Thanks for posting the vid of z presses. They look interesting and the point is to cut out momentum?
I had no idea what they were. I didn’t want to ask and look stupid and I never got around to looking it up either.
Ignorant and lazy, a winning combination.
And great squat Mrs S.
So are the Stricks on the one day a week program? No posts of workouts…I know you don’t deload so fess up mister?!! Hope all is well…
[quote]FarmerBrett wrote:
Thanks for posting the vid of z presses. They look interesting and the point is to cut out momentum?
I had no idea what they were. I didn’t want to ask and look stupid and I never got around to looking it up either.
Ignorant and lazy, a winning combination.
And great squat Mrs S.[/quote]
Brett, I am pretty sure that neither of those words have ever been used to describe you. Well, unless the wife was pissed at you.
I didn’t know what they were either, until just over a month ago. I had o look them up myself.
I think cutting out any momentum is part of it…a big part. It also shifts more of the stabilization work on to the core and shoulders. It fatigues my shoulders considerably more than MP. I am pretty sure that is simply because my shouldrs, rather than hips and feet, are working so much harder to keep me from falling over.
[quote]OldGoat wrote:
So are the Stricks on the one day a week program? No posts of workouts…I know you don’t deload so fess up mister?!! Hope all is well…[/quote]
OG…no deload. Things have been a bit…yeah…whatever.
My back felt fried before I even started my deads workout, on Tuesday. Jennifer has been feeling kind of blah. Just one of those weeks.
Next week will tell better, but I fear that the fatigue build-up is going to blast my dead program. Couple that with an incessant ache and pain in my left hip, aggravated by the deads, and it is a downer.
Also, I gotta drop some poundage…from me, not the bar. I have cleaned up my diet fairly well. Just trying to find my rhythm. A few points…
I need to work on my arms. This is a vanity thing. I’ve got pretty good shoulders. it would be nice to have the accompanying arms.
Speed MPs are killing my shoulder. They have to go.
My back is not recovering from dead workout to dead workout. I am gonna ride it out another week. If it is the same, though, the program is going to have to change.
I am sick as shit of my left shoulder hurting. It is holding everything back. So, I am going to try Z presses today. If it acts up again, I am putting all presses, except CGB, which doesn’t seem to bother it, on the back burner.
I am going to greatly increase work on my back and rear delts. I have a sneaky suspicion that there might be a slight imbalance adding to the issue.
/whining and plotting
Aside from that, things are moving along. I still don’t like work, even though I am very thankful to have a job. I would much rather, however, spend my time at home, with the wife and kids, playing lotro, working out, teaching my youngest to play football and terrorizing the little boys who will soon be in want of my daughter.
I think dead lifts are the cave man move of all lifts. There is lots of people saying this way it hte right way and this is wrong but at the end of the day everyones bodys are so different that the lift has to be optimized to that person. Mark Rippetoe talks about it in one of his videos and says that the scapula should be over the bar and what ever the person needs to do to get there is corrects. so if you have big shoulders (WHICH YOU DO) They will be infront of the bar. I posted his stuff in snaps log yesterday where he talks about it.
Jennifer’s Workout - she didn’t want to lift today. Actually, nor did I. i harqassed a PR out of her.
Military Press
barx8
65x5
70x5
80x3
85x1
90x0 - no explosion/bar out front
90x0 - no explosion/bar out front
90x1 - PR +5# - I think she got this so I would let her stop trying
That’s it.
Strick’s shit
Z Press
barx15x2
95x2 - shoulder hurting. No more presses for awhile.
Supersetted DB Laterals and Face Pulls
DB Laterals
35x12
40x12
50x8
50x6
40x10
Face Pulls
103x12
115x12
127x8
127x6
115x8
Supersetted 1-Arm Laterals and Reverse Flyes
1-Arm DB Laterals
50x10
50x10
50x8
50x8
Reverse Flyes
40x10
40x8
40x7
40x4-3-3 - rest pause
Done. No presses and no shrugs, as my back is hurting and I don’t want to load it.
[quote]damutt wrote:
I think dead lifts are the cave man move of all lifts. There is lots of people saying this way it hte right way and this is wrong but at the end of the day everyones bodys are so different that the lift has to be optimized to that person. Mark Rippetoe talks about it in one of his videos and says that the scapula should be over the bar and what ever the person needs to do to get there is corrects. so if you have big shoulders (WHICH YOU DO) They will be infront of the bar. I posted his stuff in snaps log yesterday where he talks about it.[/quote]
Thanks, Damutt. I think I saw that. And I agree, especially since it agrees with my setup.
Congrats to Lady Strick!!! MP Pr’s are my favorite…
Sorry about the back woes Big Man and the pressing issue…heal up brother the iron wont rust up in a week!!
