Man I was having foot stomp withdrawal…awesome stuff.
Foot stomp for the win
Kevin you should set up so you are not looking in the mirror. You need to get your elbows and chin way up when you are getting near your max.
Oh and the picture of you and little man is awesome.
Love the picture of you and the little man, he looks deep in thought. And I guess the lifting is cool too 
Nice “chip off the old block” pic. That steely gaze is definitely you!
How’d a wrestler get off so easy with the cauliflower ear thing?!
thank you for all the E-support
Git thank you- next time is coming soon.
Nl-mainly- so true I need to improve my set up-
tightness and elbows higher- shit it all needs work
G- yes wayne county is in PA - that’s just a summer house,
makes me a weekender!!
Kent thanks man- hopefully its soon
Matty thanks brostein
Fischer!!
thank you for the tips I know it all needs work
I am having elbow issues with keeping high and tight
I hate the fuking mirror - need to figure out a way to do it facing out
Peaches- R is the man he is always so cool
Punny thank you I wore headgear all the time.
and strangely I had my right ear mostly bit off by my mother in-law’s dog,
went to ER the plastic surgeon was on call and she scraped out a ‘bunch of junk’
and put something like 30 stitches in the ear.
and if you look close Rowan’s right ear is bent!!!
sorry this is turning into a fucking novel
sat did the last of a 14 ish hour day- sunday
took down all that gear - we call that a strike-
and loaded it into a 53 foot truck in the rain-
truck was late - by 3 hours and had few load bars and few straps-
made packing something like 2 million bucks or 15,ooo pounds of gear
fun.
training tonight at 10pm
8.16.11
upper
moblity, pvc, more at gym dislocates, lytp scap pushups
A1 Zpress 95 2x5, 115 6x5
A2 NG pullup bw+25 8x5
B1 Pendlay Row 135x5, 185 4x6
B2 dip bw 5x5
C1 meadows row 3x lots
C2 incline pushup 3x 25
Notes -
not that exciting
need to do some conditioning this week.
I touched a few hammer strength machines
I think I am missing something-
swole - I guess its ok - but you need to load the shit out of them to feel anything.
iso pulldown- whats the point Im like a little dude and I put 3 plates and a 25 on it-
iso seated bench thing- even bigger wtf- weighted pushup are allot for me and this
was easier.
Iso low row- the exception- but again should I be able to knock out 3 plates for something like 12?
sacrafice swole for speed or good rom?
I think I am def missing something
Hey I like the ISO Low Row…do those SS w the Meadow Rows, Swoleki City!
Front squats are coming along nicely.
Does that gym offer bottle service? The music sounds more like a club than a gym, good headphones are a must.
Ears are one thing I was hyper sensitive about. I’ll roll with a broken ankle, but a little ear soreness and I was done. I never understood the guys that damaged them on purpose.
What is this?
Thanks a lot for the front squat videos. They make me feel very small and weak. Impressive.
Never noticed your grip (or lack thereof) on your front squats. Yowsie.
I’m starting front squats this week as accessory. Been a long time since I’ve done 'em. They hit the quads hard, right?
Matty I need some swoleski , that is the only HS machine I like so far
Dday - thanks man they are my favorite thing to hate, its a mess that gym
I need like Huge ass headphone
DJS thanks man- I am trying
ksnap yeah- I need to get my elbows much higher and stiffer but I do barely hold the bar.
they do hit the quads and Hams hard - upper back too
patch du- its shoulder goodness
and
training-
this is the end of a long long as week- something like 12 long ass days in a row
Off tommorow and this weekend cant wait.
went to the gym and there is someone else using the bumpers!
and wearing risto lifintg shoes
turns out he is a 47 o-lifter type who still competes.
while Im doing some warm up stuff we chat and we work in a bit
next thing I know we are doing some heavier cleans then I normally do
chalk , foot stomps he even broke out some nose amonia
Hell Yeah.
8.19.11
trained at 1030 pm
pvc mobility at home
hanging leg raises feet to face 3x10 face pulls 3x10, a ton of activation
BB complex BO row, RDL, Pull, Hang cleans 135x5 185 2x3, 205 x3
A full squat cleans
185 5x1, 205 3x1
B snatch pulls
225 2x5, 275 2x3, 315 3x2, 365 5x2
C1 front squat 245 5x2
C2 continuous broad jump 5x5
D medley of seated hams x20 ass kick back machine thingy x 10 BB roll-outs paused x10
Notes
Sadly I got no vids of my new friend- you can see him in the background in one of the snatch pull vids
red shirt and read hair.
he gave great tips- and noticed I turn to my left favoring my neck.
cleans and shit- Hell Fucking Yes.
not so heavy - but did get to drop the bar and it was just fun to do them with a partner
who has good technique while I am a hack.
snatch pulls- have managed 405 and 425 for dbls in the past - Im tired and no grip strength tonight
front squats- waned triples took dbls instead, loving pairing these with jumps
I will check in on monday- everyone have a great weekend.
Vidz
last 225
last 275
last 315
365 last set of dbl- you can see im fatigued in the grips
you can see arch falls apart- and these become stiff legged
and it looks like the 25’s are not there, they are.
Question on the F Squats, it looks like the bar is almost between your fingers, does this help keep the bar in place? I only started doing front squats the past few months my hand and wrist placement is confusing me.
You may have mentioned it but I’m curious why the snatch grip deads over conventional?
Oh, thanks for the shoulder goodness. I think I’ve been doing ytlw wrong this whole time, well at least the l and w. Also, is that initial motion of his, him tightening his back? Should I be setting my shoulder blades in place before all of these guys?
Are those snatch pulls or snatch grip deads?
Don’t you go up on your toes and shrug with snatch pulls?
Anyway, still mighty impressive and your new friend sounds good.
Matty I hold the bar as minimally As possible its right against my throat
Barely holding it helps me get the elbows high
Dday I like them for a few reasons
Longer rom and a lower set up makes these harder
Fell I get these up faster and am
Seems like they help me with leg drive
Grip those helped my grip a bunch
FB thank you
I’m t sure hat they are what they are I would say more like dead lifts
with a crappy lockout.
He is an ok guy good sense of humor
And still busting ass doing what he loves
cool lifting partner and amonia for the win!
yeah, it is cool to meet new people who you enjoy training with. not quite sure why… but lots of new athlete-type people at my gym lately. not the usual brotards (though we don’t have many, admittedly). been seeing weird things like drain pipes and kettlebells and skipping ropes.
ammonia. wow. what is that meant to do (i’ve sort of heard of it). does it smell bad and make you angry??
trading ammonia hits with a new lifting buddy, ftw
Nlmainly- thank you
Lexie - drain pipes- sounds like slosh pipes!!
hmm you should investigate
as for amonia - it does smell strongly and somehow makes you want to pick up stupid shit
MJ- thanks good to see you and nose tork for the win!!
It was a treat to lift with someone , someone skilled.
I normally train in a vacuum
and in 5 minutes he spotted 3 or 4 things that I do.
that would have taken me a while to figure out
and longer to fix.
speaking of fixing I have had some shit going on in my right ankle-
and now right knee for a while
basically its a big bump just below the patella and its on the shin bone.
so part inflammation, part muscle imbalance.
I need to rehab it -
lots of TKE and other VMO stimulation
you would think front sqauts ATG would be enough VMO stimulation
but probably it was the twisted ankle thing.
I guess the only good thing about getting banged up allot
is you get to figure this shit out.