lower work today, felt banged up to hell the whole time
DE Box squat: 225 + 100lbs in chains 2 x 2, 275 2 x 2, 315 2 x 2, 365 2 x 2
Rack pull 2 pin, all weights + hundo in chains 315 x 5, 405 x 5, 495 x 3, 585 x 2, 635 x 1, 545 x 5. 635 wasn’t max, by any means, but I think I will keep these for a few weeks and try to drive that up.
dbell shrugs 3 x 20 w/130s
step ups 3 x 10 with some weight
back extensions, cranked, w/45 3 x 10
decline abs 2 x 15
leg raise 3 x 15
sled sprints think I did 12 trips, 40 yards, adding weight until it was effen heavy, and only resting 30 seconds between sprints. felt kinda pukey afterwards.
[quote]ouroboro_s wrote:
Hey Pete. I got my power pants in the mail yesterday. Do you have any advice to make them easier to get on. I used suit slippers but because it’s just the bottom half, there isn’t much to grip to pull them up and no straps to hang from the rack with. I’m thinking of sewing ‘handles’ of some sort on them. They don’t have to be nice for a competition since they’re just for training. I use upholstery thread to sew my suit straps and it will hold a shit ton. They took forever to roll over my ass and even longer to roll off. I need some pants grippers.[/quote]
The powerpants will get easier to get on pretty quick. For getting briefs on we usually back up to the upright of a bench after wiggling as far in as you can. Stand on tippy toes and have partner grab back of briefs and hook over bench upright, drop and wiggle until you get further in. Repeat for each side as necessary.
Handles sound like a good idea too, even for the super gear whore the powerpants are typically training only. For the supreme gear whores it is what you do your warm up squats in…
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Know nothing about gear. How long do you usually keep these pants on for? The whole session?[/quote]
Just for squatting, usually. Though I guess powerpants, not the regular briefs, could be kept on for other hip dominant work.
I just said ‘just for squatting’. Typical geared squat workouts, where I train, with say 5 other people working in, can run 3 hours easily. [/quote]
I’ll be using mine to pull as well. Sumo pulling are making my hips pretty tight. Mine actually took more time to get off than the time I spent squatting in them.
I hear you on the hours of training. Our longest was 4 hours. It’s like we dropped into some weird time slide. It doesn’t seem all that bad sometimes because I train in my garage and I can cut the lawn and stuff between sets.
[quote]PeteS wrote:
Did 2 mile walk with dogs tonight. Somehow Butch, the 150lb American Bulldog, gets stronger each year. Just from walking, and being Butch. When we first got him he was a year old and 110lbs. Tried to put him in the trendy harnass things that actually work well for the St Bernard. Snapped each and every one like they were nothing. For perspective he has about a 23 to 24 inch neck.
Tonight, he snapped his chain link collar, twice. First time no big deal, we were walking into the park, he turned and pulled a little hard and stood there wondering what was happening. Came back over to me and I rigged it back up . Second time, on the way home, stopped at another park where wife and kid were playing. Got a call on my cell about a job, he wanted to meet some new kids, and snap, it was gone. Fortunately he is the epitome of a gentle giant, listens to everything I say (unless there is food between us), and really loves kids. But he does look like a white pit bull on GH, test, decca, DBol, and three cows a day. Scared the !@it out of a grandmother with 4 toddlers, but within seconds, after chekcing on Ewan, he was back by my side.
Coolest thing is how he and Ewan have become thick as thieves. They will sit and watch Dora, or at Butch’s request, Animal Planet, together. [/quote]
Can we see a picture of this one? The dog I mean. Not Dora
[quote]ouroboro_s wrote:
Hey Pete. I got my power pants in the mail yesterday. Do you have any advice to make them easier to get on. I used suit slippers but because it’s just the bottom half, there isn’t much to grip to pull them up and no straps to hang from the rack with. I’m thinking of sewing ‘handles’ of some sort on them. They don’t have to be nice for a competition since they’re just for training. I use upholstery thread to sew my suit straps and it will hold a shit ton. They took forever to roll over my ass and even longer to roll off. I need some pants grippers.[/quote]
The powerpants will get easier to get on pretty quick. For getting briefs on we usually back up to the upright of a bench after wiggling as far in as you can. Stand on tippy toes and have partner grab back of briefs and hook over bench upright, drop and wiggle until you get further in. Repeat for each side as necessary.
