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| » Road to the British (Go to post) | 07-09-2014 @ 17:21 | ||
| No not retired, for at least a month or two can only afford to come farm twice a month as its 2 hour round trip for me for me so tenner in petrol. Programming is fine I just had a bad day if I had hit 210 140 260 rather than 200 130 250 would be no question. I will start sugden again when I settle on a programme and when to next compete. Mikes right though trialing another gym for rest of training until new shed is built. | |||
| » Gyms & Clubs in Peterborough - HELP (Go to post) | 31-08-2014 @ 08:09 | ||
| Dropped you a text mike. either of you heard anything about definition in Peterborough? | |||
| » James's training log. (Go to post) | 25-08-2014 @ 12:52 | ||
| Unfortunately I have to go sort some stuff for young farmers this evening at 7 quite a bit of money to collect etc. For club shirts and memberships, being treasurer has some downsides for sure. | |||
| » Gyms & Clubs in Peterborough - HELP (Go to post) | 25-08-2014 @ 10:58 | ||
| Hello, hopefully someone on here can help, I have just moved to Yaxley, and am in search of a powerlifting friendly gym to train at, as it would seem most gyms I can find are "posh gyms" with cardio machines and weight machines but no squat racks etc. surely someone on here must have found somewhere to train around here? I currently go to the farm in Moulton, but this isn't going to be viable more than a few times a month being a 2 hour round trip as much as I would like it to be. Any suggestions greatly appreciated, thank you. | |||
| » James's training log. (Go to post) | 24-08-2014 @ 23:18 | ||
| Lol just resting but wont be down this week as moving day is Friday so will see you in 2 weeks | |||
| » Road to the British (Go to post) | 19-08-2014 @ 11:55 | ||
| No it didnt I asked the ref although I thought it would have been depth it was bar rolling, and kev said went down on way up. I have still only ever failed one squat on depth in comp! mmm maybe your right on bench but will see. cheers its gone ok, need to do better. | |||
| » Road to the British (Go to post) | 18-08-2014 @ 18:49 | ||
| Thanks malc great job spotting and loading all day its bloody hard work | |||
| » Road to the British (Go to post) | 18-08-2014 @ 13:08 | ||
| Overall I guess I'm happy with yesterdays results, but to many mistakes cost me a 600 total which should have been well within me, so thats annoyed me underperforming by 20kg at least. Anyway, 1) Squats Opener - 190 3 whites very deep per Ian 2nd - 200 2 whites - my usual depth per Ian 3rd - 205 3 reds - came up, ref said depth fine but bar rolled on my back, unsure why thats a fail but never mind, 3 reds is 3 reds so cant complain. 2) Bench Opener - 130 3 whites fairly comfortable, got offline and hit rack though. 2nd & 3rd - 135 both failed Went wrong, not sure whether it was technique, set up etc. felt we were held a long time before getting a start signal, but cant blame that, my previous work should have made this a minimum but never mind. 3) Deadlifts Opener - 240 - Easy 2nd - 250 - 3 whites fairly comfortable 3rd - 260 - Fail - Got it to my knees but no further, nothing left  - Not good enough.I'm going to re-evaluate my training & competitions as 5/9 lifts is s**t I need to address this. Mark my words next years All England will see 225/145/270 thats my goal 640 total - and hopefully above what the new qualifying total will be. However good news I did meet the qualifying total this year which was my initial goal! | |||
| » Road to the British (Go to post) | 09-08-2014 @ 22:29 | ||
| Cheers ian I would be well happy with that total my main aim is 200 130 250 for 580 anything more is a bonus. | |||
| » Road to the British (Go to post) | 09-08-2014 @ 22:27 | ||
| Lol I sincerely doubt kev will have a second look what I lift lol he will batter me and mark | |||
| » Road to the British (Go to post) | 09-08-2014 @ 15:10 | ||
| Odd session yesterday I was struggling with depth, seemed to all be 2:1 or parallel odd as it's a weight I have done 3 with and Ian called as deep so who knows, won't panic just yet. Anyway, 1) squats W/u to 170x2 W/s 6x1 @ 190 - possible opener 2) dead lifts W/u to 190x2 W/s 230, 240 x2 - opener roughly depending how I feel come the dead lifts. | |||
| » Road to the British (Go to post) | 07-08-2014 @ 13:04 | ||
| Bit of a nothing session yesterday, I was joined by my girlfriends brother and his friend, who wanted to bench and learn how to squat, and given they both bench between 50 - 70kg and I lift in a cramped garage this made loading and unloading the bar rather cumbersome, so it impacting on plans really. So instead I just did an easy session with openers in mind. 1) WGP - 25 reps 2) Bench W/U to 70x5 Paused 90, 105, 120 x 2, 135x1, 3x1 @ 130 - Will have another bench session or 2 before the comp but I'm fairly happy with a 130 opener I think, as obviously these are done without a nice lift out. At this point I taught them to squat, although disappointinly they were enquiring whether I had a "pad" they could use so the bar didnt hurt there back, I told them they wouldnt be squating with me if thats what they wanted to use! Both did quite well, 70kg at a first ever attempt is quite good I think for a few reps. | |||
| » Road to the British (Go to post) | 06-08-2014 @ 18:22 | ||
| True but he did in his day. It would be stupid to just try what I did before and expect different results, the very definition of insanity  I won't be any worse off than February hopefully pull at least 250 but we will see. Thanks for comparing me to kev though lol, and Malc I expect nothing less from you | |||
| » Road to the British (Go to post) | 06-08-2014 @ 13:06 | ||
| Well Ian, as you know there is very little in my training that I do without giving a great deal of thought to. I agree that 3x3 @ 225 should equal an attempt at 260, however if you remember back to February thats the approach I took, hitting 3x3 at 230 prior to competition, and this was only good for 245 and a failed 250. Reps mean nothing when it comes to big deadlifts I found, as there comes a point where weaknesses show, i.e. big singles. Clearly then something was wrong, and my conclusion was a weak lower back, i.e. nothing to finish that big deadlift when on the edge and form isnt perfect, i.e. last attempt at competition. So I thought about it, spoke to Kev, and he saw it as a good idea to do conventional to so weaknesses are sorted, and lets be fair 200kg is a lot for me conventional deadlifting, but deadlifting in general its warm up weight, so its not taxing me that greatly to affect sumo pulls but building my lower back. I also did as he advised and worked up to big doubles on Sumo, with very few sets, and again it seemed to be working, with a double at 240 fairly comfortably, and a reasonable single at 250. Anyway, I think I am better equiped than February to have a go at 260, but we shall see. Conclusion, Finch formula is a brilliant guide, but there comes a point when weaknesses will come out and you cant move that bar! Hope thats a comprehensive reply, as others may have wondered why I had been pushing the conventional pulls and seamingly slacking on Sumo as well. | |||
| » Road to the British (Go to post) | 05-08-2014 @ 22:27 | ||
| Some serious deadlifting this evening was due a reset but being the last week of training before the all England thought may as well push on slightly. 1) conventional deadlifts w/u to 170x3 W/s 5x3 @ 200 2) cable rows 3x15 @ 50 Hoping this work on my weaknesses will pay dividends. weighed 104.5kg this morning so still ok. | |||