SHANE'S TRAINING – Week of June 17, 2024

SHANE'S TRAINING - Week of June 17, 2024

I’m listing these days in no particular order, with the exception of day 1, which will happen on Monday. I have some schedule and travel conflicts that might make gym access tough. What I need to try to do is get 3 days done in a row, however, this is a higher volume week, especially for squats, and it might be unlikely that I feel recovered enough to do that. The most important day is the heavy day on day 4, so I may end up doing that Wednesday and try to get the days that are meant to be days 2 and 4 when/if I can later in the week.

I went a little off-book last week after my max-out day. I hit 210 and called that my max for the day, but then dropped to 185 for 3x3. After hitting 280 on clean & jerk, I dropped back to 240 for 3x3. Those additional 18 reps were not planned, but I was feeling good and did them, despite not being part of the plan. Of course, I am paying for it now and feeling a little less recovered than I would like. I will try to eat a little more this week and try to catch a couple naps to see if that helps. I also know that I am going “past failure”, as it were, with this program by adding 4 extra weeks. That deep hole and lowered recovery is part of the process and one that I seem to particularly benefit from once I taper and lower fatigue.

This week is very heavy on squat volume. At least I know that, no matter how I feel, I can always do more squats.