Alex_uk: 40 years in the making

Holy fuck you animal

Quadney Trotter

Cheers dude, I really subscribed to the squats are will grow your whole body thing when I started training. Turns out squats really grow your quads and your squat, not your arms…

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… or calves too apparently :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:

You’re going to give me a complex at this rate haha.

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Today:

Deads 3 inch elevation: 60-180kg X some, 200kg X 6. That sucks so much, I wanted to at least keep 7/8 off the floor. Might still happen everything felt hard from the get go today so might be an off day, fighting a cold and honestly 180kg felt like 200kg, so in that regard I’m not disappointed but I want more than this off the floor in a couple of weeks time!

Ohp: 52.5kg X 5, 60kg X 3, 67.5kg X 7

Probably cut ROM a bit on these - they were to my chin, does everyone normally return to clavicle?

Poundstone curls:
101.

Time poor today/this week. Done.

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If I go past my nose then I go all the way down - stopping between those points is harder for me.

I can’t even bring the barbell to my collar bones. I go to my chin or slightly below my chin

@Frank_C @wanna_be - thanks, good to know that my (arbitrary) ohp depth is about the same as others then!

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Was that a PB on the poundstones @alex_uk matey

Haha in as much as I’ve never tried to do 101, just another idea I’m borrowing from @T3hPwnisher - now if I could get his diet discipline…

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@T3hPwnisher is verging on Vulcan. Guy is a total legend

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Fixed that for you. But yes borrowing stuff from his training seems like it will lead somewhere generally closer to where I picture myself long term.

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Ya’ll are making me blush.

Or perhaps I am experiencing a coolant leak.

For the press question, I bring it to the collarbone.

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Yea you would do wouldn’t you (in sarcastic font).

Catch up session 15 mins timer (need to catch rugby!)

Ng Chins: 10kg X 5 X 5 sets
S/s dips:10kg X 5 X 5 sets

Just over 5 mins

As above but unweighted

About 7 mins

1 chin 2 dips alternative for 10 chins and 20 dips rest of time

60 chins (25 weighted)
120 dips (50 weighted)

In 15 mins, fun challenge.

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I don’t quite understand, wouldn’t going to the chin be harder because of constant tension?

You should still have constant tension while going to the collarbone

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In that case, I’m doing it wrong. I rack for a second to breathe. It feels a lot more comfortable for me if the weight is at my collarbone.

If constant tension is the goal, don’t do that

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Most of the time, the goal is just to get the damn presses done :joy:

Then you aren’t doing it wrong.

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