Nice job on the front squats.
I bet if you modulate your volume you can end up hitting some bigger numbers.
Thanks guys…
this particular YMCA has all the elements to be hardcore
bad music, chalk, beat up gear.
but really a better bar would clinch it
there is another gym in town more expensive
but has 140 lb db;s this one is free because I go to another y
Skid I think if I felt safe training I would push it harder. today I missed one of the 275 reps and missed racking it. it landed on the pins when I bailed
and it was no big thing.
when finances are a little better I will just join another gym
I do intend to outfit the garage/barn here at the weekend shack with at least some squat stands and
some plates bumpers if I can.
kmc
The good old Y. I was a member a life time ago. It was great when I worked in the isolation logging camps. With no fixed address I would end up taking days off where every the first flight out was going. There’s a Y every where.
[quote]kmcnyc wrote:
its ok has the strangest collection of 70’s gear in one room.
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Like big hairy va-jay-jays?
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kmcnyc wrote:
its ok has the strangest collection of 70’s gear in one room.
Like big hairy va-jay-jays?[/quote]
And by bad music, do you mean the Village People?
Yes and Yes…
I can describe the gear…
I did not get close enough to any v-jay-jays to see the said hairs.
and yes from jackson 5 to jethro tull
and billy joel bad gym music was present
there are several racks of dumbels that range from old skool york blob , hex head,
clearly home-grown welded with revolving collars and some chrome jack lalanne branded
25’s.
there is one entire rack of db’s that
are unlabled and really look the same-
could they be 60’s 80’s 90’s who knew
they did have plenty of orphaned pairs.
so you would have a pair of 85’s with one hex and one plate style.
there was a universal in a corner
complete with like 6 or 7 stations
the pull down station that sounded like
donkey and 40lbs felt like 400lbs.
there is an incline bench that was reupolsterd in some kind of “leather” that had cigarette burns and the seat was not secured at all just waiting for somone to bust their ass
some of the mirrors were tinted broze
and some were tinted smoke
none of the upholstry matched even the newer pieces the colors ranged from orange to neon green to black croc.
the leg press squeaked and moved side to side as it went up and down
when I say it moved side to side I mean like a few inches
the sign above the water fountain that said
please dont use , the water is rusty
prevented noone from partaking.
the people were regular people, some kids
who where on the big side
a dude who did some deadlifts
two guys who groaned out loud while doing kickbacks
nothing crazy
except the kid with his legs crossed doing
decline in the smith machine with 365, who’s range of motion was 1/2 an inch.
normal gym people
they did have chalk in little plastic bowls
and they did have automated paper towel dispensers its all about priotities
however it was super clean super cheap
and only marginally dangerous.
kmc
JETHRO TULL IS NOT BAD MUSIC!!!
would you work out to it?
[quote]kmcnyc wrote:
Yes and Yes…
I can describe the gear…
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Gaaroovy. I would love to go there and get an acid flashback by just walking in the room.
And I’ve never dropped acid.
[quote]kmcnyc wrote:
would you work out to it?
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If I was doing tricep kickbacks or aerobics I would.
Bad music,chalk,beat up gear. Sounds like my kinda place.Any music can play. When I approach the bar I’m in the zone.By the way I grew up in Brooklyn and ran a family biz at carmine and bleecker in the village for years.
[quote]kmcnyc wrote:
would you work out to it?
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That one song…about the train…or the ultimate loser…what’s it called?
BAnh banh banh banh
chug chug chug
Sees his children falling off
stattions one by one…
oh yeah…Locomotive Breath ! That’s a workout song I’d listen to.
[quote]Jimmy T wrote:
Bad music,chalk,beat up gear. Sounds like my kinda place.Any music can play. When I approach the bar I’m in the zone.By the way I grew up in Brooklyn and ran a family biz at carmine and bleecker in the village for years.[/quote]
Small world.
that is AWESOME.
carmine and bleecker there are a few pizza places its right across from a church.
I live on the east side near bowery, right around the corner from cbgb’s but I grew up in East Flatbush.
the city is so different now.
All kidding asside it was a dump and I had a great work out, I could care less about the surroundings,and yes I am only thinking about what im lifting-doing etc.
And really the people are nice enough and working hard.
kmc
We are home boys cause I grew up in Canarsie!
The church across the street is Our Lady Of Pompei.Small world 4 sure. Have a great weekend.
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Canarise! I went to Nazareth HS!.
Homeboys for sure indeed.
I took Italian lessons at Our Lady of Pompei
have a great weekend Jimmy
kmc
I went to LaSalle Military Academy in Oakdale,L.I. I had a bunch of friends go to Nazareth.My brother went to St.Francis Prep and my sis to St. Brendans.
Thanks KMC for the shoulder stuff. I already feel this is going to help.
KMC + Jimmy - I’m not a New Yorker but I feel some connection. Lived in Canarsie, Brooklyn for 2.5yrs btw 2001-2003.
No prob FF I learned about it here too.
Canarsie is alright,where you here for work?
and Jimmy I was going to ask what kind of “family” business is on Carmine st, then I thought better of that.
Ok few days off that involved skim coating, painting a bathroom repacing the kitchen sink drain , moving a bunch of dirt in a wheel barrow and an extension ladder good weekend.
today I pulled.
3.23.09
foam , mobility, ytwl,2x dislocations
a bunch of hip junk
deadlift con
135x8,225x5,315x4,405x1,1,1
pulls from mid shin
405x4,455 miss,455x2,425x4,425x4
from floor again
315x5, 315x5
did these touch and go should have done
rest paused
A1 dynamic row*
185x2 x5
A2 High pull
185x2 x5
haning leg raises feet to face
15,13,10
pull down abs
10,10,10
some twisting crap
- dynamic row bent over row hands supinated(up) a decent amount of body english
we used to do these in college, and I like them now still
2 to 3 rows fast drop the bar reset the grip
2 to 3 high pulls
did this 5 sets 2 reps
kmc
It is a small world formfunction! Good to know ya.
kmc- that is a very Italian neighborhood. My family owned a salumreia called J&J directly across from the front doors of the church.Enzo’s was on the corner and Tuta-pasta was there as well.Last time I was home they were all gone.We eat alot of italian food down here and it is nothing like the olive garden!!!Forgetaboutit!
Hey bro nice pull too.
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Great pulling day.Training is looking strong. You gonna hit a powerlifting meet?