Workout/Bodybuilding III: Revengeance: Part Deux
First week of school so the gym is stupid packed. Waited like 30 minutes for a rack and didn't bother waiting to deadlift afterwards. 5x5 takes quite a while... considering dropping it down to 3x5 but not sure yet.
5x5x215 Squat - Somebody took a 5lb plate off of the bar when I was resting between my 4th and 5th set and I didn't even noticed until I unracked and felt it was uneven. Sneaky motherfucker lol, slightly annoying. Still working on staying tight the whole way through, fairly inconsistent from set to set still but definitely improving.
5x5x95 OH Press - got it this time
225x5x5 Squat - tried widening my stance slightly and angling my toes out more/evenly, also pushing knees out... Noticeably less stressful on my lower back so that's good.
100x5x5 OH Press (almost) - missed my last rep of my last set... Had it in me, just rushed it and didn't stay tight. It is definitely starting to feel stronger and more stable tho.
Waited and waited but couldn't get a bar for deadlift so I just did some accessory work and left. Still sitting around 170 bw , need to eat better this week.
I have literally had someone take a 25 off while I was setting up to unrack on bench. Dude just grabbed it and walked off.
Fuck.
i think i would prolly blow up on somebody for doing that.. of course it's easy to say that when i'm not in the situation, but i get pretty fired up for my sets so i'd def say something to the dude.
how did you react davo?
yelled at people for walking in front of me when I was about to take a top set on squats today.
like cmon, had weight on the bar, turned up the music and yelled and then three people walk right in front of me. totally threw me off. one guy stopped dead ass 3 feet in front of me on the other side of the mono. in a powerlifting gym none the less. whatever got the lift.
still struggling with 3 plate squats and deadlifts. i can get them, the squats especially, but only with the form of someone who barely hits parallel and is on the way to snap city. still can't justify to myself dropping the money on a belt and knee supports, but i know i really need them if i'm working towards lamo4plates
oh well, my bench was better tonight finally. on my way to two plates there
I don't have a written source, but I first heard about it on Jon North's podcast.. Then I heard about it again on the Starting Strength podcast so I'm pretty sure it's true. I'm not good at finding written sources tho, somebody else is gonna have to do that.
In both podcasts, they went on to say that the only male that stands a chance to go to the olympics is Kendrick Farris, and that's if he does good enough in Pan Ams.
thats really depressing if it's true, but I'm pretty sure all this info is correct
Back on the strength training grind after a long ass time of just maintaining due to time restraints.
DL'd 345 yesterday with no equipment, felt good. Going for the 4 plates in the coming months, should be able to hit it pretty fast.
Pulled 315 for a triple a few days before that.
Bench still blows.
"Ran" a mile after work today, I won't say my time because I will get straight dummied but this was with semi-hurt knees (left knee more than right, and I forgot my brace so RIP), bad back(lower back hurt more during this than anything) and a bruised rib; Toughed it out but now I'm sore as all else, I did stretch for ~9 minutes beforehand to try to ease into it. Going to try different shoes, maybe work back into this via bike riding as well.
My injuries aside, I'm pretty conscious of my posture but still wonder if that has anything to do with it. Need to get back into the habit of doing 3/5+ Miles without feeling like I want to die[more than I already do] afterward.
sharing with the class, feel free to take jabs I guess
I don't have a written source, but I first heard about it on Jon North's podcast.. Then I heard about it again on the Starting Strength podcast so I'm pretty sure it's true. I'm not good at finding written sources tho, somebody else is gonna have to do that.
In both podcasts, they went on to say that the only male that stands a chance to go to the olympics is Kendrick Farris, and that's if he does good enough in Pan Ams.
thats really depressing if it's true, but I'm pretty sure all this info is correct
Jon North and Starting Strength are like the two shittiest sources of information on Olympic lifting possible.
Yeah I mean I agree with you myzo. that's why I asked in this forum, I figured willey or somebody might know what the word is. In the podcast I was listening to, north was talking to what I'm assuming is a pretty legendary WL coach named Sean Waxman. And also for what it's worth I'll post the vid of the podcast where Rip was talking about it. You can form your own opinion after that. He starts talking about it at 14:00.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76GXyiyW79Y
Idk how to make it embed.
https://instagram.com/p/BBxgejyF0HF/
285xnot3
https://instagram.com/p/BCCAy-oF0AD/
the set before 285xnot3.
Im getting greedy and being sloppy. I need to do some long pause work to strengthen my speed off the chest and make my pauses more consistent.
thanks mane.
Widen my grip two fingers from pinky on ring to middle finger on ring. made a huge improvement. I am slower off my chest but stronger all around. Also form has def gotten better I just need to get more consistent, my touch is off and I'm relearning when to flare my elbows. It's hard though, I arch so hard (doesn't look like it but I am) that days I am tight my arch is off and that messes with my bench touch.
Gunning for lmao3plate
My leg is all fucked up but I can still squat 275 and qualify for nationals, thank god.
My lifting buddy just hit a 385 clean pause bench at 203bw and 435x2 squat.
nationals is gunna b sik
Do you tuck the elbows in on the way down and flare them on the way back up? kinda how mark bell teaches?
I tuck on the way down. my press starts with me pushing the bar back towards my face and up. Once the bar is back far enough and up enough I can flare my elbows more dramatically and just press the weight out. I guess once I start pressing I start flaring but learning to time when to flare all out once the bar is back and up enough is what I need to work on. if that makes sense