What training are you doing/have done today?
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AnonSpoilSport said:
Yes. Also moved one that was idiot parked too close to mine in a multi-storey once; bet he/she was a tad confused on return. Next?
Please can we talk about how much we've curled next?
I curl 50l beer kegs then drink the bastid- at my daughters birthday party i use hot water bottle 'mouth blown'Please can we talk about how much we've curled next?
burwoodman said:
AnonSpoilSport said:
Yes. Also moved one that was idiot parked too close to mine in a multi-storey once; bet he/she was a tad confused on return. Next?
Please can we talk about how much we've curled next?
I curl 50l beer kegs then drink the bastid- at my daughters birthday party i use hot water bottle 'mouth blown'Please can we talk about how much we've curled next?
5 mins running then 1 x 30 minute absolutely non-stop round of bag work; mix of technique drills, repeats of particular punches/combinations, hand speed work, volume punches etc., changing on beeps from interval timer and then ended with 2 mins of out-and-out power shots - to see if/make sure I can still hit hard when tired.
AnonSpoilSport said:
TheBALDpuma said:
didelydoo said:
burwoodman said:
Ahh but they don't train for reps and no one is talking about clean and jerk etc. When you can manage a bench at 1.95X your body weight you can talk to me about effort 
Cool beans bro, I wish I could bench that much.Happy with todays efforts. I put a whole in my swollen nail and it was a million times better today but kept to no pulling as I didn't want to aggrivate it with grip stuff so...
Squats
1 x 3 at 180kg
1 x 3 at 190kg
1 x 3 at 200kg - Pb! Chuffed with this. Should comfy be able to beat my previous 1RM.
Then did squats off the drop bars, starting at silly depth and going up a nothc and increasing thr weight up to about 1/3rd squats with 270kg on the bar.
Bench press
2 x 3 at 125kg
1 x 2 at 130g
Chins
3 x 3 at 34kg
Squats
1 x 3 at 180kg
1 x 3 at 190kg
1 x 3 at 200kg - Pb! Chuffed with this. Should comfy be able to beat my previous 1RM.
Then did squats off the drop bars, starting at silly depth and going up a nothc and increasing thr weight up to about 1/3rd squats with 270kg on the bar.
Bench press
2 x 3 at 125kg
1 x 2 at 130g
Chins
3 x 3 at 34kg
TheBALDpuma said:
AnonSpoilSport said:
TheBALDpuma said:
didelydoo said:
burwoodman said:
Ahh but they don't train for reps and no one is talking about clean and jerk etc. When you can manage a bench at 1.95X your body weight you can talk to me about effort
Cool beans bro, I wish I could bench that much.torqueofthedevil said:
Anyone here follow mike mentzer's high intensity training? I wasn't sure about it when my mate started doing but been doing it for a few months now and it's very good.
Couldn't imaging ever going back to a "3 sets of 8" type workout plan now.
There are several better forms of HIT than mm in my experience - DC or the original Arthur Jones system that Mentzer "borrowed" if you must have a single-set-to-failure approach, or if you want something more try myoreps, or one of the many flavours of low-volume/high intensity RPT (my personal favourite)Couldn't imaging ever going back to a "3 sets of 8" type workout plan now.
Back into stronglifts 5x5...
Squat 62.5kg
Bench 45kg (fooking hard!)
Pendlay row 45kg (rushed as gym was closing, so not much rest between sets)
Feeling it in my elbow, suspect it's the triceps tendon attachment point. Thinking that my lifts have increased pretty far from an absolute zero base, quite quickly.
Thinking I may deload on everything by 20%, and spend some time allowing the tendons to catch up with the muscles, plus get a foam roller and work on my shoulder flexibility. Essentially use what I have attained as a foundation, and kick off from that platform to enable me to go further without injury.
What do you guys think?
Squat 62.5kg
Bench 45kg (fooking hard!)
Pendlay row 45kg (rushed as gym was closing, so not much rest between sets)
Feeling it in my elbow, suspect it's the triceps tendon attachment point. Thinking that my lifts have increased pretty far from an absolute zero base, quite quickly.
Thinking I may deload on everything by 20%, and spend some time allowing the tendons to catch up with the muscles, plus get a foam roller and work on my shoulder flexibility. Essentially use what I have attained as a foundation, and kick off from that platform to enable me to go further without injury.
What do you guys think?
Sway said:
Back into stronglifts 5x5...
Squat 62.5kg
Bench 45kg (fooking hard!)
Pendlay row 45kg (rushed as gym was closing, so not much rest between sets)
Feeling it in my elbow, suspect it's the triceps tendon attachment point. Thinking that my lifts have increased pretty far from an absolute zero base, quite quickly.
Thinking I may deload on everything by 20%, and spend some time allowing the tendons to catch up with the muscles, plus get a foam roller and work on my shoulder flexibility. Essentially use what I have attained as a foundation, and kick off from that platform to enable me to go further without injury.
What do you guys think?
Squeeze the bar on bench press as hard as you can. I realised I was far too relaxed and was getting elbow pain afterwards. As soon as I got my whole body tight, pressure on traps etc any pain disappeared and the weight felt far lighter. Two weeks ago, 40kg felt heavy with my crappy form and now 55kg feels quite comfortableSquat 62.5kg
Bench 45kg (fooking hard!)
