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

[TheJimi]

True dat...

[Burwood]

ORD said:

105kg for 6 is damn impressive for a woman.

being out squared by a chic

[ORD]

Burwood said:

being out squared by a chic

Except he's a guy and I am an idiot, it turns out.

[TheJimi]

I think we can all agree that 6 x 105kg @ 66kg BW, regardless of gender, is good lifting.

[gregs656]

ORD said:

I thought Romeogolf was our (one and only?) female poster on here? If he’s not, my bad!

Fair enough. This thread is usually pretty positive so I probably should have figured out it was an honest mistake.

[ORD]

TheJimi said:

I think we can all agree that 6 x 105kg @ 66kg BW, regardless of gender, is good lifting.

Defo. About equivalent to a 120-125kg max or so? Pretty close to double BW. I am a long way off double BW.

[smiffy180]

I did Bodyweight dips tonight, the first time since March last year
https://www.instagram.com/p/BltVb5IDy2G/?utm_sourc...

Also managed 38kg x11 incline and flat dumbbell "Pb's"
Nowhere near where I was but a step forward, especially while dieting

[ORD]

smiffy180 said:

I did Bodyweight dips tonight, the first time since March last year
https://www.instagram.com/p/BltVb5IDy2G/?utm_sourc...

Also managed 38kg x11 incline and flat dumbbell "Pb's"
Nowhere near where I was but a step forward, especially while dieting

Well done, Ben.

You’ve done yourself a massive favour by taking it slow and will be back to full strength soon enough.

[smiffy180]

ORD said:

Well done, Ben.

You’ve done yourself a massive favour by taking it slow and will be back to full strength soon enough.

Cheers.
I've taken it possibly too slow but that mental barrier has been stopping me for so long I've just gone fk it tonight.
The gym needs some heavier dumbbells now so I can progress

[popeyewhite]

smiffy180 said:

I've taken it possibly too slow

No such thing if you're serious about your training.

[smiffy180]

popeyewhite said:

No such thing if you're serious about your training.

I've watched people hit bigger numbers quicker who were weaker than I was.
Just using that as a guide line, I've no idea where I should be 15 months down the line.

[romeogolf]

gregs656 said:

ORD said:

I thought Romeogolf was our (one and only?) female poster on here? If he’s not, my bad!

Fair enough. This thread is usually pretty positive so I probably should have figured out it was an honest mistake.

Haha! Curious now to know what made you think I was a woman?

I'm gay so may have referred somewhere to my partner as 'he' but not sure that would have been in this thread.

[ORD]

romeogolf said:

Haha! Curious now to know what made you think I was a woman?

I'm gay so may have referred somewhere to my partner as 'he' but not sure that would have been in this thread.

Absolutely no idea. I don’t think it was that you’d mentioned a male partner, but who knows? Sorry again.
More importantly, you’ve got a double BW squat to chase down. I reckon you’re 7-10 kg off, assuming you know how to grind out a heavy single.
Double BW for me would be 172kg and I’m about 17kg away...but have been for ages. I don’t think my estimated 1RM has improved more than 10kg in the last year. Squats suck once you get close to double BW, unless you’re very short and/or very jacked.

[romeogolf]

ORD said:

Absolutely no idea. I don’t think it was that you’d mentioned a male partner, but who knows? Sorry again.
More importantly, you’ve got a double BW squat to chase down. I reckon you’re 7-10 kg off, assuming you know how to grind out a heavy single.
Double BW for me would be 172kg and I’m about 17kg away...but have been for ages. I don’t think my estimated 1RM has improved more than 10kg in the last year. Squats suck once you get close to double BW, unless you’re very short and/or very jacked.

Now I know why you said it it's fine - Although at first I did think you were being a bit of a dick ;-)

130kg seems a long way off. The increase from 20kg to 80kg was understandably fast, but every 10kg from there feels like it's taken 3 to 4 weeks of thrice-weekly lifting and the final 5kg from 100 to 105 has taken at least 3 weeks to do properly without my legs shaking like one of those collapsing giraffe toys.

Next week I'll start 110kg and see how long it takes to get to a decent set of 5.

[ORD]

romeogolf said:

Now I know why you said it it's fine - Although at first I did think you were being a bit of a dick ;-)

130kg seems a long way off. The increase from 20kg to 80kg was understandably fast, but every 10kg from there feels like it's taken 3 to 4 weeks of thrice-weekly lifting and the final 5kg from 100 to 105 has taken at least 3 weeks to do properly without my legs shaking like one of those collapsing giraffe toys.

Next week I'll start 110kg and see how long it takes to get to a decent set of 5.

You would probably be better off using a smaller jump - going to 107.5 rather than 110. 5 kg is quite a big jump once you are into very heavy 5 rep sets (at least in my experience).

[didelydoo]

Push>

Pause Bench: 150kg x 6, partial reps- 100kg xF
Cable fly: 6 sets F
Standing DB shoulder press: 3 sets F
Tri pushdown: 6 sets F (varied grips)
Delt stuff, BD & BB: 7 sets


Didn't eat much at all yesterday, hungover.... but that was ok.

This 'bulking' block has been an odd one..... start weight approx.103/4kgs, finish weight approx. 103/4kg It's been sprinkled with mini cuts here and there, but my body composition is very different to when I started. Way leaner & stronger too. Strength has been a major focus.
So whilst the bulk hasn't made me heavier, it's definitely put on muscle, and I look bigger despite weighing the same. (Recent pic on my insta illustrate)

All in all, pretty happy with results. 1 more week, then I've a holiday.

[popeyewhite]

smiffy180 said:

popeyewhite said:

No such thing if you're serious about your training.

I've watched people hit bigger numbers quicker who were weaker than I was.
Just using that as a guide line, I've no idea where I should be 15 months down the line.

I know it's a cliche but muscles can't read numbers. If you're progressing after injury you're doing fine, don't use others' progress as a guide. What you should be aiming for after surgery like yours is to hit the same weights and level of improvement as pre-op. This is rare in cases like yours so it will be a a major achievement just to get to that point.

[smiffy180]

popeyewhite said:

I know it's a cliche but muscles can't read numbers. If you're progressing after injury you're doing fine, don't use others' progress as a guide. What you should be aiming for after surgery like yours is to hit the same weights and level of improvement as pre-op. This is rare in cases like yours so it will be a a major achievement just to get to that point.

I get what you mean.
I don't think bench will ever be as big but I don't really bench anyway, prefer dumbbells.
Once the diet is over, I'm doing a 8 week hypertrophy phase to gain some size back then back onto strength training.
Just debating where to stop dieting, I don't want to cut it too close to a competition I have in mind which varies from Feb to May when they host it...

Got a coach too who knows me well and my accident so we'll see how good his knowledge is and what we can achieve

[didelydoo]

smiffy180 said:

I get what you mean.
I don't think bench will ever be as big but I don't really bench anyway, prefer dumbbells.
Once the diet is over, I'm doing a 8 week hypertrophy phase to gain some size back then back onto strength training.
Just debating where to stop dieting, I don't want to cut it too close to a competition I have in mind which varies from Feb to May when they host it...

Got a coach too who knows me well and my accident so we'll see how good his knowledge is and what we can achieve

Who's coaching you Ben?

[romeogolf]

ORD said:

You would probably be better off using a smaller jump - going to 107.5 rather than 110. 5 kg is quite a big jump once you are into very heavy 5 rep sets (at least in my experience).

Ideally I would, but the gym I go to doesn't have very many 1.25kg plates, but loads of 2.5kgs.