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| LessThanLuke |  | ... | 05-11-2012 @ 23:11 |
 his poor male ego must be crushed Member 883, 6251 posts SQ 290, BP 180, DL 420890.0 kgs @ 105kgs UnEq | Very nice training as of late mate. Always good to ee another welsh guy on here  | ||
| ystradboy79 | | ... | 05-11-2012 @ 23:26 |
 Chris 'The Magician' Melling Member 1443, 978 posts SQ 270, BP 180, DL 320770.0 kgs @ 135kgs UnEq | LessThanLuke said:Very nice training as of late mate. Always good to ee another welsh guy on here Cheers mate  Starting to come together again now which is nice , just had a nose at your journal , strong fairplay , see you train with Pete hodgson , he beat me on deads by 1 rep in my 2nd comp and it still haunts me , goal in life now is to beat him in a comp Nice guy too fairplay | ||
| ystradboy79 | | ... | 06-11-2012 @ 22:00 |
Chris 'The Magician' Melling Member 1443, 978 posts SQ 270, BP 180, DL 320770.0 kgs @ 135kgs UnEq | 6/11/2012 Overheads Somebody in the rack when I got to the gym so started off with seated barbell press for a change ,this was done sat on the bench so no back support , nicely surprised how strong my core felt , all the swiss ball work and planks have obviously paid dividends Seated press 5 mins warmup/stretching Bar x 20 60k x 10 60k x 10 70k x 6 80k x 4 80k x 4 Pushpress from rack 60k x 10 60k x 10 80k x 4 100k x 4 110k x 1 115k x 1 120k Fail 100k x 4 60k x 10 60k x 10 wide grip 60k x 10 wide grip Done - Great session , 120k was painfully close , felt really strong on the unrack and walkout but delts were a bit fried from the previous sets , confident I can hit this as a single now with light warm ups , the wide grip sets to finish were done to get the bar sitting across my delts rather than in my hands as per usual , will be front squatting with same grip and weight thursday with the aim being to increase weight every week so as to improve my wrist flexibility , was talking to a local former weightlifter last week who gave me loads of pointers in getting my overheads up so really excited to put it all into practice and see where I can get | ||
| ystradboy79 | | ... | 08-11-2012 @ 23:16 |
Chris 'The Magician' Melling Member 1443, 978 posts SQ 270, BP 180, DL 320770.0 kgs @ 135kgs UnEq | 8/11/2012 squats After last weeks session I didnt intend to max out till the end of the month but ive had an awesome week training , feel like my strength is coming back all in one big lump after months of feeling average , whilst I am still wary of rushing things Ive decided to make hay while the shines and push on , whats the worst that could happen eh Squats in rack ( Thor knee sleeves on ) 5 mins warmup/stretching 60k x 10 60k x 10 100k x 4 140k x 4 180k x 2 200k x 2 Sleeves off and Thor wraps on 210k x 1 - had a spot for this ,spotter thought it was just above depth 220k x 1 - High , almost there but felt strong so will get it next time Wraps off and sleeves back on 180k x 4 - easy and all deep 140k x 10 - weight was easy but gassed out after last rep - need to get fit lol Front squat with weightlifting grip 60k x 6 60k x 6 60k x 6 Done , happy again , back felt solid throughout. I dont normally have a spotter so I think thats why I was a little high on the 2 heavy sets , last guy who spotted me on a heavy lift actually pulled me backwards with the bar , think he was trying to curl 200k off my back Confident that I can hit depth with 220k though so all good and def more there , the fronties with forward grip went quite well , had to use a really wide grip but all fingers were on the bar so should be able to pull it in , felt strange looking up and not straight ahead and my balance went a couple of times but better than I was expecting for first time , gonna go up 10k a week as the weights not an issue just the technique atm , good session all round , gonna sleep well tonight | ||
| PeteHodgson | | ... | 12-11-2012 @ 10:21 |
