[quote]DaCharmingAlbino wrote:
I generally start mine with the bar resting on my upper chest and delts - unless I’m feeling like a cheater. Then I’ll unrack and carry the bar out just under my chin. Shaves about 3-4 inches off the ROM, plus I can do a quick dip of the bar and engage the stretch reflex prior to pressing. If I start from the delts, subsequent reps may not go that low…
And I’m not calling Strick a cheater - anything starting below the chin is fekking hard and any start point in the range is valid. I’m just a perfectionista with delusion of hauteur.[/quote]
Lol…actually, I have fretted over the fact that the bar doesn’t rest at or on my chest. For whatever reason, the only ways I can get it to rest there, though, are to a) lean back further, which I try to avoid or b) let the bar drift away from my body, such that it is no longer directly over my delt/chest area. It may be a mobility issue. Or maybe I am carrying too much extra weight and it gets in the way.
I do use the stetch reflex you mention, but I don’t know that I could maintain the bar in that bottom position…it is really awkward. And even doing this, the bar doesn’t touch my chest.
Looking back at my videos, the bar starts at and dips to the same spots, whether 135# or 250#. At least I am consistent
Come to think of, when I used a significantly wider, and less shoulder friendly, grip, I think it did go down to my chest. The whole setup was wrong, though.
The bar hits the top of my chest. My elbows are directly under the bar, though. If I raised my elbows any to the fromt I couldn’t get the bar that low.
I’m with you Joe. My arch isn’t much different then lying flat. When I MP I can’t bring the bar down to touch my chest or my shoulders would pop out of joint. 1/2 way down my neck is about as low as I can go.
[quote]OldGoat wrote:
Excuse me, pardon me, excuse me…isn’t week 4 a deload? 5x10x405…man you better hope the deload police don’t get wind of that!!! [/quote]
I think…okay, I know…you can do whatever you want for the deload. Most folks avoid high volume, though, as they consider it just as gbad as heavy weight.
I think mj has a slightly different take on it…something about 80% of the volume or 80% on the intensity!? He would have to clarify, but that is too much for my weenie self.
I am rep challenged on milies it seems, I have no idea why. I am willing to bet I will get 7 reps on my money set next week as well. Its kind of frustrating.
[quote]JoeGood wrote:
Thanks DCA, that makes sense.
Cycle 1-Week 1-Day 1
milies
5x90
5x100
7x115
5x10x75
T-bars from floor
5x10x150
Standing EZ Curls
5x10x60
I am rep challenged on milies it seems, I have no idea why. I am willing to bet I will get 7 reps on my money set next week as well. Its kind of frustrating.[/quote]
no worries Joe - I was getting rep challanged on the 5’s week for everything. So I just went with the flow and only did 5. Work it harder on the 3’s week and 5-3-1 week.
