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Who doesn't?blut wump said:
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http://www.putfile.com/anotherbutters
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Korte: Week 3, Day 2
Awesome workout. This was the kind of workout I've been wanting for a long time. I know it's results over time that matter, but I was panting away today working through my deads and loved every minute of it. I've always thought this is what working out's supposed to be like
I bumped squats and deads by 3kg and bench by 1kg, which felt like good choices. Squats were moderately hard for the first time, which is good, but I reckon I can still add plenty more. Bench was easier than Monday - still moderately hard, but no slow reps this time. I just looked at the weights on the bar and thought "this isn't even 1 plate", then just repped them out at a pretty fast pace. Deads were moderately hard too, but not too hard - no straining. I'm loving the hook grip with chalk and I've developed a series of parallel white lines under the inside half of each thumbnail from the stress. My thumbnails have gone flat too. I did a similar thing to bench with my deads - looked at the 2 plates and thought "I ought to be able to clean this" and deadlifting it became less of a chore
Every set was started on the 2 minute mark, so when you include the faffing around switching exercises and the warmups, the total workout time was still only 57 mins. Still no signs of loading - I still look forward to every workout and feel fresh, even though I've only been getting 6-7 hours sleep (I just wake up early).
I'm thinking of a 2kg increase for squats and deads on Friday (1kg bench), then 3kg each workout next week (1-2kg bench), with as much as I can on the Friday. Alternatively, I could carry on at a more moderate pace and add a 5th week, since I feel like I've started lower than I could have.
Workout time: 57 mins.
All weights in kg, warmups excluded.
................Squat...................Bench...................................Deads...........
W1 D1: .... 67 x 6 x 5 reps ..... 48 x 6 x 6 reps (WSNWSN) ....... 87 x 6 x 5 reps ... (147lb/106lb/191lb)
W1 D2: .... 67 x 7 x 5 reps ..... 48 x 7 x 6 reps (NSWNSWN) ..... 87 x 7 x 5 reps
W1 D3: .... 69 x 7 x 5 reps ..... 50 x 7 x 6 reps (NSWNSWN) ..... 90 x 7 x 5 reps
W2 D1: .... 71 x 7 x 5 reps ..... 52 x 7 x 6 reps (NSWNSWN) ..... 92 x 7 x 5 reps
W2 D2: .... 71 x 8 x 5 reps ..... 54 x 7 x 6 reps (NSWNSWN) ..... 94 x 7 x 5 reps
W2 D3: .... 73 x 8 x 5 reps ..... 56 x 7 x 6 reps (NSWNSWN) ..... 96 x 7 x 5 reps
W3 D1: .... 75 x 8 x 5 reps ..... 58 x 8 x 6 reps (NSWNSWNS) ... 98 x 7 x 5 reps
TODAY: ... 78 x 8 x 5 reps ..... 59 x 8 x 6 reps (NSWNSWNS) ... 101x 7 x 5 reps ... (172lb/130lb/222lb)
Awesome workout. This was the kind of workout I've been wanting for a long time. I know it's results over time that matter, but I was panting away today working through my deads and loved every minute of it. I've always thought this is what working out's supposed to be like
I bumped squats and deads by 3kg and bench by 1kg, which felt like good choices. Squats were moderately hard for the first time, which is good, but I reckon I can still add plenty more. Bench was easier than Monday - still moderately hard, but no slow reps this time. I just looked at the weights on the bar and thought "this isn't even 1 plate", then just repped them out at a pretty fast pace. Deads were moderately hard too, but not too hard - no straining. I'm loving the hook grip with chalk and I've developed a series of parallel white lines under the inside half of each thumbnail from the stress. My thumbnails have gone flat too
. I did a similar thing to bench with my deads - looked at the 2 plates and thought "I ought to be able to clean this" and deadlifting it became less of a chore Every set was started on the 2 minute mark, so when you include the faffing around switching exercises and the warmups, the total workout time was still only 57 mins. Still no signs of loading - I still look forward to every workout and feel fresh, even though I've only been getting 6-7 hours sleep (I just wake up early).
