Congratz on the PR, OP. Great work. And way to keep after it.
I get the same mental block thing. If the weight makes you nervous it seems to add 100 lbs.
Thanks guys - I’m pretty stoked.
Just realized this puts my raw total over 1K for the first time.
Great PR. Way to attack it the second time.
[quote]Oldman Powers wrote:
Harry - You inspired the swimming. I found myself doing lots of windmills during warmup and while benching. Finally dawned on me I should be swimming. I’m a little dense sometimes.
Jack - You are right about the consistency part. If you know alignments, body type really doesn’t matter. All that matters is controlling the clubshaft (keeping it on plane), the clubhead (releasing it at the right time), and clubface (allowing it to roll or intentionally restricting roll). All of this while keeping a flat left wrist through impact.
Body type is most concerned with keeping the clubshaft on plane, but again its all geometric alignments that you can see and trace if you know how. The clubshaft must always lie flat on an inclined plane that extends into the ground and it stays there from release to follow through. That’s why you need an inside/out impact. The flatter the plane, the more inside/out, the steeper - less.
That’ll be $50 please.
MP Day
BW 194
Warmups - Bar x some ungodly number of reps.
65 x 10
90 x 10
Working sets:
135 x 3
155 x 3
175 x 6 (+1 Rep PR)
205 x 0
195 x 1
185 x 3
135 x 14
Dips:
BW x 10
+45 x 10
+90 x 10
+115 x 8
Curlz:
45 x 10
75 x 10
95 x 10
105 x 8
Lat Pull Downs - A bunch
Ab Raises - Not enough
Swimming - bunch of laps
Wanted to test 205 today and although it didn’t feel too bad unracking, it only moved about 4 inches. I might have been able to push press it but maybe next time. The 195 went up pretty well but noticed I didn’t have much left at lockout.
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Nice work. I had the same prob last time I tried 205. 195 flew up. Didn’t rest long enough and 205 went about the same distance…4in. See you at the races!!
[quote]ecogenx wrote:
I get the same mental block thing. If the weight makes you nervous it seems to add 100 lbs.[/quote]
x2 This seems to be the common solution around here to this problem. I did it to get my bench past 300 again. That was my mental block. Went 285, 295, 305…skipped right over it and it went up smooth. Skip did the same as well, skipping 350 and doing 355.
Bench Day
BW 190 - Haven’t been eating as much lately.
Warmup:
bar
135 x 10
135 x 10
185 x 8
225 x 5
Working Sets:
245 x 5
275 x 3
300 x 3
315 x 1
245 x 8
Didn’t want any fries with the burger today.
fries or no fries - 300x3 on the bench is lookin’ pretty good!
300x3! Great work, OP. Strong benching!
[quote]Oldman Powers wrote:
Thanks guys - I’m pretty stoked.
Just realized this puts my raw total over 1K for the first time.[/quote]
Good job man
Great work!
Good job on the bench and on hittin 1K. I HOPE to be there somtime around November, if things keep going the way they are.
Thanks guys for checking in and the props. I do appreciate it.
If I’d checked my logs closer I would have realized that I already did 300 x 3 and I could have pushed for a rep PR. I guess I’m losing it, but at least I’m not going backwards…yet.
Getting weary of not making progress on the bench, but it may be good that I’m building a base to work from.
Shooting for 1100 raw max total by year end. Hope you pass me up UN!
Squats:
BW 192
Warmup to 245
255 x 3
295 x 3
325 x 2
275 x 5
275 x 3
Lots of calve presses and ab raises
12 laps swimming
I’m really beat and not sure why. Probably my unemployement situation has something to do with it. I had in my head to do 325 x 5 but just about stalled on the second rep. The weird thing is I never fail on a rep except deads. Even benching. I won’t allow myself to fail even though I have safety bars up. I need to learn to fail because I’ll never know if I can squeeze off one more rep.
Fear of Failure - Sounds like a new thread title.
Flatlining on squats and bench - At least my deadlift is moving.
Nice work. We all have those days. I had one myself.
Actually, that does sound like a good log title.
MP Day
BW 192
Standing Military Press
Warmups to 135
145 x 5
175 x 3
205 x 1 (PR)
215 x 0
185 x 3
155 x 8
Dips:
BW x 20
BW x 20
BW x 15
Lat Pulls
135 x 20
155 x 10
195 x 8
195 x 5
155 x 8
Swimming 20 minutes
Called it a cycle. Time to deload.
Had 10 hours sleep and was in a raging pissed mood when I got to the gym. The first 205 went up surprisingly fast and I should have went for a double. So I rested a few minutes and tried 215. She didn’t budge much. I dropped to 185 and was set to go for 5 but got light headed again and started wobbling. I’ve got to figure out how to breath on these. Can’t go into it with a full tank of air and a tight belt. Wears me out when that happens.
Damn it. An easy 205. I got work to do.
Good pressing! How much of a PR is that? I’m trying to guesstimate whether I can catch and pass you.
Thanks Guys. I think it was mental - I was really psych’d - more so than I’ve been in a long time. I was raging mad and just took it out on the bar. Wish I could bottle that when needed.
It was a 10lb PR from about a month ago (edit - found it - May 20). But my 1RM calculator has had me at 205 for a while.
I’m guesstimating it will be late this year before 225 goes up.
You shouldn’t have any trouble passing me and I hope you do. I mean come’on bino, your already there. So is Rug and Jack.
Nice MP pr. Do you guys do them standing or seated?