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| » equipped squatting (Go to post) | 07-01-2010 @ 10:03 | ||
| what jim had me doing was letting me warm up with the bar, then suit on belt on straps up from 70kg. at 200 I finally reached depth, and sort of knew how to squat in a suit. 2 days later I squatted 230 for 3 in it. never once tried without a belt or with straps down | |||
| » Tom's training log... (Go to post) | 06-01-2010 @ 14:55 | ||
| it's hard to say, I pulled 260 around February last year, tore my hamstring sprinting and did no deadlift at all for a long time, I'm guessing my max was around 250 but never officially tested it. I clearly had a weakness in my hamstring which I addressed with SLDL and as a result my normal deadlift increased a lot very quickly. big gains are easy to make when you have a big weakness to fix! having said that, I believe any deadlifter will benefit greatly from bringing up their hamstring strength. | |||
| » Tom's training log... (Go to post) | 06-01-2010 @ 14:10 | ||
Deadlift Day!  deadlift - bar x 10 70kg x 5 120kg x 3 170kg x 3 220kg x 2 265kg x 1 305kg x 1 NEW PR but knew it was well within my limits anyway 18 inch deadlift 170kg x 3 220kg x 3 270kg x 1 320kg x 1 Bent over barbell rows 60kg x 5 80kg x 5 100kg x 5 lost interest around this point, went home. Some light squats and a bit more shirt work planned for Friday. | |||
| » Tom's training log... (Go to post) | 05-01-2010 @ 16:08 | ||
| Internal/External shoulder rotation exercises no longer cause seering pain. Progress. | |||
| » Board Press (Go to post) | 05-01-2010 @ 15:53 | ||
MarkClegg said:Board Pressing Sounds Really Interesting ..  Well it's not.  The only interesting part is trying to explain to regular gym goers what the f**k you're doing! | |||
| » Board Press (Go to post) | 05-01-2010 @ 15:51 | ||
| ooops! Can't follow my own rules! Equipped, My best ever is 170kg for 1 unequipped, and at the moment is no better than 155-160kg unequipped off a 6 inch board. So definite progress with the shirt! | |||
| » Board Press (Go to post) | 05-01-2010 @ 15:27 | ||
| Great benching! Managed 170kg for 2 reps to 6 inch board today. Need to improve my arch so that my full range bench looks similar... | |||
| » Tom's training log... (Go to post) | 05-01-2010 @ 13:43 | ||
| And back to this weeks training. Bench Press with Purple Jump Stretch band wrapped over one end, under the entire bench frame then over the other end of the bar. About 100 lbs added resistance at the top, 60-70 at the bottom. 1x5 empty bar 1x5 60kg 1x5 70kg 1x5 80kg Me my grandad and occasional training partner Seb wrestled with some Tesco's bags and a bench press shirt for about 15 minutes before deciding it was 'close enough'. Who knows how one of these should look when it's on properly anyway? Not me... Board in place, Call it 6" cos that's what it's supposed to be 1x3 120kg felt awful did something to the shirt, not really sure what, possibly put the sleeves in the right position 1x3 140kg felt really nice 1x2 160kg 1x2 170kg all paused! Came away today feeling like I'd learnt a lot about the shirt, be it in a limitted range of motion. I haven't done any board work in months, and my pb unequipped was 170kg for 1 off a 6 inch board. At a push I think I'm capable of 155-160kg unequipped at the moment as I haven't done this in so long, so 2 reps on 170kg is really promising, especially as I wasn't getting very far into the shirts working zone. Can't wait for next time when I'll be going down to a 4 inch board. I'm not really confident enough at the moment to go any lower than that without qualified supervision as I have a habbit of dumping the bar over my face when I get close to touching. | |||
| » Tom's training log... (Go to post) | 05-01-2010 @ 13:25 | ||
