Friday Thoughts #3

Here’s this week’s list of random thoughts on my mind.

• If you didn’t know, my son Elliot turned 3 yesterday! The old cliche, the days are slow but the years are fast totally rings true.

• Speaking of years going by fast, there are only 108 days left in 2023.

• It’s hard to imagine you’ve made it all the way into the third bullet point of this blog without having seen my video about Easy Strength and what it’s all about. But on the chance you haven’t, check it out HERE.

• If you have been following along, today is day 11. I haven’t squatted yet today, but my body feels like I’m going to stick with 225 pounds again. I’m feeling good about this because last week I had to take two “deload” days and only squatted 135. I expected the same to happen this week but I’m responding to the load and volume differently already. I may go a little heavier today with a rep scheme of 5-3-2. This would give me the opportunity to figure out an appropriate weight jump to use for next week. In other words, should I jump to 250, or would I be able to handle 275?  Either way, I’ll only do the weight if it feels easy, that’s the whole point.

• I saw this term, principle based creativity, and it perfectly sums up my program design process. I have certain principles, rep schemes, movement patterns, loading strategies, etc. Working within those principles allows me to be more creative because it provides constraints and direction. I’m of the belief that program design is both an art and a science. Having principles guides program design and through that you can develop your own style.

• That’s all for today, see you next week.

Justin Miner

@justinminergain