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Thanks Ink, i appreciate that bud. Gonna keep workin on my weaknesses and do my best to allow my hamstring/glute tiein injury that i’ve been dealing with for about 10 months to heal. Once my insurance kicks in this fall for school, i’m going to seriously consider seeing a doctor about it to see what exactly it could be.

Leg training: This week will be a bit of deload, that sorta started this last thursday. I strained my neck in one of those fluke instances. No issues today though.

Squats against bands:13510,13510, added the red long bands, 1355,2253,3153,3153,3153 walked out 4951 no belt for these, still have a hard time keeping the chest up at bottom.

Front squat holds:31520secs,31520secs,40515secs, 40510secs

Front squats:1355,1355,2252,2252 Tried the straps olympic hold, form was pathetic. Weight is light, but my elbows drop too easily.

Tri set of leg press:40012,60010,60010,60010

machine leg extensions:10015,14512,14512,14512

And HS seated leg curls:2515,4515,9012,9012

Lying leg curls:6015,6015,6015,6015

With adductor and abductor machines for active rest:4sets*15

Finished with 52.5lb dumbell swings for 50 reps, went 20,10,10,10

Done, going to go a little lighter overall this week and hopefully i get my new belt by end of week and i can start work in my briefs. I got a new pair of metal pro briefs i want to break in.

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lurking

hi.

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Hi MiM. :slight_smile:

Bench training: Deloadish using reverse bands, will start another round with reverse bands next week.

Bench:bar20,bar20,added bands13510,13510,22510,24510,265*12 Definitely had more in me, kept it a about 5 short of failure. Used my red long bands.

Incline db press:6510,7510,8510 dropset 4515 all slow controlled contractions, pecs were burning.

Triset of band pushups:bw10,bw10,bw10,bw10

Then db flys:3012,3012,3012,30*12 slow controlled contractions, slight pause at bottom.

Then incline db flys:2512,2512,2512,2512 pecs were on fire, could barely do the last 4 reps.

Sideways incline hs press single arm:4512,7010, 45*12

Done, pecs were pumped up and my shoulders felt pretty good.

New powerlifting motivation video

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Thanks for posting that vid man, it’s awesome. Oh, and thanks for killing mah log! Didn’t you kill my last one too?

Nice chest session man, makes me tired just reading it. ‘Deload’ my ass, haha

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Picture of my new belt i got last week. ^

Well it turned into a prolonged deload for me last week and into this week. I took my car in to get the head gaskets replaced, turned out i had two cracks on them and the shop had to specialty order the parts so instead of two days without a car it stretched into a full week.

Legs and back training:

Squats:bar10,13510,1355,2255,3153,4052 Everything felt pretty easy, although i think i was a little high on some of the squats

Good mornings:13510,13510,2255,2255

Romanion deads:13510,13510,13510,13510

HS lat pulldowns:1pps10,2pps10,3pps10,3pps10

The trainers had left the prowler out so i took advantage of that.

4 trips with with 8 total plates down and back(approx 25 yards per down and back) my last trip i had 12 total plates down and back. total of 5 trips.

Done, i have a sense of peace i haven’t had for a full week. Felt good to get back in the gym. School started this week as well so trying to find the best times that i can get in the gym. Going to go back to doing squats and deads on the same day, followed by bench day, then back and deadlift accessories, and a shoulders and arm day. That will allow me to put in the time to be able to do suited squat training on sundays and spend the 2 hours or so for that.

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new belt encircling hoagies?? nice!

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Welcome back bro, glad you got your car fixed up and you’re back to smashing the weights.

LWI!

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Mim you got it, some mesquite turkey with swiss, regular mayo, bunch of lettuce and honey mustard.

Ink that’s the goal. Can’t wait till next week, i’m going to try out my metal pro briefs and my blast shirt i got.

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Upper body mixed training:

Bench against light chains:bar10,bar10,13510,1355,2255,2255 chains added about 25lbs

Fat bar military press:bar10,955,955,1355,135*5 The bar is a maguivered pvc pipe covering over the bar, about as big around as a tennis ball.

