Do you sleep?? 11:15 and still lifting heavy. Very impressive. I’d be up all night after that.
I would have to take the front squats…and I don’t even do them. Heck, Since I got off work, last Friday, I have left my house (the premises, not the indoors) only twice. Were I not married with kids, I would likely be a hermit…except for the occasional visitor I snagged off the web.
You never cease to amaze, Tony. Lifting weights (and heavy ones at that) at nearly while knocking at the midnight hour. Good stuff…
Close the blinds, lock your door. No one looking? Merry Christmas to you and the family. Not sure if you can still legally say that in California. Hope you enjoyed the play and fattened goose liver.
You’ve had a hell of a year. Your knowledge of lifting has helped everyone on here. Thanks for sharing.
[quote]hel320 wrote:
Close the blinds, lock your door. No one looking? Merry Christmas to you and the family. Not sure if you can still legally say that in California. Hope you enjoyed the play and fattened goose liver.
You’ve had a hell of a year. Your knowledge of lifting has helped everyone on here. Thanks for sharing. [/quote]
Everyone on this forum has raised my game. I owe you all a big thanks for helping me to become stronger.
2009-12-24
Power Cleans
140x3
170x3
190x3
210 3x2 sets (PR +1 rep)
220x1,1,1 (PR +2 sets)
Ghetto T-bar Row
2 plates x5
3 "
4 "
5 plates x 1
4 plates + 25 x3
4 plates x5
Over head close grip pin presses (pinkies on the smooth)
140 6x3 sets
Merry Christmas, Charming. Thanks for all of the helpful suggestions and humor over the year!
Thanks Math. Hope I wasn’t to pushy. Or corny. 
I’m sitting just this side of 200 lbs. I’m making a concerted effort tomorrow to get over the line. It’s one of this year’s goals
The others were/are
500 DL (check)
400 SQ (probably, so…check)
300 FS (290 from bottom, so with stretch reflex engaged…Check)
300 BP (nope, not even close)
200 OHP (frustratingly close, still got 7 days)
Upper body gets a concentrated block next. Get this shoulder online for real, 'steada half-ass rehabbing it and make some monster triceps.
Merry Christmas Tony.
DCA, thanks for all your help and sage advice this year.
Merry Christmas!
Jack
[quote]hel320 wrote:
Close the blinds, lock your door. No one looking? Merry Christmas to you and the family. Not sure if you can still legally say that in California. Hope you enjoyed the play and fattened goose liver.
You’ve had a hell of a year. Your knowledge of lifting has helped everyone on here. Thanks for sharing. [/quote]
Man - I wish you were joking about that. I’m not Christian, but it seems to me that there’s a concerted effort to kill the Christian roots of the holiday…
Thanks for the good words Harry. You’re still the soul of the forum in my mind.
[quote]JoeGood wrote:
Merry Christmas Tony.[/quote]
Back at you, Joe.
[quote]jjackkrash wrote:
DCA, thanks for all your help and sage advice this year.
Merry Christmas!
Jack
[/quote]
It’s Kind of you to think of my meddling so.
Felis Navidad!
That is an impressive list of goals achieved for this year. Eat up so that you can add one more check!
[quote]kimbakimba wrote:
That is an impressive list of goals achieved for this year. Eat up so that you can add one more check![/quote]
11:25 PM - 200 burp lbs.
omg…
2009-12-26
Standing Overhead Press
barx15
100x5
120x5
140x3
160x3
170x2
180x1
190x1 (PR +2.5lbs)
170x5 (PR +2.5lbs or +2 reps)
Sumo DL
225x5
315x5
405x3
475x1 (PR +5 lbs)
495x1 (PR +25lbs)
Deficit DL (conv. 6" deficit)
365 5x2 sets
Chest Supported Row
215x6
225 6x2 sets
Close grip Floor Press
225 4x3 sets
BB Curl
135x5,3
Wasn’t feeling it today for OHP’s but I went for it anyway. @ 190 the Lockout was slow, but came off the shoulders pretty good. Managed to keep it close to my face or else it wouldn’t have gone.
My sumos are basically wide-stance stiff legged DLs, but they do the freakin job. 495 was very slow and I almost gave up on it at the bottom, but I could feel it still moving so I kept pulling. Definitely couldn’t see anything, vision - or my attention to it - totally cut out. The deficit deads took me till the second set to really engage the glutes so my low back was better supported.
That’s some pullin’!!! Nice OH Presses, too. Watch your nose-- I totally bruised mine from scrapage today (lucky I didn’t break it!)…
Good work!
Nice job on the OHPs and sumos!
[quote]DaCharmingAlbino wrote:
[quote]kimbakimba wrote:
That is an impressive list of goals achieved for this year. Eat up so that you can add one more check![/quote]
11:25 PM - 200 burp lbs.
omg…[/quote]
It doesn’t count unless you weigh 200 lbs. in the morning. Says a veteran self-weigher.
[quote]SteelyD wrote:
That’s some pullin’!!! Nice OH Presses, too. Watch your nose-- I totally bruised mine from scrapage today (lucky I didn’t break it!)…
Good work![/quote]
I don’t worry so much about my nose as I do my chin. I’ve cracked myself in the jaw pretty hard before - on the way up AND on the way down.
[quote]kimbakimba wrote:
[quote]DaCharmingAlbino wrote:
[quote]kimbakimba wrote:
That is an impressive list of goals achieved for this year. Eat up so that you can add one more check![/quote]
11:25 PM - 200 burp lbs.
omg…[/quote]
It doesn’t count unless you weigh 200 lbs. in the morning. Says a veteran self-weigher. :)[/quote]
In programming my brain for success and a new set point, I often weigh myself when I feel my heaviest. I can then burn that number in as a standard. My body seems then to attain the desired weight more naturally, without “force feeding.” I still eat more than usual, but it doesn’t feel like I’m stuffing myself or fighting myself to gain weight.
Who makes these rules, anyway?