What training are you doing/have you done today? (Vol.3)

[ORD]

Behind the neck push press with a dodgy grip. In a very fatigued state. Hard to programme something more likely to cause injury to the shoulders or cervical spine.

Nothing wrong with barbell complexes, but literally no thought seems to be given to safety.

[Animal]

ORD said:

smiffy180 said:

270kg deadlift
https://www.instagram.com/p/BjxtRBMhaPP/?utm_sourc...

It didn't even feel taxing at all.

I love that video for two reasons.

First, it’s a very nicely grooved lift. It felt smooth and easy because your hip height and back angle were exactly right for your shape. Nailed it.

Second, you’re casually pulling 270 kg while, in the background, there’s the usual assortment of people messing about on phones, bench pressing and doing bad form pull ups. Classic gym scene.

I could barely watch it. Jealousy aside (and there is quite a lot, along with quite a bit of admiration), how can anyone deadlift without protecting their shins?! The horror!

Actually, maybe I'm just a big jessie?

[TheJimi]

I've never bothered with shin protectors. I'll sometimes rub a little vaseline onto my shin but apart from that... *shrug*

[Halb]

I've never bothered. sometimes at home I might notice a bit of blood on my shin, but nothing too bad. I think the hairs help.

[hyphen]

Trapbar deadlifts wouldn't affect shins.

Are they 'as good' as barbell lifts though?

[TheJimi]

Different movement. Not better or worse, per-se, just different.

[smiffy180]

Animal said:

I could barely watch it. Jealousy aside (and there is quite a lot, along with quite a bit of admiration), how can anyone deadlift without protecting their shins?! The horror!

Actually, maybe I'm just a big jessie?

I don't think I've ever cut myself on shins from a barbell, although the knurling I've used isn't that sharp compared to a new Texas or similar.

Talc powder helps though as an alternative if the gym doesn't mind hah!

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Friday I'm digging out the deadlift suit, have a go with 330kg which is 90% of where I want to be right now (but most likely not) just to see where I'm at then a week Sunday I'm guest lifting at a strongman competition right down south in Kernow I think it is.
Treating it as a heavy events session and enjoying myself while making up numbers because loads dropped out!

[ORD]

TheJimi said:

Different movement. Not better or worse, per-se, just different.

Agreed. Not as different as the typical gym bro would have it (still very much a deadlift motion), but still different enough to prevent 100% carryover.

[ORD]

Deadlift today.
DL: 5 x 152.5kg
Grip started to loosen on the 4th rep so I used straps for the 5th. Otherwise, fine but not feeling strong.

OHP: 3 x 5 @ 60 kg
Quite easy.

Front squats: 2 x 8 @ 85kg
Anyone else find it hard to breathe properly? I’m sure I’m doing something wrong!

Pull ups (+27.5kg): 3,3,2,2,1
Messing about with these - shortish rest and heavy weight. Nothing seems to work for me on pull ups, so I am just doing whatever I feel like.

[knk]

Squats 155
Rows 77.5
OHP 67.5

Some curls and tri pushdowns, and the some sit-ups.
Exhausted! And we have PT tomorrow morning.

[Haddock82]

After a loooooong period of inactivity I have started up fitness classes

I used to work in a very physical job so fitness was never a problem, eat what you like, drink what you like safe in the knowledge that tomorrow you'll burn it all off again and probably some more.

Switch to 7 years in an office job and you soon realise that sitting on your ar@e all day and the pounds soon pile on!

I went from around 12 stone (75ish kg) up to now just under 15 (94ish kg), (pretty much all on my fat belly! Thanks beer!), I decided screw it I don't care how much of a fat sweaty idiot I look I'm doing some classes!

I despise running, besides I have bad knees from previously playing football, and I've never really gotten on with swimming as I find it boring and end up not pushing myself

I spotted a local class run in small groups (Max 8 people) and I'm into week 2 so far

Tuesdays is Boxercise which is bloody knackering and good cardio (1 hour long, 15 min(ish) sessions with ab crunches in between )

Thursday is weird suspension training, (My wife & I call it my secret weird bondage class!), Using your own body weight to perform a sequence of movements. Surprisingly knackering! If not full out running hard fast cardio, it certainly works the core and legs and you are sweating away before you know it!

