Nice variations going on here.
You might try something different like lifting a loaded weight stand. I saw some guy at the gym today with a homemade version in his lap. He didn’t get very far with it, but I think he had the right idea unless he was thinking of walking out with the weights or something. I gave him the “oldman eye” in case he was thinking of boosting those plates out of the gym.
5-7-2010
Weighted walks
235 3x120 ft
Getting easier.
Nice work Tony, I am impressed at the volume.
how do you feel doing snatch grip- seems I am much faster off the floor
I am curious about carry over, pulling 405 last week or so snatch grip
should make my conventional move or not.
[quote]kmcnyc wrote:
Nice work Tony, I am impressed at the volume.
how do you feel doing snatch grip- seems I am much faster off the floor
I am curious about carry over, pulling 405 last week or so snatch grip
should make my conventional move or not.[/quote]
I feel awful doing snatch grip deads. I do not like them sam-I-am, though they went better than last time I tried them.
I’m hoping the combo of rack pulls from my weak range and snatch grips addressing the pull from the floor will get me to 550. The increased range of motion from snatch grips also lets you grind out a heavy and slow conventional DL is my thinking here.
I don’t seem to have a lockout problem. I’m also going to use high pulls or cleans or even snatches (depending on how nad-full I am at the time) on alternate pull days to let the back recover a bit each microcycle.
I’ll be dropping back to 4 singles next session and working back up to ten in the following weeks. Yes - I’m attempting Hepburn’s program again, with tweaks inspired by my own lifting over the last few months.
[quote]DaCharmingAlbino wrote:
[quote]kmcnyc wrote:
Nice work Tony, I am impressed at the volume.
how do you feel doing snatch grip- seems I am much faster off the floor
I am curious about carry over, pulling 405 last week or so snatch grip
should make my conventional move or not.[/quote]
I feel awful doing snatch grip deads. I do not like them sam-I-am, though they went better than last time I tried them.
I’m hoping the combo of rack pulls from my weak range and snatch grips addressing the pull from the floor will get me to 550. The increased range of motion from snatch grips also lets you grind out a heavy and slow conventional DL is my thinking here. I don’t seem to have a lockout problem.
I’m also going to use high pulls or cleans or even snatches (depending on how nad-full I am at the time) on alternate pull days to let the back recover a bit each microcycle.
I’ll be dropping back to 4 singles next session and working back up to ten in the following weeks. Yes - I’m attempting Hepburn’s program again, with tweaks inspired by my own lifting over the last few months.[/quote]
Hepburn?
Yep - the Audrey Hepburn program. Lose 50 lbs in 5 weeks, become more feminine and famous.
Doug Hepburn was a Canadian Heavyweight Olympic weightlifter and strongman on a par with Paul Anderson. Some say he was stronger than Paul. He devised a simple but surprisingly difficult program for gaining strength and size.
Use the search function of the site and search for “twiceborn,” or “Mike Mahler” or Hepburn. This twiceborn fella got his training advice from Hepburn directly and he only posted on the Hepburn Program thread.
[quote]DaCharmingAlbino wrote:
Yep - the Audrey Hepburn program. Lose 50 lbs in 5 weeks, become more feminine and famous.
Doug Hepburn was a Canadian Heavyweight Olympic weightlifter and strongman on a par with Paul Anderson. Some say he was stronger than Paul. He devised a simple but surprisingly difficult program for gaining strength and size.
Use the search function of the site and search for “twiceborn,” or “Mike Mahler” or Hepburn. This twiceborn fella got his training advice from Hepburn directly and he only posted on the Hepburn Program thread.[/quote]
Stronger than Paul Anderson?? Sacrilege!!
[quote]LittleStrick wrote:
[quote]DaCharmingAlbino wrote:
Yep - the Audrey Hepburn program. Lose 50 lbs in 5 weeks, become more feminine and famous.
Doug Hepburn was a Canadian Heavyweight Olympic weightlifter and strongman on a par with Paul Anderson. Some say he was stronger than Paul. He devised a simple but surprisingly difficult program for gaining strength and size.