Handles sound like a good idea too, even for the super gear whore the powerpants are typically training only. For the supreme gear whores it is what you do your warm up squats in…
[/quote]
Know nothing about gear. How long do you usually keep these pants on for? The whole session?[/quote]
Just for squatting, usually. Though I guess powerpants, not the regular briefs, could be kept on for other hip dominant work.
I just said ‘just for squatting’. Typical geared squat workouts, where I train, with say 5 other people working in, can run 3 hours easily. [/quote]
I’ll be using mine to pull as well. Sumo pulling are making my hips pretty tight. Mine actually took more time to get off than the time I spent squatting in them.
I hear you on the hours of training. Our longest was 4 hours. It’s like we dropped into some weird time slide. It doesn’t seem all that bad sometimes because I train in my garage and I can cut the lawn and stuff between sets.
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Yeah, I forgot about the whole pulling aspect of gearwhoring. Since I am economically deficient, and raw my sumo trails my conventional by about 100lbs, i have been sticking to raw pulling. Would like to move give geared sumo a try. We have a chick in the 123 class pulling close to 400, fucking amazing to watch.
[quote]PeteS wrote:
Did 2 mile walk with dogs tonight. Somehow Butch, the 150lb American Bulldog, gets stronger each year. Just from walking, and being Butch. When we first got him he was a year old and 110lbs. Tried to put him in the trendy harnass things that actually work well for the St Bernard. Snapped each and every one like they were nothing. For perspective he has about a 23 to 24 inch neck.
Tonight, he snapped his chain link collar, twice. First time no big deal, we were walking into the park, he turned and pulled a little hard and stood there wondering what was happening. Came back over to me and I rigged it back up . Second time, on the way home, stopped at another park where wife and kid were playing. Got a call on my cell about a job, he wanted to meet some new kids, and snap, it was gone. Fortunately he is the epitome of a gentle giant, listens to everything I say (unless there is food between us), and really loves kids. But he does look like a white pit bull on GH, test, decca, DBol, and three cows a day. Scared the !@it out of a grandmother with 4 toddlers, but within seconds, after chekcing on Ewan, he was back by my side.
Coolest thing is how he and Ewan have become thick as thieves. They will sit and watch Dora, or at Butch’s request, Animal Planet, together. [/quote]
Can we see a picture of this one? The dog I mean. Not Dora
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Butch is the Am Bull pictured above under ‘old stinky’. Here is Bea, the St. Berinie:
[quote]jjackkrash wrote:
Damn, time flies. The kiddo will be here in no time. I bet your wife can’t wait, though, it gets real uncomfortable right about now. [/quote]
I can’t wait either, it will be nice to have her back:) what sucks is after I have trained and can’t move well myself, such as tonight. Hamstrings, hips and back were so tight that when I finally did get down to the floor to help the kid pick up his toys, I couldn’t get up. Makes for two of us being somewhat useless:)
[quote]PeteS wrote:
actually pic of the two of them. [/quote]
They’re beautiful. We’ve been talking about getting a dog and have gone to the SPCA. I don’t think we’re quite ready yet but my guy gets all sappy around dogs; particularly shepherds.
[quote]PeteS wrote:
actually pic of the two of them. [/quote]
They’re beautiful. We’ve been talking about getting a dog and have gone to the SPCA. I don’t think we’re quite ready yet but my guy gets all sappy around dogs; particularly shepherds.[/quote]
Ready yet as far in ‘committed together’? Then I would hold off. I am a big believer that dog’s need nearly the same stability as a kid. Not quite as much time, but they still need you there. Got Butch from an aquaintance, younger dude, who had no idea what he was getting into with a large breed dog. Think he was scared of him a bit too, which is just stupid. But they give back just as much as you put into them.
