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| » 2009 - A Year for Strength (Go to post) | 23-01-2009 @ 23:49 | ||
| Friday 23/1/2009 at The Sugden Sports Centre, Manchester Squat: 70kg x 5 90kg x 5 115kg x 5 140kg x 5 155kg x 5 - 5 rep squat PB Bench: 50kg x 5 55kg x 5 60kg x 5 65kg x 5 ---------------- Man that squat PB was hard, but it felt damn good to get it. Since it was pretty god damn tough im going to revert to doing a PB for 3, then for 5 as I was doing previously meaning im still putting 2.5kg on a week which is pretty solid. Too many of my warm-ups were too high, Im mostly pinning this on DOMS from Wednesday which always makes my depth really bad on the lighter sets. Bench was ok, Im starting warming up at a higher weight now as Im trying to get some volume in. This is just stage one of the plan but it was the easiest and least time consuming to do. What I did quite like about my top bench set was how I managed to keep my body tight throughout the 5 reps. | |||
| » 2009 - A Year for Strength (Go to post) | 22-01-2009 @ 13:01 | ||
| Wednesday 22/1/2009 at the Sugden Sports Centre, Manchester Deadlift: 60kg x 2 80kg x 5 105kg x 5 130kg x 5 147.4kg x 5 Bench: 40kg x 5 50kg x 5 57.5kg 5 65kg x 5 50kg x 8 ------------------------- Deadlifts were nice and easy and I made up for my lack of benching in my previous two sessions by benching on my deadlift day. All systems go! | |||
| » 2009 - A Year for Strength (Go to post) | 19-01-2009 @ 22:29 | ||
Post Edited: 23.01.2009 @ 23:45 PM by LukeC Cheers Shaun, Felix better be worried.  Though I reckon even when he was injured recently he could have out deadlifted me!Monday 19/1/08 at The Sugden Sports Centre, Manchester Squat: 70kg x 5 100kg x 5 120kg x 5 130kg x 5 152.5kg x 5 - 5 rep PB --------------------------- So another good and bad session, good because I got a squat PB but bad because once again I didn't get time to bench. Stupid Sugden and its endless que of people wanting to bench! Usually I would have waited it out but exams tommorow mean other thigns (revision) have to come first  | |||
| » No BSM on Ch5 This Year (Go to post) | 19-01-2009 @ 15:07 | ||
| If C5 dont show I really hope someone else does! | |||
| » 2009 - A Year for Strength (Go to post) | 19-01-2009 @ 00:41 | ||
| Friday 16/1/2009 at Fitness First, Leeds Squat: 60kg x 5 85kg x 5 110kg x 5 130kg x 5 150kg x 5 - 5 rep pb Military Press: 25kg x 5 30kg x 5 35kg x 5 40kg x 5 Plus some assistance work ------------------------- So my final session at Fitness First and I nail a nice squat PB, double bodyweight for 5 reps. Its also nice to think that was my opener at the BWLA NW last year so to hit it for 5 gives me plenty of hope I should be opening much higher by my next comp. Doing military press again for the first time in ages has made me realise my shoulders are weaker than a four year old girls so Im going to implement plenty of shoulder work in the next few weeks to try and change that, both to improve my bench and also just for all round strength. Talking of bench I was pushed for time since I was heading back to Manchester Friday night so I never got time to bench which was more than annoying. My bench plans for 2009 are not exactly on track thus far! Though once my exams are over I will be able to do some longer sessions at the Sugden and get plenty of volume in. | |||
| » Youtube Accounts (Go to post) | 18-01-2009 @ 18:18 | ||
Post Edited: 18.01.2009 @ 18:18 PM by LukeC [url=]http://www.youtube.com/user/LukeCorcoran [/url] Is Mine [url=]http://www.youtube.com/user/jcyorkshire [/url] Is my brothers. | |||
| » New powerlifting documentary (Go to post) | 15-01-2009 @ 15:57 | ||
| 'McFadyen comments on the film's title: "There's no point, tripping out like you're picking daisies. You've got to get the anger in you, real anger in you and just shout it out - ma bar! "That's what i shout - 'ma bar!'." ' What a legend! | |||
| » An old, fat fool starts a log. Hope no-one minds (Go to post) | 15-01-2009 @ 13:14 | ||
| Anyone else get the feeling this journal could become legendary? | |||
| » 2009 - A Year for Strength (Go to post) | 14-01-2009 @ 21:38 | ||
