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| » 195kg Squat Attempt (Go to post) | 14-03-2015 @ 22:16 | ||
JackRevans said:Gordon Bennett that was close, you have that no doubt. you are an aesthetic man no homo I know  and thanks I guess? Lol | |||
| » Eddie Hall pulls 462kg (Go to post) | 14-03-2015 @ 22:08 | ||
| Said it before and I'll say it again: only man who i believe can/will hit 500kg one day. | |||
| » 195kg Squat Attempt (Go to post) | 14-03-2015 @ 22:03 | ||
Killelay said:Should have tried agai? Personally you probably stood there too long before squattin? Not feeling great after that attempt, no chance now haha. Yeah, I tend to take a long time to get setup while squatting, just doesn't feel right to squat straight away after the walkout. Probably need to address that in the future. | |||
| » 195kg Squat Attempt (Go to post) | 14-03-2015 @ 21:50 | ||
| Big PB attempt, was strong enough just lost balance | |||
| » Slow & Steady Gains (Go to post) | 14-03-2015 @ 21:30 | ||
Post Edited: 15.03.2015 @ 00:05 AM by StrengthStudent Work schedule has been hectic so ended up having to do my Friday session on Thursday night. Didn't have any time for assistance work so just did the main lifts.Bench 20 x 20 40 x 10 60 x 5 80 x 5 90 x 5 97.5 x 5 105 x 3 - paused Felt good, decided to try a single 120 x 1 - misgroove, still easy 90 x 12 Squat - no belt, last rep paused 60 x5,5 90 x 5 115 x 5 135 x 5 155 x 3 115 x 10 Couple of stupid mistakes here, firstly on the top set I actually misloaded the bar so that one side was 5kg heavier than the other. I felt it straight away and reracked it, but walking it out slightly strained my lower back. Secondly, I'd been pausing the last rep on all my ramp up sets, and planned on pausing the last on my top set as well. Ended up losing control slightly at the bottom and going ATG, causing the rep to turn into a good morning and a real grinder. That in combination with the misload slightly tweaked my lower back, but it seems to have healed after a couple of days. Rows 20 x 20 60 x 5 80 x 5 95 x 5 105 x 5 115 x 5 95 x 5 Was going to finish up with assistance work tonight, but my idiotic self got the better of me as my squat have been feeling so strong lately, so I decided to do some heavy singles. Squat 20 x 20 half reps 60 x 5 90 x 5 Add belt 120 x 5 140 x 3 160 x 1 170 x 1 180 x 1 190 x 1 Huge PB!! Tried to film but storage was full on my iPad, so camera cut off after 3 seconds. It was pretty easy too, so I decided to delete some stuff and film an attempt at 195, which I failed. Was definitely strong enough, had a ton of power out of the bottom but just lost balance and came up onto my toes. Will upload shortly. End result, though, is that my back isn't in the best shape now and my nervous system is probably f**ked for training next week. Well done, me. Decided to top it off with some more failure, this time on the bench. Bench 20 x 12,12 60 x 5,5 80 x 3 90 x 1 100 x 1 110 x 1 120 x 1 125 x 0 60 x 30 - very random, more out of frustration than anything. | |||
| » 300kg X 2 dead @ 90KG BW (Go to post) | 12-03-2015 @ 20:22 | ||
| Awesome. | |||
| » Slow & Steady Gains (Go to post) | 11-03-2015 @ 11:22 | ||
| All sets today were done beltless. Squat (high bar ATG) 60 x 5 90 x 5 110 x 5,5 Strict press 20 x 12,12 40 x 5 50 x 5 60 x 5 64 x 5 52.5 x 10 Deadlift 50 x 10 90 x 5 120 x 5 150 x 5 - doh Add straps 170 x 5 After last week I had the choice to either remove the deficit or add a belt. Decided it was to be the former, felt much better. Contemplated adding in a few sets of block pulls after this as the upcoming comp has 240 for reps from 18", but decided that can wait till later. Pull-ups (various grips) BW x 5 BW+10 x 5 BW+20 x 5 BW+22.5 x 5 BW+10 x 10 Dips BW x 8 BW+20 x 8 BW+30 x 8 BW+40 x 8 - very tough, poor form on last two reps BW x 20 Finished off by super setting 5 sets of barbell curls with 5 sets of calf raises. | |||
| » Slow & Steady Gains (Go to post) | 09-03-2015 @ 23:15 | ||
edi86 said:Looks good, great squat progress already! What was your programme like before if you don't mind me asking? Recently it's been total s**te tbh. If I don't have a plan I tend to just go in and work up to a grindy top single, usually with pretty poor technique. What made it worse was that I love training so much I ended up doing that about 6 times a week for the same lift, which is probably why I had two injuries fairly recently. Trying to be much smarter now, and it's already starting to pay off. | |||
| » Slow & Steady Gains (Go to post) | 09-03-2015 @ 15:47 | ||
