I do think a lot of people in the strength game tend to undervalue various bodybuilding principles but I think that is a mistake.
[quote]Chase44 wrote:
I see. You’re making good, logical sense. In other words, there are more important things to record than how many sets or what reps , and that I don’t necessarily need a 3 or 4 week cycle to repeat year in and year out.
Also, do you ever take a week off from strength waves and heavy poundage to just hit some hard sets of 10+ reps? I do one core lift a day, except for squats. I usually double up on squat sessions. I might back squat my first leg day and front squat the next. Or, I’ll back squat twice and use front squats and dead lifts as an assistance.
Day 1
Bench 3-5 ramp + w.e assistance I want. Usually like a triumvirate, similar to wendlers
Day 2
Squat 4-6 ramp + w.e assistance I want.
day 3
Power Press 3-5 ramp( push press ) + w.e assistance
Day 4
Squat - Pyramid variation + w.e assistance.
That’s how I usually do it.
Look good?
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Looks sound. What I find important is caring less about other people’s opinions. Not in the douchey highstrung sense where noone can tell you anything. Just in that you can take advice and criticism but not let those ideas decide what you do. You are more than competent and are stronger than most people here. I can tell you’re very humble person and you tend to undersell yourself. I am the same way but don’t shortchange yourself. If it looks good to you do it. If not find something. What you think is the opinion that matters most to you and your success.
Those statements are not original though I wish they were.
Had to chime in: my best friend in high school had ridiculous posterior chain strength. In May of our junior year of high school, right before school let out for the summer the coaches had us all max out and my buddy, at 5’8 and 158 pounds, squatted 450 slightly below parralel wearing only a belt. Pretty damn impressive. I witnessed it myself. We never did deadlifts but I’m sure he could’ve pulled close to 500. Funny thing was he could only bench 225.
[quote]niksamaras wrote:
500 at 177 at 16 years old? I HIGHLY doubt it…video or never happened
EDIT: even at 18, i dont buy it…[/quote]
Its possible! My senior year in highschool, i squatted 500 @ 178 bodyweight, 17 years old. Now, 9 years later, ive gone onto squat 700 @ 206 bodyweight.
Awh spar, you’re a sweetie. lol jk no homo but thank you. You’ve offered some great insight and I’m pretty grateful for yours and all these responses.
[quote]OKLAHOMA STATE wrote:
Had to chime in: my best friend in high school had ridiculous posterior chain strength. In May of our junior year of high school, right before school let out for the summer the coaches had us all max out and my buddy, at 5’8 and 158 pounds, squatted 450 slightly below parralel wearing only a belt. Pretty damn impressive. I witnessed it myself. We never did deadlifts but I’m sure he could’ve pulled close to 500. Funny thing was he could only bench 225.[/quote]
That’s one strong dude… damn
RUHLFAN… 700? I want to know how you got there!!! … besides hard work.
[quote]Chase44 wrote:
RUHLFAN… 700? I want to know how you got there!!! … besides hard work.[/quote]
same here
[quote]OKLAHOMA STATE wrote:
Had to chime in: my best friend in high school had ridiculous posterior chain strength. In May of our junior year of high school, right before school let out for the summer the coaches had us all max out and my buddy, at 5’8 and 158 pounds, squatted 450 slightly below parralel wearing only a belt. Pretty damn impressive. I witnessed it myself. We never did deadlifts but I’m sure he could’ve pulled close to 500. Funny thing was he could only bench 225.[/quote]
Almost a 3xbw squat. Super strong. The squat and deadlift are more forgiving of smaller guys than the bench. Deadlift is a very lever dependent lift, he’d have to try to see.
[quote]Chase44 wrote:
Awh spar, you’re a sweetie. lol jk no homo but thank you. You’ve offered some great insight and I’m pretty grateful for yours and all these responses.[/quote]
no homo taken
lol. btw, did you see if the link I gave worked? it’s a pdf file. see if you can open it
How do you change your user name on here? I should be Paragon C … of powerlifting! jk, There’s no one like that man lol.
You’d have to make a new account I think and the file won’t open.
Did you check the strongman thing I told you about
yeah I did, i felt like working out after watching the first part lol.
They had everything. Size, strength, speed, power, even abs to boot. It’s like their friggin’ superheroes or something. Bill Kazmaier, I want to be like you when I grow up lol
This should work.
Below are 3 structured routines. I made two 5/3/1 log and workouts just to have. But currently I am following the one I made that is labeled “Core Lift Log” . When you open that file, you will see the boxes. In the boxes I simply write what ever other assistance work I do after the main lift. On the lines below the main lift, I record the reps and the actual weight.
Hope you all can see these files. You’re welcome to use them if you convert them to word doc.
http://www.mediafire.com/?mss6vjzoyxicg3p
Looking good. You’re taking a strength approach in the core lifts while training all areas with sufficient volume. I like that you emphasize the explosive component which is what I believe the reason that you’re so strong for your size. You’ll have no problem gaining so long as eat enough.
Your workouts actually look sorta similar to mine.
Thank ya ! I’m trying to eat as much as I can without my stomach exploding… the problem is - it’s a struggle for me to consume more than I burn off because of all the conditioning we do. I figure if I never make it over 200 lbs… I’ll know how to use every lb. of my body weight on the field and in the weight room as well as in life. & that’s also another reason why I incorporate a lot of body weight and Olympic lifting stuff too. Some of these power lifters and body builders might be able to squat 800 and bench some impressive numbers, but can they haul their own body weight in an emergency?
I take pride in conditioning too, I’ll have to show you some of my own cardio work. I know that right now I can run a 4.6 40, and run 5 miles nonstop at a good pace in this Florida heat.
Every man has a bucket list of things he wants to accomplish. A lot of us on here have one in common that we all want to be able to lift x amount of weight , and it will be nice to look back on our masculine feats of strength and accomplishment when we’re old and gray from hard work. But when it all comes down to it… for me, I’d like to keep my heart beating as long as it can and enjoy life. When we’re 65 + years old, it won’t matter how much we lifted or what battles we fought with the iron. What’s going to matter is how well we took care of our hearts and respiratory/cardiovascular system. If my joints and tendons are worn and tattered, at least my heart still pumps like champ.
- Chase