Monkeying Around

Training Over 35 Lifter
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[quote]maraudermeat wrote:
PeteS wrote:
maraudermeat wrote:
PeteS wrote:
OH ME OH MY, I feel so dirtaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyy

ME Bench

Close grip warm ups bar x 1000, 135 x 10, 185 x 10, 225 x 5, 275 x5, 315 x 5, 385 x 1, real easy, could have tripled or five’d I think. Will try soon.

Loose Titan Fury, 2 board 425 x 3, 475 x 3 (PR) 505 x 2 (PR) 525 x 1 (PR)

4 board 455 x 5, 495 x 3 triceps gassed

laterals 4 x 8-12

dips 4 x 15

that’s a lot of PR’s there you dirty whore. but… to truely reach maximum whoredom you need to specify if it’s a rep or weight PR and by how many reps or lbs. this shit is important for true whoredom status.

I bow down to your knowledge whoredome. I can see no one better to learn whorish behaviour from:)

475 rep pr by 2, 505 rep pr by 1, 525 weight PR.

you are learning grasshopper… but how much of a weight PR was the 525? you can only truely reach the zen level of whoredom when you are specific. also, a true whore will make up new movements just so he can set new PR’s and raise his level of whoredom. i did that last night with the flat backed, paused bench. i set, like, 6 PR’s on that one movement.
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Did someone mention my name?

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“Mad Pete, Beyond Whoredome”

“Two go in, one comes out.”

843

30 minutes elliptical this morning. Cannot find a way to turn this into a PR. DE/lower assistance later, we’ll see what I can come up with there:)

844

Have a great holiday you big, hairy, strong motherfucker. Love Vanessa.

845

Box squat, 13 inch box (hip just below knee)
315 + 4 pair chains 2 x 2
365 + 4 pair chains 2 x 2
405 + 4 pair chains 2 x 2
435 + 4 pair chains 2 x 2

front squat 225 x 5, 295 x 7 PR + 20 lbs and 1 rep over last week

wide stance GMs 225 x 10, 315 x 8, 365 x 8

Split squats bwt x 20, 55s x 10, 12

back extension 45 for 3 sets of 10

leg raise 3 sets of some

Nice session, everything felt tight and good.

Vanessa, I will think of you as I smother my potatoes and turkey in gravy tomorrow:)

846

Congrats on the bench PRs! nice work. I’m still living for the day I’m pressing 3 plates. You make it look easy.

847

happy thanksgiving Pete

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[quote]mjnewland wrote:
happy thanksgiving Pete[/quote]

thanks buddy, have some rye and enjoy the holiday

849

Nice work you rotten whore.

You can PR cardio- they do it in crossfit.
I know low blow
actually just do more distance or what ever in the same time
or more resistance

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Is that some under the radar unilateral work hmm

have a great Holiday.

850

Pete, have a great Thanksgiving! Just try and save some food for the rest of the family!

851

eating has been hit or miss due to travel, had to run to grocery store to buy precooked chix breasts sushi and couscous to make up for infrequent crap. trained at commercial gym today, bench assist, more details later, train squat/dl in am, will post details sunday, huge changes or opportunities have come up for meets and training partners more details when not typing on phone

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Thursday checked emails after long day of driving, and had two important ones. One was to inform me of an upcoming meet, Feb 20th, local, that looks to be APF rules, not entirely sure of the sanctioning body. It is one week after the one I was thinking about, and much more interesting, so I am commiting to it. The same email offered me an opportunity to train at a private facility (about 40 minutes away) of a WPC world record holder. The second email was another opportunity to train at a private facilty (about 30 minutes away) of a world record bencher and elite lifter. Going to see how I can balance these out.

Friday did some training at a chain gym in north Chicago suburbs, same chain I belong to here. Didn’t feel like breaking out bands, etc, so did a bench assist workout:

Close grip bench: worked up to 315 x 10

CSR worked up to 5 plates x 10

DB Bench 100s x 15, 130s x 13

rolling tris w/minis 3 x 10 w/90s

flys 3 x 10 w/80s

rope down/extensions 3 x 15 each

Hammer strength preacher 5 x 10

cable lateral 3 x 15

cable front 3 x 12

shoulder horns 3 x 12

cable abs 3 x 15

Nothing to failure, except the DB bench

next morning I got up bright and early after not sleeping well on a crappy pull out couch. My body ached. Drove 30 minutes north of where I was to Monster Garage Gym. Met Eric Maroscher, one of the owners, said I was planning on just pulling but just signed up for a monolift squat meet, and I am a monolift virgin. There were some other guys just showing up to squat and they were all happy to let me work in. Didn’t use my suit, went raw like this:

145 x 10, 235 x 5, 325 x 5, 415 x 3, 465 x 3, 505 x 2, 555 x 2, 595 x 1, 615 x 1

615 was easy, but with something like 5-8 guys taking turns on the mono almost 2 hours had passed, and some others were waiting to get in.

It was awesome working with a bunch of guys who were pushing there squats, and getting depth calls and form cues.

I wrapped up with RDLs 325 x 5, 415 x 5, x 5

I squatted both the day before driving down and the day before driving up. Sore hips and pchain makes windshield time a tad uncomfortable, just so ya know. And thank god they sell muscle milk at every fricken gas station between Minneapolis and Chicago, about the only quality protein I got.

