[quote]atypical1 wrote:
How many O35s are there now? Miss a few days of posting and you get relegated to the cheap seats![/quote]
Tell me about it. I don’t even try to keep up any more.
[quote]atypical1 wrote:
I started taking one capsule of Flameout 4 times a day to see how that makes my joints feel. I think that I see an improvement but we will see when the going gets tough.
james[/quote]
I take 8 double strength capsules a day (600 g EPA/DHA). Don’t be afraid to amp it up if you don’t see improvement.
Pistols seem to be the move these days. Funny how different lifts cycle through the ranks here.
Love the kid vid. How old is your son? He’s doing really well! Both my kids learned to bike very early. People would comment on it, especially my daughter who learned at 3 and was tiny. I remember how exciting that was to watch as a parent.
Bulldog - It’s funny that you put it that way. My son is a lot bigger than other kids his age and is a LOT more solid than even kids older than him. I’m not really a big guy nor is Missy (errrr…girl that is). But we play very hard and I think that along with his continual eating just puts muscle on him. If I can keep him this active going forward he’s going to be an animal.
Kev - Thanks. Yes, neutral grip is fantastic.
Matty - Cheers. Yeah, he’s got a lot of natural ability on most things athletic. But I think part of that is simply because we do stuff instead of us coddling him.
CK - cheers for the advice. I just started to notice that my knees are feeling a LOT better. In fact they feel perfect which they haven’t in a long while. I tried taking the cheaper versions of fish oil before but I just can’t take more than 4 or 5 pills of anything and to get the Flameout amounts you would have to take a lot more than that.
Eco - I’ve got a mid-5 pull right now and would like to see a 6 before the end of the year.
Snap - He’s 3 1/2 and he definitely took to the bike. We bought him a balance bike for him first and that gave him the basic balancing skills that he needed. That is one of the reasons we actually waited to buy him a pedal bike. He got really good at balance a while ago but we also knew that once we bought the bike it would be harder for us to keep up with him. Now we all have to get bikes.
Face pulls and pull ups
Squats: Warm up sets then: 5245, 5280, 10315
Calf raises / pistol squats negatives
DB Presses: 21090. 19*90
DB Rows: 3 *F (I didn’t count these today)
Farmers walks
Squats went well. I filmed them and once I get my internet up and running I’ll post the vid. Flameout is really helping me joints immensely. I don’t like just pimping out products but this seems to be a keeper.
Snap made a comment about pistol squats and different lifts go around. I think it’s a matter of seeing good ideas and figuring out if they fit into your training philosophy. I wanted to add some unilateral work because I do think it’s important. But I hate lunges so these seem to be a good match for me. And I can recover easily from them.
I added the farmers walks to work on my obliques. My abs are so f*&%ing sore from dragon flags that I didn’t want to do any more ab work.
Front squats: I did sets of 8 -10 working up to a triple at 185.
Fat grip floor press: 5190, 225. 7260
Pendlay rows: 55265
Calf work
Mobility work
Everything went well. I filmed every squat set to watch my form. What I can tell is that I don’t stay as upright as other people do. That seems to be the case with all of my squats and I don’t know if that’s because of a lack of mobility/flexibility or if it’s just the way that I’m built. Having a real coach would be nice but I don’t know where to really star to find one. I could ask one of the trainers in the gym. Or maybe not.
I think the barefoot makes a huge difference in balance for me. I use my toes and move weight distribution through my foot a lot. Having done barefoot sports and beng a bit of a hippie has just made it more comfortable for me. Some people move really well in shoes.
Kid on bike is adorable.
I gave up on asking trainers at my gym anything a while ago, hopefully you’ll have better luck.
Thanks DDAY, I’m just trying to keep up with everyone else around here!
Patch, that makes sense about going barefoot and I do like some lifts barefoot. I took your advice and it did seem to help some.
14 Feb
Squats: 5225, 275, 315
OHP: 5135, 150. 7170
Deads: 5315, 365. 7*420
Ab work
Face pulls and pull ups
Lots of mobility work
I’m not really at my best during these evening sessions but my son has speech therapy earlier in the day which means me leaving work early. Which means no lunchtime training. I’m going to have to just suck it up I suppose. Deads were a lot harder than they should have been and I only managed to get 7 reps out of that set.
Squats: 3260, 310, 8335
DB Press: 31090
DB Rows: 310140
Chest supported rows: 3*8
Calf work
I didn’t include the warm up sets in my log today simply because those don’t change and it’s the money sets that count. Steady progress everywhere still which is nice to see. I added some chest supported rows today to replace my pull ups just for variety.
19 Feb
Front squats: 10135, 8185, 7185 (failed on my last rep…couldn’t keep the bar in place)
CG Floor press: 3205, 230, 5265. 10205
Pendlay rows: 55275
Cable rows: 38220
Calf work
Mobility work / foam rolling
Not sure what happened on my front squat but I couldn’t get the bar to stay put. I did a couple of sets of just hanging out in the bottom position with 135 just to practice keeping my back tight. I still don’t know why I can’t just drop straight down. Not sure if it’s a mobility issue or just the way my levers work.
I added an extra set of floor presses to get the extra work in. Same for the cable rows.
Hey there. I was watching your squat video where you mentioned leaning over. Something you may want to try is forcing your elbows under the bar. I was given that advice several years ago by maraudermeat and, while I still have a lean on heavier weights, it’s help tremendously. Pushing your elbows under the bar forces your chest up and keeps you straighter.
Those are some nice numbers and your front squats look good. I have troubles doing higher reps with front squats because of bar positioning.
Thanks much for the tip. I’m definitely going to work on that specific cue over the next few sessions to try to improve that. I might actually go to many sets of low reps instead of the three sets of higher reps just for the reason you provided above.
I bought a pair of knee wraps and tried them out for the first time tonight. They will definitely take some time to get used to but I do like them. I have a hard time hitting depth though and I think that I need to commit to the descent more. I’ll try that on Friday. I would have done it tonight but I had to squat outside of the power rack (our power rack is half the depth of a normal rack and I can’t squat in it comfortably). I’ll use the squat rack on Friday.
Deads went well and especially considering I did the triple with 365. My good mornings are improving too even though I don’t work them often. I guess all of this squatting is having a carry over to my good mornings. Hopefully it will be the other way around too.
One thing I have discovered is that in wraps I need to speed up my decent about 3-4 inches from the bottom. Not just falling into it but speeding it up just a little.
Good point Joe. At least that’s a good starting point for me as I think I would be too nervous to just drop down from the start.
Snap - I’m just going with wraps and the thought behind that was to simply allow me to use more weight. I’m only going to use them for my back squats though and not my front squats. Besides, anything that helps keeps my knees warm and tight is good. I still use my sleeves to warm up in and keep them on in between my squat sets.
455x6 nice work I only managed to do something close as doubles
with big big long breaks in between
good depth on the front squats-
you are tall!!
can you do goblet squats
they are an easy way to think of front squatting
and maybe you might want to try sliding your feet out a tiny bit
yes - front squats are supposed to be pretty close - but I sneak my feet out to where I can push out with the knees
and sit through them
driving the elbows up- does indeed keep you more upright
I am working on widening my grip - I keep tight to the out side of the shoulder to protect them
but I think a wider grip will keep me more upright