| Cheers Shaun, I see strength seems to run in the Clegg family judging by your numbers! Destroying 162.5kg is definately the plan at the moment Phil. I think my patience will pay off, it better do since I will be doing 5s for a while I reckon or at least returning to the Bill Starr do it for 3 then next session do it for 5 routine which worked really well. I found my old written journal the other day and it proves just about how well Bill Starr's 5x5 routine has worked for me. Here were my numbers: Squat: 100kg x 5 Bench: 47.5kg x 5 Deadlift: 105kg x 5 That was way back in April 2007 so in 20 months I have put 60kg on my squat 27.5kg on my bench and 85kg on my deadlift/since I had only done 5 rep deadlifts at this point 55kg on my 5 rep deadlift So if anyone is after a good program it gets my full recommendation! Especially if you want to improve your squatting, both form wise as well numbers. Anyway, back to the log: Wednesday 14/108 at Fitness First, Leeds Squat: 60kg x 5 70kg x 5 80kg x 5 Deadlift: 60kg x 2 80kg x 5 105kg x 5 130kg x 5 145kg x 5 -------------- 80kg and 105kg felt really slow for no apparent reason, gave myself a bit of a slap then 130kg flew up as did 145kg. I enjoyed briefly deadlifting on a flat(ish) surface, unlike at the Sugden where the floor is about as flat as a corrugated iron roof. Another incentive to train at Addlington, a nice floor to deadlift from! | |||
| » 2009 - A Year for Strength (Go to post) | 13-01-2009 @ 00:33 | ||
| Monday 13/1/2009 at Fitness First, Leeds Squat: 70kg x5 90kg x5 110kg x5 135kg x5 147.5kg x5 Bench: 40kg x5 50kg x5 57.5kg x5 65kg x5 ------------- Making some good progress. Squatting is feeling kick as right now. | |||
| » 2009 - A Year for Strength (Go to post) | 11-01-2009 @ 18:18 | ||
| I did 57 reps in 60 seconds Boar but by the last ten I think I moved the bar about a foot for each rep but the first 30 were just about to parrallel. Saturday 10/1/2009 at Fitness First, Leeds Squat: 70kg x 5 95kg x 5 120kg x 5 145kg x 5 Bench: 40kg x 5 50kg x 5 62.5kg x 5 ----------------------- Less volume today as I had less time to train but I was pleased with it none the less. Im now nearing my 5 rep squat PB so breaking that will be great since I havn't done it in months. | |||
| » Rebuild of The Bull (Go to post) | 08-01-2009 @ 19:10 | ||
| Interesting deadlift plan. Puttting 10kg on a week could be a big ask but I guess you have the form and experience from before so it is achievable. Looking forward to training with you again later this month! | |||
| » Goals of 2009 (Go to post) | 08-01-2009 @ 01:40 | ||
| Well all of my new goals are in my new journal: [url=]http://www.sugdenbarbell.co.uk/forum/2009-A-Year-for-Strength-... But here they are: A 200kg squat - in knee wraps, quite likely single ply suit also A 90kg raw bench An absolute minimum 205kg raw deadlift A few British records at at least 2 more full competitions, hopefully one in BPC and one in GBPF To not have such a weak upper-body | |||
| » 2009 - A Year for Strength (Go to post) | 08-01-2009 @ 01:38 | ||
| Monday 5/1/2009 at Fitness First, Leeds Squat: 60kg x5 80kg x5 100kg x5 125kg x5 145kg x5 Fitness First member challenge: 80% of bodyweight squat, most reps in 60 seconds Reps achieved: 57 ------------------------------- So I was happy with this session, hit a good 5 rep squat then did that silly rep challenge. As you would guess none of my 57 reps would pass in a Powerlifting comp but the first 30 or hit parrellel followed by me gradually going up until the final 5 probably moved about a foot at best. After this I was exhausted and it took me a minute before I could stand up properly so I skipped benching. ------------------------------- Wednesday 7/1/2009 at Fitness First, Leeds Deadlift: 60kg x2 80kg x5 100kg x5 122.5kg x5 142.5kg x5 Plus various other stuff including trying out some dubmell rows which was quite good, think I might do them more often. ------------------------------------ A solid deadlift. I dont know what to think about my technique at the moment, it looks like im not putting much legs into it but im much quicker off the floor than a few months ago so I guess the way my hips shot up before definately hindered me as much as I thought. | |||
| » Adlington OH Push+Pull (Go to post) | 07-01-2009 @ 13:55 | ||
I should be there all things being well.  Might be a good opportunity to hit a 200kg deadlift but March is a long way off yet. | |||