sorry for your previous setbacks, but that leaves more time to get stronger.
[quote]Most Major wrote:
Thanks Lil Power. Coach took it easy on my knees since that was the first time they had gotten wrapped. I’m not looking forward to having them wrapped as tight as yours were, yeesh.
What kind of aid do you find the knee wraps to be? To me it felt like the knees were more stable but I’m not sure they’ll be too much help until I get my squat up higher.[/quote]
- mental support and some rebound out of the hole, but I also think that depends on the type of wrap and method of wrapping
- when it’s freaking tight and you can barely walk to the monolift, it sure takes away any thoughts of ***k this is heavy! Almost better than nosetork!!
[quote]DixiesFinest wrote:
Dude?
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Dude. No, really. Dooooood.
[quote]mom-in-MD wrote:
sorry for your previous setbacks, but that leaves more time to get stronger.
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Thanks for checking in. One good thing about having the injury is it gave me some more time to bring my squat up higher!
[quote]lil power wrote:
[quote]Most Major wrote:
Thanks Lil Power. Coach took it easy on my knees since that was the first time they had gotten wrapped. I’m not looking forward to having them wrapped as tight as yours were, yeesh.
What kind of aid do you find the knee wraps to be? To me it felt like the knees were more stable but I’m not sure they’ll be too much help until I get my squat up higher.[/quote]
- mental support and some rebound out of the hole, but I also think that depends on the type of wrap and method of wrapping
- when it’s freaking tight and you can barely walk to the monolift, it sure takes away any thoughts of ***k this is heavy! Almost better than nosetork!!
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Ah, so it’s a mental thing. I get it now.
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Just my two cents, having hurt my knee before, it is a massive mental boost to have them wrapped tight
Thursday 4/7
BW= 261.0 Could I have broken 260 for realz?
-sled drag 2 plates x 4 trips; wet asphalt + strained quad
-sled press 2 plates x 1
-sled face pull 2 pl x 1
-mini band pull apart 3x20
-mini band one arm tri pushdown 3x20
-DB shoulder horn 15’sx3x10
-prone incline Y,T,I 3x10 each
-Close grip bench; thumbs length from start of knurling
bar x10, x10, 95x5, 135x3, 165x3, 195x3
add 3 board
225x3, 255x3, 285x3
wrist wraps on
315x1, 335x1,
355x1
-T bar row
narrow grip 145x10, wide 170x10, n. 180x10, w. 190x10, n. 200x10, w. 200x10, n. 200x10
-DB tate press 30’s x10, 35’s x10, 35’s x10
-BW chins neutral grip x2, pronated x5, supinated x5
-rev hypers 90x20, 140x20
-45 degree hyper BW x2x10
Congrats on the bw. Must make those chins a challenge though.
How is the wrist feeling? Have you been visiting vixen for therapeutic purposes per advice? Just kidding. Hope it is feeling strong.
Thanks, veggie. My wrist is feeling good and I’m hoping that the weight gain has gone to my upper body, where I need/want it. The chins are hard when you weigh as much as I do, but especially when you put them at the end of the session, after a rowing movement. I’m thinking I’ll keep them for the beginning of the workout, just at the end of my warmup.
Ha ha! I totally did chins at the VERY end of my crazy GVT session tonight. Did Pendlay rows first. Then a some other things too. What was I thinking? I just wasn’t thinking at all!
Awesome that your wrist is healed up. Think you’ll add much more weight to your bench before the meet?
Ink, I only just listened to the Austrian Death Machine song you posted up. Majestic. And hilarious.
And MM, I find chins hard enough and you have about 20lb on me at the moment. Agreed about sticking them near the start of the workout though - if I do them after a rowing movement they feel damn weak!
@Veg, not sure but I’ll be happy if I do add some onto my bench. Haven’t done a full range max in my bench shirt yet. Coach said I’ll get into it twice before the meet, and were around 8 weeks out, so I’ll probably get into it soon.
