STARR 5X5 WEEK 4 DAY 2 REDUX
A little too much diarrhea of the mouth today Kinda went through the motions…
FRONT SQUAT - 135/5 155/5 190/5 225/5,3
OH PRESS - 135/5 155/5 180/5 205/5 175/10
DB INCLINE PRESS - 55/15 100/12 125/5,5
TATE PRESS - 40/15 50/15 55/12 60/10
MEADOWS ROW - 1PLT/15 2PLT/12,12 3PLT/6
HAMMERZZZ - 40/20 55/10,10
took a week off from pulling as I ganked my back last week
Meh…
Maybe a bit lighter volume, but still solid work man.
still allot of work broski.
[quote]MattyXL wrote:
SJC - Thanks Bro Montana![/quote]
Why in the hell does everyone on this site think my handle is sjc
Ha Ha I just realized that…my bad dude!
[quote]MattyXL wrote:
Also regarding the Avi, I hate the Pats the only other team I hate as much as them are the fish, I lost a bet to SJC on here so I have to have this Avi up for 30 days, I must say SJC could of been a lot harsher for this I thank him. Im a die hard Jet BTW.[/quote]
I had a feeling something was up when I saw that you were a New Yorker… that just makes it so much better though haha!
I never thought I’d hear someone call Pee Wee’s Big Adventure a classic, but I guess I’ll have to check that out
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[quote]MattyXL wrote:
[quote]Canada_K wrote:
Yes the roller is like a bitchy, slutty girlfriend. So painful to live with but sooooooo gooooooood!!! I make sweet, sweet love to mine daily.
As for your elbow/bicep pain… I recommend grabbing a rolling pin, stick it into the slot in an open doorway, and then roll the offending bicep and elbow. And I’ll also second shelling out the bucks for some Graston and ART. Graston is not like a bitchy, slutty girlfried. Graston is like 300 lb angry gay biker rapist. With no lube.
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YIKES!
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Matty you forgot my pictures of my Graston to my shoulder, I have had the elbows done also with acupuncture.
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I wrote a stupid long paper on the Graston technique last semester, and wish that I had A) the “bitchy, slutty, girlfriend” quote in the paper (referenced, of course to Canada K) and B) Derek’s picture. That’s crazy dude…did it at least help?
Even a ‘meh’ day looking strong Matty. 225 front squats is sick!
Good work on the Mattyxl 5x5.
Do 1 legged pistols in the smith machine with no weight to start.
BigMac - Definitely check it out, for some odd reason I really want Tblow to fail so Im actually rooting for the pats to win, I guess I want my criticisms of him to be true, but if he wins…its absolutely 100% divine intervention.
Lula - Thanks yo…I actually tried the Front Squats with the clean grip but with the straps as my wrists just arent flexible enough. Me no likey, as part of the bar dislodged from shoulder crease, I was supposed to do 5. Ill go back to the BB style front squat.
[quote]FISCHER613 wrote:
Good work on the Mattyxl 5x5.
Do 1 legged pistols in the smith machine with no weight to start.[/quote]
I know I know it looks like I totally bastardized it, but the essence is there, I still follow the linear progression on all the lifts, but I guess I like a bit more volume. I am going to call it Madcow 5x5 MTAXL plus antagonist movement template!
[quote]MattyXL wrote:
Masch - My new roller is begging for mercy she cant take all the action shes getting! I just wanted to see if I could do those pistols at all. At first I tried them unassisted and my legs basically told me to fuck off. Could this movement be leg hypertrophy movement at all? My glutes and Hammies have gained some size but my quads are really sad.
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Oh snap! I don’t have a freaking clue! I gander that yes, its hypertrophy, as you def rep these bitches out.
I was doing 3x10 and just progressed them from raising myself from parallel, to lowering myself to parallel, and then below. I think it will definitely get the thighs activating, but not sure how much size it’ll put on. That I’d be interested to know!
Lol @ diarreah of the mouth! My theory is that the ‘regulars’ also become ‘resolutioners’, so everyone and their mom is at the gym, and their all jazzed up. Its a freaking social scene! I couldn’t get shit done today either…
Its funny for the longest I was one of those people that put my head down and my headphones on and did my thing but now if you get me started I become a fucking chatter box and will not shut the fuck up, I start making jokes paying compliments asking if they like me, if they wanna grab a beer, maybe meet their parents, possibly meet my parents, I start to dress like them and then I do the same routine as them, take spinning classes with them follow them to their house you know just to make sure they got home.
