[hackerhercules@exodus ]$ startpgm bridge.pgm
Preparing spreadsheets...
Rendering documentation...
Youtubing new lifts...
BRIDGE WEEK 1: LOW STRESS > READY!
[hackerhercules@exodus ]$ vim lifts.log
Monday's Workout:
| Weight | Actual Reps | Actual RPE |
| SQUAT (b) | 385 | 5 | 6 |
| 385 | 5 | 6 |
| 415 | 5 | 8.5 |
| | | |
| CGBP | 183 | 4 | 6.5 |
| 204 | 4 | 8.5 |
| 210 | 4 | 8 |
| | | |
| Rack Pull | 410 | 4 | 10 |
Squat: Nothing eventful. Squats are rarely, if ever a problem for me. New RPE/Bridge spreadsheet indicates my E1RM is right in the range I expected it to be from my HLM/SSLP calculations, although 415 is about 20# lower than what I squatted with a belt week before last, so... maybe my E1RM is higher? No idea.
I kind of wonder if I've had some knee collapse on my squat. Trying to be extra-mindful of keeping my knees thrust out on the way up.
CGBP This was significantly easier than I expected it to be. Maybe it was the week of lazing about giving me some extra energy. Kept my form tight, no significant issues.
Rack Pull, Mid Shin: Yeah fuck these. Either the pins were too low, or (more likely) I did WAY, way,
WAY too much warm ups. Following Jordan's instructions in the Bridge pdf, I increased the weight roughly every minute for 8 minutes and did 7 reps each time, but my instinct was telling me that was way too much warm-up for a heavy pull. I was expecting a rack pull in the mid-500's based on my 435x5x1 heavy deadlift. Pretty sure a combination of not enough pre-workout carb loading (ate weird yesterday) combined with too much "warm up" left me fucking exhausted by the time it came to the pull.
Chatter: So, learning some new lifts, and learning RPE. It's pretty easy, I've already been thinking about RPE during my HLM without realizing that's what I was doing. It's going to take me a few weeks to really dial in the accuracy - you can see from my weird numbers I fucked up on my plate math on squats, and my RPE was weird on the CGBP as well. No real surprises there. If I had the sense to follow the spirit of RPE and listen to my instincts regarding the rack pull, I don't think I'd have had the same problems I did, but I was hellbent on following the guide as written for my first run through. My back also had a little tweak in it that may or may not have contributed. I don't really know, just noting it in my log for posterity I guess.
When I figure out where I'm going to upload videos I'm going to start including recordings of my lifts. For the first couple of introductory weeks I'll be posting my log activity the morning following my workouts, and once I get in the swing of things I'll probably just post it once at the end of the week, along with macros from MFP.
Guess it's just a question of time and feeling out this RPE stuff. Fairly intuitive. We'll see how it goes over the next 8 weeks of the introductory Bridge stuff. Taking last week easy was a great idea, feeling my mojo this week. Back on my clean(er) diet. Low stress, nothing to really talk about yet. Oh, and I've gone from 9 to 10 notches deep on my belt, and last night I notched down to 11. So... weight loss?
Also, surprise surprise. I do
actually lift, and not just shitpost.
:wq
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