[quote]kpsnap wrote:
Training the heavy walkouts is a good thing. Is that part of 5/3/1 or did you just add it in? And are you following the new 5/3/1 for PLers that incorporates heavy singles?[/quote]
Well the short answer is that I had been doing 1 or 2 heavy singles after the regualr 5/3/1 work. THe 5/3/1 for PLer’s came out and said basically the same thing. But the walkouts came in just this week.
I figured that if I got used to walking out a weight that it wouldn’t feel so heavy when I first tried to squat it.
[quote]coyotegal wrote:
Good luck upping those maxes! Whats your strategy?[/quote]
Thanks, I have slightly less than three months before Worlds so I plan on doing 2 5/3/1 cycles and then use the rest of the time to dial in my attempts. Learning to get more out of my wraps would alos be a good thing[/quote]
I have total confidence that you will be rocking it in 3 months
[quote]coyotegal wrote:
Good luck upping those maxes! Whats your strategy?[/quote]
Thanks, I have slightly less than three months before Worlds so I plan on doing 2 5/3/1 cycles and then use the rest of the time to dial in my attempts. Learning to get more out of my wraps would alos be a good thing[/quote]
I have total confidence that you will be rocking it in 3 months[/quote]
Took a long walk during the heat of the day yesterday. This next weekend I’ll add back the seld drags and farmer’s walks and start working up to some running again.
I must be odd but I really like being out in the heat. Its a good kind of sweatty.
The walkouts are a good idea, Joe. If your back can take it, try walking out with a little more weight than you intend to squat. It’s make the squat weight feel like a feather, kinda.
Take this with a grain of salt but one thing you can try after getting comfortable with the weight on your back try some reverse band squats. Won’t help out of the hole to much however it’s a confidence booster, once you’ve nailed the RB then you can try that weight without. Personally I’ve missed weights that I shouldn’t have a problem with only because my mind wasn’t right.
No doubt you’ll get those numbers. You seem to have reached every other weight goal you set to get why should this be any different.
Trying out a wider grip for bench on mondays as people keep saying I’ll be able to move more weight that way and it can’t hurt to see. Lifted to quickly and burned out fast on CGB but rallied a bit after I slowed things down.
Joe, just to clarify what I personally meant by “wider” -the strongest position for pushing the weight is when your forearms are perpendicular to the floor, which means where you are on the bar will vary depending on your arm length. Heck, if one of your arms is longer than the other, you might even want to be on a different part of the bar for each hand. Check out the videos of Rooney benching (his powerlifting meet video from the article yesterday) and also our own GermanOne.
p.s. Matty, I’m not Joe, but conventional wisdom is rack pulls from below the knee can help, from above the knee is strictly cosmetic; so yes, those should help Joe since they are from mid shin.
[quote]MattyXL wrote:
Nice work Joe, I have been considering going back to Rack pulls, do you feel they translate to a better DL for you?[/quote]
What PG says below pretty much speaks for me.
Traditionally my weak point is mid-shin and I’ve gotten stronger when I’ve done rack pulls at that level. I’m not sure doing them after deads is the way to go but I need to work them in somewhere.