Tri set of db side laterals:1510,1510,1510,1510

and rear laterals:2510,2510,2510,2510

and db shrugs7010,7010,70*10

Superset of overhead rope extensions and ez bar cable cursls:3sets of 10 back to back no rest.

Tire strikes with the 20lb sledge, 4 sets of 5 with top hand alternated for each set.

Done, going to work in my metal briefs on sunday and do deads and legs.

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Squats and deads training: Tried to break in my new metal pro briefs and i was a mile high on the squats, but i’ll add more weight next week and i should be a little closer. I’m also still breaking in my belt as well, and that is why i have it out like i did in the video. I also need a few holes drilled so i can get it tighter. These briefs are much nicer on the legs and hips as well, they don’t bite nearly as bad as my centurian briefs do as well.

Squats:13510,1355, put briefs on and belt, 13552or3 sets, maybe an inch or two down for each rep, 2255, 3153,4053 by now i was starting to get down a little farther and the briefs were almost all the way on,4953(vid), as i said above they were still a ways from parallel, but closer. Will put more weight on next week and should get a little closer. Walked out 585*1, did not get tight enough at the start and as result my chest collapsed and it was much harder than it needed to be.

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Deads:1355,2253,3152,4052, no belt or straps, felt okay, focused hard on pulling back rather than standing or “squatting” it which i feel has led me to stifflegging it too much. I will be doing more rack or block pull work on wednsday.

Romanion deads:13510,13510,225*10

Super set of leg extensions:10010,14510,14510,14510

And seated HS leg curls:4510,9010,9010,9010

Done, stretched out and done. Going try and get in my blast shirt tomorrow night and see how that goes. I can get it most of the way on fairly easily, just wary of not being able to get it off very easily. Should be a fun experiment though.

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Do you think opening your stance a bit would allow you to sit back into the “depth zone” easier?

Looking forward to seeing how the shirted bench works out!

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Ink, i was already a few inches wider than i normally squat raw. I think i was wide enough, but thanks for the tip though. I think i just need more weight because i was able to get more depth as i added more weight. I know that was what it took with my centurian briefs and suit, it took at least 500lbs for me to reach depth. We’ll see how it goes in the coming weeks as well.

Bench training: Well getting in my blast shirt was a failure. I think i’m too big for the shirt i got. It was fairly easy to get on with a little help and fairly easy to get off with a little help, but it doesn’t come down far enough(there were several inches from bottom of shirt and my waistband area), and it felt like a rope around my chest as well. Maybe that second part is how it is supposed to be, not sure though. I will probably try at least once more to get it to work because i know it is supposed to fit tightly. Oh well, at best it was 40 well spent, at worst a 40 experiment.

Bench:13510,1355, tried the shirt on but scrapped trying any weight with it, 1855,2251,1,1, 2751,1, 13550ish give or take.

Incline hs press dropset:3pps10 drop2pps10 drop1pps*12

Done, was kindof in a hurry to get the workout in before work, so just spent most of my focus on bench. I think i might have to switch bench with shoulders and arms for fridays though. Kinda forgot that mondays is international bench day. Whoops.

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Block pulling: Setup on the stepups for today, probably 3-4 inches up.

Block pulls:1355,1355,2253,3153,4053,4953 Going to work on increasing my weights doing doubles and triples from this height.

Db rows:6010,11010 draped the chains on the db approx 125*15

Pulldowns:7010,12010,16010,20010

10 cycles of a tireflip followed by 2 keg slams, tireflip followed by 2 keg slams, all that counting as one cycle. Did that ten times through. I had limited space today because the gym was a bit busy, so just did one flip.

Done, i felt pretty good today. The pulls felt good for the first time in about a month.

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Shoulders and arms: Upper back and traps were really sore and stiff, so i just did rep work.

Warm ups:medicine ball throws with like 10-15 lbs or something for 2 sets of 5 throws straight up.

Fat bar military press:bar10,9510,955,1355,155*9(vid, thought i got ten, but i miscounted)

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Superset of cable laterals and db curls. 4 sets of 10-15reps

Superset of tricep cable pushdowns and db rear laterals. 4 sets of 8-10 reps for each exercise.

