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| » Can't deadlift for toffee (Go to post) | 16-01-2008 @ 18:05 | ||
| Wednesday 16th Jan Started back on deadlift training tonight, this time with the lifting straps consigned to the dustbin of history. I'm using a routine I found on here - Olly's maybe? I forget. The weights will be light until my grip catches up with the rest of me. Then they won't be much heavier. Deadlifts (80% 1 RM): 175 X 2,2,2,2,2 Deadlift off raised platform: 150 X 4 Gay hip assistance work: 2 sets X who knows Chins (chest to bar, elbows retracted): 4, 4, 4, 4 Seated hammer curls 25s X 8,6,6 | |||
| » "Special Olympics" (Go to post) | 14-01-2008 @ 21:29 | ||
| I've got an Athens Special Olympics cap, sent to me by a mate with a very wicked heart. | |||
| » Can't deadlift for toffee (Go to post) | 14-01-2008 @ 17:26 | ||
| Mon 14th Tonight I pinched my thumb between two plates I was loading, because I was looking at a girl with big breasts in a low cut top (she was in the low cut top, not me). After 7 weeks of squatting every workout, I decided to give it a break today. In fact I'm going to go down to once a week and start including deadlifts once a week. The program has served me well. The first squat session was 170 X 5 and the last-but-one was 187.5 X 5, which is a healthy increase. Chest supported rows: 140 (well, that's what the machine says) X 4,4,4 Bench Press with pause: 130 X 3,3,3,3,3 DB lying triceps extension: 25s X 7,6,5 Abs Grip work | |||
| » Who's bald? (Go to post) | 14-01-2008 @ 17:24 | ||
| I'm reasonably bald and have been for years. Nevertheless, I have never got used to it: I'm astonished by every set of holiday snaps, and even the mirror is a daily shocker. It's poetic justice,though. I spent most of my later teenage years yelling "you are a bald person" out of the car window at follicularly challenged pedestrians. | |||
| » Can't deadlift for toffee (Go to post) | 12-01-2008 @ 17:32 | ||
Joni said: looking really strong there mate! You are repping your PBs like nothing  Thanks, Joni. Yeah, I have to be very cautious about squatting near-maximal weights. I try to avoid any loads that I'm not 99.9% confident with. There usually isn't anyone around who can spot me effectively and some days there just isn't anyone within earshot. The perils of training in a commercial gym with a mixed clientele  | |||
| » Can't deadlift for toffee (Go to post) | 12-01-2008 @ 14:21 | ||
| Thanks guys, that's reassuring. Rob, it felt like my slightly lighter ones were deeper, but I don't know for sure as I'm only going on 'feel'. I've never seen myself squatting before today other than in a mirror. | |||
| » New member here - hello! (Go to post) | 12-01-2008 @ 14:18 | ||
Big_silly_man_Dan said: Those Squats are excellent mate, no depth issues there at all. P.S. Welcome to the forum. OK great, thanks Dan. | |||
| » New member here - hello! (Go to post) | 12-01-2008 @ 13:20 | ||
Post Edited: 12.01.2008 @ 16:01 PM Right, I've just added a video to my log of me squatting 187.5 X 2. I would be very interested in any comments about whether these squats would pass in a competition. Linky: http://sugdenbarbell.co.uk/forum.php?a=1190#39925 | |||
| » Can't deadlift for toffee (Go to post) | 12-01-2008 @ 13:08 | ||
Post Edited: 12.01.2008 @ 13:19 PM Saturday 12th JanOOps - edited to put weights into kgs. Missed out seated DB press today as I can only just clean the 40s by myself and there was no one there capable of lifting one up for me. I could have asked the gym manager, but seeing as I don't have a pair of breasts, he is reluctant to expend any energy helping me. Hips and ankles are now definitely suffering from squatting three times a week. I think I need some squatting shoes. Squats 187.5 X 2,2,2,2,2 Seated hammer curls 25s X 8,7,6 Lying DB tricep extensions 20s X 8,8,8 Static hold with bar 4 sets Pinch grip lifting 1 set HEX DB hold 1 set. Here's a vid of the third set of squats - I'm not quite getting the depth that I was at 170-180, but I think it's OK. Any pointers welcome. Can I point out that I look like a fat bas***d for, er, some other reason other than me actually being a fat bas***d. Honest. | |||
| » Can't deadlift for toffee (Go to post) | 10-01-2008 @ 18:12 | ||
| Thursday 10th. This seemed to take forever. I've been squatting three times a week for the past five weeks or so and gone from 170 X 5 to 185 X 5. ut I think I'm starting to top out on this - I was struggling to get five. Also, my hips are starting to suffer (in terms of pain, rather than appearance). Still managed to go very deep, however. Squats - worked up to 185 X 5 Bench Press (paused) 130 X 2,2,2,2,2 Seated military Press (80 degree incline on Smith): 110 X 4,4,4,4 Face pulls "12" X 9,9,9 Farmer's walk with embarrassingly small DBs | |||
| » Creatine (Go to post) | 10-01-2008 @ 15:34 | ||
jonnymills said: Whatever you do don't tell them I'm a teacher!!!!! Hello, me too, other end of the treadmill though. Creatine does bump my weight up a few pounds, but it makes me look a bit fuller and more muscular. I'm pretty sure I'm stronger when I'm on it, too. I don't think it's necessary to load on it - I just take 5g every day and I can see results from that after a couple of weeks. Once I'm on, I'll take 5g maybe three times a week. I do cycle off it every so often. | |||
| » HMB (Go to post) | 10-01-2008 @ 15:28 | ||
Post Edited: 10.01.2008 @ 15:29 PM I gave it a good go when it first came out years ago. I didn't notice any effects at all. If I remember correctly, a lot of people were getting similar results i.e. nothing.HMB is an example of a supplement that looks promising from research evidence but which has failed to deliver in 'real life', in my opinion. I always want supplements to 'work', but out of the zillions I've tried, only creatine, sesathin and ECA type products have had any definite effect. | |||
| » The Adlington puddle (Go to post) | 09-01-2008 @ 20:23 | ||
| There's a boating lake sized puddle in our gym car park, too, I wonder if it's catching on nationally. Also, we have one of those comedy paving slabs that squirts very cold water up your leg when you tread on it. | |||
| » Concerning 'mangina's',....... (Go to post) | 08-01-2008 @ 16:21 | ||
little_a said: Not a clue what you just said, but it seemed to be from the heart. It's not very often something on the internet really makes me laugh, but that did. | |||
| » Worlds strongest man super series (Go to post) | 07-01-2008 @ 22:57 | ||
jonnymills said: Truck pull - "Just look at the size of his arms, they are bigger than most people's legs!" Oh yes, it's a disappointing series when you don't hear that at least once. I seem to remember a one-off broadcast of a world strongwoman event a few years back. The commentary on that was truly apalling. I don't get too worked up about sexism usually, but jeeez, the total lack of respect for the competitors on that one was breathtaking. | |||