[quote]mathineer wrote:
Hey, Soldog, I hope things turn around before he get’s himself in serious trouble.
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yup - we’ll see if we can get a turn around in the next couple of months.
Two hours of sleep last night, a week since my last training session and two days until I can do my next session - I might just go nuts… (oops, too late)
teenagers are a trial. My 19 year old is finally leaving his ‘@#$hole’ stage. Best of luck to you.
Sorry I’m late to the table. Seem to be doing that a lot lately. Wish I could give you some insightful advise on the youngun but my wife did most the raising of mine. I can say I had a very “troubled youth”, spent a most of my ninth grade year as a guest of the Sheriff’s Boy Ranch. Got into sports, got straightened out, and went on to have a great life, so far. My family, all of the whole big extended group of it, never gave up on me, let me know what was acceptable and what wasn’t. Don’t know anything about military schools. Do know you should make sure he knows you’re there for him. Oh yeah, hope the eyes ok. Patch probably gives you that rakish look.
[quote]hel320 wrote:
Sorry I’m late to the table. Seem to be doing that a lot lately. Wish I could give you some insightful advise on the youngun but my wife did most the raising of mine. I can say I had a very “troubled youth”, spent a most of my ninth grade year as a guest of the Sheriff’s Boy Ranch. Got into sports, got straightened out, and went on to have a great life, so far. My family, all of the whole big extended group of it, never gave up on me, let me know what was acceptable and what wasn’t. Don’t know anything about military schools. Do know you should make sure he knows you’re there for him. Oh yeah, hope the eyes ok. Patch probably gives you that rakish look.[/quote]
Thanks PeteS and Hel,
He knows I’m here and we’ve been having frank discussions (not lectures). I also let him know that I’m trying to be both a father and a friend and am not afraid to be either as the situation requires. I’ll be working from tomorrow so that he can stay home instead of running around with his mother who is barely speaking to him.
Sorry - no eye patch even right after the eye freezing operation…
Back at it!
4 June 2009
W=196
Cycle 1 week 3 5-3-1
bike 5m, sh rehab, ytwl
Bench Barx10/10 95x5, 115x5
135x5, 150x3, 170x4
BBB 95x10 5 sets
DB BO rows 75#x10 Right 5 sets, left 5 sets
Good to see you back in the game!
soldog- you made that look easy. Nice work.
If your grip was about 3" narrower, you would be using about the same grip as I do for close grip bench. Such a close grip really pounds my shoulders.
Also, how on earth do you get your feet turned out like that? I would have to break each leg in at least 2 places to turn my feet out like that!
Nice pressing dog. I agree about the feet though, I’d have to displace a hip to do that.
Thanks guys, I hadn’t realized that my feet pointed out that much. I’m trying to get my heels as far back and under me as possible to initiate my arch and that’s just what happens. Years of martial arts has probably helped with leg and ankle flexibility.
I’ve noticed lots of stuff on that video that needs fixin’: elbows in as the bar comes down, More rowing the bar down, delay flaring the elbows on the way up, more leg drive, don’t press the bar to the rack at the finish - press and hold before racking…
Nothing to be ashamed of there, soldog. Good volume and you know wht you need to work on.
Good benchin’, Dog.
That there video reminds me of why I finally bought an oly bench. To get a wider grip with a bench with crutches spaced at the width you want to grip, you have to slide your hands out to press, then slide 'em back in when you’re done to rack the bar. Not very f’ing safe! The alternative is a narrow grip.
And how DO you make your feet do that??? 
[quote]mathineer wrote:
Good benchin’, Dog.
That there video reminds me of why I finally bought an oly bench. To get a wider grip with a bench with crutches spaced at the width you want to grip, you have to slide your hands out to press, then slide 'em back in when you’re done to rack the bar. Not very f’ing safe! The alternative is a narrow grip.
And how DO you make your feet do that??? :-)[/quote]
Only one explanation - I’m a freak of nature…
Heck, if I had the flexibility to turn my feet out like that, maybe my hips wouldn’t hurt when I squat!
Originally intended to squat today but played a lumberjack all day. Cousins came up and helped take a couple of dying trees because they wanted to have the biggest section sawn into beams. So I had a GPP day of 6 hours lumberjacking.
cutting trees in high wind - my idea of fun
Got this one hung up and had to winch it out
Planning on going in tomorrow for squat day.
Speaking of great days! Beautiful countryside you’ve got there! Wish I could have been around to help…and enjoy the scenery. Given the difference in elevation, between here and there, though, I doubt I would have made 6 hours. Maybe 6 minutes…
[quote]soldog wrote:
Originally intended to squat today but played a lumberjack all day. Cousins came up and helped take a couple of dying trees because they wanted to have the biggest section sawn into beams. So I had a GPP day of 6 hours lumberjacking.
cutting trees in high wind - my idea of fun
Planning on going in tomorrow for squat day.[/quote]
Oh he’s a lumberjack and he’s okay
He GPP’s and squats all day…
[quote]soldog wrote:
Originally intended to squat today but played a lumberjack all day. Cousins came up and helped take a couple of dying trees because they wanted to have the biggest section sawn into beams. So I had a GPP day of 6 hours lumberjacking.
cutting trees in high wind - my idea of fun
Got this one hung up and had to winch it out
Planning on going in tomorrow for squat day.[/quote]
Your qualified… come down to the swamp of you ever need a fall back career
[quote]mathineer wrote:
soldog wrote:
Originally intended to squat today but played a lumberjack all day. Cousins came up and helped take a couple of dying trees because they wanted to have the biggest section sawn into beams. So I had a GPP day of 6 hours lumberjacking.
cutting trees in high wind - my idea of fun
Planning on going in tomorrow for squat day.
Oh he’s a lumberjack and he’s okay
He GPP’s and squats all day…
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Yeah, I was thinking about Monty Python all day…
[quote]j_willy3 wrote:
soldog wrote:
Originally intended to squat today but played a lumberjack all day. Cousins came up and helped take a couple of dying trees because they wanted to have the biggest section sawn into beams. So I had a GPP day of 6 hours lumberjacking.
cutting trees in high wind - my idea of fun
Got this one hung up and had to winch it out
Planning on going in tomorrow for squat day.
Your qualified… come down to the swamp of you ever need a fall back career[/quote]
I don’t know J - I was wiped out after one day…
7 June 2009
W=198
Cycle 1 Week 3 5-3-1
Squat day
Bar x10 135x5 160x3
working sets 190x5,
215x3,
240x4 PR Reps
form comments?
Assistance – JFI, maybe later