[quote]BlackLabel wrote:
Nice job on the bench, RM.
And im likin the avatar.[/quote]
Thanks man, inclines been coming along pretty well recently.
hows your training been with track and all?
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Its been pretty frustrating to be honest. Ive thrown 40’ plenty of times in practice (with a stand) but I can only get 37’ in my meets. And on top of that my glide is only about 2’ further than my stand. Im thinkin about just doin shuffle, lol.
How about you? I never actually asked you how far you throw, or if you made it on the track team at Uconn.
And ive been meaning to ask you. My coach is about your age, graduated a few years ago. Dont wanna post his full name on here but his names Steve, he threw for Danbury and had a 52’ spin. Any chance you know who im talkin about?[/quote]
Nah i unfortunately didnt make the team at uconn, but i’ll be trying out again next year.
I had the same problem with shot, my season best was 40’7" in a meet, but out of meets my pr was over 45. i think i was too worried about killing it when it came to meet time. my best event was the discus, with which my pr was 130 in a meet (hs weight) and 115’ in practice with the college weight (2kg instead of the 1.61kg hs one).
my senior year of highschool was my first year of track, so i really didnt meet many people beyond a few in my conference, which was a lot smaller than danburys.
good luck this year, as far as advice goes, bluejay gave me a lot of helpful tips, idk if hes posted over on your log though
Bench
45x12
135x6
185x2
225x5
245x5
275x9 PR at this weight, but had 280x9 a few weeks back.
CG Bench
250x5
(wraps on)
275x1
275x5
(wraps off)
225x9… lost the groove on 10 and missed it.
Gym was busy, and todays workout was rushed from start to finish. doing some back work tomorrow because it didnt fit in today. feels good to be back at college, but i should have had 275 for 10. poor sleep and nutrition… next week will be 290 again though, hopefully 7/8 will be in the picture.
Back squat-low bar
45x15
135x6
185x3
225x3
255x3
275x1
315x1
345x1
375x0… so close
315x3
low bar is great, felt so much more powerful and tighter. barely missed 375, lost tightness in the hole and fell forward.
High box (2-4" above parallel), again, low bar
315x3
345x5
365x5
385x5
405x3
cant say i’ve really tried low bar before today, so this helped me get used to holding heavier weight.
Parallel box-
225x10
Front squat 30 seconds after
225x5
Overhead squats
45x15
95x15
time to go back to sleep. worked out about 2 hours after i woke up, so it was a little harder to get started than usual. happy with this workout even dispite the miss at 375, i feel like i’ll have that weight fairly easily soon. feels like i’m getting back in the groove.
Hang Snatch
85x3
105x3
125x3
145x3
125x3 (last one on this set was probably the best of all of them)
85x3
Deadlifting for high reps = the best. Felt like i had 3 left in the tank atleast. reps were all touch and go, never put the weight down, easy. Went and played 30 minutes of co-rec flag football today, was a hell of a lot of fun and a good sprint workout.
upper back and legs are sore, foam rolled today. i like the snatches and the sprint workout i’m getting from the hang snatches/football.
Bench tomorrow
Form was sloppy and all over the place today, i barely got 6. upper backs still sore, and i’ve gotten 14 hours of sleep for the last 3 nights. vaginitis…
Squat (low bar)
45x10
135x5
185x3
225x1
245x3
(wrist wraps on)
270x3
315x6 PR!
Knees caved a little on the sixth rep, but it was by no means a max effort, 8 may have been possible.
High bar olympic style squat-
225x20
brutal.
Overhead squat
95x5
115x10… legs gave out.
Great workout today. seems like pressing has begun to stall, but lower body is picking it up, which is good.
thanks, i found a few videos on youtube and he was incredibly explosive, i’ll hafta search the web and look for any training stuff that helps us ‘small’ guys.
DB rows
75x10
100x10
100x5,5 no rest, just switched hands
Foam roll/lax ball work.
Pushups
bwx30
+25x20
+45x10
+90x10
bwx42
Realized its been forever sense my last deload, so next week will be singles at 70ish percent for each compound lift, and then light rehab work and foamrolling.
Are you throwing anything right now? tires? tide bottles with sand or water? dumbbells?
Usually our first outdoor practices of the outdoor season were when the temperature would exceed 20 degrees fahrenheit. I’m just curious how warm it is out east.
[quote]bluejay wrote:
How high is your high box squat?
Are you throwing anything right now? tires? tide bottles with sand or water? dumbbells?
Usually our first outdoor practices of the outdoor season were when the temperature would exceed 20 degrees fahrenheit. I’m just curious how warm it is out east.[/quote]
I put a pad on a regular bench, which is usually right about parallel. i’d say its probably 3" high if i had to guess. I havnt been throwing yet, just doing a little extra core work. but its been ranging from 10-30 degrees here for the past week, which means i should probably get out there.
And i gotta find some way to get some training materials, i have a 10 lb plate at home i could bring, and i have my 2k disc. i need to check and see if i can go into the varsity shed (they have a few things like an 18#, 16#, 14# shot in there, and i think its open to students if you ask…)