Blaze-Better Dead than Average

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[quote]Blaze_108 wrote:

I do need to take off my shoes, but they yell at you for lifting barefoot at my gym and I keep forgetting to.
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Socks are not barefoot, and your stance isn’t so wide where your feet would want to slide. Try it with light weight first, to get comfortable with it.

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I’m not sure if I want to drop progression on squats from 10lbs/week to 5lbs/week to give me more time to work on correcting form. Thoughts?[/quote]
You could probably keep the same weight progression. your form isn’t bad at all, just keep your knees out. You probably won’t lose strength by doing that, hell, just work up to what feels right. If adding 10 more lbs next week works while keeping your knees stationary, go for it. If not, dial it back a little.

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shit like 1mr, Jack3D and company or super high in stimulants and will cause a crash. Mine usually takes 50 minutes. If you liked the rush but not the buzz and crash I would suggest taking it along with some protein powder. the protein will slow the digestion and absorption of the caffeine and lower the effects of the crash. it will also give you some readily availble nutrients for da muscles.

on the other hand you won’t get as much of a high. it’s a trade off I prefer to make.

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4-29-11

Arms

BB Curls
105x10
105x8
105x8
115x8 PR

Close-grip Bench
165x8
175x8
185x7 Def. switching this up next week. Maybe 4x5.

Hammer Curls-
My shoulders have been achy, and something must have pushed them over the edge. My left shoulder killed on these. Right under my ant. delt, so I think it’s where the bicep tendon crosses the shoulder.

Kinda bums me out. I’ve been steadily adding weight for a while now though. I think this next week I’m going to deload all presses and not do any bicep work to give it time to feel better.

Skulls
100x8
100x8
shoulder started to not like these, so I dropped the top set.

2 Handed Hammer Conc. Curls (as these hold my shoulder in place, they felt fine, thankfully)
55x16 (8 with each hand higher up on handle)
60x16
65x16 PR

Tricep Pressdown
150x8
160x10
170x8
180x8
DROP
170x10
150x6
130x6
110x6
90x6
70x6
50x6 (from the drop to here all done with <10 seconds between each set, Holy tricep pump batman)

Preacher Curls
75x6
85x6
95x8 PR Holds my shoulder in place as well, making this doable.

After all this, we went to do a little strongman. Didn’t have my camera though, so no vids.

Farmers walk
190lbs/hand x 60 feet down and back (this was ungodly hard)
210lbs/hand x fail. I made it the first 60 feet, then grip gave out as I navigated the turn around. Started back again, my strides got too long and I kicked the back plate, making me drop it again. Finally, walked the last 40 or so feet back in one go.

Handle height on these was about 3 inches below my knee, so I pretty much rack pulled 5lbs more than my max deadlift 3 different times and walked with it. Sore lower back.

Not happy about the injury/tendon pain, but it is what it is. I needed to deload at some point anyway. Next week is finals for school, so it’s as good a time as ever. (I’m probably not deloading squats and deads though.)

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[quote]inkaddict wrote:
Socks are not barefoot, and your stance isn’t so wide where your feet would want to slide. Try it with light weight first, to get comfortable with it.

You could probably keep the same weight progression. your form isn’t bad at all, just keep your knees out. You probably won’t lose strength by doing that, hell, just work up to what feels right. If adding 10 more lbs next week works while keeping your knees stationary, go for it. If not, dial it back a little. [/quote]

Unfortunatly, they yell at us for lifting in socks as well. I just need to buy some chucks once I get some money/a job.

Hmm. I’ll probably keep adding 10lbs/week then.

