wow, missing a lot in here, awesome work in progress Brute !
Yay for another PL meet !..Motivation to win one back for PMPM…and echo’ing PMPM, more back work FTW!!!
re:strong back: I’m on week 2 of the 5/3/1 and doing 50-60% of your 1RM of accessories exercises like wide grip pull ups (with assistance if needed). So my last workout was standing shoulder press as the main lift then 5sets of 10 reps for pullups and dips. I am more “good” sore than I ever have been before after each of these workouts. I guess we’ll see in 2 -3 months if I make gains, but if gains=DOMS imma go with FUCK yes.
also, lmao’d at (paraphrasing) “im into my sleep like old people are into their BMs”
You and puff make me laugh so hard.
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thanks power! ARH!!! yeah, I better be going to go get them …rows–rows blow! :{ i feel like i use too much momentum right now–one those few i just did! probably of maybe a handful times i’ve done rows ever in a serious attempt.
bad. i need to lower the wt and not do them like bend-over 1/2 cleans. if that makes sense.
WORD BRE! yeah. i’m already a little bit sore on my lats…and i just did those rows like 2 hours ago! you’re going to be a even more beautiful petunia with those pullups!
kristof :D!
That puts a sexy image of you doing curls in street clothes. Yum.
[quote]laugh Bulgarians for Veg, curls for Nikki, rows for PMPM, deads to stay ahead of the Great Northern Chef…keep this up and you’ll turn into one of the volume queens around here. 
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LOL brute is just the sweetest, pleasing everyone.
I hated rows before today as well. But now I like them, probably because my back sucks way too much to be selective. I’m going to make myself do them whether I like them or not, so might as well like them.
You know, I’ve never done a bent over BB row in my life. Should I start?
i dunno Kimba…I don’t think it really matters? I just have a bb at home and so i did em that way. also doing rows normal style, knee on bench etc, makes me that much more likely to feel my soul die from back/arm/db stuff and sit down…and give up on everything!
Nikki!
today
itching to do something , no real plan but did some deads and oh sq,and planks
warm up and stuff
deadlifts bar,135x4,185, 225x12,x10,245 x8. then tried 265 and nothing! ok!
overheads 95x30
planks x 2mins, x1.5 mins
stretch.
i’m bored…but over it. going to shower and stuff.
Bent over rows: I’m not saying my back is amazing, but when I first lowered the weight a little on BoRs so I could feel it where I wanted it and then raised the weight so it was honest-to-goodness hard I definitely got thicker and stronger in my back and just overall. It also feels more rawr than doing them one at a time, knee on bench or cable rows. Feeling rawr is important.
Brute, did you really do 30 reps of overhead press w/95#? Like, in a row?
Shove this in your ears before you deadlift next time, should help. 
Yeah Kristof! I’m all about the Macho movements!..but ooh…i’m going to complain about these,like benching.
and yes! i am did the squats in a row, I am a nerd! WAHHAAH! my butt’s slightly aflame from it too:)!
140 on the bench is no small feat.
while I’m creepin on your deads you are creepin on my bench 
and damn those 120lbs rows!
oh sweet! cool vid too!! this was what i was listening too
[quote]kimbakimba wrote:
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OMG! YES! I love them - they make me feel super strong! And you can train them as a main lift, so that’s nice.
woot woot! brutus, Killing it in here!
lol @ your soul dying with the DB rows. HAHAHAH! That’s how I feel when I do rack pulls.
i’ve never done rack pulls…but saying that is probably because they look like I’d hate them Maschy
OH MY GOODNESS. A rather remarkable boring weekend i had. i think i drove to the store like 6 times. each time buying $5 worth of things…and wandering the isles for shits and giggles
I need to get a second hobby FAST. After 6 months of having three day weekends/four day workweeks and frantically filling them with things, I’ve officially ran out of spare cash and ideas of stuff to do on my time off.
Its a high class problem in a way, but I can’t afford a dog, and I can’t afford a vacation…so mmpf. there’s only so much sporty stuff you can do in a day as well. house is clean. nails painted.
but whatever. its kinda snowing so that’s cool.
[quote]kimbakimba wrote:
You know, I’ve never done a bent over BB row in my life. Should I start?[/quote]
Tbh, I have to be a little careful with these. Could put stress on your lower back, which is why I don’t do too many bent-over rows. But maybe that’s more so because I have to be careful of my lower back. I know some people brace their head on an incline bench to keep the angle. Anyway, my $0.02.
Brute, painting nails is my standby, too. Also, I missed the part where you’re benching 140! Pssh, you’re right behind me!
Well there’s your problem right there. Prodigy is good for high energy, if you’re going to be pulling heavy you need something, well, heavier. (I couldn’t ever really get into them, Fear Factory, Static X was about as industrial as I could go. Some folks say Rammstein is industrial, I just call them excellent.)
On a more serious note though, again allowing for the failure of rep calculations particularly as your reps go up, 225x12 has you maxing at so close to 315 we’ll just say 315. That said, if you do sets of 12 and 10 (then 245 for 8) your deadlifting muscles will be all burnt out for heavier weights. I’m absolutely not saying you should or shouldn’t lift a certain way, just being captain obvious.
You may be a nerd, but it ain’t because you did 30 OH squats with 95#! No comment on the rest of your comment on them. laugh
Netflix man, netflix. nods sagely
!!! Static-x is and Rammstein are my FAVORITE!
Huge crush on Wayne Static…then I met him and had bigger arms then him! Still love him Till however…he’s…vunderbar…OH MY GOD I have a huge thing for Till.
me and Wayne Static
Me and Tony from Static-X :)!
OMG!!! you’re so fucking rad Brute! HAH! Such a hottie!
And I love your absurd weekend plans. HAHAH! I do a lot of aimless walking around on my days off too. Really? What else is there to do?!
Pics!! =)))
Love your back and your red hair