Hey Joe,
Real looonngg pauses, you won’t have to pause that long in the meet. Are you used to getting lift off’s? I think one of my teammates is going to Arab, do you want to see if he would lift off to you? He’s recovering from a pec injury so I’d have to ask first.
My hubby is a EMPE cirriculum writer @ Gunter.
I will pre-warn you that sumo can be really hard on the knees. Mine give me more grief from pulling sumo than I ever got from squatting. That’s why I’m giving them a bit a rest at the moment. I often look at deadlift videos for inspiration. For me it’s PRiscilla Ribic. Too bad I’m built nothing like her.
If you want to see a good sumo dl video, one was posted recently in Steely’s log. It wasn’t Steely although he is a rock star. I’m not sure who it was but the lift was beautiful and I’ve watched it repeatedly.
I can’t wait to see how you do at the meet. I’m really excited for you. You’ll have a blast.
Thanks Julie I’ll check out that DL. I’ve heard Sumo can be hard on the knees but my conventional is terrible so I need to try something.
Day 4-Meet prerp
Squats
1x045
10x95
5x135
3x185
1x215*
1x235*
1x250*
*meet lifts
Zerchers
8x125
8x135
8x155
Was not happy with depth at all particularly on 250. I’ve been righting a headache all day though thats no reason to miss depth.
1x215
1x235
1x250
Squats are coming along nicely Joe. Stop being so hard on yourself. If you pause the vid at 37 seconds you can see that your 250 is “below” parallel.
Good job.
Good squatting and benching! I’m really looking forward to hearing about your meet. And, of course, seeing the singlet in action.
Yep. The singlet in action. Must see.
Find the joy, Joe. I was reminded of that recently. We can all get a little too intense and hard on ourselves at times.
bench looked easy and squats are coming along nicely 
I just love all the windows in your gym - but I might have said that like 100 times already. lol
sorry if you’ve mentioned this before but I know the colorado group is competing the 5th, I’m the 12 and you are competing when?
The Colorado group is competing on March 12th.
[quote]kpsnap wrote:
The Colorado group is competing on March 12th.[/quote]
lol - I mixed up our dates. I’m the 5th, you guys’s are the 12th of course.
Somedays I wonder how I manage to not loose my head.
[quote]FarmerBrett wrote:
Squats are coming along nicely Joe. Stop being so hard on yourself. If you pause the vid at 37 seconds you can see that your 250 is “below” parallel.
Good job.[/quote]
That was to be my comment. Looked just right to me, too.
Day 1
Dips
8x BW+45
6x BW+90
4x BW+135 (+1 rep pr)
1x BW+160 (+25lb pr)
CGB
8x135
7x185
3x205
1x225
Seated DB Rows
8x55
8x60
5x65(+1 rep PR)
T-bar rows
8x115
8x140
8x175
5x185
Meet is on the 12th.
BW+160
Holy shit - good workout Joe!
and you can officially dip a fat bulkin Frenchy now
[quote]kpsnap wrote:
Yep. The singlet in action. Must see.
Find the joy, Joe. I was reminded of that recently. We can all get a little too intense and hard on ourselves at times.[/quote]
Wise Snapper is wise.
Nice benching and squatting Joe! Is there no lady in these forums you can’t dip? HA!
[quote]Mascherano wrote:
[quote]kpsnap wrote:
Yep. The singlet in action. Must see.
Find the joy, Joe. I was reminded of that recently. We can all get a little too intense and hard on ourselves at times.[/quote]
Wise Snapper is wise.
Nice benching and squatting Joe! Is there no lady in these forums you can’t dip? HA![/quote]
I’m actually going to try to dip a person but I need to find someone between 115-150lbs, fairly short but strong enough to hold on to my shoulders while I do the dip.
Day 2 meet testing
Deads
5x135
3x185
1x225
1x275
1x315
1x335
1x355
Sumo
1x225
1x275
1x315
Seated Alt Curls
8x40
6x45
5x50
Conventional DL form seems deteriorate weekly but i should manage to get 315, 335, 355 at the meet. Sumo continues to be a strugle but feels slightly less so that conventional.
Sumo
1x275
1x315
Squats and bench looking good. And one good thing about a meet, too much adrenalin to do much thinking, so the deadlifts will probably go pretty good too. Good luck this weekend.
deads come last so factor that into your thinking, always make that first attempt something you could do hungover with no sleep without puking.
ok - maybe not that tough - you can puke.
Looking forward to reading the meet report - just remember to have some fun!
Thanks guys, the whole thing is starting to become real if that makes any sense.
Day 3 meet testing
bench
10x45
10x95
5x135
3x185
1x205
1x225
1x245
1x255
Neutral grip DB press
8x75
8x85
5x95
DB Rows
8x70
8x85
12x90
1x225
1x245
1x255
I’d rather be in Arab this Saturday than outside in Chattanooga. Meets just a real easy workout. Trust your training, learn, and enjoy.
Saw lil power’s comments. I went to the Senior NCO Academy at Gunter/Maxwell Annex back in 1990. As a graduation present I made E9 and went straight to Desert Shield/Desert Storm.
255 went up nice and smooth. You’ll do good, I wager.