[quote]maraudermeat wrote:
congratulations on the placing and more importantly a total. now you can build from there. [/quote]
Thanks, meat and all.
It’s a relief to have a total from 8 clean lifts and a bit of a pisser to me that the total is so low. I can do better than that by quite a bit.
I guess it’s about never being satisfied though, ain’t it?
[quote]mathineer wrote:
[quote]DaCharmingAlbino wrote:
Meet video is up -
I went 8 for 9 and took Men’s 3rd with 1055 total and 693.7756 score - mostly because I’m old and skinny.[/quote]
Congratulations on a strong performance, Tony! BTW, with your and Meat’s sveldtitude on the same thread, it’s like watching George Clooney and Brad Pitt in Ocean’s Eleven.[/quote]
I am confused as to who is Clooney and who is Pitt… wait, I think meat wanted to be Pitt, or was it beat Pitt? idk…
[quote]PeteS wrote:
[quote]mathineer wrote:
[quote]DaCharmingAlbino wrote:
Meet video is up -
I went 8 for 9 and took Men’s 3rd with 1055 total and 693.7756 score - mostly because I’m old and skinny.[/quote]
Congratulations on a strong performance, Tony! BTW, with your and Meat’s sveldtitude on the same thread, it’s like watching George Clooney and Brad Pitt in Ocean’s Eleven.[/quote]
I am confused as to who is Clooney and who is Pitt… wait, I think meat wanted to be Pitt, or was it beat Pitt? idk…[/quote]
I think it was Bear pitt…
Nice work Tony!
Nice lifting Tony, once I get a bit stronger I’m going to give that virtual meet a shot.
2009-12-4
Reverse Band Squat (avg bands = minus 150lbs at bottom)
140x whatever - had to pull the bar to depth
230x2
320x2
390x1
460x1
500x1 (PR +10lbs)
510x1 (PR +20lbs) very slow
460x3
edit:
Overhead supports (pin 14)
135x3
185x3
225x3
255x3
275x3
295x2
Overhead press from Pins (pin 14 top of forehead)
185 5x2 sets
Rows later or tomorrow if there’s time.
[quote]JoeGood wrote:
Nice lifting Tony, once I get a bit stronger I’m going to give that virtual meet a shot.[/quote]
As meat told me, “Why wait?” Getting ready for meet is impetus to get stronger. Since we’re never strong enough anyway it’s never too early.
how did you like the reverse band squat?? they definitely are a different animal. i could be wrong, but it looked like you may have stepped back too far. the bands appeared to be at an angle to the bar, not straight up and down. the trick is stepping back so that the bands are directly above the bar. our rack has a black line painted on the diamond plated bottom. i try to set up the bands so that when i step back my heels are on that line and the bands are straight up and down instead of at an angle. all i have to do is glance down at the line to see where my feet are.
[quote]maraudermeat wrote:
how did you like the reverse band squat?? they definitely are a different animal. i could be wrong, but it looked like you may have stepped back too far. the bands appeared to be at an angle to the bar, not straight up and down. the trick is stepping back so that the bands are directly above the bar. our rack has a black line painted on the diamond plated bottom. i try to set up the bands so that when i step back my heels are on that line and the bands are straight up and down instead of at an angle. all i have to do is glance down at the line to see where my feet are. [/quote]
It’s in the rotation for sure. It feels like cheating till you get to the top weights and are fighting for every inch of altitude. The lift gets harder the higher you go so leverage is no special help at the top as in a regular squat.
I’m stopping with the heels in line with the bands so they can’t pull me forwards or backwards. I have to go by feel though. May be a good idea to implement chalk and a plumb-bob for the proper line.
Sorry for the advertisement, but watching Ed Coan squat a 950 double is inspiring.
And here’s a sick 975 single
All of these lifts were stupid fast.
and i was feeling so good about myself… thanks Pale One.
Well…you gotta have something to shoot for too, right?
Real nice effort there Tony! How did that 510 feel walking out?
[quote]soldog wrote:
Real nice effort there Tony! How did that 510 feel walking out?[/quote]
Not bad. I walked out and held 555 in a partial squat for 6-10 seconds not too long ago and this definitely felt lighter. I get more worried on the descent, praying that when I start to lean forward my back will hold together. But nary a twinge so I guess I can stop worrying. This exercise coupled with Anderson squats should yield some positive adaptations. Like meat said, getting the foot position right is challenging. You want to get set fairly quickly as it burns a fair amount of energy to be dancing around with that on your shoulders.