I'm thinking of a 2kg increase for squats and deads on Friday (1kg bench), then 3kg each workout next week (1-2kg bench), with as much as I can on the Friday. Alternatively, I could carry on at a more moderate pace and add a 5th week, since I feel like I've started lower than I could have.
Workout time: 57 mins.
All weights in kg, warmups excluded.
................Squat...................Bench...................................Deads...........
W1 D1: .... 67 x 6 x 5 reps ..... 48 x 6 x 6 reps (WSNWSN) ....... 87 x 6 x 5 reps ... (147lb/106lb/191lb)
W1 D2: .... 67 x 7 x 5 reps ..... 48 x 7 x 6 reps (NSWNSWN) ..... 87 x 7 x 5 reps
W1 D3: .... 69 x 7 x 5 reps ..... 50 x 7 x 6 reps (NSWNSWN) ..... 90 x 7 x 5 reps
W2 D1: .... 71 x 7 x 5 reps ..... 52 x 7 x 6 reps (NSWNSWN) ..... 92 x 7 x 5 reps
W2 D2: .... 71 x 8 x 5 reps ..... 54 x 7 x 6 reps (NSWNSWN) ..... 94 x 7 x 5 reps
W2 D3: .... 73 x 8 x 5 reps ..... 56 x 7 x 6 reps (NSWNSWN) ..... 96 x 7 x 5 reps
W3 D1: .... 75 x 8 x 5 reps ..... 58 x 8 x 6 reps (NSWNSWNS) ... 98 x 7 x 5 reps
TODAY: ... 78 x 8 x 5 reps ..... 59 x 8 x 6 reps (NSWNSWNS) ... 101x 7 x 5 reps ... (172lb/130lb/222lb)
anotherbutters
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I think so. Bigger too. I happened to catch myself in the mirror after all the benching 
and I swear my shoulders were 4" wider. I almost didn't recognise myself
I'm probably responding well to this kind of training because I haven't done it before. I feel like I ought to keep plugging away with moderate increases and carry on loading until I reach the point that I'm obviously loaded and things have stopped going up, rather than going for broke just because I'm coming up to the end of the notional 4 week loading phase. What do you think?
and I swear my shoulders were 4" wider. I almost didn't recognise myself I'm probably responding well to this kind of training because I haven't done it before. I feel like I ought to keep plugging away with moderate increases and carry on loading until I reach the point that I'm obviously loaded and things have stopped going up, rather than going for broke just because I'm coming up to the end of the notional 4 week loading phase. What do you think?
blut wump
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I just took a look at my own Korte experience. You're certainly finding it easier than I did but it wasn't until mid-to-late in week 3 that I felt any loading building up. By the end of next week you might yet find yourself running on empty at the end of your workouts.
I think that your suggested approach is probably best in the context of this program. You mentioned yesterday that the workout was noticably harder to complete and I'd agree you should keep adding moderate weight to the bar session on session. There's no good reason to stop just because week 4 ends if the lifts are still climbing. I'm expecting that it will get progressively tougher from here though.
I think that your suggested approach is probably best in the context of this program. You mentioned yesterday that the workout was noticably harder to complete and I'd agree you should keep adding moderate weight to the bar session on session. There's no good reason to stop just because week 4 ends if the lifts are still climbing. I'm expecting that it will get progressively tougher from here though.
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Korte: Week 3, Day 3
Thanks for the comments. Right on cue too... I feel like I'm getting loaded
I woke up tired this morning after a good 8 hours sleep. I usually feel as though the previous workout was several days ago, but today I could still feel the effects of Wednesday and I could tell it was only 48 hours ago ("what, I have to do that workout again, and more?"). I wasn't looking forward to this workout as much as I usually do and I was glad for the weekend before I even started. The aches and pains have started too.
Squats were moderately hard. The first set had me a little concerned, but I settled into them as per usual. My left ankle 'clicked' into place during squats on Wednesday (it didn't feel out of place in the first place), and it's been sore since, but it didn't hurt during squats today.