Thanks OG. Loving the new avatar. Jacked up from all of the squats!
Oh man if you need a bro curl routine let me know! but you need to wear aviator sunglasses and gel while doing it or else it’ll never work.
I got you covered Matty. (See below)
Decided I wanted to workout today, even though it is not a typical workout day.
Arms
Supersetted 1-Arm Db Curls with OH Cable Tricep Ext.
1-Arm DB Curls
30x10
35x10
40x10
50x6
45x7
OH Cable Tricep Ext.
91x10
103x10
115x10
127x8
115x9
Supersetted 1-Arm Db Incline Curls and Tricep Pushdowns
1-Arm DB Inc. Curls
30x10
35x10
40x7
Tricep Pushdowns
103x10
115x10
115x8
Nice burn and pump.
[quote]MattyXL wrote:
Oh man if you need a bro curl routine let me know! but you need to wear aviator sunglasses and gel while doing it or else it’ll never work.[/quote]
Don’t forget the dew rag and the fanny pack as well!!!
Sunday Edition…
Jennifer still isn’t feeling well. She called it after squats. I’m just glad she got in there and did something, given how she has been feeling.
Jennifer
Squats
barx8
80x5
105x5
125x3
135x3
Strick’s bro-back and bro-chest
Supersetted Lat Pulls and Flyes (machine)
Lat Pulls
103x15
175x15
210x12
220x10x2
175x15
Flyes
103x15
115x15
127x12
151x10x2
175x8
Supersetted Seated Rows and CGB
Seated Rows - Wide Neutral
175x10
220x10x3
CGB
135x10
225x8x3
That’s it.
Slacking on posting I see.
Wow thats a legit bro-workout, I think I shall call you Brosef Stalin 
Ok we need to organize a search party…Matty you take eastern Oklahoma, Bulldog you get the west, I’ll do central Oklahoma…how hard can it be to find a 6ft something 280lb bearded viking looking dude with shoulders the size of a volcano? synchronize watches…were off
Yeah im on it…hope everything is ok Strick
[quote]LittleStrick wrote:
Jennifer = Shoulders
Strick = Deads
Jennifer’s Workout
MP
barx8
barx3 - both sets for speed
65x3
75x3
80x1
85x1
90x0
1-Arm DB Laterals
10x8x3
Rev. Flyes
15x8x3
Pullups
2,2,1,1
Strick’s Workout
Deadlift
135x5
225x5
315x3
365x3
405x5
“Goblet” Squats - hugged 2 - 45# plates…slow descent, explosive ascent
90x10x3
Pullups - if you can call them that
1,1,1,1,1
[/quote]
You can really see your shoulders in that set, for what it is worth. I’d not thought of the lift you were doing as a shoulder exercise until I saw the way it worked yours.
Hey! No wasting resources searching for me. Besides, OK isn’t that big. You can ask five people and at least one of them knows someone who knows me. This isn’t New England or NYC. Heck, Matty’s neighborhood probably has more residents than this whole state.
I’m still around. Still working out. It is just really boring.
I haven’t done deads in two weeks, come tomorrow. And my back is still aching. I just seem destined not to squat or deadlift. I really need a leg press, but have neither the room nor the money.
I haven’t done a regular bench or military press in a month. You know things are off when I am not doing MP. Shoulder no longer hurts, though it did twinge, last week, when trying forward raises.
Anyway, workouts have mainly been, get in, burn the muscle down, get out.
Sun. - supersetted lat pulls with CGB followed by supersetted seated rows with machine flyes.
Tue. - supersetted OH cable tricep ext. with alt. DB curls then supersetted tricep pushdowns with more DB curls.
Thu. - supersetted 1-arm DB laterals with facepulls then supersetted DB laterals with reverse flyes.
Normally I do 5-6 sets of each for 7-12 reps, with increasing weight.
Jennifer is still at it with me. Her back is giving her hell again. She has stopped deads as well. Her love affair with squats is still going strong, though.
Her iron levels seem to be moving up, as the fatigue issues have seemed to dissipate. Now just to get a couple more things dialed in.
I will likely try some OH pressing in the next week or so. Hopefully the shoulder plays nice for a bit. It would be a nice change.
Thanks for checking in on me. I will try to be a better forum mate…
Elaikases, I just flex them for the wife…lol. She loves to watch my shoulders. Which is good. It provides a distraction from the gut.
Speaking of shoulders, the rear delt is where I have noticed the most growth. The facepulls, rev. flyes and wide grip seated rows seem to be paying off. And I added most of those to try to combat the front shoulder pain. Maybe it is paying off.