Spinach, cucumber, tomatoe, garlic, olive oil, black beans, feta cheese, pepper, salt, walnuts…shaken not stirred, eat about three cups worth with a giant chicken breast…as healthy and good as this is, it’s a great example of why I can’t put on weight. To dam clean. I’m still eating the way i did for a 30 day cut/experiment…
Haven’t trained in 10 days. Got a couple more stories for the asshole list too.
Funny how that works.
chuckle, chuckle.
Finally! April 1st, cause all I needed to start training again…oh piss off…
This is an official “start over” for my training year. After a 10 day ‘laze-off’, I’m just pissed enough (and well fed) to crank it up again. Maybe more details later, but for now, I started slow…
Deads: 225x (reps)=5,6,7, 4x10
Hang clean/press: 7x10@90
Kneeling Cable crunch: 8x10@ 72.5
Rolled through this circut for about 40-45 min. (late start). That’s it. The recent article about GVT training made think about trying 10x10@225 deads, along with other lifts. Deads will be tougher than I had thought. Gee, that sounds like a GOAL?
Felt real good though, not rusty, just dusty!
Good work, Z. Should you decide to go with the 10x10, that will really be a killer. Maybe literally!
I would think recovery would be crucial with that kind of lifting.
sfp- 10 days off bought me some 10x10’s for awhile I’d say.
63G- two words for you…recovery-schmracovery…ish? I’m cool.
4.2.09 SQUATS: 7x10@135
DB PUSHUP/1ARM ROWS: 7x10each@ 60’s
STANDING WAIST CRUNCH: 7x10@ 72.5
Going through the circut with 60 sec. rest (very strict), SQUATS got harder than I felt they should've been ( 135? please)...hang on...
Where was I, oh yeah, getting tired with 135squats…great.
After awhile, you start to lose sense of where you are in the routine! I was shooting for all 10x10’s, but had to get cleaned up for my shift. This was tough, finishing it will be tougher next time. My entire torso was still shaking, and pumped like crazy, for the first hour or so of work. Felt dam good.
God speed everyone.
Still not really into a true GVT routine…I keep showing up late, and it turns into EDT style training with all sets of 10 reps. Close, but not quite want I’m trying for.
Anyway, it does make me walk funny???
Cant imagine why.
[quote]skidmark wrote:
sfp wrote:
63Galaxie wrote:
You’re supposed to pause floor press’s? Ive never done them.
I hope so, I always do. I figure since it’s a concentric-centric lift I may as well get the full effect by pausing.
Pausing is de rigeur for floor presses. It’s supposed to strengthen the switchover point where triceps takes over from the chest - typically a sticking point.[/quote]
I have never done a BB floor press but do them regularly with DB’s (and neutral grip). The pause is the killer (and, an effective one).
I’ve made a terrible mistake…and it’s spelled 10x10. My last workout was…
Deads: 10x10@ 225
Dips: 10x10@ +25
Chins : 10x10…on that dam assisted dip/pullup thing at my gym, cause I can’t do them for real. Not the best choice, this took A LONG TIME to get through, but what the hell else do I have to do… Try to stop shaking???
…and now, the next time I do deads/dips, I’ve gotta bump up the weight. Great, just great. Next up? Squats/Pushpress/RDL’s…and I’m just dumb enough to try it…
Thats some strong stuff. 10x10x225? Great job.
I hope you’re eating a LOT of food for these 10x10’s.
Dude 10x10 is crazy.
GVT Is rugged.
nice work.
kmc
Thanks all, I’m still not really dialed into a “true” GVT style workout. I know it’s a one main 10x10 lift, with some other stuff done as well. And if you get the 10x10, you need more weight on the bar ect…
Squats: @ 135 (60 sec. rest)
PushPress: @90…6x10,8,8,5,5, really hit the wall on these. Strict over-head pressing for the 6x10, then It got ugly. Was resting to long also…
RDL’s: 6x10…ran out of time, and grip strenght. Rest wasn’t an issue here. I’m not quite used to how mentally taxing and demanding the “long set/short rest” is. I’ve done this type of work with energy stuff (long supersets ect.) So far, the deads are the worst, and the presses were less than ideal. I’m pretty sure that some moves are not the best for this type of format, but it’s kicking my ass and pumping me up, so I’ll keep rocking it for now.
Godspeed.
Soreness?
Soreness, Schmorness…This is going to look stupid but, so be it! I just wanted to work what already didn’t hurt…
Standing calf raise 7x10@185 (easy)
Kneeling cable crunch 6x10@ 72.5 (easy)
Hang-High pull : 3x10@90/ @135x 8,5,5,3…you get the idea. A horrible mistake to go up in weight. Didn’t feel warm enough to start at 135, grip gave out (again), shoulders, traps just fried. My training is like shutting your eyes and running into the forest while thinking “nothing bad should happen”. At least for now!
Oh yeah, I haven’t slept this well in about 4 months. I AM eating everything I see, and I’m starved to meet an attractive, energetic, sassy T-Vixen to share some fun with. That last part isn’t new…ROCK ON !
Just grinding away, minding my own 10x10 business… Front Squats @135
Bench @135
Chins @ 8,8,5,nevermind, these just sucked. And the fact that I went 135 for the other two lifts? Didn’t help. So I finish and go right into setting up some things for the two gals I’m training. I clear other peoples shit off the floor, pull some DB’s, while their hiking on some treadmills…The gym is otherwise empty…hit the locker room, come out to find a couple of dudes just coming in. I finish clearing some floor space, and a long path for farmers walks (god bless’em)…