@Element, the chins at the end of the warmup does seem to help the lats fire. Putting them after a rowing move as a finisher makes it really tough. Even though I’ve got a lot of mass, I don’t want to get to a point where I can’t do any pullups/chins.
@Ink, I listened to that song before squatting on Saturday, and one of the guys at my gym kept saying “COME ON!” to me before I squatted to fire me up. It totally reminded me of Arnold in Predator and the ADM song. It was funny because I would get myself fired up and walk to the mono, then he would yell at me, and I would start laughing and saying, “COME ON! GET TO DA CHOPPAAAA!” Then I would squat.
Day of the meet has been postponed from 5/22 to 6/5
Saturday 4/9
BW=262.8
-sled drag 3 plates x 6
-sled hip flexor drag 25#x1 each leg
-mini band hip abduction 3x20
-green band TKE 3x20
-PVC roller: IT bands, glutes, hips, quads
-leg swings
-stretches: IT bands, hips, quads
-lots of biofreeze on the hips and R quad
-Safety bar (65#) box squat against green bands
barx5, x5, 155x5, 205x5
belt on
245x3, 295x2
Inzer power pants (too small for me) on
335x2 didn’t touch box
385x5x2
425x3x2
-big cam bar (60#) 38" chain suspended GM against purple bands
belt and R wrist wrap on for all sets
150x5, 200x5, 240x5x5
-land mine 55x3x10
-rev hyper 230x3x10
GET TO THE CHOPPAAA!!! ADM is hilarious man, both albums are pretty good.
Nice squats, like usual. Why’d they move the meet back?
No idea why the date was moved, maybe something with the federation? Kinda works well for me though since the deload week before the meet will start with me going out of town to see my little sister graduate high school.
Also, I need to get a pair of briefs that fit me, those power pants I wore were too tight and kept pushing my knees out of position.
Monday 4/11
BW= 262.2
-sled drag 3plx6
-sled press 3plx1
-sled face pull 3plx1
-mini band pull apart 3x20
-mini band tri ext 3x20
-DB shoulder horn 15sx3x10
-Y,T,I 3x10 each
-Football bar wide grips DE bench
barx10, 95x10, 135x3, 155x3, 165x2x3, wrist wraps on, 165x6x3
-Pendlay row 135x5, 225x5, 245x5x5
-BW chins neutral gripx5, pronatedx5, supinated widex5, neutx5, pro widex5
-rev hyper 230x2x10
-standing pulley abs 120x2x10
Poop. I’ve tried several times to upload music but youtube is being weird.
So, in lieu of metal I’ll give an injury update…
Wrist is feeling great. Might even be 100%. I haven’t pushed it too hard but after benching Monday it felt stable and stronger than last week. The past week I’ve had a quad strain, however, which is feeling good now but still sore. Also, my R pec tendon is feeling tight now.
I’m going to be very careful with this because two guys from my gym have torn their pecs in the last couple months. One tore it in 3 places and had to get surgery, the other had just a minor tear. If it’s not one thing it’s another, I guess. But not surprising considering the stress on my body that this type of training is.
wow…ya, it’s smart of you to know when to back off a bit!
[quote]Most Major wrote:
Poop. I’ve tried several times to upload music but youtube is being weird.
So, in lieu of metal I’ll give an injury update…
Wrist is feeling great. Might even be 100%. I haven’t pushed it too hard but after benching Monday it felt stable and stronger than last week. The past week I’ve had a quad strain, however, which is feeling good now but still sore. Also, my R pec tendon is feeling tight now.
I’m going to be very careful with this because two guys from my gym have torn their pecs in the last couple months. One tore it in 3 places and had to get surgery, the other had just a minor tear. If it’s not one thing it’s another, I guess. But not surprising considering the stress on my body that this type of training is.
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I am currently working on a partially torn rotator cuff. Back off and dont tear your pec. Its gonna suck.
yep, we don’t want anymore injuries…have you done any work w/Indian clubs? My son made some…we started warming up using these prior to bench days.
What meet are you doing?