I think you psyched yourself out on that 500
its here soon- good luck on the house, closings of any kind are stressful
Big squats and nice work.
FB do you ever do db snatches?
maybe that is what your shoulders need
Bulldog - I can almost understand the fake abs guy, but that synthol stuff is just bizarre. That guy has to be mentally ill surely?, that is not the actions of a sane man.
MJ - I know just getting it done is better than nothing, but when my lifting is not going well it carries over in to the rest of my life and preys on my mind. I know it shouldn’t, but my lifting has to be going well for me to be happy.
dday, null, matty, george & joe - They say that after death and divorce, selling a house is the most stressful thing in life. Lets hope our sale doesn’t end up causing the other two! We’re already snapping at each other over it.
Kev - Never tried DB snatches, may have a go. Do you do one arm at a time or both together?
Well we’ve been waiting on tenterhooks for a phone call and it finally came, but it wasn’t the one we wanted. It was a call from a surveyor wanting to do a home valuation. This is a report a mortgage provider needs to guarantee that the house is worth the money they are lending. WTF?
This should have been done several weeks ago, it’s normally done straight after the offer is accepted, but for some reason wasn’t (we just assumed they didn’t require a mortgage). This is going to delay completion at least another month now. Aaarrggghhhh!!!
Beginning to think I might have one more Christmas here. Damn!
30/08/2011
Hill Sprints 35yds x 2 (pinged my calf on the 3rd, bugger!)
31/08/2011
Shoulder warm up circuit
Band Pullaparts and Band Dislocates x 20 (twice through no rest)
Bench Press w/u to
319 lbs x 1 (PR)
330 lbs x 0-0
Standing DB Press 10-7 x 63.5 lb’ers
Pushdowns 10-10-10 x 121 lbs
Push Ups (bw) x 20-20-20 (supersetted with) Sternum Chin Ups (bw) x 6-6-6
Face Pulls
69 lbs x 10-10
44 lbs x 20
Subscap Pull Ups (bw) x 5-5
319 is a lifetime PR by 11 lbs. Pretty happy, but wish I’d gone for 330 on the first attempt. might have had it, don’t know.
Vid of 319 PR followed by 2 “negatives” (sounds better than failures) with 330.
What happened with the Coan routine(s)?
Nice PRs, I guess hard work does trump all.
I’ve been through divorce, and selling a house (apartment). I feel your pain, hang in there.
Congrats on the PR!
Keep your eyes on the prize Brett and know that it will soon be just a memory (i.e. House sale) as it is now for me.
I am the same. I attach an irrational amount of significance to what my strength levels are, also progress forward. I think sometimes, ‘what would Junior Dos Santos do if faced with a training challenge like I am’, (not that I think he would follow a program like mine, just saying because I like rooting for his fights.) this cuts to the core of much of my self worth and worthiness when out in life.
[quote]FarmerBrett wrote:
30/08/2011
Hill Sprints 35yds x 2 (pinged my calf on the 3rd, bugger!)
31/08/2011
Shoulder warm up circuit
Band Pullaparts and Band Dislocates x 20 (twice through no rest)
Bench Press w/u to
319 lbs x 1 (PR)
330 lbs x 0-0
Standing DB Press 10-7 x 63.5 lb’ers
Pushdowns 10-10-10 x 121 lbs
Push Ups (bw) x 20-20-20 (supersetted with) Sternum Chin Ups (bw) x 6-6-6
Face Pulls
69 lbs x 10-10
44 lbs x 20
Subscap Pull Ups (bw) x 5-5
319 is a lifetime PR by 11 lbs. Pretty happy, but wish I’d gone for 330 on the first attempt. might have had it, don’t know.
Vid of 319 PR followed by 2 “negatives” (sounds better than failures) with 330.
[/quote]
the criticism I have of your benching is that in order to avoid being pinned you have the safety mechanism that slightly reduces your range of motion. Is this a factor worth thinking about?
What I do as a home user is to keep the last 25lbs each side outside of the collars and if/when I fail I tip the bar over to each side and plop the plates onto a padding system that protects the apartment. So long as I can rescue myself out from 50lbs lighter I am good.
[quote]DeadKong wrote:
[quote]FarmerBrett wrote:
30/08/2011
Hill Sprints 35yds x 2 (pinged my calf on the 3rd, bugger!)
