Rack Pull from bottom of patella
455x3 520x3 (PR Weight)
500 2x3 (PR Sets)
Speed Squat
285 8x3
Leg Press
470x20
Ab wheel rollouts
20,15,13
Hanging Pikes feet go head-high
2x8
1/3 Natural GHR
2x6
Ab wheel gets tougher instead of easier. I hate that little thing. But it makes my middle strong so well…
Tried GHR’s again. Hamstrings are stronger but I still can’t get more than 1/3 the way down and be able to get back without using my hands. I should go for the full range negatives instead of what I did tonight.
Good session overall, though. Hit my targets tonight.
Getting some good leg growth out of those lower body 20-rep session finishers. A fair amount of new muscle has shown up on the quads, hamstrings and rear. Hopefully I can activate the new tissue for strength gains.
They’re slowing recovery though. I’ve spent all weekend being unable to easily get down to my shoes to tie them. And this is in the absence of any exercise.
I think using them 2-3 weeks in row and going without for 1-2 weeks may be the thing to do.
That’s it. May do one more rotation of DB Floor press - these still felt out of the groove, but not “wrong” so I don’t think I’ve adapted to the exercise yet.
That’s it. May do one more rotation of DB Floor press - these still felt out of the groove, but not “wrong” so I don’t think I’ve adapted to the exercise yet.[/quote]
Nice work Skidman.
I loves the DB floor presses, m’self. Of course, the hardest part is setting up for the press
Do you prefer neutral grip or regular grip with those?
That’s it. May do one more rotation of DB Floor press - these still felt out of the groove, but not “wrong” so I don’t think I’ve adapted to the exercise yet.
Nice work Skidman.
I loves the DB floor presses, m’self. Of course, the hardest part is setting up for the press
Do you prefer neutral grip or regular grip with those?[/quote]
I like the neutral grip for these and keep the elbows in kinda close. It ends up being more of a triceps exercise than anything else, but since I have crappy leverages for bench I need all the triceps strength I can get.
they are a bear to get set up. I have a pair of power hooks that I’ve been suspending from a bar in my squat rack. Makes them a lot easier to set up, but makes dumping the DBs more problematic.
That’s it. May do one more rotation of DB Floor press - these still felt out of the groove, but not “wrong” so I don’t think I’ve adapted to the exercise yet.[/quote]
Man…thats a helluva dip workout Skid. Good floor presses too.
That’s it. May do one more rotation of DB Floor press - these still felt out of the groove, but not “wrong” so I don’t think I’ve adapted to the exercise yet.
Man…thats a helluva dip workout Skid. Good floor presses too.[/quote]
[quote]hel320 wrote:
Ok, next time I bench I’m trying some floor presses. What do you recommend for starting? BB or DBs, or both? And those dips are just outrageous.[/quote]
Both. Even though they’re floor presses they’re really different movements. DB are both tougher and easier than barbell. Tougher because you have to do more stabilizing, but easier because the weight is less. You can always get the weight off the floor but if you’re going to miss it’ll be about 1/3 of the way up because of DB drift.
Barbell you can pile the weight on and get stapled, but it’s most similar to main bench. Even though the weight is less than your regular bench, it’s harder because of the full stop and pause at the bottom.
The dips may be misleading. I’m only allowing my upper arm to go parallel to the floor or a bit below as I don’t want to mess up my rotator cuff any more. It takes a lot more weight to overcome the superior leverage and get a training effect.
Plus I only weigh 185-190 so I’m really only pressing 260-270 or so and that from a mechanically advantageous position. So it ain’t much, really.
