DukeTheSlaya's Journey to Overhead Pressing Like a God

[duketheslaya]

@darkcop

If your gym has installed jerk boxes, do them from rolling-in style and push press up. It works wonders for the ego, the ease of overcoming the strength curve and the dopamine graduation effect.

Unfortunately not.

@darkcop

Do one max set and add one sub-par max set per week till 10.

Yeah i started off barely being able to hit ten.
I do three sets usually. Last session i hit 15 reps in a set which was good.

@darkcop

Waste of time except if Craig Weller asks you to do so. You will never have the proper coaching unless guided by him. Listen.

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@darkcop

Kenshin. You need them for PJs

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[j4gga2]

@duketheslaya

Stay safe!

Mate I nearly passed out from the heat on my way to a picnic yesterday. I guess Queensland is its usual warm and sunny self

[duketheslaya]

@j4gga2

Mate I nearly passed out from the heat on my way to a picnic yesterday. I guess Queensland is its usual warm and sunny self

Lol its rough hey. When i was younger i had epilepsy and nearly died quite a few times from the heat causing a fit. Australias fucked

[j4gga2]

@duketheslaya

nearly died quite a few times from the heat

Y’know, in case the spiders, sharks, snakes or jellyfish want a break

[duketheslaya]

Close grip bench day
Did something a little different to see where strength is at.
Worked up to two easy singles at 70kg on close grip bench. Max is probably at 80kg atm.
Il slowly work my reps up on 70kgs and see what that does. Bench is really annoyingly weak so il see how it goes.
Then some backoff sets
Incline bench 3×10

My shoulders are holding up good lately and have been feeling healthier then they’ve ever been.

Feet up flat dumbell bench 5×10

Superset of 100 total lateral raises and curls

Prowler conditioning

Lots of and lots of prowler till i Worked up to a new max of 140kg for 20 metres. So PR
Havent done these in ages but i must have gotten alot stronger. I used to use 60-100kg for prowler pushes.

[painter27]

@duketheslaya

must have gotten alot stronger

Awesome work Duke, keep it up man!

[duketheslaya]

@painter27

Awesome work Duke, keep it up man!

Thanks heaps man!

[duketheslaya]

@painter27

Awesome work Duke, keep it up man!

I remembered something @MarkKO and @simo74 said ages ago. If you increase your everyday strength limit strength will follow.
Thats why i get excited when i can RDL or prowler push more weight etc. One rep maxes on big lifts is still important but other things are too.

@simo74

Remember strength doesn’t have to mean 1 rep maxes in squat, deadlift and bench. There is nothing wrong with having rep goals with a weight for an exercise you like or want to improve at, like dumbbell bench 25 x 10 for example or pull ups x 5 with 20kg added weight. Most if not all on here will agree that following a set program (preferable one written by someone who knows more than us about this stuff) with a proven progression model is the best way to go. What program is best for you though you may ask? The answer is: The one you will follow and give 100%.

@MarkKO

This cannot be overstated enough. Increase your everyday strength and your limit strength will follow.

[duketheslaya]

@Chris_Colucci do you know whats the go with this?

Apparently i cant like any posts for 418 thousand hours.

[duketheslaya]

Physique update
Weighing in at 79kg still not lean but alot less fluffy then a few months ago. Having really been doing anything to lose weight and what iv been doing is eating lots of food and training hard so idk. Hopefully keep getting leaner and stronger while staying at same bodyweight.

Flexed abbs

Relaxed

Looking for a pic I posted a while back where i was a lot teletubbier @khangles lol

Edit sorry for bad lighting , my bathroom lighting is terrible.

[Despade]

Confession: I says to myself, 31 degrees?! Why the hell ain’t it snowin?! Ah…I says back to myself, they’re in Aussie Land, where all the shit is ass-backwards

[MarkKO]

I see abs…

[duketheslaya]

For a while there i didnt train abbs. I was following the “compounds stimulate abbs enough” . iv seen alot of improvement by doing decline situps and abb wheel rollouts. Also getting less chubbier helps too.

Also in the last month or so iv been having a proper breakfast everyday. I used to just have cereal (being lazy etc). Now i have pork sausages, eggs, toast and milk. I think having a solid breakfast helps in losing chub as well.

[Despade]

#FatManAbs

[duketheslaya]

#Teletubbylife

@Despade

#FatManAbs

[khangles]

Serves you right for liking everything you can get your cursor on

Wait… I can’t like stuff either

[duketheslaya]

@khangles

Serves you right for liking everything you can get your cursor on

Wait… I can’t like stuff either

Whoops

[Yogi1]

Looking good, junior. Definitely getting leaner.

[flipcollar]

just wanted to chime in on the belt discussion. I’ve had a few. Inzer was fine, but I like my pioneer better. They’re a better company overall, they get their belts out really quickly, have excellent customer service, and a TON of customizing options. To me, there’s no comparison between Inzer and Pioneer. Pioneer is a better company across the board.

I also have an SBD lever belt, and it’s better than anything else I’ve worn. It’s actually the only belt I wear right now aside from my rehband soft belt. Pwnisher’s point about getting it off quickly for medley’s is spot on, but I doubt that matters to anyone else in this thread but me and him. The only reason I have the SBD belt is because I bought it for half it’s original price from a friend. I wouldn’t have spent the 250 on it, but I was willing to do 120. I think the quality is excellent, but I still don’t think the price difference between it and Pioneer is worthwhile. If you’ve just got unlimited funds, cool. get it. it’s the best thing out there. But if money is of any concern, I’d pass and get a belt for less than half the price that is about 90% as nice.

[T3hPwnisher]

@flipcollar

but I doubt that matters to anyone else in this thread but me and him.

I actually brought it up due to Duke’s expressed interest in strongman.

Good data points on Pioneer and SBD. I’m not presently in the market for a new belt, but next time around it’ll be worthwhile. I may need to get one to wear over my deadlift suit, since my Inzer is too small.