[quote]emskee wrote:
12 workout weeks until the WNPF NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS, July 19.
[/quote]
This makes me very happy
[quote]Alpha wrote:
[quote]emskee wrote:
12 workout weeks until the WNPF NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS, July 19.
[/quote]
This makes me very happy[/quote]
Thanks. You know this has a lot to do with your influence, right"
And just to make things interesting, I have relapsed to again engage with last year’s health issue. On my first day of a clear liquid diet and antibiotics.
Might not hit the deads workout tomorrow.
Ain’t ever easy is it? 
if it were easy, everyone would do it…if anyone can push through, it is you
[quote]Alpha wrote:
if it were easy, everyone would do it…if anyone can push through, it is you[/quote]
The sound of a gauntlet impacting the Earth.
I am in.
This will be interesting. Last time I was on antibiotics for 5.5 weeks. If I can keep it to 2 this time, I think I can do this.
600 is still my goal…
(Typing whilst enjoying a meal made up of 2 packs of Jell-O dissolved in 4 cups of water. When this all works out, I’ll publish the Jell-O diet for powerlfters.)
Have lost 3.2 pounds so far.
I can start eating solid(ish) food today.
Do “clear liquids” include gin and lime juice?
Sorry to hear you’ve relapsed.
It shall tonight!!!
Thanks, for the good words and the suggestion, you are kind and wise.
And, it has been a while, so, thanks for stopping by.
Oh and thanks for changing your avi. Having that dude there before made my brain twist a bit.
Oh, and I had 4 soft boiled eggs and a cup or so of white rice this morning.
There we go…
Want to try some kind of lifting Monday.
Gut is sore and I am feeling a bit disconcerted, but I’m better than yesterday.
Expecting exponential betterment [ health * (1 - e^(-T/tau)), where health is a constant in the range {dead (0) … kicking ass (1)}, and where health = 1 shall be used in this equation, tau = old man recovery time constant, an unknown at this point, and T = elapsed time], I should be good for something by then.
that equation made me dizzy- sorry your not feeling so good
by the way - what you posted in ksnaps log was fascinating.
thanks for sharing that
[quote]brotardscience wrote:
that equation made me dizzy- sorry your not feeling so good[/quote]
I was pretty dizzy when I wrote it. I tend to babble even when I am well.
I figured it would simply elicit eye rolls. So thanks for looking at it.
And thanks. Old man chronic disease contra lifting bullshit.
[quote]brotardscience wrote:
by the way - what you posted in ksnaps log was fascinating.
thanks for sharing that[/quote]
Oh, thanks for that.
[quote]emskee wrote:
OH AND ANOTHER THING…When I lower myself to the bar, I close my eyes and usually don’t open them until I am in the midst of the pull somewhere, maybe when the bar is past my knees. I find that my eyes lie to me (like when I look in the mirror and think, no, my gut isn’t so sticky outy) and if I reach down and grasp, and do it all by paying attention to where all my body parts feel in relation to each other, balanced and all that, I achieve a better, more symmetric, straighter pull.
That probably wasn’t worth sharing but, this is my log.[/quote]
Hey emskee, great log full of great advice.
You may have said before, but do you take a breath standing then bend down and grasp the bar or take your breath when you’re down there. I’m experimenting at the moment and looking for tips.
[quote]FarmerBrett wrote:
[quote]emskee wrote:
OH AND ANOTHER THING…When I lower myself to the bar, I close my eyes and usually don’t open them until I am in the midst of the pull somewhere, maybe when the bar is past my knees. I find that my eyes lie to me (like when I look in the mirror and think, no, my gut isn’t so sticky outy) and if I reach down and grasp, and do it all by paying attention to where all my body parts feel in relation to each other, balanced and all that, I achieve a better, more symmetric, straighter pull.
That probably wasn’t worth sharing but, this is my log.[/quote]
Hey emskee, great log full of great advice.
You may have said before, but do you take a breath standing then bend down and grasp the bar or take your breath when you’re down there. I’m experimenting at the moment and looking for tips.
[/quote]
Thank you.
I breathe before I reach down. Upright, I can get more air in and so can create greater intra abdominal/thoracic pressure before I start the pull.
I have seen people who, once the bar is grasped, throw their asses up and breath in then, using the bending of the knees and the pulling of themselves down into position to create that pressure. Does not work for me.
Because…a long, long time ago, I realized that my second rep was always easier than my first. So as I went down to the bar I visualized that was lowering the first rep getting set for the second. I’d breath in on top then go down real slow and I’d guide the imaginary bar down my thighs, across my knees and then along my shin. I’d be really tight and actually felt like I was lowering the weight under control. I’d then grab and go off pretending that it was rep number 2.
I don’t go through the total ceremony anymore as I did back then, but the breathing on top, building pressure on the way down, grip and rip thing has stuck with me.
4/21/2015
(…ouch…)
So my apparently chronic health issue returned at 12:35 a.m. last Wednesday. I have been on antibiotics, lost some weight, went from clear liquids to a kefir, yogurt, whey protein, rice, pasta and chicken breast diet. Oh, and some toasted bagels. With margarine. Mmmmmm.
I spent most of yesterday sleeping,
such that,
today I might,
do,
DEADLIFTS:
(or, approximately so)
Warmups:
(beltless)
245 x 5
295 x 1
335 x 1
385 x 1
425 x 1
(Belt cinch -1)
510 x 1
Easy rep, then, maybe 20 seconds later I just plain started feeling tired…
Work sets: (540 = 90% of 600)
(belt = cinch) (I didn’t know what to do with my belt. I lost a bit over an inch on my gut and hole 5 seemed loose so I went to 6 which is usually my cinch point)
540 x 2 x 1 EMOM (Well EMOM is sorta an aggrandizement when you only do 2 sets.)
This was supposed to be 3 - 6 sets.
First single was not so bad, second took a few seconds to lock out and MY PECS CRAMPED!!! Right!!! MY PECS CRAMPED!! Anyone?)
Speed sets:
(belt cinch - 1, hole 5 for you civilians)
425 x 5 x 3 EMOM
I had to quit here as I’m pretty sure that I was, well, really, really done.
Next week I move down to 70% again, but this time I will train to 615 pounds rather than 600. We’ll see if that is catch-up-to-able. I hope to be able to EAT SOMETHING between now and then.
I have been reading the logs of all you other walking (pulling?) wounded and this has inspired me to not skip this week.
I am aware that Alpha may be watching and this has further inspired me to not skip this week.
Thanks to all of you.
Emskee, wanted to thank you for that dissertation (kidding) you wrote in Snap’s thread on the inverted T concept, I tried it and found it really helpful (not kidding!) for my squat form.
[quote]punnyguy wrote:
Emskee, wanted to thank you for that dissertation (kidding) you wrote in Snap’s thread on the inverted T concept, I tried it and found it really helpful (not kidding!) for my squat form.[/quote]
That’s super! I’m glad for you.
Getting solid foods has got to make things easier on the road to 600.
[quote]JoeGood wrote:
Getting solid foods has got to make things easier on the road to 600.[/quote]
Oh, I gotta hope.
BW down 3.6 pounds.
By the way I have had pec cramps from doing heavy dead work. The strain can be tough on parts of the body you weren’t thinking were contributing to the lift but when you’re putting it all out there-guts and glory-pulling the hell out big weight the whole damn carcass is working.