[quote]youngguns35 wrote:
Had to give your log a look since you’ve contributed to mine so much. Damn you’re a powerfull MOFU. Some nice numbers there[/quote]
Thanks for looking in. I’m glad you think I’ve made a useful contribution to your thread, though there are others with more experience who are more worth listening to.
Just middlin’ numbers, really, but thanks for the encouragement 
2008-8-18
Upper
warmup
DB Bench
50’sx12
75’sx8
Neutral Grip DB Floor Press
75’sx8
95’sx4
105’s 3x3 (PR weight,sets and reps)
Dips (to Parallel)
BWx5
+25x5
+50x5
+75x5
+100x5
+125 3x3 (PR reps and Sets)
Speed Bench
130x26
JM Presses
95x5
145x5
170 2x3 (kept trying for 4 reps and it kept landing on me)
145x5 (triceps were smoked)
Weighted Planks
100x45sec,30sec
Hanging knee-ups
15,12,11
Did too many dips, but I was trying to find my baseline. Both the floor press and the dips caused a brain ‘white out’ at the top weight. I’d get to the bottom of the movement, the “holy sh*t!” adrenaline would hit and the weight would go back up without my consciously straining.
Neat-o.
tri’s were gone when it was time for JM presses. Just about put it down on my face on the heavy sets. Tri’s are sneaky dogs, they give out without warning.
Lost some on the planks and knee-ups, so I’ve definitely gotten weaker in the midsection despite the standing overhead pressing work.
Good session. I will hurt tomorrow.
Well that didn’t take long:
My mid back is sore from stabilizing the shoulder blades during pressing and the long heads of my triceps are cramping.
Cool.
I think I’ll be able to raise weight on the DB floor presses once I find the groove. Hell, I’m going to raise weight anyway since I got the 3x3, but having the groove would make it more certain I’ll get the reps.
Ah, well. That’s why we change exercises, to forestall adaptation.
I almost pussed out on the first set of floor presses. Came down for the third rep and it went through my brain that it was hard and I didn’t want it that bad. Some part of me got a bit pissed off and said “THREE reps, motherF***er!” So I pushed it back up. Got easier after that. I don’t want to make that guy mad…
Tip on the DB floor presses - if you don’t have someone working out with you, put the dbs end-up on a some sort of platforms just outside your legs. Then you can just drag them onto your legs and lay back rather than having to heft them up onto your legs. Wastes less energy.
Looking forward to squats and speed deads on Wednesday. Gonna try 345 3x3 and 8 triples of 355/65 as fast as my ass will allow.
Just got a belt and wraps yesterday. Taking yours, Hels, DZs and MDays advice and going raw. Can’t wait to see how you, DZ and Mday do at your meets.
Got some bad news about my meet. Meet’s still on, but my sons in-house eval gymanastics meet is happening the same day. He really needs to go to that to get some valuable feedback about his performance on the apparati and begin to adjust to the competition season.
Some of the competition judges come in and score the boys’ routines and give them feedback on what needs improving. It’s been a successful strategy as the boys team swept all the comps last season. It got to where the parents of the other teams faces would fall when our team walked in. Our boys consistently took the top 8 spots in each competition. And yes - I AM proud. My son took second in the State final for his skill level.
So I’ll be doing my first comp alone, looks like. Might be able to get a friend to go along with me. We’ll see.
[quote]skidmark wrote:
Got some bad news about my meet. Meet’s still on, but my sons in-house eval gymanastics meet is happening the same day. He really needs to go to that to get some valuable feedback about his performance on the apparati and begin to adjust to the competition season.
Some of the competition judges come in and score the boys’ routines and give them feedback on what needs improving. It’s been a successful strategy as the boys team swept all the comps last season. It got to where the parents of the other teams faces would fall when our team walked in. Our boys consistently took the top 8 spots in each competition. And yes - I AM proud. My son took second in the State final for his skill level.
So I’ll be doing my first comp alone, looks like. Might be able to get a friend to go along with me. We’ll see.[/quote]
Hope that works out for you.
Not to mention, wish you luck in going blond when you go Super Sayan, the banana hair transformation is probably not going to be as strong a power-up 
Thanks Elaikases.
Already blond but it’s going to take a serious power up to make this flat-top go banana-head, LoL
Here’s box for us RAW squatters
[quote]skidmark wrote:
Here’s box for us RAW squatters[/quote]
This made me laugh so hard I drink came out thru my nose!
+100x5
+125 3x3 (PR reps and Sets)
Dang, five dips at +100 pounds!
Dang.
No wonder you deformed that bench sitting on it.
[quote]ecogenx wrote:
Just got a belt and wraps yesterday. Taking yours, Hels, DZs and MDays advice and going raw. Can’t wait to see how you, DZ and Mday do at your meets. [/quote]
Me too. I think DZ and mday are going to do quite well.
I may have to get a belt just to hold the sides of my singlet in. Clearly,180 lbers are shorter and wider than I am. I have room to store some packages of ground beef in there. Room I could actually use a bit of in the junk area. The singlet rides up a bit, y’see…
My boys both have hockey games the day of my meet. I knew I’d be going alone. One reason i’m glad I not using a suit or shirt.
I think a man-sized sausage stuffing machine needs to be made so one can get into a squat/DL suit or bench shirt by oneself.
Not a terribly large market for such a thing though…
2008-8-20
Squats
135x8
225x5
275x3 (trouble begins)
315x2 (now it’s really hurting)
345x0 (feels like a knife in the leg)
Good Mornings to parallel
225 2x5
Step ups
130 2x5
Front Squats
205 2x3 (ouch)
Speed Deads (2" deficit)
365 6x3
Sumo Deads
345 2x3
Squat stance BB hold (at top)
445x20sec
495x10sec
545x5sec
Severely bummed. That same muscle in the left leg kicked off again. No problems all week and as soon as squat gets heavy it starts hurting. The frustrating thing is that I can feel that I have the strength to make these weights but I’m not blocking out the pain enough to complete the lift. Nor am I sure it’s wise to do so.
It only hurts beyond a certain depth, right as I’m getting to the hole.
Tried to find some workarounds but it definitely wasn’t the same as squatting.
Training looks great skid! I had some similar aches and pains that had me a bit worried prior to my Spring meet. But the week off before the meet everything healed up just fine, no pain at all for the meet.
Thanks DZ. That’s reassuring.
I was going to try to hit my openers first week of Sept, but now I think I may just skip that and try to heal.
I’m wondering if I can get away with leg pressing with this? Between GMs and leg press I might be able to gain a bit more strength.
On a positive note it’s forcing me onto my weaker right leg…
This new gym I’m at is something else.
I haven’t seen this many curlers since I looked in my grandma’s bathroom as kid.
Squat racks are always open for business, since the mirrors are on the other side of the room…
Hope your leg gets better… you may have no choice but to “eat the pain”.
If the leg doesn’t get any better maybe you could do a push/pull only at the meet and wait for another to squat. Would hate to see you do anything serious.
If I can’t work it out I’ll take a token squat. Pretty sure it’s just a strain from overworking the left side. Since the injury I have developed an strength imbalance and do all the pushing out of the hole with the left leg. Darn thing’s just tired and tight.
Spent about and hour last night doing IT band and quadriceps stretches. I’ll be making that a daily regimen. I noticed too that where the right hamstring connects to the pelvis has a knot in it the makes me weak in the hole as well.
I need to stretch and strengthen that and get a new office chair with more padding. I’m sitting on my butt bones on a piece of plywood with the current one.
I need to lighten the weight and work form along with some unilateral work for the right side to strengthen it.