Nice looking cleans, never thought of mentioning you should be using hook grip, I just assumed you were! You should try out some hang cleans to practice getting under the bar a little faster, could be worth a shot. Solid work all round though as per usual!
@Phlegms, thanks man and thanks for the advice. Yeah it’s one of those things that never seems to get mentioned!
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PM: Bench
Warmups: 20 band dislocates, 20 bar dislocates, bunch of light weight swings
Bench:
20kg x 15
60kg x 5
80kg x 3
90kg x 2 - felt super explosive
100kg x 1
105kg x 3 x 6 - Volume PR felt very strong
(weight x reps x sets.) Really got in the zone with these today. Everything felt strong and explosive.
Incline Bench:
40kg x 3 - feel set
80kg x 10 - 4rep PR! Felt so amazin’
80kg x 8 - sweet
Frickin’ sweet! Got da pump going too.
Feet Elevated Ring Pushups:
20
15
Da pump!
Notes:
Pretty awesome session. Strength work on bench today felt amazing, incline felt amazing and ring pushups felt amazing. Everything amazing.
Video:
(Seb is the kid I’ve been training. He gets in the way for my last set of flat but you can still see the speed of the reps.)
I want your bench, I be mirin’ haaaard.
damn you catch the cleans high, still jelly. BTW you so should of went higher, like 90 - 100. Definitly had it in you.
@Phlegms, here brah, have it. brahlove
@Jacob, appreciate the words dude. I definitely feel like I have at least 100 in me but I don’t want to push it to limit weights in my tiny room/cage.
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AM
Warmups: whole bunch of dislocates and swings
Strict Press:
20kg x 5
30kg x 4
40kg x 3
50kg x 2
60kg x 1
70kg x 1
Felt very solid.
Push Press:
75kg x 3 x 3
80kg x 2 x 1 - easiest/fastest set
85kg x 2 x 1 - solid
This was beating me up, but in a good way. Possibly some kind of volume PR.
Notes:
Way too groggy this morning for snatches so will do them this avo. Everything else felt pretty good once I got going.
PM
Warmups: 20 band dislocates, 20 pipe dislocates, some shoulder stretches with the 20kg bar.
Hang power snatches:
20kg x 5
30kg x 3
40kg x 3
45kg x 3 x 3 - 2.5kg on last week.
Finally started feeling explosive on the last set. Hips/pubic bone are now pretty bruised - is this normal?
Front squats:
BW x 10
60kg x 3
80kg x 2
100kg x 1
115kg x 3 x 3 - felt really tough
120kg x 2 x 2 - much easier
125kg x 2 - solid
Sets seemed to get easier as I went along - 60kg felt harder than 125kg! Lol. Good performance, rock bottom depth and some sort of volume PR probably.
RDLs:
60kg x 10
70kg x 10
Just getting a good hammie stretch going.
A1. Straight leg hanging leg raises: 10
A2. Incline Crunches: 20
Natural GHRs:
10 negatives
Dat pump. Dat weakness. Can’t wait to just be able to do these and look like I’m flying.
Notes:
Holy FUCK was I tired today. Kept falling asleep at work, felt very weak and lethargic. Definitely deloading next week. Or going high reps, something like that lol. Anyway, despite feeling completely knackered both my sessions today went pretty well in the end. Need an early night tonight though!
Video:
Nice squatting, depth looked sesssssi. Snatches looked snappy as fuck too. Mirin all round really breh!
Thatta boy, strong pressing and inclines, nice front squats!!!
i can’t watch you squat anymore
too jelly
@Phlegms, thanks dude really appreciate it. But moar criticism is appreciated too!
@Austin, thanks brotha!
@fr0, don’t be a h8er brah <3 You’ll get there buddy, your progress has been rapid!
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[u]AM[/u]
Warmup: 15 band dislocates, 15 pipe dislocates
Speed Bench:
20kg x 15
40kg x 5
65kg x 3 / 75kg x 2 / 85kg x 1 - +2.5kg from last week
65kg x 3 / 75kg x 2 / 85kg x 1 - 65 literally through me off the bench, awesome
Super mega explosive. Me like.
Plyo pushups:
3
3
3
Notes:
Did not want to get out of bed this AM but I LOVE this session and it always wakes me up a bit so that got me motivated. Went well.
PM
Bodyweight: 85kg
Warmups: 15 band dislocates, 15 bar dislocates
Deadhang Pullups:
BW x 5
10kg x 5
20kg x 5 - form PR at this bodyweight
10kg x 8
BW x 10
First bodyweight set felt like I was flying. Everything felt solid.
L-Sit Ring Pullups:
5
5
5 - Volume PR
2
These CRUSHED my lower abs big time. Also hit the lats pretty nicely.
Total pullups: 50
Back Lever - Tuck
10s
10s
10s
10s
10s
10s
Fuarr today these were like an everything everything PR. Best they’ve ever felt - for the first time I felt as though I had some semblance of control over my body in these haha.
