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| » Bench PB 5 X 175KG (Go to post) | 21-05-2013 @ 11:24 | ||
| Very impressive pressings mate!! | |||
| » DrD in pursuit of strength (Go to post) | 20-05-2013 @ 19:51 | ||
| Squat Session and increased conditioning work. Very short rests, all done in 1 hour 10 minutes. Back Squat low bar, wide stance, superset with very light bent over row 140kg x5 -> 30kg x20 BOR 140kg x5 -> 30kg x20 BOR 140kg x5 -> 30kg x20 BOR 140kg x5 -> 30kg x20 BOR High bar, narrow stance, high box squat, superset with hammer bi curl 180kgx4 -> 20kg DBs x8 180kgx4 -> 20kg DBs x8 180kgx4 -> 20kg DBs x8 180kgx4 -> 20kg DBs x8 Front Squat 100kg x4 100kg x4 Lower back rightside ache got worse throughout, so went to machines for abit: Leg Ext. machine 60kg x6 60kg x6 60kg x6 Ham curl machine 65kg x8 (back aching), so dropped to: 40kg x10 40kg x10 40kg x10 Zercher Squat 100kg x4 100kg x4 100kg x4 80kg x6 Calf Raises 190kg x8 190kg x5 -> 150kg x5 Hanging leg raises x10 x10 x6 Back fine now, occasionally get a weird pumped / achey feeling right side at very bottom of back. Probably due to hip stiffness as pretty tight and achey today (along with hand, forearms, hams and calfs). | |||
| » Deifference between BCAA's and luecine (Go to post) | 20-05-2013 @ 15:58 | ||
| Yep 'Branched Chain Amino Acids' are a group of 3 amino acids (the three mentioned above). | |||
| » Sugden is full of complimentary and supportive people (Go to post) | 20-05-2013 @ 08:39 | ||
| I'm pretty new here, but big thanks to: Oxman who got me onto here and gave me hope that I might be strong enough to have some fun in strongman The guys down at Junction Gym for my first events session in Feb this year, and especially bruce for lots of help with my first events session for all his advice. Ross, who was slightly jealous of my brightest trainers to grace a strongman gym  And the guys at Muscle Factory, for the help and I hope to see you all soon  | |||
| » P Value (Go to post) | 18-05-2013 @ 17:06 | ||
| No problem. Our student are usually puzzled by stats to | |||
| » P Value (Go to post) | 18-05-2013 @ 15:57 | ||
| Need to choose an appropriate test first: e.g. T-test Calculate P value either doing it manually or from online stats calculator (unless you have SPSS or MINITAB) If P value is less that 0.05 that it's statistically significant to 95% confidence interval,. Loads on t'interweb | |||
| » DrD in pursuit of strength (Go to post) | 18-05-2013 @ 15:23 | ||
| Shoulder / Tris / Bit of chest / tickled the gunz. Power clean - press 1 motion (all reps fast as possible) 20kg x10 60kg x8 70kg x8 80kg x5 (4, and 5 push pressed) 80kg x5 (3, 4, 5, push pressed) Single power clean in to push press 90kg x5 90kg x3 Elbow aching s a bit so didn't push on too much Power cleans 80kg x5 80kg x5 Incline Bench Press 80kg x8 100kg x3 110kg x3 120kg x2 100kg x4 Close Grip, 3" pin press 100kg x8 110kg x5 into barbell curls (20kg) x15 110kg x5 into barbell curls (20kg) x15 110kg x5 into barbell curls (20kg) x15 110kg x5 into barbell curls (20kg) x15 Strict OHP 60kg x5 60kg x5 60kg x10 push press FTOH as far a possible 60kg x6 Situp with 25kg plate, and pres to ceiling x10 x8 x8-> x5bw only Elbow feels OK now, seems power cleans and push press irritate it a bit. and have done quite a lot of that in the last 5 days! Again doesn't seem to be so much on paper, but been doing the reps as far as posible for most stuff, to add a bit of conditioning. Now where's the food.... | |||
