Stephan Korte's 3x3 First Week Progress and Apologies to All!

[blut wump]

lol, tragic story. I think if I got to that stage I'd definitely be supplementing.

 

[super_rice]

With the sleeping thread in the forum, I ask, does overreaching affect quantity and/or quality of sleep?

This is related to Korte's because, from my experience, I was a sleeping machine the first three weeks, sometimes getting in 12+ hours (no school w00t). However, near the end of my cycle, as I felt other signs of over-reaching (loss of "bounciness"... etc) I was sleeping terribly, always sweating and feeling hot. It's not like it was hot in my house, in fact it was very cool, but everytime I tried to hit the sack, I was jumpy and hot. For about a week, I was sleeping ~4 hours a night. Since I've stopped the loading, sleep patterns have returned to normal, ~9-10hrs.

Interesting.

I just finished the last workout of week 5, and it's taken a full 7 days to deload to feeling 80%. My vertical jump is not up to par, and I'm not as jumpy/boucny feeling so I doubt I'm 100%. This was the first workout in the unloading/competitive phase that I haven't gotten any low back cramping. The results can only get better as my body recovers.

5x5 is much much easier, as evident by the recovery process. I was feeling fresh after 2-3 days post 4 week loading, as compared to the 7 days in Stephan Korte's 3x3.

 

[Jim Ouini]

Hey, just wondering, how many of you guys have done cycles (of AAS) and are not resorting to better training systems? WTF, am I the only natural person here? :S

I took creatine like 5yrs ago but that's it, never even considered AAS (Well the way I look no one's ever accused me of juicing ).

It's funny nowadays at the gym you want to talk about training cycles and everyone automatically thinks steroids.

 

[super_rice]

It's funny nowadays at the gym you want to talk about training cycles and everyone automatically thinks steroids.

Yeah gotta watch how you use the word "cycle."

Reference:
http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/showthread.php?t=414931

 

[blut wump]

I've been caught like that, too. I was chatting with a guy at a leisure center gym and mentioned that I was coming to the end of a cycle and suddenly his eyes were flitting side-to-side looking to see who might be in a position to overhear. It was a couple of days later before I worked it out (I'm so young and naive).

 

[Jim Ouini]

Sadly, I would've thought the same thing if you'd said it to me 6 months ago.

@ eyes flitting side to side

 

[super_rice]

Update
Just finished the first session of my third week, I just hit two singles of a 10 pound PR for backsquats (315) very very easily... and I played five hours of straight paintball on saturday so it was done feeling drained! Can't wait to complete this and see how the results go. 350 may be awaiting me at the conclusion of this program.

 

[d-dub]

Nice PR work super rice. How has your bodyweight been affected while doing the Korte3X3?

You said you had no problems gaining size on 5x5, is there a similiar affect here - or are you not eating as huge in hope of mostly neural gains?

 

[super_rice]

Yes, I'm hoping for mostly neuromuscular gains, however I believe if I had eaten more, I would be stronger. My bodyweight has not really changed, I've managed to stabilize it at 180 (however it required eating only twice a day for a week or two) and now eating regularly.

Gaining size is not a problem. Being strong for one's size is a huge issue.

 

[blut wump]

This dual-factor stuff really does work.

I've just re-read the thread and it looks like the later weeks of the volume phase really take their toll after which you pupate and come out reborn as a better, stronger lifter. You have this and one more week to go. Looking good.

Congrats on the PR, good luck on the next one.