Use the search function of the site and search for “twiceborn,” or “Mike Mahler” or Hepburn. This twiceborn fella got his training advice from Hepburn directly and he only posted on the Hepburn Program thread.[/quote]
Stronger than Paul Anderson?? Sacrilege!![/quote]
Hepburn beat Anderson every time they competed, which was like twice. Later, Anderson did his strongman shows and got even stronger than when he competed in weightlifting.
[quote]DaCharmingAlbino wrote:
Yep - the Audrey Hepburn program. Lose 50 lbs in 5 weeks, become more feminine and famous.
Doug Hepburn was a Canadian Heavyweight Olympic weightlifter and strongman on a par with Paul Anderson. Some say he was stronger than Paul. He devised a simple but surprisingly difficult program for gaining strength and size.
Use the search function of the site and search for “twiceborn,” or “Mike Mahler” or Hepburn. This twiceborn fella got his training advice from Hepburn directly and he only posted on the Hepburn Program thread.[/quote]
Thank you sir. I looked it up, bookmarked it, and will probably use it over the fall and winter. Of course, I’ll have to keep my Kool-aid handy, just in case 
Holy freaking intense workouts! Nice dude, esp those rack pulls. I’ll be using that workout for mine tomorrow!
5-8-2010
Floor Press
135x8
185x5
225x3
255 3x4 sets
Box Squat (15" box parallel)
205x3
265x3
315x3
355 1x4 sets
Cheat Rows
255 3x4 sets
Strict BB curl
130 2x3, 3x1
Face pulls
40x15
50x12
Presses and rows were easier today than last time, squats were harder.
skwatts are supposed to be harder.
nice work Tony.
Nic work, Tony. How far off of your chest are you on the floor presses?
[quote]LittleStrick wrote:
Nic work, Tony. How far off of your chest are you on the floor presses?[/quote]
'Bout 2-board height. On a bench where I could arch it would actually be at my chest.
2010-5-10
@ home
Clean and Press (@ home)
115x5
135x3
155x3
165x3,3,3,2,1 (These were really hard for some reason)
@ gym
Power Cleans
135x3
155x3
185x3 Tried a press here and it felt strangely similar to the ones I did at home. Hmmmmm…)
205x3
215x1
225x1,1,1,1 (PR sets, I think)
Front Squat
255x3
265x2,2,2,2
Snatch Grip DL (straps)
315x3
365x2
405x1 (PR +40lbs)
425x1 (PR +60lbs)
405x1,1
Shoulder-width Chinups
BWx5 (to strernum)
+50x5
+80x2,2,2,2
Close Grip Bench (paused, 1-count)
135x5
185x5
205x3
225x1,2,1,1
That be all. Think my home weights weigh more than they say. Triple presses were super hard with even the 1st rep being difficult. I tried a press single at the gym and 185 felt just like that first rep with what was supposed to be 165 at home. So I dunno…
It’s funny:
When you clean and jerk 200 pounds or more, you’ve pretty much informed just about everyone who saw it that you can pick them up and throw them…
Nice work in here, DCA. I am curious why you are going back to the Hepburn program. You did not seem all that thrilled with it last time, as I recall.
[quote]jjackkrash wrote:
Nice work in here, DCA. I am curious why you are going back to the Hepburn program. You did not seem all that thrilled with it last time, as I recall. [/quote]
I’m going to use it as a base this time around, but screw with it as I feel I need to 
[quote]DaCharmingAlbino wrote:
It’s funny:
When you clean and jerk 200 pounds or more, you’ve pretty much informed just about everyone who saw it that you can pick them up and throw them…[/quote]
Lately, I’ve noticed that over head pressing seems to be the lift that’s really impressive. Standing, anyways. Can’t cheat, can’t lie. Especially if it’s from the floor. Nice work.
[quote]ruglayer09052000 wrote:
[quote]DaCharmingAlbino wrote:
It’s funny:
When you clean and jerk 200 pounds or more, you’ve pretty much informed just about everyone who saw it that you can pick them up and throw them…[/quote]
Lately, I’ve noticed that over head pressing seems to be the lift that’s really impressive. Standing, anyways. Can’t cheat, can’t lie. Especially if it’s from the floor. Nice work.[/quote]
Tony, I wouldn’t screw with you. Tried some judo once and decided I didn’t like being thrown.