[quote]CrewPierce wrote:
Jelly Roll wrote:
I’m still here Crew. Congratulations on the PR!
Jelly
Haha thanks Jelly, how has your training been going man?[/quote]
It’s good man, training 2 fighters for an August 9 card, so I’m putting the work in too. Just wish the weather out here would get better and turn into summer…
[quote]Jelly Roll wrote:
CrewPierce wrote:
Jelly Roll wrote:
I’m still here Crew. Congratulations on the PR!
Jelly
Haha thanks Jelly, how has your training been going man?
It’s good man, training 2 fighters for an August 9 card, so I’m putting the work in too. Just wish the weather out here would get better and turn into summer… [/quote]
August 9th card for what fed??? Haha man if you want some summer come on down to SC…102 here just baout every day. It’s like training in my old wrestling room with the heat cranked on high all day.
Worked up to 315 for 2 sets of 3 and then dropped it down to 295 for 1 set of 3.
Things have been a bit rough lately for me and it’s been hard to focus on my lifting but I think I’m getting by. Luckily lifting is my escape, as soon as I enter the gym it’s just me and the iron.
EDIT: Ok I’m a dumbass, I wrote the workout wrong. It’s been corrected now.
followed ur PC and will follow your thread.
however buisy with studying. all the best.
btw im 6.2 and bench is my weakness too.
[quote]Ho0li4n wrote:
followed ur PC and will follow your thread.
however buisy with studying. all the best.
btw im 6.2 and bench is my weakness too.[/quote]
Thanks for following man! Haha yea us tall guys don’t have it so good on bench press. I’m not sure if you have monkey arms like I do (or so I have been told) but then it sucks even more! Haha thanks for making this your first post!
CP
no problem man. i ran the 800m in track and the 5k in cross county. therefore im fairly skinny. ~165. however i startet training with weights around 2years ago. mainly to improve sprint speed and oxigen storage. now im back in germany (went to high school in NY) and realy interested in power lifting. im making pretty big gains, since im a beginner 
. so your PC and your thread realy gives me a good plan to look up to. my goal is a 350deadlift, 275sqaut and a 185bench.
currently im at 260deadlift, 175sqat and a 140bench. the squat is so low, since its hard for me to ajust to the exercise, im still working on correct form. also the weights are kinda wired, since its all in kilograms in germany…
so im at the beginning stages, however working 4times a week and im on creatine and a mass gainer, also taking amino acids.
long post, hope there is something interresting for you in it, exept my completely unbalance in chest vs legs/lower back.
so im thankful for your consicsteny in posting and keeping us guys updated. hope everything works out well.
btw a lot of people at the gym look at me like im from another planet. they never do squats/deadlift, they do not even have a squat rack. and they ask me if it doesnt put too much stress on my knees and my back. i didnt know it that is the case, just wanted your advice on that one… but if lifters deadlift 1000punds how would 300 hurt me?
wait one more
also how about straps on the deadlift? do you use them, do you advice to use them? i find my forarms giving out earlyer than my hamstrings or my back. also on shrugs i have the same problem, i could keep on going forever if i wouldnt drop the weight because of my arms…
Nice work on getting stronger week by week in spite of the happenings in your life. Press on!
[quote]Ho0li4n wrote:
no problem man. i ran the 800m in track and the 5k in cross county. therefore im fairly skinny. ~165. however i startet training with weights around 2years ago. mainly to improve sprint speed and oxigen storage. now im back in germany (went to high school in NY) and realy interested in power lifting. im making pretty big gains, since im a beginner . so your PC and your thread realy gives me a good plan to look up to. my goal is a 350deadlift, 275sqaut and a 185bench.
currently im at 260deadlift, 175sqat and a 140bench. the squat is so low, since its hard for me to ajust to the exercise, im still working on correct form. also the weights are kinda wired, since its all in kilograms in germany…
so im at the beginning stages, however working 4times a week and im on creatine and a mass gainer, also taking amino acids.
long post, hope there is something interresting for you in it, exept my completely unbalance in chest vs legs/lower back.
so im thankful for your consicsteny in posting and keeping us guys updated. hope everything works out well.
btw a lot of people at the gym look at me like im from another planet. they never do squats/deadlift, they do not even have a squat rack. and they ask me if it doesnt put too much stress on my knees and my back. i didnt know it that is the case, just wanted your advice on that one… but if lifters deadlift 1000punds how would 300 hurt me?
wait one more
also how about straps on the deadlift? do you use them, do you advice to use them? i find my forarms giving out earlyer than my hamstrings or my back. also on shrugs i have the same problem, i could keep on going forever if i wouldnt drop the weight because of my arms…[/quote]
No worries on the long post man!
People will always look at serious lifters as if we are from another planet, don’t let them get to you! The weight isn’t going to hurt you, your form may but not the weight. Just make sure you have good form on your lifts and you’ll be good to go man!
As far as using straps, I’ll ONLY use them on rack pulls and even then I don’t use them often. Your deadlift is only as good as your weakest point so what’s the point in not improving the weak link? For your forearms I suggest hammer curls, wrist curls, and plate pinches.
For the plate pinch it’s pretty easy, just grab a plate and pinch it between your fingers and hold it for as long as you can.
Hope that helps!
[quote]traineee wrote:
Nice work on getting stronger week by week in spite of the happenings in your life. Press on![/quote]
Thanks man! The things in my life have gotten better by 100% so I can’t complain anymore
hey pierce! just wondering, do you still have access to Surge Workout Fuel? if not, what are you using for peri-workout nutrition? I mean i know you still have BCAA’s and Surge Recovery for during and post, but what about pre-workout?
