September 02, 2025 | Daily Training Log & Simple Questions

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Please use this post to discuss your training for the day or any simple questions you have! Talk about how lifts went, your workouts PRs achieved, goals set, whatever!

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[u/Direct-Difficulty-69]

-- First time on a strength program. And first Cycle of BBB, currently in 2nd week (3s) --

Deadlift Day (trap bar):
Deadlift 130kg for 4 reps
Deadlift 85kg for 5x10
Leg Extensions + Calf Raises superset for 3xfail

• I'm doing trap bar because it feels so much nicer on the low back and it's so easy to grip. Only problem is that since I'm doing low handle the bar tipped forward once and messed my flow for the 4 rep set.

OHP day:
OHP 42.5kg for 8 reps (probably undershot my TM for OHP and overshot for Deadlift)
OHP 32.5 for 5x10
Lat Pulldowns 72kg + Decline sit-ups 15kg superset for 5x10
Rope Pushdown + Preacher Curl Superset 4xfail

• One good thing is that I had a lack of sleep and was tired, yet the session felt so good because I wasn't grinding till failure like I normally do. And had a great pump.

my dimensions 175cm 67kg

[u/Doyle_Hargraves40 → u/Direct-Difficulty-69]

Don't think you undershot the OHP TM at all. I would be hoping for at least 8 reps on the 3s week of the first cycle. You're supposed to be getting at least 5 on the 1+ week so you really don't want to be at less than like 7 on the 3s or you're in trouble. Failing to get 5 on the 1+ will happen eventually but you definitely dont want it to be on cycle 1.

The 4 reps on the deadlift looks like an issue unless you just stopped cause of the bar issue you mentioned. If you only get 2 or 3 reps next week you'll need to lower the TM.

[u/Direct-Difficulty-69 → u/Doyle_Hargraves40]

Damn so I would need to really lower my TMs. On my 5s week I got 7 and 8 reps for bench and pullup respectively. Only OHP is relatively light.

I could’ve gotten 2 more reps on that deadlift but it would’ve been grindy so I didn’t since I assumed I should try to keep the reps fast.

[u/Doyle_Hargraves40 → u/Direct-Difficulty-69]

Yeah you're supposed to be able to get the TM weight for no less than 3-5 reps before beginning the cycle, with 5 being recommended by the creator of the program. So you might typically get something like 12-13 on 5s week, 9-10 on 3s, and 7-8 on 1s on your first cycle. Thats just an example. The point is to be able to keep adding to your TM every new cycle for as long as you can while still keeping the 1s week at least 5 reps. So you don't want to come right out the gate grinding like hell to get 5 (or less)

Just finish it out and you should have a good idea at want to set your TM at the next cycle. For instance whatever deadlift weight you used on the 3s week where you got 4 but could possibly have done 1 or 2 more, sounds like you could just adjust the TM to whatever weight that was.

[u/Direct-Difficulty-69 → u/Doyle_Hargraves40]

Yeah that 130kg should probably be my TM but I’ll finish this cycle like you said. Thanks for the advice