That gym looks like dirty fun. And those are the strongest bridges I’ve seen in PW.
And you right in thinking N L main
It’s Nancy Lee Main(something).
the secret is out. But frenchie makes me happy if you peeps don’t mind. It’s my under-cover super hero name.
[quote]nlmain wrote:
That gym looks like dirty fun. And those are the strongest bridges I’ve seen in PW.
And you right in thinking N L main
It’s Nancy Lee Main(something).
the secret is out. But frenchie makes me happy if you peeps don’t mind. It’s my under-cover super hero name. [/quote]
and a happy frenchie is what we want! (I thought is was l’Main)
That gym is awesome! So jealous.
Sorry about the thumb. I’ve def dislocated my thumb (both actually) on multiple occaissons, usually falling down on the pitch.
Nice training as usual. I watched your vids, totally forgot what a jacked little hottie you are - yum!
kimba - yea I try to convert everyone to hip extensions, they’re a kick ass movement
nlmain - thanks and okay we’ll go with frenchie 
Masch - I would’ve pulled deads if I had dislocated my thumb but it’s actually a carpal bone in my hand, womp womp
Here’s a video we took of the guys pulling deads without me 
I’m in the background yelling at Adam on one of them.
Again, everyone else got to lift heavy while I did stupid light weights. Next week I’ll be on! Messed around with different feet position in the bench set up. Still haven’t found a favorite. Don’t know if anyone reads this but I’d be interested to hear about different set ups and why you like yours. Whole workout - http://bobbiskai.blogspot.com/2010/11/powerlifting-westside-me-bench.html
Bench setup is something I’m playing with now for the first time, so I’ll be interested to see how you go. Where are your hands on the bar? Pinkies on rings? Wider or closer?
[quote]kimbakimba wrote:
Bench setup is something I’m playing with now for the first time, so I’ll be interested to see how you go. Where are your hands on the bar? Pinkies on rings? Wider or closer?[/quote]
When I’m going heavy it’s ring or middle finger on rings. Sometimes I put my whole hand just inside the rings. Last night I was way inside, just a thumbs length from the smooth middle of the bar. Speed bench earlier this week was the same way. I haven’t found a favorite grip so I want to hear what other people like and why.
little finger touching the rings
toes on the floor - not flat feet
arched back
…
edit: I was mindful of my grip position this week and my hands are an inch inside from the rings. Narrower grip than I initially thought.
I must have flat feet, otherwise there is no hope for leg drive. Right now I’m playing with pinkies near but not touching the rings. Wider seems to mess things up, but that is probably because I’ve always trained with a close grip – thumbs length from the smooth middle.
Speed lower day. Still wore a soft hand brace but felt strong. And a VIDEO (since I know ya’ll love em so much) of “Lexen” deadlifts. http://bobbiskai.blogspot.com/2010/11/powerlifting-westside-de-squat-and.html
How’s the hand doing? Hurt much?
those lexen deads look brutal. don’t know if I could do them heavy without a belt.
[quote]Cal Jones wrote:
How’s the hand doing? Hurt much?[/quote]
Hand is pretty good. OT said it could be some weird deformation of bones from lack of blood supply from trauma to the wrist (broke both twice). Banking on it isn’t that. Just wrapping it up. Don’t feel too much if any pain. We’ll see when we have speed bench tomorrow/max bench on Thursday this week. Thanks for asking Cal.
[quote]nlmain wrote:
those lexen deads look brutal. don’t know if I could do them heavy without a belt.[/quote]
I’m sure you could handle it just fine. My deal is if I can break it I can pull it so these are a cake walk.
my bench setup is pinkies about 1/2" inside ring, wider I go, less tuck I have and start flaring too early and has potential to hurt my old shoulders…I have strong triceps. My arch is getting better, I am short waisted (ok, short everything ) I’m also flat footed, when I try up on my balls or toes and drive, my drive goes right thru my toes and my legs start shaking like crazy…
Lexen pulls, 2 step DL, what is it suppose to help with?
My grip is fairly narrow too. Pinkies about an inch inside the rings. Balls of feet always otherwise I can’t keep my arch as tight. Bar touches my body at the very top of my abs, which is the highest part of my body given my arch and belly full of air.
My grip used to be very wide, pointer finger on the rings, lol…
which is probably why I have a hurty shoulder now.
Nowadays when I bench I take a very close grip…pointer fingers in between the curling and rings.very super small arch, shoulder blades together and down.
[quote]lil power wrote:
my bench setup is pinkies about 1/2" inside ring, wider I go, less tuck I have and start flaring too early and has potential to hurt my old shoulders…I have strong triceps. My arch is getting better, I am short waisted (ok, short everything ) I’m also flat footed, when I try up on my balls or toes and drive, my drive goes right thru my toes and my legs start shaking like crazy…
Lexen pulls, 2 step DL, what is it suppose to help with?[/quote]
Good notes. They’re for breaking a sticking point below the knee, which isn’t my sticking point, I just thought I’d be a team sport for the day and do them too.
[quote]owlie wrote:
My grip is fairly narrow too. Pinkies about an inch inside the rings. Balls of feet always otherwise I can’t keep my arch as tight. Bar touches my body at the very top of my abs, which is the highest part of my body given my arch and belly full of air.[/quote]
Do you have any pics/vids of your arch?
[quote]mom-in-MD wrote:
My grip used to be very wide, pointer finger on the rings, lol…
which is probably why I have a hurty shoulder now.
Nowadays when I bench I take a very close grip…pointer fingers in between the curling and rings.very super small arch, shoulder blades together and down. [/quote]
I’ve benched quite a bit with pointer finger on rings as well. It’s especially nice when I’m doing those 25-50 rep sets. Do you have a small arch because of flexibility or you just like benching pretty flat?