Captain America has spoken
I think Karite36 is doin pretty damn well. 16 years old almost pulling 600.
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[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:
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Dixie is a stud. Has he done any new meets recently? I need to check his log most often - he got some goofy facial expressions on all his vids ha!
[quote]ashylarryku wrote:
[quote]dalle wrote:
ashylarryku great progress :), is there a certain program you are following ? [/quote]
Thanks, dalle! I’m currently doing the Indigo strength program. I don’t ever see myself straying from CT’s principals and methods tbh. I have done several programs in the past. Some were successful and some not so much:
Advanced German Volume Training
The advanced version uses 10 sets of 3-5 reps instead of 10x10. My pressing strength skyrocketed during this program. I don’t know if it was a combination of school and me not being used to high volume training, but I lasted about 40 days on this before I just had to quit. My grip was going to crap, everything felt heavy, and I got sick. But, this taught me that what I thrive best on and do well with his high volume, low rep training.
5/3/1
This is great for my squat and deadlift, but terrible for my bench. I just think I need more volume for my bench to progress. But, I did run this again about a year ago, combing it with CT’s HP Mass principals, and it went much better. After my 5/3/1 set of the day, I would stay on that exercise and get more sets in via wave loading with sets of 1-3 reps.
I definitely enjoyed it, and I could see myself going back to this, but adding HFS to everything. I know everyone looks down at combining programs, but I think there’s a difference between blindly cutting and pasting workouts together in hopes for something magical, and combining certain methods with each other to create something you understand and think would work well together.
CT’s programs
I loved HP Mass. After a while, though, I got tired of basically doing the exact same workout over and over again. I enjoy his newer work with the Indigo project much better, because there is much more variance from session to session, and High Frequency Strength (HFS) is one of the his best ideas. I added 50 lbs to my squat and 55 lbs to my deadlift in less than 4 months training with HFS.
Once you can get over the mindset of only working a muscle group once or twice a week, it really is amazing. It was kind of hard at first, though, because I always wanted to go too heavy. I still have this problem to an extent, but I’m much better at it. If you’re working the same lifts 4 times a week (or even every day if you want) you have to make sure it’s something you’re able to recover from for the next day.
I also have done typical BBing type splits, and they were ok. But, I did these in my first year of training, so obviously just about anything will bring progress then is you’re honestly working and focusing on recovery as well.[/quote]
Hey ashy Sorry for the late answer:(
Okay that sounds like a lot of interesting methods, and got damn the german volume training sounds hard :). The HFS sounds very interesting but isint it hard on the joints ?
btw thanks for your post, very kind of you:)
[quote]AquaCruzer wrote:
Grettiron is definitely worth mentioning. Everytime he posts a vid of his lifting it looks like he puts in over 9000 percent effort.[/quote]
OOHH YAH!! I forgot about him! Totally agree with that. I love lurking his log.
ALso I want to nominate spock81 for all of her manic program jumping and concerns about improper form, Lol.
She never misses a day in the gym, I tells ya!
[quote]mlekava000 wrote:
[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:
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Dixie is a stud. Has he done any new meets recently? I need to check his log most often - he got some goofy facial expressions on all his vids ha![/quote]
He makes me feel bad about my little bodybuilding weights and pump training haha
Not sure what his recent or future meet plans are. I think I read about him being busy with school and a new job or somethin
Some more worthy people I think:
VTballa33 is doing fine even if he’s a piece of crap.
Dethazatoth has impressive form on everything and is strong.
Spock81
(To make it official!)
Actually, Spock is pretty inspiring. She does what she wants and seems to kick ass at everything she does. And she doesn’t like dresses but loves the cartoon the Gargoyles. Boom!
Deat and SteelNation kill it in the training log section and worth a mention for sure. bwhitwell is probably in better shape at 50 than anyone here at 25.
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[quote]florelius wrote:
I think Jab1 are kicking alot of ass in his log, so I think he deserves to be listed as one of those
ass kicking guys/gals.
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His front squat specifically has been getting beast lately.[/quote]
I agree with that! Check out phlegms’ front squatting too.
SamMcLoughlin has started making ripples with his pulling too. And He isn’t near where he wants to be yet![/quote]
You guys are all way too kind - I’m not even in the same league as most others mentioned here. I’ll keep working to live up to your comments.
[quote]TheTexican wrote:
Spock81
(To make it official!)
