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| nico |  | ... | 19-07-2010 @ 15:49 |
 just smoked Ed and Neil - EAT MY GOAL Member 120, 1583 posts | Nothing particular to update, but thought I would mention that I'm enjoying my training at the minute. As I mentioned a few posts ago, I have been training with my nephew and it is nice to have a bit of competition. He is just starting out, but getting stronger quickly. We've been doing a few challenges as finishers and it is fun to do with someone else. For example, I thought we would try 50 rep squats the other day. I had no idea what weight to use, so he went first with 20 and did 110 reps. I obviously had to beat this and so did 112 reps with 30. Now clearly this isn't earth-shattering (although 112 reps takes a while and had me breathing heavy), but it isn't something I would have done alone and it is god (at least for me) to get competitive now and again. Today we finished with dumbbell floor to overhead, 50 reps for time. I did a 15 kilo bell in about 2mins 51. He then did 11kg in 2m11. Obviously, I had to go again, so did the 11kg in 1m28 and sat down, feeling smug. He then went again, and did 1m18. SO I did 1m16.  Again, for me the point here wasn't actual weight or time, but pitting myself against someone. Alone, I would (maybe) have done my one set of 50 and been pleased with that, when actually I could have pushed it a lot harder. Anyway, Some sprints tomorrow, squat/deads.game of squash on wednesday | ||
| EDCLARKE | | ... | 19-07-2010 @ 20:13 |
 not particularly well educated Member 85, 11010 posts SQ 170, BP 130, DL 260560.0 kgs @ 90kgs UnEq | 112 reps crazy bas***d! glad you're enjoying training ,how's the squatting going? | ||
| tbench | | ... | 19-07-2010 @ 20:37 |
 addicted to bench press, needs help Member 80, 1384 posts SQ 175, BP 160, DL 240575.0 kgs @ 113kgs UnEq | EDCLARKE said:112 reps crazy bas***d! glad you're enjoying training ,how's the squatting going? x2 I had an asthma attack reading that Nico. | ||
| nico | | ... | 19-07-2010 @ 21:20 |
just smoked Ed and Neil - EAT MY GOAL Member 120, 1583 posts | Cheers fellas. Ed, squatting is going ok. I was squatting every day heavy for a couple of weeks, but it was starting to hurt my old bones. I'm currently squatting every five days or so, once heavy and once for reps. Wednesday I'll be doing a heavy five and then next Monday, I'll do reps (although not 112). I'll probably put 40 kilos on and see how many i can get. I need to have a pop at 100 for 20 again at some point. | ||
| nico | | ... | 29-07-2010 @ 15:10 |
just smoked Ed and Neil - EAT MY GOAL Member 120, 1583 posts | An enjoyable session today, in a masochistic sort of way. No targets hit, but I thought I'd write it up anyway. b Squat 130/5 100/11 50/52 Deads 120/14 A couple of sets of barbell complexes and we were done. I'm enjoying (again, if that is the right word) the high rep stuff. Once I've knocked off one of the targets, I might add in something stupid like 100 kilos for 100 reps in the squat | ||
| nico | | ... | 02-08-2010 @ 14:22 |
just smoked Ed and Neil - EAT MY GOAL Member 120, 1583 posts | I knew it was too good to last. I've hurt my ribs at the swimming pool and attempting to train today was very painful. | ||
| nico | | ... | 10-08-2010 @ 14:28 |
just smoked Ed and Neil - EAT MY GOAL Member 120, 1583 posts | Trained again today. I did some very light pressing. Getting into position was f**king uncomfortable, but actually pressing the (light) weight wasn't too bad. I managed to fall off a ladder this morning which didn't help either. It'll be 2-3 weeks before things are back to normal I think. | ||
| Lurkio | | ... | 10-08-2010 @ 14:44 |
 as deep as his fat little body will allow Member 265, 4173 posts SQ 222.5, BP 142.5, DL 235600.0 kgs @ 108kgs UnEq | disastrous mate | ||
| nico | | ... | 10-08-2010 @ 15:11 |
just smoked Ed and Neil - EAT MY GOAL Member 120, 1583 posts | Lurkio said:disastrous mate You're right Malc, things aren't looking brilliant at the minute. I'll just keep plugging away and do what I can. | ||
| Lurkio | | ... | 10-08-2010 @ 16:07 |
as deep as his fat little body will allow Member 265, 4173 posts SQ 222.5, BP 142.5, DL 235600.0 kgs @ 108kgs UnEq | Thats all we can do mate, its all in the hands of the lifting gods. | ||
| nico | | ... | 14-08-2010 @ 20:16 |
just smoked Ed and Neil - EAT MY GOAL Member 120, 1583 posts | After a painful bench session yesterday when 70 kilos felt like a max and left me in a fair bit of pain, I tried squatting today without much optimism. I found that if I kept my stance very narrow and went deep , it was fairy comfy. Just went up to 130 to test the waters and it all felt good. Happy days. | ||
| Lurkio | | ... | 14-08-2010 @ 21:02 |
as deep as his fat little body will allow Member 265, 4173 posts SQ 222.5, BP 142.5, DL 235600.0 kgs @ 108kgs UnEq | Good stuff mate, slowly slowly, catchee monkey and all that. | ||
| nico | | ... | 15-08-2010 @ 21:23 |
just smoked Ed and Neil - EAT MY GOAL Member 120, 1583 posts | Lurkio said:Good stuff mate, slowly slowly, catchee monkey and all that.[/quote Very slowly Malc. My ribs are sore today | ||
| EDCLARKE | | ... | 15-08-2010 @ 21:37 |
not particularly well educated Member 85, 11010 posts SQ 170, BP 130, DL 260560.0 kgs @ 90kgs UnEq | what possible reason would someone who is 8ft tall need to go up a ladder could'nt you just have stood on a box? | ||
| nico | | ... | 16-08-2010 @ 09:37 |
just smoked Ed and Neil - EAT MY GOAL Member 120, 1583 posts | EDCLARKE said:what possible reason would someone who is 8ft tall need to go up a ladder could'nt you just have stood on a box? It makes you wonder doesn't it I was cutting the hedge at my in-laws. I'd finished it and just had a tricky bit to do at the top. The ladder was at a precarious angle and my father-in-law was on the bottom. He decided to move and the ladder collapsed. He then kindly told me where I was going wrong with ladder positioning I'm going to be trying some deadlifts later, but I'm still sore as f**k this morning | ||
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