Carls Powerlifting Journal

It's just not as much fun as man vs iron .

did someone touch you in a special place in the scrum?

no but i did catch a shoulder to the eye

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http://img407.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00073iu6.jpg theres the link if the pic doesnt show

Training

today i went for 140 bench
failed quite miserably, got it off the chest, but that was about it lol, failed about 1/5th of the way up

it went something like this

60kgx8

85kgx3

100kgx3

120kgx1 Fast as hell!!

140kgxf

ahwell atleast i know what it feels like

40kgDB incline

9,7


Dips

9, yes 9!!!!! then 6 all at 121 bodyweight


Pushdowns

45kg straight bar, 10

50kg v bar, 8


another great session

phil was doing 8's with 130!!!

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my eye seems to be getting worse....

Doh! you look like a zombie off land of the dead!

my face still hurts

Training

light pulldowns to warm up

then chins 3,3,3,3,3

BO Row

60kgx8

100kgx1

80kgx 6,8,10

Pulldown

120kgx4

100kgx6

85kgx8


and i was out of there

squats

60kgx8

80kgx5

100kgx5

120kgx3,3,3

on the 120kg, 2 sets i did 4 or 5, but phil only counted theones which were deeeeep, whih was a bit of a pain., but its all good

Front squats

80kg 6,6

Calf Raises

210kg 10,10

There is only one way to squat and that is DEEP!!! I wouldn't have counted the high ones either.

they werent that high, they were paralell at the highest

but high squats are my biggest problem at the moment so once its sorted (and hopefully my weight goes up) i will be a mre rounded p/l'er

first comp will more than likely be on 25th of august in cornwall, BDFPA single lift comp, i will be entering u/e bench and deadlift (there not doing squats)

the only reason it wont be is if my dad has to take my step grandparents back to morecombe

Extra stuff

Power Snatch

20kg x loads

40kgx3,3,3

50kgx3,3,3

just wanted to try them really, i would imagine my form was cerrrrrrrap

BW hangs

20 secs

20 secs

17 secs

get to 3x20 seconds and i will add 10kg

the chin bar is quite thick, and rubber coated so grip on it is poor, so out of interest i tried chins on the smith machine with the bar at the highest thing, and got 5 easy reps, which was pleasing

Shoulders and biceps tomorrow

seated Military press

60kgx8

80kgx5

70kgx7,8

Bicep Curls

40kgx13

50kgx6

Cardio

2500m row 10 min

10 min brisk walk

10 min bike

227.5kg deadlift now

200 wasnt as easy as i expected which is why i went for 227 rather than 230

215 was better

227.5 was my best rep lol

227.5 wasnt hitched either which is awesome

went like this

60kgx8

100kgx5

140kgx3

180kgx3

Belt On

200kgx1 hitched

Legs talced + salts

215kgx1 slightly hitched

227.5kgx1 loverly


Side bends, 40kg 12 each side

weighted crunches, 10kgx3, then dropped the weight and did 17 more

Leg raises 23,20



looooooverly

Well done on the 500lbs mate - huge milestone!

it is mate, cheers

Good work mate, great milestone.

Next up: 250