Wave-Cycle 3-Week 2-Day 2
Deads
3x250
3x280
3x315
1x365
3x225
V-bar Pulldowns
8x140
8x160
8x180
8x190
Face Pulls
12x57.5
12x65
12x72.5
HS Low Row
8x 100/side
8x 115/side
8x 125/side
Form was absolute shit today
3x315
1x365
2x225 tried to fix form.
Fro Kimba and Frenchie as promised.
the best way to spread christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear…
LOL. That singing video is gonna be an Oldie Forum classic!
Joe, from what I see, you are starting with a rounded back, before you even start the lift. Which means you are de facto toast before you even begin.
My .02 is you need to try the Tony Gentilcore deadlifting style (which is not exactly how others teach it mind you): start with your shins lightly touching the bar (while you are still standing upright), consciously and actively retract and downwardly rotate your scaps, (by which point you should already begin to feel an arch in your lower back), arch your lower back, then without looking down at the bar (this is important), reach for the bar (by feel, w/o looking down!), grab and begin. By not looking down, you will not lose your arch before starting; with the shins already lightly touching the bar, you will have to sit back to start your pull instead of popping up your hips.
I have a rounding problem also, and doing it (or trying to) this way helped me out alot. (You can google for a video of Gentilcore DL’ing 500+, it’s the best form for a max effort DL I’ve ever seen; no chance whatsoever for an injury with his form)
(I also hope I don’t come across sounding harsh, because I am a big fan of your work ethic and entertaining videos!)
edit: did a search for the “horse’s mouth”:
http://www.T-Nation.com/free_online_article/sports_body_training_performance/the_dirty_dozen_12_tips_for_heavier_pulls
Joe, please believe me when I tell you that this is the best thing I’ve seen all day. My holiday cheer has been officially kick-started!
I think we bought the same Santa hat. 
[quote]punnyguy wrote:
Joe, from what I see, you are starting with a rounded back, before you even start the lift. Which means you are de facto toast before you even begin.
My .02 is you need to try the Tony Gentilcore deadlifting style (which is not exactly how others teach it mind you): start with your shins lightly touching the bar (while you are still standing upright), consciously and actively retract and downwardly rotate your scaps, (by which point you should already begin to feel an arch in your lower back), arch your lower back, then without looking down at the bar (this is important), reach for the bar (by feel, w/o looking down!), grab and begin. By not looking down, you will not lose your arch before starting; with the shins already lightly touching the bar, you will have to sit back to start your pull instead of popping up your hips.
I have a rounding problem also, and doing it (or trying to) this way helped me out alot. (You can google for a video of Gentilcore DL’ing 500+, it’s the best form for a max effort DL I’ve ever seen; no chance whatsoever for an injury with his form)
(I also hope I don’t come across sounding harsh, because I am a big fan of your work ethic and entertaining videos!)
edit: did a search for the “horse’s mouth”:
http://www.T-Nation.com/free_online_article/sports_body_training_performance/the_dirty_dozen_12_tips_for_heavier_pulls[/quote]
I am always looking for better ways to do everything so advice is always welcome. I watched the video and it looks like I’m droping my hips a lot farther than the guy in the video was. I think I’m going to have to give that a try.
Aw Man!!
and that wasn’t as bad as you had me beleive it would be either.
damn now I gotta shop for a christmas hat.
seriously well done on spreading the cheer. Let me see what I can pull from my hat…
my post still didn’t show?
[quote]punnyguy wrote:
Joe, from what I see, you are starting with a rounded back, before you even start the lift. Which means you are de facto toast before you even begin.
My .02 is you need to try the Tony Gentilcore deadlifting style (which is not exactly how others teach it mind you): start with your shins lightly touching the bar (while you are still standing upright), consciously and actively retract and downwardly rotate your scaps, (by which point you should already begin to feel an arch in your lower back), arch your lower back, then without looking down at the bar (this is important), reach for the bar (by feel, w/o looking down!), grab and begin. By not looking down, you will not lose your arch before starting; with the shins already lightly touching the bar, you will have to sit back to start your pull instead of popping up your hips.
I have a rounding problem also, and doing it (or trying to) this way helped me out alot. (You can google for a video of Gentilcore DL’ing 500+, it’s the best form for a max effort DL I’ve ever seen; no chance whatsoever for an injury with his form)
(I also hope I don’t come across sounding harsh, because I am a big fan of your work ethic and entertaining videos!)
edit: did a search for the “horse’s mouth”:
http://www.T-Nation.com/free_online_article/sports_body_training_performance/the_dirty_dozen_12_tips_for_heavier_pulls[/quote]
I’m going to give that a shot. I watched the video several times again and I was surprised at how high his hips were when starting the pull.
Hmmm. Why did my comment of yesterday not show up?
I’ll say it again: that was the best thing I saw all day yesterday! Thanks for raising my level of holiday spirit.
Hi, I came to see the Santa hat video thinking it would be something totally different! haha!
[quote]kimbakimba wrote:
Hmmm. Why did my comment of yesterday not show up?
I’ll say it again: that was the best thing I saw all day yesterday! Thanks for raising my level of holiday spirit.
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It was my pleasure, you’d be surprised at the things I have done to cheer/fire up people.
[quote]mom-in-MD wrote:
Hi, I came to see the Santa hat video thinking it would be something totally different! haha![/quote]
Well the idea got somewhat muddled in the telling. Honestly if I was built like some of the other guys here I would ahve added some racier humor to it but as I am not I have to stick with over the top absurdity.
[quote]nlmain wrote:
Aw Man!!
and that wasn’t as bad as you had me beleive it would be either.
damn now I gotta shop for a christmas hat.
seriously well done on spreading the cheer. Let me see what I can pull from my hat…[/quote]
I don’t know how it could have been worse. I’m completely tone deaf. As in I had to get a pass out of music appreciation becuase I really couldn’t tell the difference.
[quote]JoeGood wrote:
It was my pleasure, you’d be surprised at the things I have done to cheer/fire up people.[/quote]
No, I wouldn’t be surprised at all.
And I really think we did buy the same Santa hat…
Joe:
I would strongly advise you not to quit your day job in favor of a singing career. And might I remind you of something you said in your first post on this thread:
“I’m a 43 year old who pretty much acts like a highly responsible, moderately well behaved 17 year old.”
I jest. Thanks for the humor.
And regarding the pulls, I have the same problem with my hips. It’s really, really apparent in the video of my last pull from the meet I just did. My hips were so high. So we can work to solve the same challenge at the same time. May the best lifter win. Or better yet, let’s both win.
[quote]kpsnap wrote:
Joe:
I would strongly advise you not to quit your day job in favor of a singing career. And might I remind you of something you said in your first post on this thread:
“I’m a 43 year old who pretty much acts like a highly responsible, moderately well behaved 17 year old.”
I jest. Thanks for the humor.
And regarding the pulls, I have the same problem with my hips. It’s really, really apparent in the video of my last pull from the meet I just did. My hips were so high. So we can work to solve the same challenge at the same time. May the best lifter win. Or better yet, let’s both win.[/quote]
If you don’t mind my asking, what steps are you working on because I have a hard time making the connection from “trying to keep an arch” to actually getting my body to do it? I’m all for us both winning but right now you are by far the btter lifter both on weight and technique.
I’ve been busy.
I’ve been away awhile.
I came here cause I knew Joe was always pushin the envelope and liftin heavy.
I knew Joe was all about intensity and dedication.
I wasn’t disappointed.
“Thumpity, thumpity, thump, thump, Frosty the snow man…”.
Frosty had really skinny stick arms.
Great vid.
what you lack in tone you make up in spirit