Great MP. Can you press your body weight? Other then hit 300 I really would like to press my own weight.
I read an article about guys not able to do full squats or deads for different reasons. Instead they used 1/2 squats and rack pulls. See if I can find it.
Thanks, Steve. Nope. Can’t do my body weight. But I can do what I want my body weight to be 
I think the 1/2 squats will be the way I go. Rack Pulls…maybe. They would have to be from way up high. I’ll look for the article. Was it on this site?
It seems Your " tiny wrist " are beefing up .
Catching up with ya Skip. You are playing Hell on the MP’s. Gald you survived the trip home. Hope you had great fun with the family.
Have to ask since I’m trying to catch up. What did you do to your back that precludes doing squats and DLs now?
You did a double with more than my body weight. I would love to single my body weight some day. Let’s see how much weight I lose.
Great to see the training move forward. Looking good LS.
Knock Knock…Hello, anybody home? Are you on walk about? Did aliens abduct you? I trust everything is OK in Strick land!
[quote]LittleStrick wrote:
Thanks, Steve. Nope. Can’t do my body weight. But I can do what I want my body weight to be
I think the 1/2 squats will be the way I go. Rack Pulls…maybe. They would have to be from way up high. I’ll look for the article. Was it on this site?[/quote]
I still can’t find that article,sorry. Do what it takes to keep your back happy. Kinda like myself switching to cgb to keep my shoulder happy.
[quote]bulldog9899 wrote:
It seems Your " tiny wrist " are beefing up .[/quote]
Medium…not tiny…medium
Thanks Wilson, danjo. My millies feel a bit down from pre-vacation, but seem to be eeking back up.
kpsnap, I have Spondylolisthesis, brought on by spondylolysis. Pretty much means that I am not completely stable at L5/S1 and that L5 is sliding forward on S1. I was hoping that it had stabilized, over the years, but apparently not enough.
No problems, Steve. I will keep looking! Thanks for the info, though.
OG, I am still here. They tried to abduct me. But the 1st tractor beam couldn’t get my fat ass off the ground. Once they got a 2nd one on me, I didn’t fit through the port. They decided to go try for a vegetarian.
As for the week in workouts, not much to report.
Bench day - triples at 315# and singles at 330#. Highlight of the day was 155x5 on skullcrushers. These things REALLY blast my triceps! They ache for days. It’s damn near orgasmic.
Back day - nothing of note. Lots of sets of lat pulls @210# and seated rows @ 235#.
Shoulder day - working sets were…185x5, 205x5, 225x5, 185x12. Followed with shrugs to 405x10 and DB laterals @ 40x10x4.
I am rearranging my schedule to make sure I have Tues. and Thurs. off…for my daughter’s cheerleading and so I can take my sons to watch football practice while my daughter does her thing. It looks like I am going to Mon., Wed., Fri. Which means that I have 4 days off before my next workout. Hopefully my body appreciates it.
Good work strick! I’d love to hit 330 for singles. I starting to feel weak.
LS- Nice work and nice plan going forward…the alien thing gave me a great chuckle!! have a great weekend.
Thanks Schmidt, OG. Have a great weekend.
Football and cheerleading, that sounds like some good times, my medium-framed friend.
Jack,
My daughter will do well at cheerleading. I still contend that she would be better at a sport that better utilized her power. We will see. She is kind of flighty and the other girls are into cheerleading. Whatcha gonna do?
I had fun, and a hard time, watching the 10 year olds play. They are fun to watch…learning and “gettin’ after it.” But I am a stickler for fundamentals. Back when I played, I wasn’t the biggest (a 6’2", 230# defensive tackle…kind of small), or the strongest (didn’t squat or DL and only benched 290#…but I could MP 225#), or the fastest (I could run a 4.9 40, as long as I had a good tail wind). I did very well, though. It was because I had the best fundamentals on the team…stay LOW, feet moving, wide base, explode off the line and gain separation. And to bring it all together…BE RELENTLESS!
It was the only way that I didn’t get destroyed Seriously. Otherwise I would have been embarassed.
I have a hard time watching football, at any level, when people aren’t playing fundamentally sound. And, yes, I am obsessive about it.
But there was one hit…little guy, playing safety, came across and caught the running back on the sideline. “Crack!” Oh the sweet sound of helmets meeting! I think my Testosterone doubled and my pulse followed…lol.
I sure hope one of my boys, if not both, wants to play. If not, I will just be a football Dad at whatever they choose to do…giving full, obnoxious support.
Changed the log title, as that is very much how I have felt since returning from vacation. I can’t seem to get my mojo, or enthusiasm back. I have continued working out, by force of will, but just am not into it.
I am sure there are many reasons. Not the least of which is that I came back and my strength was down. Were I putting up numbers that had me on the cusp of a new 1RM, I could derive motivation from that. But I’m not.
It is frustrating to be in there, working out, and having absolutely no grrrr.
Maybe I just need a good challenge!? That always cranks me up. Hey! Bulldog! Run out and MP 275# for me. So that I can go into panic mode and get off my ass!
Anyway, don’t mind me, I’ll just be tooling along in the slow lane.
BUT, if any of you run across my mojo, please send it home.
Back when I played I was tiny 5’ 11" 165 but I was faster than a phone call and played tailback. You gotta love it when the kids get after it.
[quote]LittleStrick wrote:
Changed the log title, as that is very much how I have felt since returning from vacation. I can’t seem to get my mojo, or enthusiasm back. I have continued working out, by force of will, but just am not into it.
I am sure there are many reasons. Not the least of which is that I came back and my strength was down. Were I putting up numbers that had me on the cusp of a new 1RM, I could derive motivation from that. But I’m not.
It is frustrating to be in there, working out, and having absolutely no grrrr.
Maybe I just need a good challenge!? That always cranks me up. Hey! Bulldog! Run out and MP 275# for me. So that I can go into panic mode and get off my ass!
Anyway, don’t mind me, I’ll just be tooling along in the slow lane.
BUT, if any of you run across my mojo, please send it home.[/quote]
It would appear that yours and mine have taken a vacation of sorts. Working, getting ready for school…all 5 of us…and a little side work have mucked up my schedule. That, and my back, of course. I’m getting 2 days in a week, along with my daily Militaries. Ah well. I just keep on keepin on. School starts Monday so we’ll see how my schedule works out from there. Still in the race to 300, 250, whatever.
[quote]LittleStrick wrote:
Maybe I just need a good challenge!? That always cranks me up. Hey! Bulldog! Run out and MP 275# for me. So that I can go into panic mode and get off my ass!
.[/quote]
Ill see what I can do for you when I do Millies during the 5/3/1 rep week during the next cycle.