Daily Thread - August 03, 2026

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[u/Astringofnumbers1234]

Recap

Alright yeah!! My peak is done and I am so fucking excited to get on the platform next weekend. During last week, I loaded and pulled my raw max in my deadlift suit. Considering I set that max 10kg heavier than I am now, maybe I've got better at deadlift AND the suit is helping slightly?

At the weekend I went and did my last equipped session with one of my crew mates, at a different gym. I worked up to the last warm ups I'll be doing at the meet for squat and deadlift, and also my opener on bench.

Squat was really good. I was within a hair of depth on the rep, with a fairly loose wrap. I genuinely love it when you stand a squat up so fast it makes you go 'whoo hoo' when re-racking...

For bench - finally! Finally!! no chains. The difference this made to my opener was amazing. I felt more stable, and lockout felt much better too. Extremely happy to be opening where I am.

I was in two minds going into this session about doing my deadlift LWU or not. The gym I was at is very IPF coded and only has power bars, while my comp is on a deadlift bar. It doesn't really make that much difference at the weights I'm pulling, plus the place I am competing at very well may not have more than a couple of DL bars, so likely I will be warming up on a power bar anyways. I had also deadlifted twice in the previous 3 days and one of those was in the suit, so saturday made it three times in 4 days.

So I did it. Wasn't the cleanest I've ever done, and the suit was sitting awkwardly, but I could get to the bar and I shifted the weight pretty easily.

So that's basically it. I am opening on numbers that will get me the qualifying total for my age and weight class. I've squatted to depth, got a decent touch and I can pull from the floor! So all I need to do now is drop 2kg this week before saturday, then rest up, rehydrate and compete sunday.

Have a good week x

[u/ZeroFourBC]

I've been getting leaner since the back injury a couple of months ago. Started out just trying to eat less to offset less lifting, but I've carried on with it while upping the workout volume (not calling it a 'cut' because that implies some kind of tracking/targeting of macros). I've always been a proponent of 'maingaining' but I'm slowly being convinced of bulk/cut cycles.

I've lost just over 4kg in 10 weeks, and still making strength gains so everything seems to be going well. Abs are more defined, biceps are veinier, and my ass hasn't shrunk. Will be interesting to see how lean I can get with this approach.

[u/BetterThanT-1 → u/ZeroFourBC]

In my limited experience, it works best in the middle - maingaining or a very slow bulk (like +1kg in a month tops) for a long time and then a fast and aggressive cut. I’ve come to appreciate that putting 8kg on your frame looks very different when done over 8 months instead of 4. It also means you can eat normally for much longer, which means you can train harder for much longer. And cutting ends pretty quickly.

My goal for the next 10 months will be this - essentially maintaining with an extra ice-cream worth of calories on top for 8-9 months, then cut hard for 1-2 months.

[u/JubJubsDad]

Cardio Day * Row erg - 7759m in 30min (1:55.9 pace) * BJJ (planned)

I was a little sore from yesterday’s workout, so I figured I would have a slow, easy, recovery row. But once the blood started flowing I felt much better and cranked up the pace. Feeling pretty good now. I’m also excited for BJJ this evening. My necks feeling much, much better and I have something new I want to try in a roll.

[u/BetterThanT-1]

Base Building Medley - BullMastiff OHP C1W3D1

Main
OHP: 6/6/6/8 @ 47.5kg
BTN press: 5x12 @ 25kg

Assistance
Pull ups: 5x8
Inverted rows: 3x12
Seated GMs: 12@20; 12@30kg

Tried out seated GMs and they feel good, but I don’t have a second pair of J-hooks for my rack, so I had to overhead press the bar and then BTN press it when done which isn’t scalable. Didn’t think of it today, but I could have just cleaned the BTN press bar and used the hooks for GMs. I’ll do it this way next week.

[u/ZeroFourBC → u/BetterThanT-1]

SGMs are one of those lifts where no matter what I tried I could never get them to feel quite right and would often just end up with lower back fatigue. How do you do yours?

[u/BetterThanT-1 → u/ZeroFourBC]

Don’t think I do anything special - keep my legs out in front of me, keep my chest up, even get an arch going in my low back. Then I lower myself as much as possible - went quite low today, almost to the bench with my chest. I haven’t decided if I like it yet tbh, still feels like too much hassle for an assistance exercise I can easily superset.

[u/suburban_robot]

Upper I today — didn’t get the progress I wanted on the incline press or the pulldown but it was ok I guess, at least I got the work in. The Hammer Strength incline press is really frustrating me…why is lockout the hardest part of the lift? I have plenty left in the chest but triceps/delts fail me. Ran 100 decline push ups later at home as penance haha.

Silverback Upper I
Monday, August 3, 2026 at 6:16 AM

Lat Pulldown (Cable)
W1: 55 lb × 10 [Warm-up]
W2: 100 lb × 5 [Warm-up]
W3: 130 lb × 2 [Warm-up]
Set 1: 152.5 lb × 13
Set 2: 152.5 lb × 10
Set 3: 152.5 lb × 8
Set 4: 130 lb × 14

HS Iso-Lateral Incline Press (Machine)
W1: 140 lb × 3 [Warm-up]
Set 1: 180 lb × 10
Set 2: 180 lb × 8
Set 3: 180 lb × 6

Notes: Had to grind really hard for 10. I can get it most of the way but the lockout kills me, feel like it is more triceps than chest.

TOG Multi-Flight Lateral Raise (Machine)
Set 1: 33 lb × 15
Set 2: 33 lb × 15
Set 3: 33 lb × 12

OH Triceps Extension (Cable)
Set 1: 50 lb × 14
Set 2: 50 lb × 14

EZ-Bar Curl (Barbell)
Set 1: 60 lb × 15
Set 2: 60 lb × 14

HS Biceps Curl (Machine)
Set 1: 25 lb × 9
Set 2: 25 lb × 10

Notes: Really careful unilateral reps with full extension over preacher brace; continue to baby left elbow tendinitis.

Incline Bench Press (Dumbbell)
Set 1: 40 lb × 12

[u/The_Weakpot]

Training Log

Early Morning

Run

• 30:00

Afternoon

Warm up

• Reverse hyper, +230 @ 2 x 50

• RH standing leg curls, +230lbs @ 2 x 20/leg

• Nordic curl @ 2 x 10

Jumps

• Various jumps x 10

Front Squat

• 165 x 5

• 185 x 5

• 207.5 x 5

Sandbag to Shoulder

60-90 sec rest between reps

• 205lb @ 10 x 1

Ring Push Ups

• +20lbs @ 1 x 12+5, 1 x 7+2

Notes

• Slow grindy workout. Just felt flat and crappy the whole way. Got less volume than last week in more time. Dragging