Im not going overboard am I? 
Not at all. Doesn’t everyone want a friendly, weight-liftying, knuckle-dragging bear following them home to MEAT the parents? As long as they scratch behind your ears…
[quote]MattyXL wrote:
135X15
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ok you could get 230 but first of all your grip is bad ok. change it. WHat do you weigh? You need to grab bar as tight as possible non of this pussy holding stuff. Secondly your run up to your new 1 rep max should have less trys at it. Yes a good warm up is essential but then get down to business and do singles.
I know we all like to say we did such and such when we were younger but I did press 220 at 160 at 19 years of age. But i did it from the floor with a clean and press. nevertheless you have to approach that bar with anger and tighten up your fat( tighten up your entire body, take a deep breath and hold then scream like a banchiee( no disrespect to any American Indians) and you will do it.
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[quote]MattyXL wrote:
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ok you could get 230 but first of all your grip is bad ok. change it. WHat do you weigh? You need to grab bar as tight as possible non of this pussy holding stuff. Secondly your run up to your new 1 rep max should have less trys at it. Yes a good warm up is essential but then get down to business and do singles.
I know we all like to say we did such and such when we were younger but I did press 220 at 160 at 19 years of age. But i did it from the floor with a clean and press. nevertheless you have to approach that bar with anger and tighten up your fat( tighten up your entire body, take a deep breath and hold then scream like a banchiee( no disrespect to any American Indians) and you will do it.
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I have no idea what your talking about…are you giving me pointers on my OH press? If so Im not sure if I follow. My bench? My max bench is 330 and my max OH Press is 230, so I dont understand.
What do you mean tighten my fat?
What pussy holding stuff?
I am currently running Madcow 5x5 and while I did max out on my OH press a few weeks ago I only did that because it has been approximately 8 weeks since my last max out attempt, I recently OH pressed 225x3 as well. I am not a screamer at the gym, sorry.
EDIT:
I think you went to the first page of this log, wherein I hit 225x2 that was in September its now January 2012, Honestly I have been happy with the progress of my OH press and do follow a protocol that has allowed me to get stronger and maxing out is something I may do every 6-8 weeks.
Some unfettered advice when posting in logs, you should probably check the date because some of the threads that you have posted in have been dead for a long time.
matty yeah i was making some point about your overhead press. Well you know now matter what our over head press is or any lift for that matter, if we can improve it by fixing some flaws that’s to ones advantage.
On Banshhee just a stupid remark. WHat i do want to say is are you holding your breath as you are 2/3 more or less into the lift? then at that point expelling in forceful way your breath?
Pussy holding stuff , your grip i was referring to. From what i can see its not tight enough. that relates to your grip and yes i think you can do better with a thumb over the bar very tight grip.
On Screaming let me revise that by saying just expell your breath forcefully.
I am going from what i saw you do on your clip ok.
Oh and the expression " tighten your fat" is something that means tighten your body so much that you make the fat disappear , this will activate all the muscles needed to get that bar moving and to lockout.
I myself always loved the standing press. But technically I don’t do a military press with the two heals together. But on the standing press for me if i am going to have a problem with it its after i have the bar up on shoulders coming from the clean. you might give a little push with your hips once you have the bar out of the rack and at shoulder height.
you see what i mean?
Yes.
however I am using a false grip always do when OH pressing, When pressing overhead I want it as strict as possible with regards to no drive with hips or any lower body movement as it would then be considered more of a push press…I cant say I agree with regards to pulling the bar apart during an OH press, Ive heard that cue often with a flat bench press, even with that movement I never understood it or found any value in it.
My ultimate goal is a 3 plate OH press, a long ways to go but it is something I will eventually attain.
Thanks for stopping by
Hey Matty, what’s up?
Thanks for the lulz. I’m going to go and try to tighten up my pussy fat…or something. Maybe I misunderstood. Is this like kegels?
[quote]giterdone wrote:
Hey Matty, what’s up?
Thanks for the lulz. I’m going to go and try to tighten up my pussy fat…or something. Maybe I misunderstood. Is this like kegels?[/quote]
yea, like dis.
Cool. I can’t wait to start beefing up my “hammock” so I can stop urinnating on myself on ME days.