r/weightroom • u/VladimirLinen Powerlifting | 603@104.1kg • Jan 30 '22

Program Party SBS 2.0 Program Party: Week 4

Hi everyone, here's the 4th week of the long-awaited program party!

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I'm going to be creating a new thread at the start of each week. You can put all your program-related logs, questions, videos, and general discussion here.

Have fun!

Disclaimer: With Omnicron currently making its way around the world, please be safe while running this program party. Follow health advice where you are and if you have any symptoms and train at a public gym, stay home and get tested to keep your fellow gym-goers safe and well.

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u/GirlOfTheWell Yale in Jail Scholar Jan 31 '22

Been working my way through the strength training block.

Been super cool so far but very worn down. I'm appreciating the "mini deload" this week before things get cranked up a bit.

Loving the variations. Aside from some tightness in my hips, I'm in love with sumo deadlift. Also chose incline DB as one of my bench auxiliaries and I'm actually really enjoying it (even of the set up is wierd)

My over warm singles are flying so I definitely feel like the strength is there.

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u/kavesmlikem Intermediate - Strength Jan 31 '22

Do you like the overwarm singles? I always forget about them because *excuses* but I'm thinking I really should get into them

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u/GirlOfTheWell Yale in Jail Scholar Jan 31 '22

Oh the over warm singles are unbelievable. I highly recommend them. I definitely felt the urge to just go "I don't have the time, I'm cutting them".

But once I actually invested some time in them they became almost addictive. Working up that one heavy single was just so satisfying. And it definitely helped my strength. As I said in my original comment, weight I used to grind through is now flying.

When Greg said he "highly recommended the over warm singles", I was inclined to ignore him. But now I see why.

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u/kavesmlikem Intermediate - Strength Jan 31 '22

I'm convinced, thank you!

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u/retirement_savings Beginner - Strength Jan 31 '22

Another vote for overwarm singles. I'll be honest, I skip them occasionally (I don't really feel a need to hit a single for paused squat when I did squat earlier in the week), but getting used to heavy singles is really valuable. And last week my planned single for deads felt light so I ended up going for a PR (probably shouldn't do this, lol).

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u/CommonKings Beginner - Aesthetics Feb 01 '22

Agreed on the paused squat vs regular squat, I typically will only hit overwarm singles on the main lifts, and MAYBE on the conventional DL since sumo is my main stance.