I think it helps the other people going along are also of mixed ability so I'm not always the main fatty in the room!

I've been enjoying it so far, well enjoying it is not really the right terms as its hard work and knackering! But I'm finding it much better than doing something on my own as I just wouldn't have the motivation!

Also cut out the booze during the week (despite the stress & hell of work!) and hopefully will see some pounds coming off over the next few months.

[knk]

Farmer's carries
Yoke carries
Prowler pushes

all before breakfast

[gregs656]

Did my last RR session in the UK for a little while last night. Felt strong.

Rings are in my luggage so should be able to hit the ground running although I will have to get creative with leg stuff until I am settled.

[ORD]

Upper body today.

Bench: 107.5 kg x 4,5,5

Paused bench: 3 x 100 kg (very easy - could have got 5 reps).

T-bar rows: 8 x 90 kg (plus loads of lighter sets)

Face pulls and overhead extensions: 15 x 10 kg; 10 x 20 kg; 8 x 25 kg

[ORD]

Question about my crappy first set on bench press today (only got 4 reps). The 4th rep was slow, and I tried damn hard to grind out the 5th rep but just couldn't. By contrast, the 2nd set was easy - I could maybe have got 6 reps. And even the 3rd set was OK - the 5th rep was slow but never in doubt.

Does anyone else get this - the first heavy set is crazy hard? I get it all the time on bench, but never squat or even OHP. Perhaps I should go for a heavy single as my last warm up set (above the working weight), just to get my CNS to wake the fk up!

[Neil Chambers]

Hi all,

Neil Chambers here.

Back to my bulking routine this week. I’ve been slacking off recently while I was away with work however I’m back on it.

Today was back and traps I believe, rows and cable work etc.

Cheers,

Neil Chambers

[smiffy180]

ORD said:

Question about my crappy first set on bench press today (only got 4 reps). The 4th rep was slow, and I tried damn hard to grind out the 5th rep but just couldn't. By contrast, the 2nd set was easy - I could maybe have got 6 reps. And even the 3rd set was OK - the 5th rep was slow but never in doubt.

Does anyone else get this - the first heavy set is crazy hard? I get it all the time on bench, but never squat or even OHP. Perhaps I should go for a heavy single as my last warm up set (above the working weight), just to get my CNS to wake the fk up!

Have a Google of over warm set, may be of benefit.
But also was form the same each time?
And breathing/bracing.
It might be the first set you didn't quite set up correctly and subliminally set up different the next?

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260kg suited deadlift tonight just to get a feeler of the suit as it's been 18 months ish.
Also did some box jumps, turns out I can jump high for 143kg : laugh:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bj-ildmhSAa/?utm_sourc...

[ORD]

Thanks, Ben. To be honest, I thought my form was better on the first set - I kept tighter and rowed the bar more. Maybe, in trying to keep super tight, I slowed the descent slightly too much and tired myself out. I’ll experiment with speed of descent. Certainly don’t want to lose any tightness, as I believe the tension on the eccentric protects the shoulder at the transition to the lifting phase.

[didelydoo]

ORD said:

Thanks, Ben. To be honest, I thought my form was better on the first set - I kept tighter and rowed the bar more. Maybe, in trying to keep super tight, I slowed the descent slightly too much and tired myself out. I’ll experiment with speed of descent. Certainly don’t want to lose any tightness, as I believe the tension on the eccentric protects the shoulder at the transition to the lifting phase.

The first heavy set tends to activate the muscles the most- so usually the second is easier, because the muscles are fully activated. I get the same thing- first working set feels worst- way round it is to do a slow, controlled single with an explosive finish at the working weight, before the first 'set' of it, or so a single/double at a heavier weight first.

[smiffy180]

150kg axle overhead press
https://www.instagram.com/p/BkBGcxDhwty/?utm_sourc...

It's coming back slowly, even on a diet!