31/08/2011
Shoulder warm up circuit
Band Pullaparts and Band Dislocates x 20 (twice through no rest)
Bench Press w/u to
319 lbs x 1 (PR)
330 lbs x 0-0
Standing DB Press 10-7 x 63.5 lb’ers
Pushdowns 10-10-10 x 121 lbs
Push Ups (bw) x 20-20-20 (supersetted with) Sternum Chin Ups (bw) x 6-6-6
Face Pulls
69 lbs x 10-10
44 lbs x 20
Subscap Pull Ups (bw) x 5-5
319 is a lifetime PR by 11 lbs. Pretty happy, but wish I’d gone for 330 on the first attempt. might have had it, don’t know.
Vid of 319 PR followed by 2 “negatives” (sounds better than failures) with 330.
[/quote]
the criticism I have of your benching is that in order to avoid being pinned you have the safety mechanism that slightly reduces your range of motion. Is this a factor worth thinking about?
What I do as a home user is to keep the last 25lbs each side outside of the collars and if/when I fail I tip the bar over to each side and plop the plates onto a padding system that protects the apartment. So long as I can rescue myself out from 50lbs lighter I am good.[/quote]
Clever!!
Nice job Farmer!
Deadkong, Farmer has full range of motion. If he needs to land it on the pins, he just collapses his arch.
nice pr!
house settlements can drag out with all the official crap that goes along with them… frustrating as hell. hope things take an unexpected turn in the speedier direction for ya.
Nice PR! And nice arch. 330# will be there before you know it.
Good luck with the house. The process is never fun. Getting it finished, however, makes the world feel much brighter.
Hey, hey hey…awesome PR on the ole bench!!! best of luck with the house deal! I have heard that a great stress reliever is this program that calls for high rep squats…just between you and me!
keep the faith. and that arch. dang.
[quote]OldGoat wrote:
Hey, hey hey…awesome PR on the ole bench!!! best of luck with the house deal! I have heard that a great stress reliever is this program that calls for high rep squats…just between you and me![/quote]
Goat, are you trying to cripple EVERYONE on this forum?
Oh, and Brett, good luck with the house.
Nice PR FB! 3bills is great milestone or so I’m told.
Good job on the PR.
constructive crticism here.
- No leg drive see line 5.
- No upper back contraction: be it shrugging the shoulders or squeezing the blades together.
- No explosion out of the hole.
- No lift-off here. Would rather you start off of the pins from a deadstop than see you unrack the max weight yourself. Shoulder problems waiting to happen here. Not if. It is WHEN.
- Bench is too high for any stability. I would reccomend floor presses or inclines till you get a lower bench or get some 6 inch blocks to put your feet on atleast.
- Your moving under the weight from side-to-side probaly related to 5.
Good
- Pretty good arch. Would like to see how you set up.
- good strength out of bottom - need more tricep strength to overcome the stall or practice punching the bar up.
- Practice the lift like a laying down Push-Press-make sense
I don’t mean to seem harsh here I just don’t want to hear that you fucked up your shoulder benching like that.
Good lifting though with Pr’s coming all the time .
Hope this helps
As to exploding out of the hole, I would think that a risk of straining a pectoral muscle. At least that happened to me about a year ago when I was trying to do an explosive strength day that should have had a feather weight but I decided to get a bit heavier with. After a couple of sets I knew I did it, and this is a one rep max.
exploding meaning acelerating the bar as fast as possible that is already under tension. Not blasting into loose.
I hope I did not piss you off Brett with the criticism but you lift by yourself with no one coaching your lifts as they happen.
All in all good solid lifting here man.
punnyguy - The Coan routine WAS going well, I hit 5 rep PRs on squat, deads and bench, but when I dropped to the 3s I hit a wall and bombed out. I couldn’t even get a single rep on the deads with a weight I should have gotten 2 sets of 3 with. So I quit. Not the routine’s fault, I just don’t seem to have the mental energy and focus to psyche myself up and go for a PR every single workout right now. I wimped out!
Matty - Thanks. You’re right on the house front. I’m looking forward to it being a memory.
DK - It might not be very easy to see on the vid, but I promise you the bar touched my chest. I’m a real “form Nazi” and wouldn’t have counted it (especially as a PR) if it hadn’t. Your idea of the plates outside the collars is a good one. I could have done with knowing that in the days before I had a rack.
Git - Thanks for having my back.
Alexus, Cav, dday, UN - Thanks people. Appreciate it.
Old Goat - Blimey! do you have shares in that bloody programme or something? Just because you’re suffering doesn’t mean we all have to.
Strick & MJ - Arch? LOL. I don’t have an arch. That’s just my belly when I take a big breath and hold it unfortunately.