| I just got a message asking about my training leading up to my first 300kg pull, and after writing it out and replying I thought seems as I'd gone to so much trouble I might as well post it here for all to see There are a few things that contributed to my deadlift, and I'm almost frightened to tell you that the main factor was probably a combination of straight leg deadlift (no boxes or anything like that) and overtraining! (By many peoples standards) I'm actually quite embarrassed to admit to you all that I thought this was a good idea at the time... it did however work really well... A rough guide of what I did leading up to a 300kg deadlift from a 250 kg deadlift would be Week 1 Tuesday - straight leg deadlift - work up to 1 set of 5 on 140kg Friday - straight leg deadlift - work up to 1 set of 5 on 145kg Week 2 Tuesday - straight leg deadlift - work up to 1 set of 5 on 150kg Friday - straight leg deadlift - work up to 1 set of 5 on 155kg Week 3 Tuesday - straight leg deadlift - work up to 1 set of 5 on 160kg Friday - straight leg deadlift - work up to 1 set of 5 on 165kg Week 4 Tuesday - straight leg deadlift - work up to 1 set of 5 on 170kg Friday - straight leg deadlift - work up to 1 set of 5 on 175kg Week 5 DELOAD!!! Week 6 Tuesday - straight leg deadlift - work up to 1 set of 5 on 180kg Friday - straight leg deadlift - work up to 1 set of 5 on 185kg Week 7 Tuesday - straight leg deadlift - work up to 1 set of 5 on 190kg Friday - straight leg deadlift - work up to 1 set of 5 on 195kg Week 8 Tuesday - straight leg deadlift - work up to 1 set of 5 on 200kg Friday - Conventional Deadlift - worked up to new 1rm of 260kg EASY Week 9 Tuesday - Conventional Deadlift - 250kg x1 - 280kgx1 not so easy - not surprisingly, weak point is lockout, strong off floor Friday - Entire body still f**ked, no training Week 10 DELOAD!!! Week 11 Tuesday - Conventional Deadlift - 260kg x 3 Friday - Rack Pulls below knee - 300kg x 1 Week 12 Tuesday - Conventional Deadlift - 290kg x 1 Friday - No Training Week 13 Tuesday - Conventional Deadlift - 300kg x 1 - hardest thing i've ever done in my life, felt like it took 5 minutes. MASSIVE DELOAD So there you have it, 13 weeks of complete disregard for well established training principles, consolidated by an idiotic lack of respect for the effects of overtraining. Oh, I almost forgot. I squatted Monday and Thursday as well, every week. Would I do it again? YES. But not for a while... Since then I've been training 'normally', I really doubt I could go through something like the above more than once a year. I've been doing a little more rack work in order to make my finishes a little more convincing, although at the moment they're still holding me back, and working on technique with relatively light weights, apart from a recent moment of madness when I was a little too excited getting into equipment for the first time. | |||
| » Tom's training log... (Go to post) | 05-01-2010 @ 13:21 | ||
| She (it's definitely a he though....) knows the litter tray, but won't use it at the moment BECAUSE IT'S A f**kING DISGRACE, I TOLD HER SHE COULDN'T AFFORD TO LOOK AFTER A GOD DAMN KITTEN but she got it anyway and now DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY GOD DAMN FRESH KITTY LITTER and I refuse to buy some myself BECAUSE I'M MAKING A GOD DAMN POINT. I have 2 cockatiels and a macaw. I don't want a cat. For obvious reasons. | |||
| » Tom's training log... (Go to post) | 04-01-2010 @ 22:14 | ||
| girlfriends kitten annoying me and pissing everywhere so locked it in bathroom. but now won't stop meowing. already been beaten with the 5.3" board. | |||
| » Tom's training log... (Go to post) | 04-01-2010 @ 21:46 | ||
| Went to B & Q today in search of some wood to build a bench press board. Did you know they don't sell 2x4 !? Begrudgingly, I allowed B&Q to set the new standard for board press heights, and settled for some 44x96mm. Glued it together instead of using nails, decided I wasn't comfortable with something I'd built with nails in it sandwiched between my chest and 200kg. So I now have a 5.3", 3.85" and 1.75" board to work off......... great....... thanks a lot B&Q. | |||
| » Board Press (Go to post) | 04-01-2010 @ 21:06 | ||
| What do you guys board press compared with full range bench press? Interested in both equipped/unequipped and all heights of board, please specify which though! | |||
| » Tom's training log... (Go to post) | 03-01-2010 @ 23:10 | ||
| not shoddy at all! | |||
| » Tom's training log... (Go to post) | 03-01-2010 @ 21:05 | ||
| That's right, I'm going to try turning it backwards as a few people have suggested this to me now. Is there much difference with a deadlift suit? | |||