 Has little understanding of the sugden Member 677, 11338 posts SQ 165, BP 125, DL 220510.0 kgs @ 80kgs UnEq | ystradboy79 said: Cheers mate Starting to come together again now which is nice , just had a nose at your journal , strong fairplay , see you train with Pete hodgson , he beat me on deads by 1 rep in my 2nd comp and it still haunts me , goal in life now is to beat him in a comp Nice guy too fairplaylol! Chances of you beating me in a comp are very slim mate! because I don't know if i'll compete again! lol BUT, you would kick my ass!! I've gone a fair bit weaker to be honest, maybe partly due to dieting a bit. Keeping my eye on this journal though, nice training going on. And you probably beat me on the other events in that comp anyway, I can't remember everything but I only got 2 or 3 reps on log and was s**t at the hold and fingals finger. I did ok on stones though I think. In fact I think that was my last comp. | ||
| ystradboy79 | | ... | 12-11-2012 @ 10:47 |
Chris 'The Magician' Melling Member 1443, 978 posts SQ 270, BP 180, DL 320770.0 kgs @ 135kgs UnEq | PeteHodgson said: lol! Chances of you beating me in a comp are very slim mate! because I don't know if i'll compete again! lol BUT, you would kick my ass!! I've gone a fair bit weaker to be honest, maybe partly due to dieting a bit. Keeping my eye on this journal though, nice training going on. And you probably beat me on the other events in that comp anyway, I can't remember everything but I only got 2 or 3 reps on log and was s**t at the hold and fingals finger. I did ok on stones though I think. In fact I think that was my last comp. Just had a look back and we were really close all day , tied on log and finger , you beat me on stones and deads and I beat you on the hold - I beat you by half a point overall but you were shortchanged on the deads , given 9 when you should have had 10 which would have tied with scott for first and given you an extra point overall - reckon we call it a draw Hope you do compete again mate , the way you ground them deads out was impressive fairplay , steel back! | ||
| PeteHodgson | | ... | 12-11-2012 @ 10:51 |
Has little understanding of the sugden Member 677, 11338 posts SQ 165, BP 125, DL 220510.0 kgs @ 80kgs UnEq | ystradboy79 said: Just had a look back and we were really close all day , tied on log and finger , you beat me on stones and deads and I beat you on the hold - I beat you by half a point overall but you were shortchanged on the deads , given 9 when you should have had 10 which would have tied with scott for first and given you an extra point overall - reckon we call it a draw Hope you do compete again mate , the way you ground them deads out was impressive fairplay , steel back! Cool, very close. the steel back has gone though! Was a great fun comp. | ||
| richieallen | | ... | 12-11-2012 @ 19:37 |
 Member 1381, 1240 posts SQ 280, BP 165, DL 317.5762.5 kgs @ 105kgs UnEq | nice journal bud... i will keep an eye on it. are you doin the welsh open next year? | ||
| ystradboy79 | | ... | 13-11-2012 @ 15:54 |
Chris 'The Magician' Melling Member 1443, 978 posts SQ 270, BP 180, DL 320770.0 kgs @ 135kgs UnEq | richieallen said:nice journal bud... i will keep an eye on it. are you doin the welsh open next year? Cheers Richie Yeah thats the plan mate , was all set to do it last year but with my disc popping in feb theres no way I could have done a heavy open so soon , the junction inters comp was all about seeing if my back could take the strain of competing again lol , back is is in an better state now than ever so getting excited for next year | ||
| richieallen | | ... | 13-11-2012 @ 18:17 |
Member 1381, 1240 posts SQ 280, BP 165, DL 317.5762.5 kgs @ 105kgs UnEq | ystradboy79 said: Cheers Richie Yeah thats the plan mate , was all set to do it last year but with my disc popping in feb theres no way I could have done a heavy open so soon , the junction inters comp was all about seeing if my back could take the strain of competing again lol , back is is in an better state now than ever so getting excited for next year it was a good day bud and a pleasure to have met ya..will have a catch up at the welsh..... | ||
| ystradboy79 | | ... | 13-11-2012 @ 22:39 |
