And now a 260 lb snatch grip deadlift. 5lb PR. PRs every time I do these right now.
But the real PR in my mind was that I managed to get in 3 cluster sets after the ramp. I love the “things are blacking out and I can barely walk” feeling from the cluster sets. Reminds me of my 20 rep squats.
Lorez ; It can’t be healthy to work that hard, LOL, of all the guys I follow here, I know your putting the work in, it’s like a snowball effect, at some point it starts building up, the weights start getting bigger, this gives you more size, this helps you lilft more, this gives you even more size, and so on, and so on. Once you get over that hump, it never gets easy, but atleast you start seeing the rewards, your almost there bud. goodstuff
Did it quite easily. Easily had another one (maybe 2) reps in me, but I didn’t want to risk any grinders. Lately, I’ve gotten a lot smarter about avoiding grinding out reps to feed my PR-hungry ego. Better to hit a small PR and not wreck my body/CNS in the process.
This is awesome, though. I should be damn near a 400lb squat any day now.
[quote]JamieAshe23 wrote:
With all the fuss from a long week ago I forgot to post a personal best off duty achievement, I stopped a child amber alert in my city and a second one with some buddies three days ago. There are important things in life to get jacked over and the real test is one’s response despite having all the knowledge one thinks is adequate, and making those decisions quickly without emotion. [/quote]
No you didn’t
Did it quite easily. Easily had another one (maybe 2) reps in me, but I didn’t want to risk any grinders. Lately, I’ve gotten a lot smarter about avoiding grinding out reps to feed my PR-hungry ego. Better to hit a small PR and not wreck my body/CNS in the process.
This is awesome, though. I should be damn near a 400lb squat any day now.[/quote]
Grats!
Heh, I should probably do the same. I grind squats out way too often.
Did it quite easily. Easily had another one (maybe 2) reps in me, but I didn’t want to risk any grinders. Lately, I’ve gotten a lot smarter about avoiding grinding out reps to feed my PR-hungry ego. Better to hit a small PR and not wreck my body/CNS in the process.
This is awesome, though. I should be damn near a 400lb squat any day now.[/quote]
Grats!
Heh, I should probably do the same. I grind squats out way too often.[/quote]
Thanks
Yeah, I’ve been really starting to come to the opinion that grinding out reps doesn’t really help. Once your form starts to break down, you’re not really training the same motor pattern as when you do it properly. You’re not stimulating the same muscle fibers and you’re reinforcing crappy form. Whatever potential rewards don’t really seem to outweigh the risk of injury and almost certain dampening of CNS/adrenal recovery.
That said, I think everybody should have the ABILITY to grind out reps if they need to. I got stuck at my sticking point in the squat for 4s (I watched the video and counted… several times) at my meet, but finished the lift to 3 whites, so I think I’m probably the king of grinding lol. Just not something that anybody should make a habit of doing often.
I totally agree with you Apoklyps, I’ve worked on holding myself back recently, and now instead of hitting a big PR then waiting weeks for another, I’m getting small ones every workout (except deadlifts because deadlifts suck).
170 push press
140 strict press
the presses were on accident too, as i was simply ramping up on power cleans and thought i would test it out
Sadly, no power clean pr… matched my old one, but i think i tried to make too big of a jump so i failed
Deadlift: 190kg x 6. Deadlifts are funny. I always seem to find I’m really strong with either really high rep stuff (8+) or heavy singles. But not so much when I’m working in the 2-7 rep range. Anybody else find this?
Chins: BW (83kg) x 14, bit of a kip on the last rep, but not nearly as bad as what you’d see in a Xfit gym lol.
[quote]Apoklyps wrote:
Just watched his vid yesterday for the first time. Was pleasantly surprised to find out that that’s exactly the same form I’ve found most effective.
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I really like the method of rolling the bar onto your shins. Once I got used to it, it’s a lot easier to set my back properly and load the weight onto my hamstrings and hip.