[quote]nlmain wrote:
shit like 1mr, Jack3D and company or super high in stimulants and will cause a crash. Mine usually takes 50 minutes. If you liked the rush but not the buzz and crash I would suggest taking it along with some protein powder. the protein will slow the digestion and absorption of the caffeine and lower the effects of the crash. it will also give you some readily availble nutrients for da muscles.

on the other hand you won’t get as much of a high. it’s a trade off I prefer to make.[/quote]

Interesting. I don’t really take these pre-workouts too often, I just had a bunch of them saved up from the Arnold Classic, and have been slowly using them over time. Usually I just take a caffeine pill 20-30 minutes pre-workout and don’t have any crash. If I take another preworkout sample I’ll def mix it with protein. Thanks for the input!

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How’d I know you’ll be walking with heavy weight like that. I can’t even walk with my bodyweight… divided into 2 DBs =(

Sorry about the shoulder. Rest up this weekend babe.

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I’d definitely foam roll, massage, and stretch the shoulder as well as any other tight areas around. My right shoulder was hurting from Wednesday’s session and I spent a lot of time doing the aforementioned things which seemed to help. Icing it helps also.

Jeebus that’s a lot of triceps pressdowns.

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[quote]Nikki9591 wrote:
How’d I know you’ll be walking with heavy weight like that. I can’t even walk with my bodyweight… divided into 2 DBs =(

Sorry about the shoulder. Rest up this weekend babe.[/quote]

Yeah it was crazy heavy. I’m sorry :(, I’m sure you’ll be there soon though.

It’s k. I’ll do my best. Lots of studying this weekend, unfortunately.

[quote]AquaCruzer wrote:
I’d definitely foam roll, massage, and stretch the shoulder as well as any other tight areas around. My right shoulder was hurting from Wednesday’s session and I spent a lot of time doing the aforementioned things which seemed to help. Icing it helps also.

Jeebus that’s a lot of triceps pressdowns.[/quote]

Haven’t gotten a foam roller yet lol. I’ll just try to massage the hell out of it and stretch it. Thanks AC!

See if you can see this:

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Can definitely see it. Lol at the ending, “Owww”. But those were some kick ass farmer’s walks.

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[quote]AquaCruzer wrote:
Can definitely see it. Lol at the ending, “Owww”. But those were some kick ass farmer’s walks.[/quote]

Lol thanks man. We didn’t film our earlier ones unfortunately. I actually managed to do the full loop with 190lbs/hand. The first run pretty much stretched out/tore a bunch of my callouses, so it hurt a lot on the second one, despite me chalking the hell out of my hands.

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It’s kinda okay, to be fair, I am heavy lol

Yay video!
Lol your comment about callouses reminds me of a question I asked in someone’s log in PW giggle

http://tnation.T-Nation.com/free_online_forum/sports_body_women_training_performance_powerful/l_3s_lifting?id=4377895&pageNo=5

Reading my first and second comments on the page helps.

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@PowerPuff Scott is a beast and really knows his stuff. Everyone that trains with him makes crazy improvements from comp to comp. I think he does a weekend strongman training session. It would be worth it.

@Blaze good to see someone doing some strongman training it ain’t one or the other you will get stronger on the 3 lifts doing events.

If you want some advice on the log you never fully cleaned it or else I am sure the press would be easy. You need to get your elbows high. Te clean is more of squat up as you roll the weight up your chest. You need to sit down with it more. I have some videos in my log for reference

farmers wasn’t a fail you still went 60’ turns ALWAYS suck.

@Nikki dumbbells are harder then farmers they roll out of your hands

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[quote]Nikki9591 wrote:
It’s kinda okay, to be fair, I am heavy lol

Yay video!
Lol your comment about callouses reminds me of a question I asked in someone’s log in PW giggle

http://tnation.T-Nation.com/free_online_forum/sports_body_women_training_performance_powerful/l_3s_lifting?id=4377895&pageNo=5+

Reading my first and second comments on the page helps.[/quote]

You are not. Stoppit!
Hahahah. If I had a gf that lifted, I would def. appreciate her being concerned about such things. Certain areas shouldn’t be exposed to roughness… :stuck_out_tongue:

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[quote]Kalle wrote:
@Blaze good to see someone doing some strongman training it ain’t one or the other you will get stronger on the 3 lifts doing events.