Actually, Spock is pretty inspiring. She does what she wants and seems to kick ass at everything she does. And she doesn’t like dresses but loves the cartoon the Gargoyles. Boom! [/quote]
HAHAH thanks bro/brah. Demona is actually one of my biggest inspirations. She is so strong, so, so strong…
[quote]Maiden3.16 wrote:
Deat and SteelNation kill it in the training log section and worth a mention for sure. bwhitwell is probably in better shape at 50 than anyone here at 25.[/quote]
YAH X’S A MILLION FOR STEELNATION!! My cyber crush on that guy grows daily, DAAAAAILYYYY
[quote]frankjl wrote:
I’ll throw LiquidMercury into this one too – someone who is obviously a student of the sport and has many big numbers coming his way.[/quote]
[quote]killerDIRK wrote:
I’ll throw LiquidMercury into this one too – someone who is obviously a student of the sport and has many big numbers coming his way. X 2 !!!
I think Liquid will have a long and illustrious career both in the rowing/sculling arts as well
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Much appreciated. Hopefully I can live up to those comments and put up a good showing at nationals. As a side note I will attempt to actually log in my log here with a bit more consistency since I know a few people have asked what I do. I’ll try and put all my updates in from qualifiers and running up to nationals sometime this week.
[quote]LiquidMercury wrote:
[quote]frankjl wrote:
I’ll throw LiquidMercury into this one too – someone who is obviously a student of the sport and has many big numbers coming his way.[/quote]
[quote]killerDIRK wrote:
I’ll throw LiquidMercury into this one too – someone who is obviously a student of the sport and has many big numbers coming his way. X 2 !!!
I think Liquid will have a long and illustrious career both in the rowing/sculling arts as well
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pls do
Much appreciated. Hopefully I can live up to those comments and put up a good showing at nationals. As a side note I will attempt to actually log in my log here with a bit more consistency since I know a few people have asked what I do. I’ll try and put all my updates in from qualifiers and running up to nationals sometime this week.
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[quote]georgeh707 wrote:
I think Karite36 is doin pretty damn well. 16 years old almost pulling 600.[/quote]
He doesn’t post all that often, but he is definitely getting it done at an insane level. He’s going to break many records I’m sure.
[quote]jake_j_m wrote:
[quote]georgeh707 wrote:
I think Karite36 is doin pretty damn well. 16 years old almost pulling 600.[/quote]
He doesn’t post all that often, but he is definitely getting it done at an insane level. He’s going to break many records I’m sure.[/quote]
yeah i dont think ive ever seen him post but i was going through random logs and found his
[quote]jasmincar wrote:
Some more worthy people I think:
VTballa33 is doing fine even if he’s a piece of crap.
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Well, there were no seconds (although I’m sure plenty of people think I’m a piece of crap) but I’m going to chime in here anyway.
As I like to point out whenever possible, I discovered I had cancer back last year that had impacted my hormones for a few years and made me spin my wheels, training wise. I was making ok progress in strength, but body composition was awful. I couldn’t put on any weight without an inordinate fat gain. Ever since I got that taken care of, plus got a CPAP for my sleep apnea and stopped eating Oreos all the time, my training has really improved.
I’ve been working with Shelby Starnes off and on for a year now and his diet guidance has helped me lose fat while getting stronger. In a lean gains phase now so looking forward to even more strength gains.
I’ve been lifting since March 2009 after taking 5 years off after playing basketball in college. Cut my teeth with Starting Strength for a few months and have been running mostly 5-3-1 since August 2009. Even though I took a few months off here and there to try out other mass building programs (I, Bodbuilder and HP Mass which were pretty successful) I like the 5-3-1 philosophy too much to abandon it and have tailored it to whatever my current goal is. Slow and steady improvements have been the name of the game and it has worked pretty well for me.
Thanks for the recommendation Jasmin.
^^ VTball is cool I enjoy reading your logs. How did the dieting effect your lifting?
Also I too think I might have sleep apnea, My gf says it all the time so I will probably get it checked out soon. I hear sleeping is so much better after the treatments.
[quote]mlekava000 wrote:
[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:
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Dixie is a stud. Has he done any new meets recently? I need to check his log most often - he got some goofy facial expressions on all his vids ha![/quote]
Plus he’s slender. That’s a good thing in a powerlifter.