Post Edited: 09.03.2015 @ 16:40 PM by StrengthStudent Based on how easy my squats have been going lately I've decided that I'll start my Monday & Friday sessions with bench as I think it needs more attention.Bench Bar x 12,12 40 x 10 60 x 5 80 x 5 90 x 5 97.5 x 5 102.5 x 5 Only pausing the last rep of my sets now, feels a lot better as I can get into a nice groove and make each rep the same. Felt like I had around 3 reps in the tank on the top set. Squat (beltless) 60 x 5,5 90 x 5 110 x 5 130 x 5 150 x 5 Another beltless PB, all time best set of 5 is 152.5 so should be able to top that next week without a belt. BB rows Bar x 10 40 x 5 60 x 5 80 x 5 92.5 x 5 102.5 x 5 112.5 x 5 SLDL 70 x 5 100 x 5 120 x 5 Add belt & straps 140 x 10 Incline bench Bar x 10 40 x 5 62.5 x 20 Felt really good so decided to do a few singles. 82.5 x 1 92.5 x 1 102.5 x 1 112.5 x 1 - PB! Chin-ups BW x 5 BW+2.5 x 12,10 Wide grip BW x 9 Definitely the strongest I've ever been today, and I'm getting stronger every week. Feelsgoodman. Finished with some light lateral raises & tricep extensions for my left arm. | |||
| » Bench Press (Go to post) | 08-03-2015 @ 19:02 | ||
frankie1parke said:where you fail on dl is dependant on back position in my experience and what ive observed with others. a lifter who keeps his back flat will struggle/fail off the floor and but will complete to lift if they get it moving. however a rounded back lifter will always have it fly off the floor but will struggle/fail at lockout. This. Also, regarding T&G deadlifts, I tried them out for the first time about a month or so back just out of curiosity. Does anyone think they carry over well to a 1RM? Video of how I was doing them: They definitely allow you to get more volume in (I.e. I would probably only get 12 or so reps with 150 dead stop as opposed to 19 T&G) and I know lifters like George Leeman swear by them. | |||
| » Slow & Steady Gains (Go to post) | 06-03-2015 @ 22:12 | ||
Post Edited: 07.03.2015 @ 01:08 AM by StrengthStudent Squat (beltless)60 x 5,5 90 x 5 110 x 5 130 x 5 150 x 3 112.5 x 10 Paused the last rep of every set, still easy. Decided to add 2.5kg and a couple of reps on the last set to make it a PB set of 10. Pause bench Bar x 15 40 x 10 60 x 5 80 x 5 90 x 5 97.5 x 5 102.5 x 3 90 x 8 Hit all required reps cleanly, but not as easily as I would have liked. May have to stop pausing the reps. BB rows Bar x 15 60 x 5 80 x 5 92.5 x 5 102.5 x 5 112.5 x 3 92.5 x 10 Last set felt easy so squeezed out another couple of reps. Seated Arnold press 10's x 10 20's x 12,12,12 First time trying Arnold presses, started very light. Feels good for delts, will increase weight linearly. Hammer curls (cheating) 10's x 10 20's x 5 30's x 5 35's x 5 Pretty bad form, but very happy to be curling the 35's! Incline DB curls 15's x 12,10,10 GHR's BW x 10 BW+27.5 x 10,10,8 Finished the session with 3 sets of 12 on facepulls. Pretty happy, only thing that bothers me is how difficult my bench sets were. | |||
| » Who's got a strong DOH Deadlift?! (Go to post) | 06-03-2015 @ 10:47 | ||
| Jesus Christ that's strong. Grip is my weakness atm I think, would be happy to hit 180 doh | |||
| » Gym fails (Go to post) | 05-03-2015 @ 20:52 | ||
| Had a free day in an LA fitness, first thing I did was walk up to the squat rack and start unloading the bar (there were three plates a side). Wasn't thinking so unloaded all of one side at once. One end of the bar smashed into the ground (onto a wooden floor so lots of noise) and the other very narrowly avoided smacking me in the face. Had about 20 people giving me a death stare, even the doyouevenlift-ers. | |||
| » Slow & Steady Gains (Go to post) | 04-03-2015 @ 11:49 | ||
| Squat 60 x 5 90 x 5 110 x 5,5 Did these high bar ATG, 100% raw. Strict press Bar x 12,12 40 x 5 50 x 5 60 x 5 62 x 5 50 x 12 Just working up to one top set didn't seem like enough volume, so added in a back off set. Trying out paused reps without a belt, feels good for building pure shoulder strength. 2" deficit deadlifts (beltless) 50 x 8 90 x 5 120 x 5 145 x 5 Add straps 165 x 5 Top set was pretty tough, think it's mainly because I'm so used to pulling with a belt. Also pulled with a doh grip on all the workup sets, really trying to strengthen my grip as farmers looks like it'll be the toughest event for me in the upcoming comp. Pull-ups (various grips) BW x 5 BW+15 x 8,8,8 Dips BW x 10 BW+15 x 10 BW+25 x 10 BW+30 x 10 Finished off the session by super setting some light curls with standing calf raises, ended up doing 5x10 for both. | |||
| » Slow & Steady Gains (Go to post) | 03-03-2015 @ 19:19 | ||
Swam half a mile today. The speed and technique is still there from my competitive days, but the endurance definitely is not on a side note I signed up for my first strongman novice comp, so very excited about that  | |||