout the work day. Easy to fall asleep. Easy to get up at 630 to redo the cycle.

Workout
Floor press 260x1 (barely, but 250 was easy as pie)
Floor press 225x2x2
Rear delt raise 10lbsx60 reps
Chinup 110x1 (also barely)
Chinup 65x3x3
Band pushdown xamap

Bulgarian light day 2 9/24/18

Day 2 of reentering bulgarian light
Lower body is injured, so upper body specialization it is.

Floor press: 260x1, 195x3x3
Rear delt raises: 55reps per arm 10lbs
Chinup: 105x1, 62.5x3x3
Tricep bamd pushdowns: 4 band dropset

Overall feel great. Driver behind this push is i need to be strong. I cant stand these slow ass PRs that slip away at the drop of a hat.

Strength training actual strength instead of power building light feels like a great way to spend my time.

Home gym incoming.