Bench was no harder than Wednesday. I felt all manner of creaks and twinges in my back during deads, but nothing serious. I had a sharp pain in my right shoulder/rear delt on about set 3, as though something was going to 'go', but it didn't get any worse so I carried on. I don't 'think' it's anything.
For each exercise, I felt as though I could have lifted a little more today, so I'm not worried about having ramped up too quickly and I think I'll be ok adding weight to the bar next week. It's going to be hard, but I know there's room for more. I just kept starting each set today and surprisingly managing to finish it without it feeling any harder than the last, even the final sets. I probably could have added another couple of sets of each. This isn't to say they're easy - I just seem to recover well between sets. I still managed to start most sets on the 2 minute mark, although I wasn't trying to today.
As an aside, I stopped the creatine a couple of weeks before starting the Korte, because I didn't think it was doing anything. I can't really tell the difference with switching workouts, but I don't miss that foul stuff.
Workout time: 60 mins.
Bodyweight: ~183lb
All weights in kg, warmups excluded.
................Squat...................Bench...................................Deads...........
W1 D1: .... 67 x 6 x 5 reps ..... 48 x 6 x 6 reps (WSNWSN) ....... 87 x 6 x 5 reps ... (147lb/106lb/191lb)
W1 D2: .... 67 x 7 x 5 reps ..... 48 x 7 x 6 reps (NSWNSWN) ..... 87 x 7 x 5 reps
W1 D3: .... 69 x 7 x 5 reps ..... 50 x 7 x 6 reps (NSWNSWN) ..... 90 x 7 x 5 reps
W2 D1: .... 71 x 7 x 5 reps ..... 52 x 7 x 6 reps (NSWNSWN) ..... 92 x 7 x 5 reps
W2 D2: .... 71 x 8 x 5 reps ..... 54 x 7 x 6 reps (NSWNSWN) ..... 94 x 7 x 5 reps
W2 D3: .... 73 x 8 x 5 reps ..... 56 x 7 x 6 reps (NSWNSWN) ..... 96 x 7 x 5 reps
W3 D1: .... 75 x 8 x 5 reps ..... 58 x 8 x 6 reps (NSWNSWNS) ... 98 x 7 x 5 reps
W3 D2: .... 78 x 8 x 5 reps ..... 59 x 8 x 6 reps (NSWNSWNS) ... 101 x 7 x 5 reps
TODAY: ... 80 x 8 x 5 reps ..... 60 x 8 x 6 reps (NSWNSWNS) ... 103 x 7 x 5 reps ... (176lb/132lb/227lb)
Thanks for the comments. Right on cue too... I feel like I'm getting loaded
I woke up tired this morning after a good 8 hours sleep. I usually feel as though the previous workout was several days ago, but today I could still feel the effects of Wednesday and I could tell it was only 48 hours ago ("what, I have to do that workout again, and more?"). I wasn't looking forward to this workout as much as I usually do and I was glad for the weekend before I even started. The aches and pains have started too.
Squats were moderately hard. The first set had me a little concerned, but I settled into them as per usual. My left ankle 'clicked' into place during squats on Wednesday (it didn't feel out of place in the first place), and it's been sore since, but it didn't hurt during squats today.
Bench was no harder than Wednesday. I felt all manner of creaks and twinges in my back during deads, but nothing serious. I had a sharp pain in my right shoulder/rear delt on about set 3, as though something was going to 'go', but it didn't get any worse so I carried on. I don't 'think' it's anything.
For each exercise, I felt as though I could have lifted a little more today, so I'm not worried about having ramped up too quickly and I think I'll be ok adding weight to the bar next week. It's going to be hard, but I know there's room for more. I just kept starting each set today and surprisingly managing to finish it without it feeling any harder than the last, even the final sets. I probably could have added another couple of sets of each. This isn't to say they're easy - I just seem to recover well between sets. I still managed to start most sets on the 2 minute mark, although I wasn't trying to today.
As an aside, I stopped the creatine a couple of weeks before starting the Korte, because I didn't think it was doing anything. I can't really tell the difference with switching workouts, but I don't miss that foul stuff.