When my son was all of 3 days old a dodgy friend of a friend came over to help me move some old appliances. Guy who has proven himself to be a complete scumbucket. Butch circled him for 20 minutes making a noise that I had never heard before, and not since; a low gutteral, I am going to rip your jugular out noise. Dude tried to be casual, but could tell he was about to piss his pants. Never had to not invite him over since, lol. I sincerely believe Butch knew he had a baby to protect, and just did not like him for all the right reasons. If I had said word one, guy would have been toast.
[quote]PeteS wrote:
actually pic of the two of them. [/quote]
They’re beautiful. We’ve been talking about getting a dog and have gone to the SPCA. I don’t think we’re quite ready yet but my guy gets all sappy around dogs; particularly shepherds.[/quote]
Ready yet as far in ‘committed together’? Then I would hold off. I am a big believer that dog’s need nearly the same stability as a kid. Not quite as much time, but they still need you there. Got Butch from an aquaintance, younger dude, who had no idea what he was getting into with a large breed dog. Think he was scared of him a bit too, which is just stupid. But they give back just as much as you put into them.
When my son was all of 3 days old a dodgy friend of a friend came over to help me move some old appliances. Guy who has proven himself to be a complete scumbucket. Butch circled him for 20 minutes making a noise that I had never heard before, and not since; a low gutteral, I am going to rip your jugular out noise. Dude tried to be casual, but could tell he was about to piss his pants. Never had to not invite him over since, lol. I sincerely believe Butch knew he had a baby to protect, and just did not like him for all the right reasons. If I had said word one, guy would have been toast. [/quote]
That is too funny. I was camping with a big group of college age kids way back when and two dudes came rolling up to our campsite wanting to “hang” with us. Apparently they knew a few of the people we were with. My buddy had two big dobies that started circling them like raptors as soon as they showed up. These dogs generally loved everybody, but you could just tell they were ready to pounce. One of the guys says “dude, you need to get your dogs under control.” My buddy says, “Nope. You need to work it out with the dogs. I’ve learned they are pretty good judges of character.” They left, and one of the group commented on how those guys were bad news and they were glad they were gone.
[quote]ouroboro_s wrote:
I hear you on the hours of training. Our longest was 4 hours. It’s like we dropped into some weird time slide. It doesn’t seem all that bad sometimes because I train in my garage and I can cut the lawn and stuff between sets.
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And I thought I was the only one who did shit in-between sets. When I’m in my basement training, I tend to do laundry. When I’m outside, yardwork. Since I train alone, kinda kills the time between sets.
[quote]ouroboro_s wrote:
I hear you on the hours of training. Our longest was 4 hours. It’s like we dropped into some weird time slide. It doesn’t seem all that bad sometimes because I train in my garage and I can cut the lawn and stuff between sets.
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And I thought I was the only one who did shit in-between sets. When I’m in my basement training, I tend to do laundry. When I’m outside, yardwork. Since I train alone, kinda kills the time between sets.[/quote]
It helps get stuff done. I have the garage set up so when it’s warm, I cut the grass. I’ve done laundry, dishes, homework with the kids, I even proofed one of our ads for work on-line one night in my squat suit. I’ve got chronic ants in my pants so I find it tough to sit still. That’s one thing I miss about a commercial gym; people to watch.
[quote]PeteS wrote:
actually pic of the two of them. [/quote]
They’re beautiful. We’ve been talking about getting a dog and have gone to the SPCA. I don’t think we’re quite ready yet but my guy gets all sappy around dogs; particularly shepherds.[/quote]
Ready yet as far in ‘committed together’? Then I would hold off. I am a big believer that dog’s need nearly the same stability as a kid. Not quite as much time, but they still need you there. Got Butch from an aquaintance, younger dude, who had no idea what he was getting into with a large breed dog. Think he was scared of him a bit too, which is just stupid. But they give back just as much as you put into them.
