[quote]BPC wrote:
Dan,
What does that mean? Napoleon Dynamite, pop culture? Please elaborate. Thanks.
So I take it that you aren’t too fond of yoga? I’ve read most of your site now.
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Pop culture reference. Movie Napoleon Dynamite, which it seems almost everyone on this site loves but I’ve never seen.
DJ, How would YOU compare a squat to a ‘hand and thigh’ lift for building leg strength?
The “Sting Ray?”
Well, then…I’m at a loss…
I tried it once at Joe Garcia’s gym in Columbia, Missouri and was so totally humbled we like to pretend that I never did the “Hand and Thigh Lift.”
Lesson Seven: Never mess in another man’s game.
Well, you know, first and foremost…you need to define the level of hurt. There is a fairly wide range here: you may need to drop by a chiro or a doc or a good massage therapist and just get a “feel” (pun) for the issue. It could be simple as too heavy or something you picked up with bad form or a car crash.
I have mornings, too, but not injury filled ones…usually, the cat wakes me up telling me how much she has fallen in love with me over the last hour and thinks that all the world should be awake to know this…at 3:01 am…[quote]RoadWarrior wrote:
Danny John wrote:
Yes.
Okay, the real answer: if you have issues (injuries, gym problems, equipment issues, space issues, joint problems), you can’t do “everything.” So, you drop this or that. The key is figuring out what to add. I can keep myself in fairly good fighting trim (to throw stuff far) with just deadlifts and inclines. Not exactly the “cutting edge” there.
To continue this question. Alot of mornings I wake up and my lower back is real sore. It usually goes away sometime later in the day, so I’ve never much worried about it. This being said, do you think it hurts to keep doing squats? I usually do 5 x 5 with about 245 (max,I thinks is around 275). When I leave the gym, at times I hurt like hell, but I figure if I keep this up it will make my back re. core stronger in the long run. What are your thoughts?
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I know the javelin throwers like it, but my neighbors think I am weird enough…
[quote]BPC wrote:
Dan,
what do you think about training w/a sledgehammer? You know, pounding away on a tire for a specified amount of time?[/quote]
It’s interesting having an article come out the same evening as Prime Time…I am getting lost in the conversations…
Power Clean help
I am having trouble racking the weight(can’t whip my elbows fast enough) when I get close to my 1RM.
Max power clean(floor) =215lb(should be higher)
Max convential dead 405 lb
1.Is it just a timing thing or am I missing something.
I have started doing full cleans first and these seem to give me a lot of pop for my sets of power cleans.
2.The bar is not perfect but there are no other choices
Can someone please explain the hand and thigh lift.
Hey,
I’m just curious as to what your personal workouts look like these days. What are you doing/how many/days…etc.
I’m not asking you for your workout…just an overview if you don’t mind.
TB
[quote]sully’s wrote:
Can someone please explain the hand and thigh lift.[/quote]
I train probably every day… doing something. I usually throw upwards of five days a week, but some of this is just for fun…a bunch of throws of various kinds and for technique. I tend to do some kind of lifting every day, sometimes just a single lift, but often, a single lift followed by a cluster of stuff for general conditioning.
[quote]Trailblazer wrote:
Hey,
I’m just curious as to what your personal workouts look like these days. What are you doing/how many/days…etc.
I’m not asking you for your workout…just an overview if you don’t mind.
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[quote]MikeTheBear wrote:
sully’s wrote:
Can someone please explain the hand and thigh lift.
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I’m not sure I know what I’m looking at here. Is this the end of the movement or is there more to it? From the pic it looks like there is only a couple of inches ROM (floor to a pseudo DL lockout)? And what is that bar - specialty bar?
DB
Yep…that bar is not your conventional gym bar, PL or OL. I don’t know the specs…maybe ask some USAWA member.
And on the ROM…you just clear the weight off the floor. I’d say less than 2 inches.
“I train probably every day… doing something. I usually throw upwards of five days a week, but some of this is just for fun…a bunch of throws of various kinds and for technique. I tend to do some kind of lifting every day, sometimes just a single lift, but often, a single lift followed by a cluster of stuff for general conditioning.”
What would your “template” look like for a single lift followed by a general conditioning cluster? Especially if you’re working out 5 consecutive days? I’m curious, because this type of training would fit my current schedule very well.
Thanks,
Nathan
Not to ignore you, but this is what I deal with on my website a lot. Look around on danjohn.org
I have a number of “this is what I am doing” or “my newest perfect workout” ideas…look around and let’s talk.
DJ, stop me if this is a stupid question (and I’m sure you will!) but are those deadlifts you do conventional or sumo or a combination?
Danke
Dan,
On your website there is the “Spider Web” for measuring the lifts relative to each other. Are the values shown there in kg or lb?
After looking around your site, I only found the following “daily lifting programs”:
WoR - daily, one main lift and one GPP exercise - no “cluster”
One lift a day - again, one lift daily, but no “cluster”
40 day workout - 3 lifts plus throws 5 days per week
The Barry Ross workout - one squat, one push, one pull, one quick lift, one ab, daily for 5 days (this is what I think I’ll try)
a reference to Pavels 5x5x5 - daily, 5 lifts, no cluster
I’m just trying to figure out what you meant by “single lift” - olympic lift? power lift? one generic “big compound exercise” (like squat, bench, chin, dead) done heavy per day?
“followed by a cluster of general conditioning stuff” means…? Strongman like tire flips? GPP callesthenics like burpees / push ups? Heavy Squat followed by a “medium circuit” of bench, rows, calves, abs?
I was thinnking of this one:
But, you will NEVER get me to explain random, chaotic training…which I think is the key to success.