If you want some advice on the log you never fully cleaned it or else I am sure the press would be easy. You need to get your elbows high. Te clean is more of squat up as you roll the weight up your chest. You need to sit down with it more. I have some videos in my log for reference

farmers wasn’t a fail you still went 60’ turns ALWAYS suck.
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Haha thanks man. That’s good to hear. I can def. feel that it would strengthen your legs, back, and shoulders. Hmmm. Thanks for the advice. I’ll try to check out your log.

I guess I called it a fail mostly because I was annoyed I couldn’t do the full length. I’m not too bothered by it though, as my max dead is 415 and the combined weight of the farmers was 420lbs.

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Well, it’s the weekend so I’m not training today or tomorrow.
However, it means I get to stray from my “diet” :slight_smile:

Last night’s dinner was a whole large pepperoni pizza. mmm

Today’s lunch/breakfast may or may not be a pound of bacon…(hint: it is)

Studying all day today and tomorrow for my Circuits Analysis and Differential Equations finals, which are on Wednesday and Tuesday, respectively (I also have a Physics final on Monday, but I’m not really worried about that one).

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Thanks Kalle, that makes me feel better. I don’t know anyone with that kind of real Strongman equipment but who’s to say I’m lying or not if I say that I can carry 140 lbs each hand :wink:

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Hahahah. If I had a gf that lifted, I would def. appreciate her being concerned about such things. Certain areas shouldn’t be exposed to roughness… :stuck_out_tongue: [/quote]

LOL I’m thoughtful like that.

Wow a whole large pepperoni? That’s pretty awesome. As is a pound of bacon.
I’m straying from my diet as well today. No quotation marks, because it’s actually a diet. You’re on a surplus diet :stuck_out_tongue:

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mmmmm, pizza :drool:

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BESTES WITH TESTES <3

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[quote]Nikki9591 wrote:

[quote]
Hahahah. If I had a gf that lifted, I would def. appreciate her being concerned about such things. Certain areas shouldn’t be exposed to roughness… :stuck_out_tongue: [/quote]

LOL I’m thoughtful like that.

Wow a whole large pepperoni? That’s pretty awesome. As is a pound of bacon.
I’m straying from my diet as well today. No quotation marks, because it’s actually a diet. You’re on a surplus diet :P[/quote]

Haha. Yeah, my eating on the weekends is pretty terrible, I won’t lie. It helps keep me sane though, as I get a break from force-feeding myself throughout the week. I’m one of the sort of people who find it very easy to not eat (which, I suppose, is why I weighed 130 before I started lifting), so I constantly have to force myself to eat, as I don’t really get hungry often at all.

[quote]mom-in-MD wrote:
mmmmm, pizza :drool:[/quote]

Lol. It was delicious :). I looked at my hamburgers and rice…and decided to eat something else. Pizza seemed convienient, so I picked one up and devoured it.

[quote]tyler2009 wrote:
BESTES WITH TESTES <3[/quote]

Hahah. Indeed (no homo).

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for reference, here is a picture of me shortly after I started lifting. I was about 140lbs in this picture (which means I had already GAINED 10 pounds). This was three and a half years ago, in winter of my junior year of highschool.

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Measurements taken on March 20th:
Chest-43
arms-14.75
waist-33
legs-24.25
neck-15.25
calves-14.75

Measurements taken on May 1st(~42 days)
Chest-43.5 +.5 in
Arms-15.0 +.25 in
Waist-33.25 +.25 in (bad increase, but tolerable)
Legs-24.5 +.25 in
neck-15.25
calves-15.25 +.5 in

Weight is somehow the same though… I feel like if anything bf % increased a little bit. How is this possible? Not sure. lol. Will try to get progress pics sometime in the next two weeks.

Edit: Didn’t measure but I feel like my shoulders have gotten bigger. Arms are still small ugh but making progress, so I can’t complain (especially considering they started at 12").