Done, got squats and deads on sunday. Can’t wait for the pain.

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Squats and deads training: I’m going to try to start saying “Let’s Roll” more often, those dudes and dudettes are fucking awesome!

Squats:13510,1355, put briefs on, 1355 partials,2253 partials, 3153 partials, 4053 still way high, 4951 prolly much like last weeks as far as height, 5452(vid, still high, but looks a little bit closer than last week), Walkout 635*1 walked out, held for about 30 secs and walked back in.

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Deficit deads:1355,2253,3153,<these sets were all using two mats like those in the video, probably should’ve stuck with those in hindsight. put a third mat in 4051(vid, i failed three or four times due to grip and oil can like bar and the awkwardness of the movement) I will do these again next week but with lighter weights and for a few more reps per set.

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Romanion deads:22510,22510,225*10

Superset of leg press:40010,60010,800*12

And Hs seated leg curls:4520,9010,135*8 I went a bit too heavy on the last set, i was using too much momentum.

Done, overall a decent session. My right hamstring has been feeling better lately, so hopefully that is finally on the mend.

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Bench training:

Reverse band bench:bar10,bar10,added bands 13510,1355,1855,2253,3153,3653,4053(vid) took bands off 22515

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Incline db press:8510,858,85*6

Cable crossovers:4 sets of 10

Jm presses:7510,11510,1654 Standing Overhead ex bar extensions:11510

Rope extensions:4*10

Done

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Reverse band bench looked wicked easy bro, nice work. Deficit pulls are a funky feeling exercise, aren’t they? You still got about 4" to break parallel on those squats, but you know that you’re high. Looks like you had no trouble coming out of the hole on them, and LWI like it was nothing. You’ll be squatting over 9000 to the floor in no time man.

Got any meets lined up in the future?

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Thanks Ink, next week i’m going to go for around 600 for a single. That should put me really close to parallel.

As far as meets, i’m not sure right now. There aren’t very many around here. The next one that i am aware of is in march. That one would be a push pull meet. I dont know yet, but if i can find a full meet that is fairly close and i have the time to do it, that would be hard to pass up if i’m healthy.

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Back training: I got a fucking cramp through my R serratus/rhomboid and lat region earlier today. I hate those fucking things, makes it hard to breath or do much of anything with my back. I had shit to do for training so i blocked it out of my head with the knowledge that i would either feel much worse after or much better. I feel much better.

Block pulls:1355,1353,2253,3153,4052,4951,525*2(vid)

525 vid

Lat pulldowns:8020,12012,160*10 Every rep hurt like hell.

Close grip cable rows:1/2stack10,3/4stack10,full stack*10 Not trying to be funny here, there actually are no weight labels.

Done, stretched out and felt much better. The ladies were having their bootcamp thing, so i didn’t have enough room in there to do tire flips, also wanted to cut it there so i didn’t push my back cramp thing too far. As i said above it feels much better now though.

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Squat and deads training:Didn’t quite get to parallel, but got a little closer than last time.

Squats:13510,1355 put briefs on, 1355,2255,3155,4053,4951, put knee wraps on 5451, knee wraps on 5851(vid, still high, but a little closer) 6751 walkout(vid if you want to see what it looked like)

585 high squat skip to 50secs

675 walkout if you want to see it(yeah i need to work on my walkout, i still take too many steps, especially with heavy weight.) skip to 40 secs

Front squat holds:22515secs,31515secs,31515secs,31515secs

Deficit deads:1355, narrowed my stance a bit,2255,3155,3155 I used chalk today, and i did mostly double overhand grip, but on the last set i reset between each rep and did some double overhand and also mixed grip. I also stayed at the 2 mat height.

Romanion deads:22510,22510,225*10

Superset of leg press:40012,60012,800*12

And hs seated leg curls:4512,7012,9012,9012

Done, my back cramp/spasm thing has left my upper lats, serratus area really tight. No pain, just tight. I was really run down last friday so i didn’t get to the gym. No excuses, got to get it done.