Getting ideas from Wendler makes you question your life choices. It can also cause you to need a good shot of penicillin, but that's another story. Anyway, Jim has discussed his appreciation for wearing a weight vest. I have been walking with them for years. However, Jim takes it one step further.
Jim also wears one while training on some occasions. So he has provoked me to do the same by posting some training video preparing for our upcoming NOV Meet. Now in the past I have donned the vest for an exercise here and there. The positive is, it's easier than holding dumbbells for things like split squats, or throwing a chain around your neck for back raises, dips, etc.
Here's the thing that really sucks, keeping it on for a couple of exercises. I wore it on Saturday for all of my lower assistance. It's not terrible on any one individual exercise, but keeping it on between sets makes it brutal after a while. You just feel like you are not getting all of your breath while it weighs on you.
It's really hard to believe I was carrying around 100 more lbs all the time. As much as I miss eating like a pig and being a lot bigger, wearing that vest is a big reminder of how hard life is with the extra weight.
Below is my sixth week of relatively pain free training. Only four more weeks until I hit double digits. It's going to happen for sure.
MONDAY
-Fbl bar ext 100x5, 115x5, 135x10, 100 w/micro mini bands 5x5
-One arm dbl rows 50/60/70/70/70 x10
-Cable curl 50 3x10
-Dips bwx10, 25x10, 45x10
-Overhead plate raises 25 3x10
-Foam roll
TUESDAY
-Treadmill 20 minutes
-Foam roll/stretch
WEDNESDAY
-SSB Box Squat 255x5, 295x3, 335x10, 255w/micro mini bands 5x5
-Back raises 5x10
-Ab wheel rollouts 3x10
-Bulgarian split squats 3x10
THURSDAY
-Stairs 30 minutes
-Foam roll/stretch
FRIDAY
-Bench 240x5, 280x5, 315x10
-Close grip shoulder saver with legs up 240w/micro mini bands 5x8
-Fat bar pulldowns to sternum 90/115/140/160/180 x10
-Fat bar pushdowns 90 3x10
-Dbl hammer curls 40 3x10
SATURDAY
-Trap bar deadlift 255x5, 295x3, 335x10, 255w/mini band 5x5
-Back raises w/20 lb vest 5x10
-Ab wheel rollouts w/20 lb vest3x10
-Bulgarian split squats w/20 lb vest 3x10
SUNDAY
-Treadmill 60 minutes
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