[quote]FutureGL wrote:
hey pierce! just wondering, do you still have access to Surge Workout Fuel? if not, what are you using for peri-workout nutrition? I mean i know you still have BCAA’s and Surge Recovery for during and post, but what about pre-workout?[/quote]
I do still have a small amount of SURGE Workout Fuel left but I’m saving it for meet days.
These days I use Caffeine-Free Spike tabs with a Spike Shooter before I workout, Gatorade with BCAA’s during my workout, and then 30 grams of Whey Protein Post Workout. At the moment I am trying to reduce my BF so that’s why I leave the SURGE Recovery out, I found that I put on some fat when I use it post workout, it also gives me pretty bad jitters these days from the insulin spike and then crash. I’m sure the reason I put on fat PWO is because I train at night so I’m taking in 50 grams of sugar within 2 hours of going to bed.
Yesterday’s Workout:
Deadlift:
135x3x10
225x2x5
315x2x2
405x1
465x1- New PR!
Decline Abs Crunch:
3 sets of 10 with 25lb plate
Hanging Leg Raise:
3x10
Seated Hammer curls:
4 sets of 10 with 40lb DB’s
We more or less did Friday’s workout today.
Bench:
barx3x10
135x3x10
185x3x5
215x3x3
315- static hold for 5 sec’s
V-Handle Lat-pulldown:
150x5x8
Incline Bench:
60lb DB’sx3x10
Bicep Curls:
45lb DB’sx4x8-10
Three Way Shoulder Raise:
25lb DB’sx3x10 each
Lat Raise:
20lb DB’sx3x10
Calf Press:
420x3x20
This felt pretty good today. We are working everything really hard this week as next week I’ll be on vacation. To get ready for the vacation I’ll actually be doing the V-Diet for 5 days to see the last bit of fat loss that I want.
I have been some what strict with my diet for the past month, however I didn’t want to lose any strength so I couldn’t cut the calories by much. My veins pop out a lot more these days and I have a somewhat defined 4 pack but I want them to stand out more on my vacation, hence the V-diet. Anyway this should be pretty interesting to see what happens and I’ll be sure to document with pictures.
Oh not that it really matters but we measured my arms last night to see if I could fit into someones old bench shirt and I have 16inch arms. Not that impressive but now I’m racing one of my workout partners to 18.
where ya vacationing?
[quote]FutureGL wrote:
where ya vacationing? [/quote]
South Beach
V-Diet day 1:
Uh screw this, is basically the only thought I had all day lol.
Mood- Pissed off and in a haze.
Strength- WEAK! Thank goodness it was an off day because no way would I have had the energy to lift. The only thing that kept me going at work was the HOT-ROX
So yea I am only doing this to drop a little fat for the beach but no way am I giving up this much strength. This diet is clearly for people only concerned with how they look. I will be upping the carbs today as its squat day. However I will continue with the diet starting Friday as Fri-Sun are off days. Then the rest of the time before I’m going to the beach (mon-wed) will be very strict clean eating.
I read about Shugs using the diet as a kick start and that’s all I am really looking for. Eh who knows if I am using it correctly but only one way to find out if this works for me or not!
Hey CP,
Congrats on the pr pull. 500 is just around the corner! Once you pull that you’ll be in DEEP 
In my experience, the times I have dieted I have lost a bunch of strength. This is probably because I had a shitty diet and didn’t train hard enough. However, it’s a tough thing to do.
Several big names have recently dropped a bunch of weight while not losing too much strength, Marc Bartley comes to mind. Take a look at his logs over on elite.
Thankfully I am blessed with a pretty quick metabolism. This is good in the fact I can be a bit sloppy and stay somewhat lean, but it makes gaining weight a bitch.
Rember the old addage (sp?) If you chase 2 rabbits at once, you usually end up with nothing.
Monopoly
ok thank you for the information on straps.
“racing” vs sombody always helped me to push harder, so good luck with those arms.
and congrats on the PR.
julian
[quote]Monopoly19 wrote:
Hey CP,
Congrats on the pr pull. 500 is just around the corner! Once you pull that you’ll be in DEEP
In my experience, the times I have dieted I have lost a bunch of strength. This is probably because I had a shitty diet and didn’t train hard enough. However, it’s a tough thing to do.
Several big names have recently dropped a bunch of weight while not losing too much strength, Marc Bartley comes to mind. Take a look at his logs over on elite.
Thankfully I am blessed with a pretty quick metabolism. This is good in the fact I can be a bit sloppy and stay somewhat lean, but it makes gaining weight a bitch.
Rember the old addage (sp?) If you chase 2 rabbits at once, you usually end up with nothing.
Monopoly[/quote]
Haha Spud is just up the road from me…I should stop by and be like “ok big guy how the hell did you do it?”
I agree with you on the 2 rabbits Monopoly and that’s why the end of this week was a wave week and next week is an off week for the most part. Then as soon as I get to the beach I’ll be ramping up my eating so I can come in at the top of the 198 weight class for my meet.
[quote]Ho0li4n wrote:
ok thank you for the information on straps.
“racing” vs sombody always helped me to push harder, so good luck with those arms.
and congrats on the PR.
julian[/quote]
Thanks for the luck and good luck with your grip, let me know how your deadlift is coming along!