Strict Barbell Curls:
20kg x 8
30kg x 8
40kg x 5(+3 cheat curls)
30kg x 8 - DROP -
20kg x 12
Dat pump. Can I has teh swollz nao plz?
Notes:
Pretty fine session today. I came home from work early because there was no electricity so I had a nap and actually felt like a human during my session for once. Also got started working in earnest on a programme with my first online client - excited! He’s paying me back with love and compliments and telling everyone that I’m awesome and not any money but it’s a start lol.
In a slight downturn, the calf issue I mentioned last week looks like tendinitis. Gonna have to be wary of that. Got the ice pack on it now. Who the fuck gets tendinitis in their calf?
Video:
Mirin all over
Thanks Bambi!
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AM
Warmups: 15 air squats
Power Cleans:
20kg x 6
40kg x 5
60kg x 3
70kg x 2
80kg x 2 - 1rep PR - pretty easy
Power cleans suit me so much better when I’m feeling tired and shit than squat cleans.
Notes:
A bit rushed for time this morning but got the work in and had a pretty solid session.
PM
Warmups: 10 band dislocates, 15 pipe dislocates
Strict Press:
20kg x 5
30kg x 4
40kg x 3
50kg x 2
60kg x 1
70kg x 1 - easiest this has ever felt
Next cycle think I will focus on this
Push Press:
75kg x 3 x 3
80kg x 2 x 2
85kg x 2 x 3
Dat volume. PR of some sort! Felt pretty awesome though.
1A. Handstand Pushup on Bumpers: 5 / 5 / 5 / 5 - volume PR
1B. Reverse Flyes on Rings: 10 / 10 / 10 / 10
Notes:
Shoulders looking and feeling tasty after this, pretty great session. Wrists and forearms feeling it pretty strongly but survived.
Video:
i lol’d
My ron your everything.
@jacob - glad someone caught it. 
@Phlegms - I ron, you ron, we all ron for my ron. Thanks BRAH
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AM
Warmups: 20 band dislocates, 30 pipe dislocates, some light weight swings
Pullups:
10
10
8
8
7
7
Total: 50
Felt pretty solid. Easy like last week but more work done. Pullups are finally starting to feel more like they did when I weighed 70kg lol.
OHS:
Not happening today - left calf tendinitis is bugging me and I want to save that for squats this afternoon.
Back Lever - Tuck
10s
10s
10s
10s
10s
10s
So for the first time these all felt EASY. So stoked.
Notes:
OHS was a dead loss but whatever, everything else went really well. One more session then deload week!
Trying to increase your pull ups when you’re bulking feels like a losing battle…
[quote]phlegms wrote:
Trying to increase your pull ups when you’re bulking feels like a losing battle…[/quote]
It’s worst when they go down despite your weight maintaining/dropping a few pounds. I go through phases of loving pull-ups, right now I despise them for sucking so much.
+1 on the lolz!
[quote]jake_j_m wrote:
[quote]phlegms wrote:
Trying to increase your pull ups when you’re bulking feels like a losing battle…[/quote]
It’s worst when they go down despite your weight maintaining/dropping a few pounds. I go through phases of loving pull-ups, right now I despise them for sucking so much.[/quote]
I’ve stopped doing them as of some time ago. My reasoning being, that when I got good at doing pull ups, the only thing they increased my strength in seemed to be pull ups… I saw some genuine all round pulling strength increases when I started going heavier on the strict pendlays.
@Samoth, glad you loled bro!
[quote]phlegms wrote:
[quote]jake_j_m wrote:
[quote]phlegms wrote:
Trying to increase your pull ups when you’re bulking feels like a losing battle…[/quote]
It’s worst when they go down despite your weight maintaining/dropping a few pounds. I go through phases of loving pull-ups, right now I despise them for sucking so much.[/quote]
I’ve stopped doing them as of some time ago. My reasoning being, that when I got good at doing pull ups, the only thing they increased my strength in seemed to be pull ups… I saw some genuine all round pulling strength increases when I started going heavier on the strict pendlays. [/quote]
I love pullups but they sure do suck when you’re gaining weight. Now I’m not in full on bulk mode they should catch up pretty well though.
I agree that they don’t seem to have much direct carry over to most other stuff… But I like what they do for my lats and they work my grip pretty hard, plus they’re just badass lol.
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PM
Warmups: 20 air squats
Squat:
60kg x 8
100kg x 4
120kg x 2
135kg x 3 x 3
140kg x 2 x 2
145kg x 2 x 3
Got the work done. Form felt solid. Depth was consistent for the most part.
Kettlebell swings:
20kg x 50
Incline Crunches:
20
20
Notes:
I swear music is like amphetamines for me. My tendinitis in my left calf was hurting like a bitch on my first work set - I put some music on and didn’t feel it again till after my session. No pain and I was hyped massively almost instantly. Then at the end it hurt like fuck lol. Time for a deload!
Video:
Ruuun tooo thaaa hiiiiillllsssss,
ruuun foooooyyaaaaa liiieeeefffff
I LOL’d