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| » Fred Smith European Masters Bench Press Silver (Go to post) | 27-11-2007 @ 19:15 | ||
| Good going! Didn't realise the handsome one was 68. Makes it even more impressive. | |||
| » WOODY ALLEN SYNDROME (Go to post) | 27-11-2007 @ 19:07 | ||
| Hi Henny. I've used chains and boards in the past, but just find bands much, much better. You can vary the resistance much better with bands than with chains, plus they're more portable. I find boards great for breaking in bench shirts and doing "light" equipped benching, but the bands mimic the equipped lockout movement so much better than the boards, because you're not working lockout from a static start. Others might have a different experience, but that's my take on it. | |||
| » WOODY ALLEN SYNDROME (Go to post) | 27-11-2007 @ 16:52 | ||
| Cheers Iain. It was brutal. Still feel f**cked. Triceps feel wrecked almost a day later. Don't normally get that. Maybe the NW training day took it's toll, but tbh I didn't do much there other than talk and adjust Fruitie's clothing. Having a rest day today to let everything repair/recover. I'll fit in some gayness tomorrow. | |||
| » BDFPA (Go to post) | 27-11-2007 @ 15:29 | ||
| I lift in both and both are great to lift in. Powerlifters are powerlifters the world over and tend to be very friendly and supportive whichever federation you lift in. Everyone respects everyone else for having the balls to put in the training and walk onto the stage. In general terms (always a minefield!) the equipped standard is a bit higher in BWLA/IPF; but there is probably better and more frequent raw competition in BDFPA, and you can do raw Europeans/Worlds drug free but nothing above national level in BWLA. In the 50+ Equipped Bench, I won the WDFPF world title in October with 185. In the IPF World Masters, that lift would have placed me 8th in the over 50s, which was won with 220. The reason I do both is because I only bench and that's my way of getting me enough competitions (I don't like benching in a three-lift - just feels wrong). My advice to anyone would be to try both and if you get to the point where you have to choose one or the other, make the choice then. | |||
| » G.F.H. - Vegan Style (Go to post) | 27-11-2007 @ 12:59 | ||
IainKendrick said: Nice squat! I'd sure like a host of lifters around me when squating, especially when suited. My 75kg training partner is not going to be much use when the s**t hits the fan. Even with supports it's nice to know you've got real back up! Lol! One of the newbies on Sunday lost it on the squat and started to walk away and leave it to the spotters. Even the Missing Link can't upright row that much! | |||
| » Life is like a box of Chocolates (Go to post) | 27-11-2007 @ 12:57 | ||
Welcome James. See you in Catts sometime. You coming to spectate on the 9th? Be a good chance to meet lots of people. Re your bench, you really need to bulk up to 110s or diet down to 90s. | |||
| » New IPF 125s Bench Record (Go to post) | 27-11-2007 @ 11:28 | ||
| s**t! That didn't even look difficult! | |||
| » WOODY ALLEN SYNDROME (Go to post) | 27-11-2007 @ 10:01 | ||
| Thanks Henny. Bands have already helped me with all aspects of the lift - explosiveness off the chest, lock out strength and general technique - and I've only been using them since late September. I know you can't just go on improving, but I feel that another six months of band work will promote a level of improvement that I just won't achieve otherwise. And I'm really just a weak bugger who's worked hard for years and then found out how to work smart! | |||
| » WOODY ALLEN SYNDROME (Go to post) | 26-11-2007 @ 23:06 | ||
| Thanks lads. Carl, I did a "gym lift" of 162.5 last year before I damaged my shoulder. I did a pretty good 160 last Monday - so good in fact that I went for a second, which I didn't get. But I only count comp lifts as pbs, and I hope to get 160 in Bradford on 15th December. I think it's there, because I can do a triple with 150. Time will tell... | |||
| » Next years goals: Are YOU thinking about them?? (Go to post) | 26-11-2007 @ 22:24 | ||
Fatpete said: 750 lb squat Holy s**t! That's over 340. Look out Big Mick - Fat Pete's coming to get you! | |||
| » The Assassin (Go to post) | 26-11-2007 @ 22:04 | ||
| Good squatting Rick. You've gained a s**tload of strength this year! | |||
| » Henny B - Log (Go to post) | 26-11-2007 @ 22:02 | ||
| Good work and good luck on Saturday. | |||
| » TOMS TRAINING LOG. (Go to post) | 26-11-2007 @ 21:50 | ||
| Excellent! | |||
| » WOODY ALLEN SYNDROME (Go to post) | 26-11-2007 @ 21:49 | ||
| Glad you enjoyed the bands Joni. They're an acquired taste. Tonight's workout... Warm up to 125 for 3, then 5 sets of 3 with 145. One purple band on and 100 for 5, 110 for 5, 120 for 5, 110 for 5, 100 for 5. And that was that. Why are the ones that are so easy to write up the ones that are so bloody hard work? Really, tonight was almost two sessions in one. Five threes with 145 is pretty much a workout. 5 heavy fives with a band is pretty much a workout, so I guess I got some good volume in today. Every single rep with 145 felt hard, but Little Dave, who can come out with some very sagacious comments from time to time, reckoned my technique got me through and my lockout has really improved. Nice to hear, and I've got to agree with him. My form feels more solid than it ever has before. The first four sets on 145, I think there was another one there, but in the fifth set I was gone after three. The 120 set with the band was mega-hard. The fifth rep took every fibre of my being to lock it out but I did it. (Sorry to Dave if he reads this for how I requested that he not touch the bar!) I'm staying away from the shirt until after Bradford on the 15th, then it's all out shirt work from early January until the BWLA Bench (second weekend in March in Stan Macrow's place). Going to try and go 160 second lift in Bradford. I was knackered before I went in tonight and only really came to life after the second set with 145, so I've got to be pleased with that. | |||
| » TOMS TRAINING LOG. (Go to post) | 26-11-2007 @ 21:36 | ||
| Well done Tom. Once you get Bradford out of the way and lose your virginity, so to speak, you'll never look back. You might also reflect, on losing it, "Is that all there is to it? It wasn't that hard!" | |||
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