Thanks Kimbakimba.
Is this name related to a little white lion at all?
[quote]DaCharmingAlbino wrote:
Thanks Kimbakimba.
Is this name related to a little white lion at all?[/quote]
It certainly is.
Great win in the meet. I was looking at some of the ranking lists and looks like you could do good in some of the pressing stuff, too. (C&J, mil press).
Read your discussion on the low/single reps for curls. Al Oerter (genuflect please) swore by them. Course, the way he did them they were almost a power clean with hands reversed and he brought the bar to his forehead.
[quote]kimbakimba wrote:
[quote]DaCharmingAlbino wrote:
Thanks Kimbakimba.
Is this name related to a little white lion at all?[/quote]
It certainly is.[/quote]
Then we are albinos together. Charter members of the AFAC - The American Faux Albino Congress.
[quote]hel320 wrote:
Great win in the meet. I was looking at some of the ranking lists and looks like you could do good in some of the pressing stuff, too. (C&J, mil press).
Read your discussion on the low/single reps for curls. Al Oerter (genuflect please) swore by them. Course, the way he did them they were almost a power clean with hands reversed and he brought the bar to his forehead. [/quote]
Thanks Hel.
Genuflected. Dan John talks about those curls with much fondness, too. I’d imagine they would greatly help a discus thrower, given the strain on the biceps as the arm comes round just before the release.
Grip work sounds fun, have you got a ‘blob’ yet
thats like the bell of a dumbell broken off.
I was just going to say powercurls.
bread and butter for the track and field types…
and they were big in most wrestling programs too.
PS they are easier to teach/do then regular cleans…
we did allot of grip crap for wrestling.
wrestling and judo will give most a grip of steel or a judo grip of doom
. upside down rope climbs
. gi/towel pullups
. plate pinches
. power curls
Do you have any neck issues… sometimes that affects grip.
Where does one buy upside-down rope?
2010-3-1
Paused Bench press
140x5
160x3
190x3
210x3
230x2
250x1
260x1
230x2,2
And that’s it. I thought I might do sumos and some back work, but my back side is still fried from the box squats two days ago.
Not happy with the bench, but it’ll come up over the next month some. Something else must be going on because I did 212 for 9 reps two sessions ago, but 210 for 3 was tough today.
you get upside down rope at the army navy store.
when you do it upside down you look like a pole vaulter they sucked
[quote]kmcnyc wrote:
you look like a pole vaulter they sucked[/quote]
man, I hope the clerks at the army navy store are women
3-3-2010
High Anderson Squat (pin 6)
230x3
260x3
290x3
320x3
350x2
380x1
400x0 (soon I’ll have this again)
Bench Lockouts
230x3
250x3
270x2
290x1
260x3,2 (better at keeping elbows tucked on second set)
Chest-supported Rows
145x5
195x5
225x5
245 5x2 sets
So I’ve lost a little on the Wendler program, but not too bad. Can definitely feel the joint looseness on the heavier weights that’s resulted from using lighter weights. I think I can better program deload/lighter weeks now though. Got some ideas…
edit:
Feeling squirrely so I went and did the following
Clean & Press (1 press per clean)
115x5
135x3
155x3
165x2
175 1x5 sets
Deep Anderson (ass on calves)
185x3
235x3
265x2
295x2,1
Deadlift and Explosive shrug
245 5x2 sets
Close Grip Bench
205 4x3 sets
These kinds of workouts make me happy.
[quote]DaCharmingAlbino wrote:
3-3-2010
Can definitely feel the joint looseness on the heavier weights that’s resulted from using lighter weights. I think I can better program deload/lighter weeks now though. Got some ideas…[/quote]
Whats your plan? I’m waiting to hear
I’m going to be working largest range of motion I can with lighter weights for higher reps on the deloads I think. Going heavy for too long seems to bind up the hips and shoulders and I can use the deloads as recovery workouts and to keep the joints loose. Dumbbell and cable work, full range squats and deficit pulls for reps.
I’m starting to think that a clean should always precede a press. It just feels right.
[quote]DaCharmingAlbino wrote:
I’m starting to think that a clean should always precede a press. It just feels right.[/quote]
I agree, the push seems to go with the pull. But I get short of breath pretty quickly on this combo, anything over sets of 5. Good work.
[quote]Scotto wrote:
[quote]DaCharmingAlbino wrote:
I’m starting to think that a clean should always precede a press. It just feels right.[/quote]
I agree, the push seems to go with the pull. But I get short of breath pretty quickly on this combo, anything over sets of 5. Good work.[/quote]
Yeah - 1 to 3 reps seems more reasonable when cleaning. I like series of singles on this lift.
“I’m starting to think that a clean should always precede a press. It just feels right.”
Are you talking about always doing them as one lift or during the same session? Had to throw this in. Last years NCAA female pole vault champion.
[quote]hel320 wrote:
“I’m starting to think that a clean should always precede a press. It just feels right.”
Are you talking about always doing them as one lift or during the same session? Had to throw this in. Last years NCAA female pole vault champion. [/quote]
One lift.
And thank you for the eye candy.
clean always makes a press feel good…
allison stokke rocks.
climbing a 2.5" rope upside down like a flailing polevaulter sucks ass, but gives you kungfu grip of doom.
I cant spell or use grammar with out sleep
Clean
Press
Feeling good
Allison Stokke…
I like where this thread is heading