[quote]RATTLEHEAD wrote:
Rules for the inaugural ‘BULKING’?
My thoughts are:
M Press - Wraps and belt OK, must start from below the chin and be held at the top for minimum of one second.
Bench - Wraps and belt OK, no elbow sleeves, don’t care how you do it as long as you touch the chest and lock it out.
Dead - Belt OK, no straps unless you can’t use chalk, can be whatever variation you want.
Squat - Belt and even knee sleeves are ok I guess, no wraps though. Can be whatever variation you want as long as its to depth, we can all be the judge of each others depth.
Gotta film your claims though, the one exception is our starting weights.
There will be awards for Best Relative Strength, Most Righteous Lifting Beard, Best Bloat/Bulk, Best Bro award (first to get upper body ones) and Best Raw Dawg (uses no lifting aids at all).[/quote]
What were there #s everyone is shooting for? I think I missed it.
[quote]RATTLEHEAD wrote:
Rules for the inaugural ‘BULKING’?
My thoughts are:
M Press - Wraps and belt OK, must start from below the chin and be held at the top for minimum of one second.
Bench - Wraps and belt OK, no elbow sleeves, don’t care how you do it as long as you touch the chest and lock it out.
Dead - Belt OK, no straps unless you can’t use chalk, can be whatever variation you want.
Squat - Belt and even knee sleeves are ok I guess, no wraps though. Can be whatever variation you want as long as its to depth, we can all be the judge of each others depth.
Gotta film your claims though, the one exception is our starting weights.
There will be awards for Best Relative Strength, Most Righteous Lifting Beard, Best Bloat/Bulk, Best Bro award (first to get upper body ones) and Best Raw Dawg (uses no lifting aids at all).[/quote]
Just clarifications/suggestions:
Press - standing, strict
Bench - no bounce
Nice work on the recent rep PR’s on bench and deads man, that bench especially looked smooth. I’m excited about the strength race, give me good incentive to keep pushing heavy weights as my prep gets harder! I really like the set up you’ve got at your gym, seems like a good atmosphere to get work done. Do you train most days with the guys in your videos, or just once in awhile?
[quote]pwolves17 wrote:
Nice work on the recent rep PR’s on bench and deads man, that bench especially looked smooth. I’m excited about the strength race, give me good incentive to keep pushing heavy weights as my prep gets harder! I really like the set up you’ve got at your gym, seems like a good atmosphere to get work done. Do you train most days with the guys in your videos, or just once in awhile?[/quote]
Cheers, I wish i had focused on strength still when I was dieting. Became far too weak.
Who I train with varies quite a bit tbh, depends upon schedules and how people are feeling in regards to rest and stuff.
Like sometimes I will honestly just need to train 1 day out of 4 cause i’m either too busy and/or beat up or I train 7 days in a row cause I have the most free time and I will feel good. So if other people in my garage gym don’t feel the same as I do I dont wait to train with them and nor do they for me.
M Press - 75k
Dead - 180k
Bench - 120k
Squat - 140k
Only possible variation that might happen will be the separation of heavy legs and high rep work as sometimes I don’t have the time to complete a 2 hour workout.
Day 1
M Press - 531 Sets
M Press - 75% x 5 reps x 3 sets (week 1), 85% x 3 reps x 3 sets (week 2), 95% x 1 rep x 3 sets (week 3)
L Raises - 5k’s x 10-15 reps x 4 sets
M Press - 50% x 8-10 reps x 4 sets
Rear Delt Swings - 10k’s x 20 reps x 4 sets
Pushdowns - Whatever
Day 2
Deadlift - 531 Sets
Deadlift - 75% x 5 reps x 3 sets (week 1), 85% x 3 reps x 3 sets (week 2), 95% x 1 rep x 3 sets (week 3)
Meadows Rows - Whatever weight needed x 15 reps x 4 sets
Chins - Bodyweight x 7-8 reps x 4 sets
Dumbbell Shrugs - 20k’s x 15-20 reps x 4 sets S/S Face Pulls - Light band x Failure x 4 sets
Ham String Curls - Medium Bands x 10-15 reps x 4 sets
Day 3
Bench - 531 Sets
Bench - 75% x 5 reps x 3 sets (week 1), 85% x 3 reps x 3 sets (week 2), 95% x 1 rep x 3 sets (week 3)
Bench - 60% x 8-10 reps x 4 sets
Incline Bench - 50% x 8-10 reps x 4 sets
Ring Dips - Bodyweight x failure x 4 sets
Pushdowns - Whatever
Day 4
Squat - 531 Sets
Squat - 75% x 5 reps x 3 sets (week 1), 85% x 3 reps x 3 sets (week 2), 95% x 1 rep x 3 sets (week 3)
Squat - 65k x 15 reps, 75k x 12 reps, 85k x 10 reps, 95k x 8 reps, 105k x AMRAP
Hamstring Curls - Medium Bands x 10-12 reps x 5 sets
Ab Work