There’s my turkey weekend, will get caught up with everyone’s threads later.

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strong training, Pete.

854

[quote]PeteS wrote:
Thursday checked emails after long day of driving, and had two important ones. One was to inform me of an upcoming meet, Feb 20th, local, that looks to be APF rules, not entirely sure of the sanctioning body. It is one week after the one I was thinking about, and much more interesting, so I am commiting to it. The same email offered me an opportunity to train at a private facility (about 40 minutes away) of a WPC world record holder. The second email was another opportunity to train at a private facilty (about 30 minutes away) of a world record bencher and elite lifter. Going to see how I can balance these out.

Friday did some training at a chain gym in north Chicago suburbs, same chain I belong to here. Didn’t feel like breaking out bands, etc, so did a bench assist workout:

Close grip bench: worked up to 315 x 10

CSR worked up to 5 plates x 10

DB Bench 100s x 15, 130s x 13

rolling tris w/minis 3 x 10 w/90s

flys 3 x 10 w/80s

rope down/extensions 3 x 15 each

Hammer strength preacher 5 x 10

cable lateral 3 x 15

cable front 3 x 12

shoulder horns 3 x 12

cable abs 3 x 15

Nothing to failure, except the DB bench

next morning I got up bright and early after not sleeping well on a crappy pull out couch. My body ached. Drove 30 minutes north of where I was to Monster Garage Gym. Met Eric Maroscher, one of the owners, said I was planning on just pulling but just signed up for a monolift squat meet, and I am a monolift virgin. There were some other guys just showing up to squat and the were all happy to let me work in. Didn’t use my suit, went raw like this:

145 x 10, 235 x 5, 325 x 5, 415 x 3, 465 x 3, 505 x 2, 555 x 2, 595 x 1, 615 x 1

615 was easy, but with something like 5-8 guys taking turns on the mono almost 2 hours had passed, and some others were waiting to get in.

It was awesome working with a bunch of guys who were pushing there squats, and getting depth calls and form cues.

I wrapped up with RDLs 325 x 5, 415 x 5, x 5

I squatted both the day before driving down and the day before driving up. Sore hips and pchain makes windshield time a tad uncomfortable, just so ya know. And thank god they sell muscle milk at every fricken gas station between Minneapolis and Chicago, about the only quality protein I got.

There’s my turkey weekend, will get got up with everyone’s threads later.
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WOW… I’m tired AND sore from reading this. Helluva weekend

855

25 minutes elliptical, hated every minute of it.

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[quote]PeteS wrote:
25 minutes elliptical, hated every minute of it.[/quote]

I know that hatred well

857

Benched tonight.

But first a note on training partners. Mine have been pretty good for Bench night. Up until the last couple of months. Lots of excuses. ‘oh, I hurt myself at work’. ‘Oh, my grandma needs me to drive her’ etc. We all have lives. But if you are serious about entering PL meets, you better train to get stronger all the time. Sure life can get in the way, but every other week? Or three weeks in a row? You just missed a whole training cycle.

So I was already ready to dump my Monday night bench guys this week, especially since some other things are lining up. The only one who has been showing up with any regularity is the guy that cannot really train anymore, and that is injuries due to an enviable 25 year run in PL. But then, at 4 o’clock, when we are supposed to meet at 4:30 (which always turns into 5) I get the call: no one can make it, the fucking sky is falling.

Whatever.

So I went in and trained solo. Worked up to 485 x 1 with oversized shirt on. Planned on 505 to break that barrier but I had to train in spotters on the spot (so to speak).

Side note on shirt: I am in the process of ordering a new shirt, and when I told the guy I am ordering from first my dimensions, then what I am benching in it, his response was that I was basically training raw. Shirt is 3 sizes too big for me. Not that I believe him entirely, but we shall see.

485 went up fine but then I lost that group of spotters. Then did 315 x 12 sans shirt. I realized I was holding my breath for all 12 reps. Saw stars after.

485 was 10 lbs over my last full range single, which was in July. So a PR I guess, but still want to get the 505 in that crappy shirt.

Finished with:

JM presses 315 x 5, 325 x 5 (5 lb PR)

Laterals 4 x 10-20

Decline abs 3 x 15.

Going to do my best to deload, and start serious meet prep, with some environment changes, beginning next Monday.

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Nice numbers Big fella! Best Lifts will be in your meet!

859

sounds like you will get a chance to train with some strong fuckers. i’m very envious.

you have me looking over my shoulder. you are going to catch my bench if i’m not careful. i need to hit up your gym one day and sabatoge you during one of your training sessions.

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[quote]maraudermeat wrote:
sounds like you will get a chance to train with some strong fuckers. i’m very envious.

you have me looking over my shoulder. you are going to catch my bench if i’m not careful. i need to hit up your gym one day and sabatoge you during one of your training sessions. [/quote]

I’ll catch up with a superjacked shirt. And you won’t even see it coming.

LOL I am having an image of getting ready to bench and you suddenly coming out of the corner and yelliing ‘Miss! Miss!’ ala Caddyshack…