I enjoy Jim Beam and a nice cigar. I used to smoke something like unfiltered Turkish cigarettes in college but I can’t remember.
I don’t drink either, liquor makes this white man speak with forked tongue
3-23-2009
Weight: 181
Box Squats (15" box)
135x5
185x5
225x5
275x3 (chicken wing)
285 3x3 (Elbows down - YEAH!)
Right leg lunges
145 2x8
Sumo Deads
365x3
This cold killed my appetite. Haven’t eaten all day and I ran out of gas at the sumos.
Taking a higher bar placement. With the elbows down, chest out and head back, the moment arm from my hips is actually less than when I carried the bar at the deltoid/shoulder girdle junction. Felt a lot stronger coming off the box. When the cold abates I’m pretty sure I’m good for 20-30 lbs more. This box is 2" below parallel for me.
I looked at the video before reading the post and was going to say “that’s a pretty high bar placement.” Good looking squats.
Aftermath of squats:
pain down the left leg and in the hip. I think I have a nicely herniated disk going on there. I need to back way off and rehab this thing.
I think I’m done with heavy squats and deadlifts for a month or two… Baby weights at high reps for me.
Sheise! Getting old sometimes sucks.
[quote]Carl Darby wrote:
Sheise! Getting old sometimes sucks.
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Ah well. Time to get familiar with the leg press , Leg curl and lunges. I think front squats will be ok, those don’t seem to bother it either. Im going to try out rack pulls again and see how high those can go.
Gon’ be reppin’ out baybee!
Your squats looked good, real solid.
and have you answered every craigslist ad in your area for weights?
Are you sure its your low back and not traps taking a beating from the bar?
that is what is happening to me, pressure on the traps/neck makes a mess elsewhere for me.
thus the front squats for me.
kmc
[quote]kmcnyc wrote:
Your squats looked good, real solid.
and have you answered every craigslist ad in your area for weights?
Are you sure its your low back and not traps taking a beating from the bar?
that is what is happening to me, pressure on the traps/neck makes a mess elsewhere for me.
thus the front squats for me.
kmc[/quote]
Fairly certain. Pretty sure it the other side of the disk that got herniated. Much the same feeling as before, just the other side, though not as intense. I can ignore it if I want to, I just don’t think it’s a good idea to do so any longer. It’s been acting up since before the competition, just more so now.
hey man sorry to hear that…
ice baths and Glute ham raises.
kmc
let me know if you want some suggestions on a new program.
maybe a good four week cycle.
[quote]maraudermeat wrote:
let me know if you want some suggestions on a new program.
maybe a good four week cycle. [/quote]
I dunno. I was just going to go back to the old program and work more volume on the lower body lifts and add some unilateral work. I want to try some just below the knee rack pulls and see how high the poundage can go before it hurts but nothing from the floor for a while. I’ll take any suggestions you might have though. I know you’ve a truck load of experience with getting hurt 
[quote]skidmark wrote:
maraudermeat wrote:
let me know if you want some suggestions on a new program.
maybe a good four week cycle.
I dunno. I was just going to go back to the old program and work more volume on the lower body lifts and add some unilateral work. I want to try some just below the knee rack pulls and see how high the poundage can go before it hurts but nothing from the floor for a while. I’ll take any suggestions you might have though. I know you’ve a truck load of experience with getting hurt
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getting hurt is just a side effect of hard training. everyone that trains hard is going to get hurt. It’s just part of the game.
you could definitely go back to the old program. i really think you should look into getting a belt to train with. you are starting to get up in weight and it’s a necessity. also, i would finish every session with some sort of superset of ab work with lower back work. i’ve found that inclined situp and GHR’s or hypers are a great combo. it stretches and strengthens all at the same time.
2009-3-25
Assistance
Seated overhead Press (from forehead)
135x5
185x3
205x3
215x2 (?)
205x5 (PR Reps +2 for the height)
The first set of 205
Missed the third rep @ 215. Something to do with the distance from the bar and my form. I was willing to bring the bar back to me @ 205 but tried to go straight up @ 215.
seated DB Presses
75’sx9,7
55’sx17
Still not trusting my right shoulder. Trying to change form to use the right tricep more. Feels awkward.
Rows, shrugs and curls after work.
edit:
BB rows (no floor touch)
185x6
225 3x8
Shrugs
315 2x15
Thumbless Hammer curls
55’s 3x8
The BB rows were telling me that my lower back is severely tired. Most of the pain is gone, but I need to let it recuperate some more and not tax it too much for a bit. Going down to the gym later once the wife is home to work abs and some light restorative hypers per meat’s advice.
Okay - this thread is taking up too much of my time just waiting for it to load.
This is my last entry in the log. I’m starting a new one.
New log entries will be the thread “The Saga of The Charming Albino.”
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