Workout time: 60 mins.
Bodyweight: ~183lb
All weights in kg, warmups excluded.
................Squat...................Bench...................................Deads...........
W1 D1: .... 67 x 6 x 5 reps ..... 48 x 6 x 6 reps (WSNWSN) ....... 87 x 6 x 5 reps ... (147lb/106lb/191lb)
W1 D2: .... 67 x 7 x 5 reps ..... 48 x 7 x 6 reps (NSWNSWN) ..... 87 x 7 x 5 reps
W1 D3: .... 69 x 7 x 5 reps ..... 50 x 7 x 6 reps (NSWNSWN) ..... 90 x 7 x 5 reps
W2 D1: .... 71 x 7 x 5 reps ..... 52 x 7 x 6 reps (NSWNSWN) ..... 92 x 7 x 5 reps
W2 D2: .... 71 x 8 x 5 reps ..... 54 x 7 x 6 reps (NSWNSWN) ..... 94 x 7 x 5 reps
W2 D3: .... 73 x 8 x 5 reps ..... 56 x 7 x 6 reps (NSWNSWN) ..... 96 x 7 x 5 reps
W3 D1: .... 75 x 8 x 5 reps ..... 58 x 8 x 6 reps (NSWNSWNS) ... 98 x 7 x 5 reps
W3 D2: .... 78 x 8 x 5 reps ..... 59 x 8 x 6 reps (NSWNSWNS) ... 101 x 7 x 5 reps
TODAY: ... 80 x 8 x 5 reps ..... 60 x 8 x 6 reps (NSWNSWNS) ... 103 x 7 x 5 reps ... (176lb/132lb/227lb)
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Korte: Week 4, Day 1
Wow, I made it. I had a busy weekend with little rest and wasn't really looking forward to this workout, but I got through it. Squats were relatively hard today with a couple of slow reps, but only when I thought about my form. A little mind game I've begun playing is to think how easy these weights would be if I wasn't fatigued. It really helps. Think strong, not tired
Bench was moderately hard again today, but no reps were in doubt. I've never done narrow grip before this and I seem to find it easier (hands just on the knurling). My normal grip is wide, just inside the rings, and that feels very wide now.
I did my usual core work before the workout, which includes bird-dogs. Whilst stretching my arm out ahead of me, I felt the same tingly, tearing feeling in my right rear delt that I felt during Friday's deads. Not a good sign, so I was dreading deads for fear of injury.
I felt it again warming up for deads (80kg), but I carried on and was ok. I felt it most as I started to lower the weight, even though I keep the bar as close to myself as I can. Anyway, job done - 7 sets of deads and if it wasn't for the concern about my shoulder, I'd say these were the easiest of the three exercises today. I'm getting some nice callouses with the frequency of deads
Again, every set was started on the 2 minute mark. I wasn't going to hold myself to that today, but I felt that if I didn't do it, I'd slack off. Every 2 minutes, that was it - head down and lift.
I think I'm echoing something you (BW) said in your Korte, but I'm beginning to feel like lifting weights actually does make one stronger
Workout time: 62 mins.
Bodyweight: ~185lb
All weights in kg, warmups excluded.
................Squat...................Bench...................................Deads...........