Pendlay row 45kg (rushed as gym was closing, so not much rest between sets)
Feeling it in my elbow, suspect it's the triceps tendon attachment point. Thinking that my lifts have increased pretty far from an absolute zero base, quite quickly.
Thinking I may deload on everything by 20%, and spend some time allowing the tendons to catch up with the muscles, plus get a foam roller and work on my shoulder flexibility. Essentially use what I have attained as a foundation, and kick off from that platform to enable me to go further without injury.
What do you guys think?
Snatch, C&J, Front squats and stiff deads today. Good.
Sway- 90% sure the elbow pain you'll be getting will be from lowbar squats. Shoulder mobility & rack/hand position should be worked on. In the mean time, high rep (very light) DB bi curls should sort you out. (I may be wrong, but it's probably worth a try)
Sway- 90% sure the elbow pain you'll be getting will be from lowbar squats. Shoulder mobility & rack/hand position should be worked on. In the mean time, high rep (very light) DB bi curls should sort you out. (I may be wrong, but it's probably worth a try)
Royal Marine Friday
First 1.5 mile run: 10:32.
Second 1.5 mile run: 11:05.
No. of press-ups in 2 minutes: 50 - decline press ups with feet on bench.
No. of sit-ups in 2 minutes: 70 - 5kg plate on chest.
Pull-ups : 6
Last nights workout, really felt it, not sure if the degrade in my resistance stuff was due to the faster runs but down on everything. I say faster runs as went from 9.2mph to 9.5mph, managed a mile on the first run before having to slow down for a bit before speeding back up to 9.5, second run managed around 0.6 miles before having to slow down.
No run this morning as just want a break from running before my 1 rep max squats this afternoon, hoping my knees ok, I'll be annoyed if its not.
First 1.5 mile run: 10:32.
Second 1.5 mile run: 11:05.
No. of press-ups in 2 minutes: 50 - decline press ups with feet on bench.
No. of sit-ups in 2 minutes: 70 - 5kg plate on chest.
Pull-ups : 6
Last nights workout, really felt it, not sure if the degrade in my resistance stuff was due to the faster runs but down on everything. I say faster runs as went from 9.2mph to 9.5mph, managed a mile on the first run before having to slow down for a bit before speeding back up to 9.5, second run managed around 0.6 miles before having to slow down.
No run this morning as just want a break from running before my 1 rep max squats this afternoon, hoping my knees ok, I'll be annoyed if its not.
didelydoo said:
Snatch, C&J, Front squats and stiff deads today. Good.
Sway- 90% sure the elbow pain you'll be getting will be from lowbar squats. Shoulder mobility & rack/hand position should be worked on. In the mean time, high rep (very light) DB bi curls should sort you out. (I may be wrong, but it's probably worth a try)
Chaps, that makes sense. It's on the side I'm also feeling a very mild twinge in the front of my shoulder. Sway- 90% sure the elbow pain you'll be getting will be from lowbar squats. Shoulder mobility & rack/hand position should be worked on. In the mean time, high rep (very light) DB bi curls should sort you out. (I may be wrong, but it's probably worth a try)
Shoulder mobility it is!
1 rep max day for legs with a bit of IMPROVISATION lol.
Squats - 3 months ago, 1 rep max was 154kg.
8 x 60kg
5 x 100kg
1 x 140kg
Failed x 165kg
1 x 160kg
5 x 100kg
10 x 60kg
5 x 60kg - much lower than before, past parallel.
Sumo deadlifts - never done any of these before, thought I'd give them a try, definitely felt heavier than conventional but that's because I'm used to conventional deadlifts. Didnt feel as comfortable as kept having problems locking out at the top of the lift.
8 x 60kg
5 x 100kg
1 x 140kg
Dips - been a good few years since I've last done dips, last few reps of the last set felt a bit wobbly and not as stable as the first few reps of the last set.
3 x 10
With squats, one of the problems I seem to have with squats, and its my own making as I only go down to parallel, is if I go down past a certain point with a weight higher than a certain amount, I'm not getting the weight back up again as I'm weak a little past parallel. My question is, I'm thinking of bringing the weight right down from next week for squats and going further down than parallel and essentially starting again from scratch, this will remove this line that I can't past if I want to get back up, help with flexibility and should be much better...what are everyone's thoughts?
Squats - 3 months ago, 1 rep max was 154kg.
8 x 60kg
5 x 100kg
1 x 140kg
Failed x 165kg
1 x 160kg
5 x 100kg
10 x 60kg
5 x 60kg - much lower than before, past parallel.
Sumo deadlifts - never done any of these before, thought I'd give them a try, definitely felt heavier than conventional but that's because I'm used to conventional deadlifts. Didnt feel as comfortable as kept having problems locking out at the top of the lift.
8 x 60kg
5 x 100kg
1 x 140kg
Dips - been a good few years since I've last done dips, last few reps of the last set felt a bit wobbly and not as stable as the first few reps of the last set.
3 x 10
With squats, one of the problems I seem to have with squats, and its my own making as I only go down to parallel, is if I go down past a certain point with a weight higher than a certain amount, I'm not getting the weight back up again as I'm weak a little past parallel. My question is, I'm thinking of bringing the weight right down from next week for squats and going further down than parallel and essentially starting again from scratch, this will remove this line that I can't past if I want to get back up, help with flexibility and should be much better...what are everyone's thoughts?
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