Thanks for the encouragement and advice Greg and Ink!
ME Bench
Maxed out 3 board in the shirt. Total grinder, but I got it up because I was pissed. The guy holding the board was talkin sh*t to me (in good fun) to get me pumped up, and the moment he started reachin for the bar I drove it up. Upon watchin the video again, I gotta remember to tuck a lot harder on the way down, not doing that is causing me to touch down much harder, making it much hard to get back up. After that, my elbow was hurtin like heck, so I just did lots of stuff to pump and burn.
Warm ups
3 Board
135 x 10
225 x 5
315 x 5
shirt on
405 x 3
445 x 2
475 x 1
500 x 1 (video)
Rope Pressdowns
7 x 10-15
HS Chest Press
4tp x 20
6tp x 15
8tp x 12
Seated Lateral Raises /ss/ Front Raises /ss/ Rear Delt
3 x 8-12
Fly Machine /ss/ Rear Delt
2 x 12
Lat Pulldowns (V handle, Supinated, Wide Grip)
9 x 8-15
You need a bigger tire.
Sick PR bro! You squatted over 600 before me, damnit. What’s your pull at?
[quote]Most Major wrote:
You need a bigger tire.
Sick PR bro! You squatted over 600 before me, damnit. What’s your pull at?[/quote]
Haha I beat you last fall bud, hit 600 then, 605 last monday.
My pull is raw sumo 525 with no chalk, straps, anything, 550 same. Dunno what my best conventional raw without straps is. I only have my sumo squat suit, so I am still working on getting comfortable to pull in it.
My grip still blows though.
On a semi related note, how did that chat with the gym ownership over the chalk issue go?? Nice training as always.
[quote]DixiesFinest wrote:
[quote]Most Major wrote:
You need a bigger tire.
Sick PR bro! You squatted over 600 before me, damnit. What’s your pull at?[/quote]
Haha I beat you last fall bud, hit 600 then, 605 last monday.
My pull is raw sumo 525 with no chalk, straps, anything, 550 same. Dunno what my best conventional raw without straps is. I only have my sumo squat suit, so I am still working on getting comfortable to pull in it.
My grip still blows though.[/quote]
Word. You haven’t tested it geared up yet? One gear whore to another, my PR pulls were done in a single ply.
[quote]Most Major wrote:
[quote]DixiesFinest wrote:
[quote]Most Major wrote:
You need a bigger tire.
Sick PR bro! You squatted over 600 before me, damnit. What’s your pull at?[/quote]
Haha I beat you last fall bud, hit 600 then, 605 last monday.
My pull is raw sumo 525 with no chalk, straps, anything, 550 same. Dunno what my best conventional raw without straps is. I only have my sumo squat suit, so I am still working on getting comfortable to pull in it.
My grip still blows though.[/quote]
Word. You haven’t tested it geared up yet? One gear whore to another, my PR pulls were done in a single ply. [/quote]
No, not really. I have pulled a rough but passable 550 in it, my grip held out just cause I got it up faster than normal, but it felt incredibly awkward and miserable. I am still workin on how best to get my feet etc so that I can grab the bar without losing power.
That, and the weight came crashing down on my toes breaking two of them. Funny story, few pages back in the log haha.
[quote]DixiesFinest wrote:
[quote]Most Major wrote:
[quote]DixiesFinest wrote:
[quote]Most Major wrote:
You need a bigger tire.
Sick PR bro! You squatted over 600 before me, damnit. What’s your pull at?[/quote]
Haha I beat you last fall bud, hit 600 then, 605 last monday.
My pull is raw sumo 525 with no chalk, straps, anything, 550 same. Dunno what my best conventional raw without straps is. I only have my sumo squat suit, so I am still working on getting comfortable to pull in it.
My grip still blows though.[/quote]
Word. You haven’t tested it geared up yet? One gear whore to another, my PR pulls were done in a single ply. [/quote]
No, not really. I have pulled a rough but passable 550 in it, my grip held out just cause I got it up faster than normal, but it felt incredibly awkward and miserable. I am still workin on how best to get my feet etc so that I can grab the bar without losing power.
That, and the weight came crashing down on my toes breaking two of them. Funny story, few pages back in the log haha.[/quote]
I remember that story.
When I pull sumo, I set up with my shins at the rings, feet angled out wide. That foot setup seems to work well. The thing that really helps is getting my ass down as far as I can and arching my back to “pull the slack out.”
Happy pulling. See you in the race to 600 thread.
Yeah, we got the same shirt. But that’s not my competition shirt. It’s a smaller sized . . . something or other. Can’t even remember what it is now.