W1 D1: .... 67 x 6 x 5 reps ..... 48 x 6 x 6 reps (WSNWSN) ....... 87 x 6 x 5 reps ... (147lb/106lb/191lb)
W1 D2: .... 67 x 7 x 5 reps ..... 48 x 7 x 6 reps (NSWNSWN) ..... 87 x 7 x 5 reps
W1 D3: .... 69 x 7 x 5 reps ..... 50 x 7 x 6 reps (NSWNSWN) ..... 90 x 7 x 5 reps
W2 D1: .... 71 x 7 x 5 reps ..... 52 x 7 x 6 reps (NSWNSWN) ..... 92 x 7 x 5 reps
W2 D2: .... 71 x 8 x 5 reps ..... 54 x 7 x 6 reps (NSWNSWN) ..... 94 x 7 x 5 reps
W2 D3: .... 73 x 8 x 5 reps ..... 56 x 7 x 6 reps (NSWNSWN) ..... 96 x 7 x 5 reps
W3 D1: .... 75 x 8 x 5 reps ..... 58 x 8 x 6 reps (NSWNSWNS) ... 98 x 7 x 5 reps
W3 D2: .... 78 x 8 x 5 reps ..... 59 x 8 x 6 reps (NSWNSWNS) ... 101 x 7 x 5 reps
W3 D3: .... 80 x 8 x 5 reps ..... 60 x 8 x 6 reps (NSWNSWNS) ... 103 x 7 x 5 reps
TODAY: ... 82 x 8 x 5 reps ..... 61 x 8 x 6 reps (NSWNSWNS) ... 105 x 7 x 5 reps ... (180lb/134lb/232lb)
Wow, I made it. I had a busy weekend with little rest and wasn't really looking forward to this workout, but I got through it. Squats were relatively hard today with a couple of slow reps, but only when I thought about my form. A little mind game I've begun playing is to think how easy these weights would be if I wasn't fatigued. It really helps. Think strong, not tired
Bench was moderately hard again today, but no reps were in doubt. I've never done narrow grip before this and I seem to find it easier (hands just on the knurling). My normal grip is wide, just inside the rings, and that feels very wide now.
I did my usual core work before the workout, which includes bird-dogs. Whilst stretching my arm out ahead of me, I felt the same tingly, tearing feeling in my right rear delt that I felt during Friday's deads. Not a good sign, so I was dreading deads for fear of injury.
I felt it again warming up for deads (80kg), but I carried on and was ok. I felt it most as I started to lower the weight, even though I keep the bar as close to myself as I can. Anyway, job done - 7 sets of deads and if it wasn't for the concern about my shoulder, I'd say these were the easiest of the three exercises today. I'm getting some nice callouses with the frequency of deads
Again, every set was started on the 2 minute mark. I wasn't going to hold myself to that today, but I felt that if I didn't do it, I'd slack off. Every 2 minutes, that was it - head down and lift.
I think I'm echoing something you (BW) said in your Korte, but I'm beginning to feel like lifting weights actually does make one stronger
Workout time: 62 mins.
Bodyweight: ~185lb
All weights in kg, warmups excluded.
................Squat...................Bench...................................Deads...........
W1 D1: .... 67 x 6 x 5 reps ..... 48 x 6 x 6 reps (WSNWSN) ....... 87 x 6 x 5 reps ... (147lb/106lb/191lb)
W1 D2: .... 67 x 7 x 5 reps ..... 48 x 7 x 6 reps (NSWNSWN) ..... 87 x 7 x 5 reps
W1 D3: .... 69 x 7 x 5 reps ..... 50 x 7 x 6 reps (NSWNSWN) ..... 90 x 7 x 5 reps
W2 D1: .... 71 x 7 x 5 reps ..... 52 x 7 x 6 reps (NSWNSWN) ..... 92 x 7 x 5 reps
W2 D2: .... 71 x 8 x 5 reps ..... 54 x 7 x 6 reps (NSWNSWN) ..... 94 x 7 x 5 reps
W2 D3: .... 73 x 8 x 5 reps ..... 56 x 7 x 6 reps (NSWNSWN) ..... 96 x 7 x 5 reps
W3 D1: .... 75 x 8 x 5 reps ..... 58 x 8 x 6 reps (NSWNSWNS) ... 98 x 7 x 5 reps
W3 D2: .... 78 x 8 x 5 reps ..... 59 x 8 x 6 reps (NSWNSWNS) ... 101 x 7 x 5 reps
W3 D3: .... 80 x 8 x 5 reps ..... 60 x 8 x 6 reps (NSWNSWNS) ... 103 x 7 x 5 reps
TODAY: ... 82 x 8 x 5 reps ..... 61 x 8 x 6 reps (NSWNSWNS) ... 105 x 7 x 5 reps ... (180lb/134lb/232lb)