| » DrD in pursuit of strength (Go to post) | 17-05-2013 @ 20:24 | ||
| Mixed Deadlift / Back and little bit of legs. Deadlift - beltless DOH grip 60kg x10 100kg x5 140kg x3 Belted alternate grip 180kg x5 180kg x5 180kg x5 (weight / rep PBs) 180kg x1 - 15 seconds, 180kgx1 - 15 seconds - 180kg x1 Zercher Squat 100kg x5 120kg x4 120kg x4 120kg x4 120kg x3+1 (Weight PB / weight rep PB) 1 arm DB row, 75kg straight into 50kg 75kg x5 -> 50kg x5 (L and R) 75kg x5 -> 50kg x5 (L and R) 75kg x7 -> 50kg x5 (L) 75kg x8 -> 50kg x5 (R) 75kg x7 and x8 both rep PBs Power shrug into DB shrug 180kg x7 -> 50kg DBs x15 180kg x7 -> 50kg DBs x12 180kg x7 -> 50kg DBs x12 Powershrugs weight rep pbs Doesn't seem that much on paper, but felt like a good hard session. Might be because there were pbs in each lift. lol. | |||
| » DrD in pursuit of strength (Go to post) | 16-05-2013 @ 10:59 | ||
Post Edited: 16.05.2013 @ 11:00 AM by DrD Event Training Session at The Muscle Factory, Lancs today. Had a meeting in Preston, so would have been rude not to pop up. Mainly testing equipment that I haven't used befor that are in the comp. and kept weights light and focused on tech and getting used to movements. Log. Couple of sets of ~6/8 with empty log (56kg apparently) Loaded to 76kg(ish, well 2x10kg plates added) did loads of triples, got some good advice from a rather large, well known gentleman, and managed to get more hip drive into it. Must have done at least 6 sets of triples. FTOH each time. Then a couple of quick runs to 4/5 reps. Can nail 4 in 30 second, but then absolutely die. So pacing will be impotant (along with more intesnse cardio training) Also, ditched the elbow sleeve as foreams were getting crampy/crushed/pumped to death. Onto the dreader farmers. 79kg farmers. Did loads of pickups, a 30-count static hold, and a 20-count static hold. about 6 x5 metre runs (slow and steady paced, making sure shoulder was ok. Felt fine, so will be keeping thee slow and steady in the comp. Yoke. apparently the yoke weighs ~60kg. So threw 160kg onto it (so hopefully around 220kg). Loads of pick ups, maybe 10 to 15. 2x pick up and walk forward 2 meters, drop turn, rpt. Then 4x 5meter walks. Felt ok, Bit of instability in the old knees, but was OK. Atlas stone. 1st time. Most of the numbers had been rubbed off, so I knew which one was 50kg and chose the next couple of bigger ones, probably 70kg, and 80/90kg? ish. Didn't want to disturb another large gentleman who was deadlifting to ask a silly question, so had a bash. Anyway, no tacky or chalk, just raw forearms. lol. Anyway, did the 50kg, and threw it over the hole and nearly took my head off, maybe it was too light. lol. Took the one tht was maybe 80/90kg and did 3x pick up and load to middle height stack. Then, did a quick run of 50 / 70 / 90 stones to lowering height stacks. Technique felt quite natural and 50 / 70? felt no problem. 90 lapped easy and lift up was hard, but doable. Happy with these. Finally, axle deadlift. Quick warms up at 35kg bar, 75kg, 115 kg, then: Loaded to ~165kg, did 4 reps. Loaded to 175kg, did 4 reps in ~35seconds. Dead. Harder than expected. Grip was OK, Can't seem to get much past 4/5 reps on anything today, bit of HIIT required me thinks. But all in all, good. Log and Deads felt heavier than I expected, Yoke was heavy but shold be able to plod on, and ost impotantly NO INJURIES!!!!! (other than some interesting burising coming up on the inner forearm from the stones). But as close to injury free as starting strongman gets. Muscle Factory is awesome. | |||