[quote]Most Major wrote:
[quote]DixiesFinest wrote:
[quote]Most Major wrote:
[quote]DixiesFinest wrote:
[quote]Most Major wrote:
You need a bigger tire.
Sick PR bro! You squatted over 600 before me, damnit. What’s your pull at?[/quote]
Haha I beat you last fall bud, hit 600 then, 605 last monday.
My pull is raw sumo 525 with no chalk, straps, anything, 550 same. Dunno what my best conventional raw without straps is. I only have my sumo squat suit, so I am still working on getting comfortable to pull in it.
My grip still blows though.[/quote]
Word. You haven’t tested it geared up yet? One gear whore to another, my PR pulls were done in a single ply. [/quote]
No, not really. I have pulled a rough but passable 550 in it, my grip held out just cause I got it up faster than normal, but it felt incredibly awkward and miserable. I am still workin on how best to get my feet etc so that I can grab the bar without losing power.
That, and the weight came crashing down on my toes breaking two of them. Funny story, few pages back in the log haha.[/quote]
I remember that story.
When I pull sumo, I set up with my shins at the rings, feet angled out wide. That foot setup seems to work well. The thing that really helps is getting my ass down as far as I can and arching my back to “pull the slack out.”
Happy pulling. See you in the race to 600 thread.[/quote]
Aight. Im gonna wear my suit during speed pulls tomorrow to get practice in it. Ill try out your feet stance, thanks for the tip
Snap - fun times with Titan I suppose
^how to band jack a HS curl machine.
Biceps and cardio.
Elbow started hurting, so didnt do too much.
Warm ups
Standing DB strict → loose Hammer curl
60 x 12
70 x 10
80 x 7
95 x 6 (video)
HS curl
6 x 10-12
Incline Treadmill
[quote]DoveofWar08 wrote:
On a semi related note, how did that chat with the gym ownership over the chalk issue go?? Nice training as always.
[/quote]
Have not talked to him yet, have not gotten the chance.
Sick squat man,
yeah that tire is way to small to get any real benefit from.
DE Squat and Deadlift
Did the squats in the narrower stance, practiced using the suit on pulls. I couldnt reach the bar and pull with any semblance of form with straps up and feet narrower. Straps down was meh. Filmed a few of the pulls.
Warm ups
Box Squats
320 bar weight + black bands
8 x 2
Speed Pulls (raw)
315 bar weight + gray bands
5 x 1
(suit on, straps down)
365 bar weight + gray bands
3 x 1 - no video, wouldnt upload
Back Extensions /ss/ Decline Situps
4 x 12
that big squat was BIG!
you are always killin it Dixie. good stuff.
DE Bench
Back to speed bench with bands. Went well, shoulder felt good, lets keep this goin.
Warm ups
Speed Bench
185 bar weight + Mini Bands
8 x 3 (video is last two sets)
Straight bar skull crushers
60lb x 20
70lb x 20
80lb x 20
90lb x 15
100lb x 10
Seated lateral raises /ss/ front raises /ss/ rear delt raises
3 x 8-12
Kroc set up DB Rows
130 x 9
120 x 13
110 x 15
V Bar Pulldown
3 x 8-12
Supinated Grip Pulldown
3 x 12-15
Fly Machine
3 x 12 (negatives)
Thank you N!
ME Reverse Band Deadlift
Choked the bands so that they were slack at lockout. Used briefs for the first time today, they were a well appreciated gift. It was interesting getting them on.
Warm ups
ME RB Deadlift
225 x some
315 x 5
405 x 3
500 x 3
545 x 2
565 x 1
585 x 1 (a PR of sorts, last time I had to use straps, got it without straps today)
briefs on
605 x 1 (barely without straps - put em on after this)
635 x 0
635 x 1 (PR video - started shaking, guess it hitched, didnt feel like hitching when I was pulling)
Leg Press
12tp x 15
14tp x 15
16tp x 15
18tp x 10
20tp x 10
Lying Leg Curl
2tp x 20
3tp x 15
4tp x 10
2tp x 20
Back Extension /ss/ Decline Situps
3 x 10-12
Ahh, there are the briefs. They don’t even look tight on you. Are they?
[quote]kpsnap wrote:
Ahh, there are the briefs. They don’t even look tight on you. Are they?[/quote]
Eh, not really. Once I got em hiked all the way up they def provided some pop and support, but they were nowhere close to as tight as my squat suit.
Like I said though (or at least I think I said), these briefs were given as a gift, so I am not complaining at all.
And yes, I looked absolutely ridiculous tonight.
635 - holy shit.
holy shit.