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He and I are fully committed but we’ve both had large dogs and know what it entails. Right now we’re enjoying each other before throwing another ‘kid’ into the mix. I really took to one that was an Aikido mix. He was big, stupid and could jump about 10’ up on a perch and sit there like a bird. Weirdest freaking thing I’d seen. I could just envision having to repeatedly get the dog off the roof. He’d take a lot of work but was very gentle. I’m just not ready for the extra work yet.
I have a Bull mastiff that is an awesome dog. Went to the humane society to save him and he ended up saving me. Something about having an animal love ya just becuase!
[quote]PeteS wrote:
actually pic of the two of them. [/quote]
They’re beautiful. We’ve been talking about getting a dog and have gone to the SPCA. I don’t think we’re quite ready yet but my guy gets all sappy around dogs; particularly shepherds.[/quote]
Ready yet as far in ‘committed together’? Then I would hold off. I am a big believer that dog’s need nearly the same stability as a kid. Not quite as much time, but they still need you there. Got Butch from an aquaintance, younger dude, who had no idea what he was getting into with a large breed dog. Think he was scared of him a bit too, which is just stupid. But they give back just as much as you put into them.
[/quote]
He and I are fully committed but we’ve both had large dogs and know what it entails. Right now we’re enjoying each other before throwing another ‘kid’ into the mix. I really took to one that was an Aikido mix. He was big, stupid and could jump about 10’ up on a perch and sit there like a bird. Weirdest freaking thing I’d seen. I could just envision having to repeatedly get the dog off the roof. He’d take a lot of work but was very gentle. I’m just not ready for the extra work yet.[/quote]
[quote]PeteS wrote:
actually pic of the two of them. [/quote]
They’re beautiful. We’ve been talking about getting a dog and have gone to the SPCA. I don’t think we’re quite ready yet but my guy gets all sappy around dogs; particularly shepherds.[/quote]
Ready yet as far in ‘committed together’? Then I would hold off. I am a big believer that dog’s need nearly the same stability as a kid. Not quite as much time, but they still need you there. Got Butch from an aquaintance, younger dude, who had no idea what he was getting into with a large breed dog. Think he was scared of him a bit too, which is just stupid. But they give back just as much as you put into them.
[/quote]
He and I are fully committed but we’ve both had large dogs and know what it entails. Right now we’re enjoying each other before throwing another ‘kid’ into the mix. I really took to one that was an Aikido mix. He was big, stupid and could jump about 10’ up on a perch and sit there like a bird. Weirdest freaking thing I’d seen. I could just envision having to repeatedly get the dog off the roof. He’d take a lot of work but was very gentle. I’m just not ready for the extra work yet.[/quote]
This a.m. 30 minutes elliptical. Felt totally unaccomplished doing this, so loaded kid in truck, went and found a semi-deserted parking lot, did Prowler, 10 x 40 yds x 90. Will take a walk later as well. Trying to make up before hand for fried chicken and potato salad, I guess.
Pete…serious question. Please forgive my ignorance on this, but I really have no experience with it, or with anyone who has…and you seem like the best person to ask.
Why gear? And by that I mean, what prompted you to use it the 1st time? What makes you continue to use it, instead of going raw?
I would think the obvious answer, outside of using it as 63G does…to support a flaky part of the body, would be weight. I mean, if you can bench 450 raw, and 550 or 600 with a shirt…why not? Is there more to it than that, though? Thanks…
[quote]LittleStrick wrote:
Pete…serious question. Please forgive my ignorance on this, but I really have no experience with it, or with anyone who has…and you seem like the best person to ask.
Why gear? And by that I mean, what prompted you to use it the 1st time? What makes you continue to use it, instead of going raw?
I would think the obvious answer, outside of using it as 63G does…to support a flaky part of the body, would be weight. I mean, if you can bench 450 raw, and 550 or 600 with a shirt…why not? Is there more to it than that, though? Thanks…
