May 24

You set nine all-time PRs this week, with the standout being Rogers Squat at 250 lbs × 10 (up 60 lbs from your prior 4-week best) — that's a massive jump alongside strong leg press and calf raise gains, showing your lower body is responding well to this phase. Upper body kept pace too: Smith bench hit 160 × 12 (+20 lbs), shoulder press nudged up, and single-arm lat pulldown progressed, though back volume dropped 28% and shoulders dropped 49% week-over-week — worth checking with Jeff whether that's rotation-by-design or if those groups need more attention next week. ACWR at 0.97 is right in the sweet spot, total volume dipped ~6% but that's trivially offset by the load progressions, and recovery held steady across the board — clean week. Nutrition was dialed in at 2,950 kcal and 288g protein against your ~2,884/280g targets, so compliance is tight; just keep an eye on hitting your fiber and potassium floors since those tend to be the ones that quietly slip.

You set 20 all-time PRs this month across every muscle group, which is the headline. The leg progression stands out — Leg Press climbed from 200 to 250×20, Rogers Hip Press to 290×20, Rogers Squat to 190×8, and Seated Leg Curl to 145×18, all previous bests smashed by meaningful margins. Upper body kept pace: Chin Up hit 210×14, Triceps Dip 215×14, Incline Bench 180×12, and curls jumped substantially (EZ Bar from 40 to 60×14, Preacher Curl from 50 to 70×13). The few lifts that showed flat week-over-week progression — Rack Pull (365×9, holding), Lat Pulldown (75×13), Seated Shoulder Press (100×12) — are still sitting at all-time bests, so "stalled" is generous; they're consolidating at new ceilings. Total training volume jumped 19% on the same 13-session count, meaning intensity per session drove the gain, not extra work — exactly what DoggCrapp programming should produce. Muscle group frequency was balanced at 6–7 sessions each across the month, and nutrition compliance was tight: 2,912 kcal against a ~2,884 target with 286g protein against a 280g goal on 30/30 days logged, which is about as clean as it gets.

Resting HR dropping from 73.3 to 70.9 bpm is the most reliable recovery signal here and suggests your cardiovascular system is adapting well to the load increase, not falling behind it. The forward-looking item worth watching is whether the Rack Pull, Lat Pulldown, and Seated Shoulder Press can break through next month — those three are the only movements that didn't show clear upward week-over-week trajectories, and given your back and shoulder frequency is already at 7 days, the lever to pull is probably intensity technique (rest-pause extension, a small load bump with rep target reset) rather than more volume or frequency.