| » THE DRAGON 2.0 (Go to post) | 16-05-2013 @ 10:57 | ||
Amazing  | |||
| » Stretching help (Go to post) | 15-05-2013 @ 09:01 | ||
| As above, foam rolling has helped me massively. Lots of exercises you can do with them around the hips / quads / hamstrings etc. That and 'warrior lunges'. I get really tight hips and quads, if I don't do this enough i struggle to deadlift properly and to squat to depth. | |||
| » DrD in pursuit of strength (Go to post) | 13-05-2013 @ 19:52 | ||
| Well I have signed up for my first comp. It's the novice / beginner comp being run as The Mucle Factory, Lancs at the start of June. Good point are that it is open weight, so I haven't got to keep on the low carb diet i started last week. awesome - Normal pressing session modified in lieu of upcoming comp. Also quite a few aches and going to Muscle Factory on Wednesday so wanted to be fresh-ish and less-achey. Upcoming comp is quite rep / fitness based, so thought I should address this as been gradually converting to lower set sessions to gain strength but not put too much mass on. Bench Press (paused all reps) 60kg x10 60kg x10 100kg x8 100kg x8 100kg x6 100kg x8 Incline Bench Pess (TnG) 100kg x6 100kg x6 100kg x6 This is where it started to deviate further (all with short rests, no rests between exercises) 3" Close Grip Pin press: 100kg x5 100kg x5 100kg x6 100kgx6 -> 25kg BB bi curl (20 reps) 100kg x5 -> BB bu curl (10) reps -> BB shoulder press (10 reps) 100kg x5 - as above 100kg x5 - as above Incline DB press 34kgs x8 34kgs x8 34kg x8 Then made a circuit of: BW dips: 10,8,8,8,6 Situps: 10, 8, 8, 8, 8 Large KB swings: 10, 8, 8, 8, 8 no rests between exercises, 45s rests after set 2 and 4. Haven't done any circuit stuf for a couple of months, and kind of enjoyed it tbh. Anyway, looking forward to getting stuck into a competition, only done 1 event session (in Feb), so hoping to get one or two in before the comp. But in reality it's just for the experience - but i will be trying my hardest!! | |||
| » GBPF bench record (Go to post) | 13-05-2013 @ 13:08 | ||
| Awesome press!! and made to look so easy! | |||
| » DrD in pursuit of strength (Go to post) | 11-05-2013 @ 16:29 | ||
| Saturday afternoon: Squat / Legs session Back Squat (trying a slightly wider stance and more angled feet than i usually do, after watching IainK's videos. felt more comfortable and knees felt more stable ) 60kg x6 100kg x5 100kg x5 140kg x5 150kg x5 160kg x3 170kg x3 180kg x1 160kg x3 Front squat 100kg x5 100kg x4 (clipped rack and started slipping off shoulder) 100kg x5 100kg x5 Very high box squat (~18") 140kg x5 180kg x5 180kg x5 180kg x5 180kg x5 Leg Ext. Machine (1 legged) 55kg x8 60kg x5 60kg x5 60kg x5 Ham curl machine 65kg x8 65kg x8 65kg x6 Calf Raises 190kg x8 210kg x5 210kg x5 150kg x8 Situp with 25kg plate, press to ceiling x8 x8 x8 x8 x8 | |||
| » DrD in pursuit of strength (Go to post) | 11-05-2013 @ 16:28 | ||
| Friday night: Shoulder and Tris Strict OHP 20kg x10 60kg x5 60kg x5 80kg x3 80kg x3 85kg x2 85kg x1 Push Press 90kg x4 95kg x3 95kg x2 95kg x2 100kg x1 100kg x1 80kg x5 80kg x5 Power cleans 60kg x10 80kg x4 90kg x4 100kg x1 (PB - not a particularly huge one though) Incline CG BP 90kg x5 80kg x4 (paused) 80kg x5 (paused) 80kg x6 (paused) Side Raise, 16kg DBs x6, 5, 5 Super setted with Straight bar tri push down 40kg x10, 50kg x6, 50kg x6 Not too bad overall, | |||