I also like how it has a sense of inevitability, if that makes any sense. When I used to just grab the bar and pull, I would sometimes just give up if the bar felt too heavy in my hands. Now, the very act of rolling the bar seems to just finalize in my mind that I’m about to lift something rather heavy off the ground, and it lets me really get into a zone. If I pulled the last rep of 320 like I normally did, I probably would have failed it because of grip. Now grip is not a factor at all, and this isn’t because of the chalk either. I can easily pull 315 off the ground without chalk now, and previously this felt bloody hard.
[quote]Apoklyps wrote:
Just watched his vid yesterday for the first time. Was pleasantly surprised to find out that that’s exactly the same form I’ve found most effective.
[/quote]
I really like the method of rolling the bar onto your shins. Once I got used to it, it’s a lot easier to set my back properly and load the weight onto my hamstrings and hip.
I also like how it has a sense of inevitability, if that makes any sense. When I used to just grab the bar and pull, I would sometimes just give up if the bar felt too heavy in my hands. Now, the very act of rolling the bar seems to just finalize in my mind that I’m about to lift something rather heavy off the ground, and it lets me really get into a zone. If I pulled the last rep of 320 like I normally did, I probably would have failed it because of grip. Now grip is not a factor at all, and this isn’t because of the chalk either. I can easily pull 315 off the ground without chalk now, and previously this felt bloody hard.
It’s a great feeling.[/quote]
Yes, I know what you mean about setting your back just right. I find that it really helps my hams and especially lats get nice and tight, which has the added side effect of pulling the slack out of the bar. So basically, it get me tighter than a 13-year old girl who does kegels.
[quote]Apoklyps wrote:
Just watched his vid yesterday for the first time. Was pleasantly surprised to find out that that’s exactly the same form I’ve found most effective.
[/quote]
I really like the method of rolling the bar onto your shins. Once I got used to it, it’s a lot easier to set my back properly and load the weight onto my hamstrings and hip.
I also like how it has a sense of inevitability, if that makes any sense. When I used to just grab the bar and pull, I would sometimes just give up if the bar felt too heavy in my hands. Now, the very act of rolling the bar seems to just finalize in my mind that I’m about to lift something rather heavy off the ground, and it lets me really get into a zone. If I pulled the last rep of 320 like I normally did, I probably would have failed it because of grip. Now grip is not a factor at all, and this isn’t because of the chalk either. I can easily pull 315 off the ground without chalk now, and previously this felt bloody hard.
It’s a great feeling.[/quote]
Yes, I know what you mean about setting your back just right. I find that it really helps my hams and especially lats get nice and tight, which has the added side effect of pulling the slack out of the bar. So basically, it get me tighter than a 13-year old girl who does kegels.
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[quote]Apoklyps wrote:
Just watched his vid yesterday for the first time. Was pleasantly surprised to find out that that’s exactly the same form I’ve found most effective.
[/quote]
I really like the method of rolling the bar onto your shins. Once I got used to it, it’s a lot easier to set my back properly and load the weight onto my hamstrings and hip.
I also like how it has a sense of inevitability, if that makes any sense. When I used to just grab the bar and pull, I would sometimes just give up if the bar felt too heavy in my hands. Now, the very act of rolling the bar seems to just finalize in my mind that I’m about to lift something rather heavy off the ground, and it lets me really get into a zone. If I pulled the last rep of 320 like I normally did, I probably would have failed it because of grip. Now grip is not a factor at all, and this isn’t because of the chalk either. I can easily pull 315 off the ground without chalk now, and previously this felt bloody hard.
It’s a great feeling.[/quote]
Yes, I know what you mean about setting your back just right. I find that it really helps my hams and especially lats get nice and tight, which has the added side effect of pulling the slack out of the bar. So basically, it get me tighter than a 13-year old girl who does kegels.
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officially kinda wierded out by that last line[/quote]
I believe it would sound less weird if it was not from a grown man. If it came from me, it would just be silly, and not weird.
Pr’s:
235X2 narrow grip floor pres
75’sX10 DB bench press
Bench (comp): 95kg x 6
DB bench (flat): got the 70s for 13 reps. Not too bad for my 5th working set and 2nd time doing them in over a year.
Alt DB curl: 50lbs x 6
