Funny how different lifts appeal to different people. Dumbbell chest press has always been my fav
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I’ve never done power cleans in my life. I bet you need to practice with light weight for a while. Seems like an injury waiting to happen if you don’t know what your doing. That’s a lot of weight to throw around like that. 
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Deadlifts are hands down it for me. My arms are long so I haven’t figured out where to put them doing cleans.
But doing them wrong is definitely making my arms bigger…lol
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That’s a hell of a pull man. I’ve been trying to figure out how to incorporate power cleans into my next program, and after reading through your log I might actually take the daily dose approach.
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I have a nice program I followed to hit a 315 power clean. It builds up the weight of your cleans and adds heavy pulls. I’m pretty sure I wrote it out in here somewhere closer to the date of that video.
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Nice lift J! How’s the shoulder feeling these days?
It’s getting there, whang, but it’s still not right. I’m hopeful I can eliminate the last little bit of scapular flaring when I lower my arm under tension.
2.7.20 Daily Dose #36
DYNAMIC WARM UP
RDL
135 x 10
185 x 10
DEFICIT DEADLIFT (STANDING ON AEROBIC STEP)
225 x 5
275 x 3
335 x 5 singles
HAMMER STRENGTH ROW
180 x 15 x 4 sets
Bumped into a co-worker I don’t see often and my workout slowed down from here on. I didn’t mind. I felt good with the extra rest.
HAMMER STRENGTH PULL DOWN
190 x 8
180 x 10 x 3 sets (extra rest here, too)
BARBELL SHRUG
225 x 15 x 3 sets
INCLINE DB CURL
25 x 15, 10, 8
These felt awesome. I’ve avoided them because I thought curling in a lengthened position would hurt, but I was wrong.
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What are you, some kind of monster?
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That’s the goal. I guess I’m built for pulls. I think my 2017 hip injury was due to an increase in front squatting. The only reason I did that was to boost my power clean. When I hit that 315 power clean, my front squat was only 265. Go figure.
It’s really kind of depressing when your goals are to achieve something you’ve already done, but then lost the ability to do again.
I am in the unfortunate state of being where my muscles were built for pulling, but my spine was built for shooting discs into orbit if I push too hard.
And the words ONLY, 265 and FRONT SQUAT don’t really belong in the same sentence.
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Well, that’s old news. I can barely back squat 265 now. And the good news is that I don’t care too much. I’m odd in that I can power clean more than I can front squat. It’s backwards.
@ChickenLittle, here a couple videos for finding grip width and the rack position.
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I think I have actually done a 265 front squat in the past, but these days my elbows are too cranky to deal with the torque. And also, because I don’t care. Not caring is underrated.
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I’d take that as good news. I understand your frustration of not being able to do what you once could, but hey, at least you’re still able to lift weights. Imagine not being able to do so and still have the same appetite
Haha. Just looking at the bright side
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Got no excuse now lol
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Just found it I believe, I’ll have to keep that format in mind next month.
I’ve been using this machine lately. Something about the angle is amazing. I can actually get cramps in my lats on this
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It’s glorious. I think it covers every aspect of scapular movement during a pull.
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This is exactly why the deca dick threads are so depressing…
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I never thought of the goal being the ability to get an erection.
Damn. I guess my loss of strength isn’t so bad.
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Thank you!
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