DCA- Hey I checked out the virtual meet site… very cool and really good lifts man, well done.
On Zerchers do you always use pins? at what height? knee? DO you ever do them like free squats?..Thanks, OG
2009-12-7
One Arm BB Press
45x5
55x3
65x3
75x3
85x2
92.5x1 (PR +2.5lbs)
82.5x5 (PR +2.5lbs)
50x20 (rt only)
Zercher from pins
225x3
315x3
365x2
405x1
445x1 (PR +5 lbs)
Good Mornings
185x15
1-armed DB rows
100x5
120x5
130 5x3 sets
Dragon Flags
5x2 sets
Leg raises
15x2 sets
Ballistic Pushups to 18" bench
BWx8,5
Smith CG Bench
200x10
Machine pullovers
90x10
110x10
70x10 (rt arm only)
Pretty tired after this. I can feel the workload catching up to me. 3 more sessions and then deload time.
You can do full dragon flags? you are now, once again, my hero!
and nice PRs you whore
[quote]OldGoat wrote:
DCA- Hey I checked out the virtual meet site… very cool and really good lifts man, well done.
On Zerchers do you always use pins? at what height? knee? DO you ever do them like free squats?..Thanks, OG[/quote]
Thanks OldGoat.
Zerchers: I either do them from pins or do them from the floor. I like them from pins between mid-thigh and knee because I can overload them and I like them from a dead stop. That height and poundage helps my squat and deadlift whereas doing them from the floor just gets me good at doing zerchers without really helping SQ and DL. I don’t like taking it from the rack and then descending - just a preference. It’s a perfectly valid exercise, especially with a pause the way meat does them lately.
[quote]soldog wrote:
You can do full dragon flags? you are now, once again, my hero!
and nice PRs you whore[/quote]
I can do the down portion, but I gotta kinda curl myself up back up to the top. And the last 2 reps are more like 2 singles as I gasp for breath.
Startin’ up my wicked ways again, yep.
Every so often I think, why am I doing this? It makes me tired, adds a bunch to my grocery bill and I’m unlikely to be extraordinary in this field.
People think I’m nuts or obsessed or in a mid-life crisis and I don’t get any positive feedback about it in face-to-face life… Nobody cares that I can pull a quarter ton off the floor on a good day. If they have a response it’s usually one of smug derisiveness deeming it a egregious waste of time and effort.
I buy equipment that clutters up my garage, makes loud disturbing clanging noises when I use it and further, my garage smells like sweat…
I’m sore somewhere just about every day.
Why do I keep doing this? To put an extra five pounds down in my log for a certain lift? Who’s going to remember that when I’m dead?
But that’s exactly why I do it. I want to see that new number, I want to fight and defeat a weight I haven’t been able to before. I want to use my intelligence, my will and perseverance to enable me to write a new 5 or a zero at the end of the old set of digits. That’s it. I may never be extraordinary, I may never be respected for what I’m doing in my garage or at the gym, but it doesn’t matter. Forward, upward - 10lbs ,5 lbs, 2 and a half or 1 measly pound.
Staying still is dying.
I know exactly how you feel. we often feel very alone in the world. our love is not one shared by many people. in fact, i think many hate what we do becuase it makes them feel weak and small.
for the most part, me and the guys i train with are basically ignored in the gym. people don’t want to see someone lifting a weight that would crush them. they don’t want to see someone larger than they could ever imagine becoming.
what’s worse than those that ignore are the one’s that belittle your accomplishments. I can’t post a video without a douchebag taking a dig or post a comment on a thread without some weakling “correcting” me.
so… why keep doing it? I do it becuase I need to. Simple as that. It’s a need. As soon as i finish my training, I have to get home and watch the training vids to crique what I’m doing and to also take pride in my progress. I then have to post my training. Not so much for others to say “wow” but to gain closure on another awesome training session.
I will always lift and compete. It’s what I do. I do it for me and only for me. It’s selfish and self serving… and the only time in my life where I can be so. Take that away and I become one of the vast hurd of people that go through life not living and posting negative comments on youtube or websites.