Redline training - How far can I push it?

So I am a little behind. Things have been hectic and posting has been on the back burner.

5/4 - I did something but really didn't write down much.

5/6 Dynamic effort upper

Elitefts sholder saver 265. 285. 305, 325, 345x5

speed bench w/ 1 chain 9x5 185 3x5, 205 3x5, 225 3x5

close grip bench+ 1 chain 305 2x1, 325x1

rolling dumbell extension on incline 50 4x10, then a drop set 45, 40, 35x 10


5/7 upper assistance 

Tbar rows work to a hard 10 190x10
straight arm grenade pulldowns 60x12, 60 2x12
pull ups with band assistance 3xfail (20, 12, 12)

side raises to heavy 8 - 40x8
Ahrens press - 30 3x15
bradford press+1 muscle round   85 miss on set 5 rep 4, rest 20 set get 3 more reps.
band pull aparts monster mini 2x50

barbell curls 3 sec up and 3 down - 65 x12, 10, 8
light band pushdown x100
db preacher curl 20 x12, 10, 10

5/8 Max effort lower

short strap hypers 205 3x12
pulldown abs 4x12
alternating leg curl with iso hold on opposite leg - org 4x10
Yoke bar Anderson squat + chain  405, 435, 455x1, strip set 235x10, 185x10, 135x10
leg extension with 5 second lower 3x12
single leg hypers 250 2x8

5/10 Max effort upper

BW 238.5

Floor press 273x5, 311x5, 354x2, 379x1, 409x1

Took too big of a jump with no hand out. I got greedy and should have played it smart.
Dumbell press on 4 inch incline 70, 100x12 130x12,12,9


Started doing Fat DD pulldows to upper abs inbetween dumbells and continued into next set of exercises. 130 5x12

Barbell extension to neck 135 4x6 superset with dips 5x15 and a few sets of pulldowns
Hex dumbbell press together low incline 20x12, high 20x12 superset with alternating dumbell curls 25 2x12

Alternating dumbbell curls 3x12, facepulls orange 3x20, band upright rows 3x20 orange triset
Trifecta (rear, side front raise without putting down dumbbell 12x20/20/20, 15/15/15, 12/12/12

Redline Realization/deload week

Stress has been tough and training has been tougher. I needed a week to recover but allow my training to catch up so I can continue to push forward. Body weight is all over the place. From 241 down to 237. Working to get my eating in order to keep recovering.

4/21

Superset 20/15/10 reps

A1 Glute ham raise

A2 short strap reverse hypers 205

Front squat continuous pump sets. I tried to not lock these out 105x25, 115x20

Serrano split squat drop set 

120# chain x4, 60# of chain x4, body weight x4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1PaPOrUiv0

Occluded TKE 1x50

4/23

Steep incline dumbbell press 80 3x15

Bradford+1 95 2x8, rest pause x5, 3, 3(20 seconds rest)

A1 Arnold press 15x20, 20x20, 15x20

A2 tates (flat) 40 3x12

Side raise partials 30x50

4/24

TKE 2x15

Ghr 21’s x1, up 11 inches x1 (fail on last rep), on floor but foot plate moved up 1 notch – fail on 3 full rep.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow14m2KrJ1g

Stiff leg deadlift 315 4x6

Leg curls with light elitefts band 40, 30, 20, 10

Split squat drop set 40#x20, 20#x15, bwx10, 40#x12, 20#x6, bwx5

4/26

Bench press

275x1, 315x1, 225x22 PR

Alternating dumbbell overhead press 40x10, 45 3x12

A1 Alternating dumbbell extension 40 3x10

B1 barbell curls 65 4x10

Redline training - week 1

Redline training

Stress has been extremely high and the iron has been my therapy. I am pushing training very hard for a meet in July.  All the training has been a raw focus and will continue that for the next 8-10 weeks.

4/4 Max effort bench

W1

Close grip bench (thumb knuckle from smooth)

315x5, 335x2, 355x2, 365, 380x1

Add catapult 365x6, 385x6

Overhead press

115x6, 135x6, 145x6, 6, 12

A1 - Dips against orange band 12, 12, 12, 12, 10, 10

A2 – Mag grip pulldown 130 4x12, 1x10

6 way muscle rounds 8x1, 10x1, 10 – fail on 4^th set

B1 – hammer curls 35 3x12, 1x10

B2 – band pull aparts mini 4x20

4/8 BW 243 – dynamic effort bench

Elitefts Shoulder saver bench Up to 340x6

Swiss bar speed bench 225 9x5

Close grip bench w/ 60 pound of chain 285 5x1

A1 - Jm press (reverse light band) to foam pad 225x6, 245x6, 265x6

A2 - Neutral grip pushdown 50 5x15

Band fly – mini band x100 reps with 10 second hold at 25, 50, 75 and 100

4/9 BW 244.5 – upper assistance

Dead stop dumbbell rows 100x10, 130 3x10

Tbar scap rows+tbar rows (12 of each) 3x12/12

Serrano arm complex – 3x (top secret)

Trifecta – 20 2x muscle round

As you can see there has been a ton of volume.  My time in the gym has helped to keep me from going crazy. Going into the void like Dave Tate.  But pushing this hard into the red will eventually be my on undoing.  Let's see how far we can take this before that happens.