Chris 'The Magician' Melling Member 1443, 978 posts SQ 270, BP 180, DL 320770.0 kgs @ 135kgs UnEq | richieallen said: it was a good day bud and a pleasure to have met ya..will have a catch up at the welsh..... Look forward to it mate | ||
| ystradboy79 | | ... | 13-11-2012 @ 22:59 |
Chris 'The Magician' Melling Member 1443, 978 posts SQ 270, BP 180, DL 320770.0 kgs @ 135kgs UnEq | 13/11/2012 Deadlifts Normally do deads on a monday but my cars been in the garage having the wheel bearing done since friday and I didnt fancy a 2 mile walk in the rain before training , got the car back today which was nice only to find the other side now needs doing - not so nice , so head was a bit fried before I even started tonight and it showed in the session , no real drive just going through the motions  Deads 10 mins warmup/stretching 60k x 10 60k x 10 100k x 6 Feeling really tight in a bad way , no cramps but uncomfortable 100k x 6 140k x 4 180k x 4 Still tight and no punch to my leg drive 220k x 2 260k x 2 Really tough all the way through , 2nd rep better but still a struggle 220k x 4 180k x 10 Called it a night , felt really down leaving the gym but had a think since I got home , Ive done a load of walking the last few days with the car being laid up and ive felt it in my calfs and shins , reasoned that the lack of leg drive and tightness in my back is also down to this , added to my brain being in overdrive about the car needing more work and the gym being dead (just me the last 30 mins) it prob wasnt ever going to be a great session so gonna write it off and move on , onwards and upwards | ||
| ystradboy79 | | ... | 14-11-2012 @ 23:07 |
Chris 'The Magician' Melling Member 1443, 978 posts SQ 270, BP 180, DL 320770.0 kgs @ 135kgs UnEq | 14/11/2012 Overhead session After last nights poor sess I wanted to make sure I had a good one tonight , had my food nice and early , watched a few pressing vids and chilled out for an hour before I left the house , felt really positive and switched on , happy days Strict barbell press in the rack 5 mins warmup/stretching 60k x 10 60k x 10 80k x 6 90k x 4 Pushpress in rack 60k x 10 60k x 10 80k x 4 100k x 2 110k x 1 120k x 1 pb 110k x 2 100k x 4 Pushpress with bar sitting on delts , slightly wider grip 65k x 4 65k x 4 65k x 4 Happy as a pig in s**te , finally got the 120 pp up , I know its not a lot compared to a lot of people on sugden but overhead has been a big weakness for me so Im just happy its starting to come together , the oly style PP felt really good tonight , wrists seem to have loosened up after just a week of doing these and fronties with the same grip on leg day , the difference with the bar sitting on my delts is staggering , I didnt appreciate quite how much power was being lost by having the bar in my hands as opposed to tight on my delts , the weight is almost at lockout before I have to press , gonna keep increasing the weight on these @ 5kg a week as I get used to the technique , 140 is the next PP goal .........by christmas???? | ||
| phil1983 | | ... | 15-11-2012 @ 17:49 |
 Member 2271, 337 posts SQ 260, BP 220, DL 290770.0 kgs @ 95kgs UnEq | nice pb on the push press mate.....solid improvements on your shoulder strength.....keep it up n& you shouild be where u wanna be by the welsh next year now.....we have a shoulder or upper body session soon now......cant do lot for legs or back nat mo till injuries recover fully...so frustrating!lol! | ||
| ystradboy79 | | ... | 15-11-2012 @ 19:27 |
Chris 'The Magician' Melling Member 1443, 978 posts SQ 270, BP 180, DL 320770.0 kgs @ 135kgs UnEq | phil1983 said:nice pb on the push press mate.....solid improvements on your shoulder strength.....keep it up n& you shouild be where u wanna be by the welsh next year now.....we have a shoulder or upper body session soon now......cant do lot for legs or back nat mo till injuries recover fully...so frustrating!lol! Cheers Phil mate , its coming together now ,yeah be good to have a session , looking forward to the Welsh fairplay , not expecting to much just want to be competitive and hold my own | ||