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^ Nah , im fine with lunges , i even like them except from the grip failure part. Was a bit short on time too that day.

PS : Quoting the reminder's headline together with the lunges log = mystery! 

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2012 WINTER WORKOUTS COUNTER/REMINDER:
CURRENT WEEK COUNT   : 12
Lower body sessions     : 22
ME jumping sessions     : 1
Stretching sessions      : 6
Core sessions               : 0
Plyos sessions              : 0
Upper body sessions    : 15
Endurance sessions      : 11

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24 March 2012

Bodyweight@session : ~195
Injuries/aches : none
Soreness : none

ME lower
RIM JUMPS ( 10' rim , concrete court ):
1x4 SVJs: terrible , max 26,5''
1x4 dropsteps : no power , max 31''
4x4 DLRVJs : Started horrible ( 1st set max = 30,5'' )  , ended up good , steady 32'' to 32,5'' and a couple 33''
-Not bad but wanted better from this session ( AM + caffed up ).

SQUATS:
5@187 lbs ( -11lbs ) , full
5@209 lbs ( -11lbs ) , full
5@231 lbs ( -11lbs ) , barely above parallel
5@253 lbs ( -11lbs )  , half
5@275 lbs ( -11lbs )  , half
-Not sure if detrained from missing last week's ME day or tired from ME jumps. Weak anyway.
-On the good side , form is solid , got much better at keeping weight mid/back foot and leaning less.

DB LUNGES MATRIX ( front-back ):
Bored+tired , skipped  

STANDING CALVE RAISES:
1x15@187 lbs ( -11lbs )
1x15@198 lbs ( same )
1x15@198 lbs ( +3 reps )

FWIW , i vote for sticking with RDLs too:
Full deadlifts are a 'better' exercise as it has deeper ROM and stimulates more muscles, but you already have that covered with your deep squats. I don't know how much you can stimulate your hamstrings with your squats , but for me RDLs are an excellent choice to keep the squat-caused quadzillas balanced. In deadlifts you go too heavy and that may cause form and muscle targeting alterations ( using more lower back etc ), RDLs have a  much more strict form and muscle targeting inherently.
I am with raptor , keep RDLs in using higher reps , sth like 3x6-8. You might need straps though as they get too heavy , i am currently limited by my grip strength in RDLs.
About ROM , it's easy to track using how low you go beyond knees, shouldn't be more than a couple of inches anyway so keep your form tight , keep the reversing point steady and there you are.
About setup , i use something different than you: i load the bar at the ground , make the 1st rep a regular deadlift and then carry on with the RDL reps , very easy and convenient.
Just my 2 cents.

^
Generally speaking, reading X's and Y's personal experience is nice and getting  some ideas/guidelines from people that have been training for years is great , but using them to setup your training is wrong.
You should take a trusted coach's experience that has read some books and trained 500 Xs and 400 Ys.
Profession/specialty vs broscience , choose wisely.
Cheers.

^ lmao , dickhead!  

Quote from: Raptor on March 20, 2012, 01:43:37 pm

I have gone 4 months straight without deloading before. Never felt the need to. When it's the time to deload you'll know it.

I think thats what he meant.

Yeah , i thought so too , just wanted to mess with him. 

On a serious note , i don't like arguments like that "i haven't deloaded for 4 months". So what? Someone asked for advice on deloading , we should give him legit advice and not pull-out-of-my-ass-broscience shit.
That article about overreaching/overtraining that LBSS posted was right on spot.

Some very useful stuff ( with overlap with LBSS's reference ) here :
http://www.higher-faster-sports.com/PlannedOvertraining.html

I haven't deloaded for 4 months straight. Never felt the need to. When it's the time to deload you'll know it.

http://www.adarq.org/forum/progress-journals-experimental-routines/raptor%27s-strength-power-journal/msg66268/#msg66268

I don't know. I'm going to take a full week out. I don't care if I detrain. Just give some rest to my bones/articulations etc. And overall rest, I could be a bit overtrained.