You are entirely right in your thinking Ms Kimba. Please tell Dave impressive benching, for a youngun. Your pullups at a body weight of 255 are equally impressive.
You’re getting so big and strong. If you have any questions about lifting just ask me, ok.
Very strong bench, meat. You give me something to shoot for in 10 years. 
Happy New Year Meat! And thanks for the freebies last year.
Still working on deadlift your bench max, only now it’s 520…sigh
Man I gotta get new lifting partners. Great lifts to both of you.
Fischer
thanks for all the well wishes and positive comments.
I’m starting to get psyched about the bench meet this weekend. It’s a long time coming but i’m going to crush that 500lb meet barrier. i’ve missed 515 twice in meets now. time to break through it.
[quote]maraudermeat wrote:
thanks for all the well wishes and positive comments.
I’m starting to get psyched about the bench meet this weekend. It’s a long time coming but i’m going to crush that 500lb meet barrier. i’ve missed 515 twice in meets now. time to break through it. [/quote]
from seeing all your videos you are gonna smoke what ever weight you put on the bar.
ps. im lovin the sumo platform, i might have to run to the hardware store. 
[quote]maraudermeat wrote:
thanks for all the well wishes and positive comments.
I’m starting to get psyched about the bench meet this weekend. It’s a long time coming but i’m going to crush that 500lb meet barrier. i’ve missed 515 twice in meets now. time to break through it. [/quote]
Not this time. You’re coming in with no pulled abs, no cracked ribs and no smashed hands. You’re healthy and powerful for this meet.
Kick some ass this weekend, Meat! Break on through to the other side of 500!
[quote]aceshigh92 wrote:
[quote]maraudermeat wrote:
thanks for all the well wishes and positive comments.
I’m starting to get psyched about the bench meet this weekend. It’s a long time coming but i’m going to crush that 500lb meet barrier. i’ve missed 515 twice in meets now. time to break through it. [/quote]
from seeing all your videos you are gonna smoke what ever weight you put on the bar.
ps. im lovin the sumo platform, i might have to run to the hardware store. :D[/quote]
thanks.
the platform was easy to build and has held up really well in a commercial gym full of dumbasses.
You are making it too hard on yourself. Just reach into that closet, grab that RageX that I know is in there, and put the damn thing on. Then you will smash that 500 in your warm ups:) I don’t know why you have to be so so difficult. It could make it all better. Join me…
j/k, kinda. Good luck at the meet.
Smash that shit!!!
you have head a great training cycle
relatively No injuries, I smell a big PR
or something else
lower night- okay night. going to make a change starting next week. i’m going to put heavy squats on the back burner and concentrate on deads for two cycles. all squat work will be as a supplement to the deadlift. we will probably do some high rep quad work on accessory day but it won’t be spine loading stuff.
sumo deficit pulls against bands
135x6
225x6
315x4
405x2
495x2
545xmiss- this would have been a 20lb PR… the miss was all technique. i’m still working on my timing. what i’ve been doing is setting up and then i sit back into the lift. once i hit that position i go right into the pull. all my sets leading up to it went really smooth. as fate would have it,as i started to sit back i started pulling before i got all the way back. it immediately put the weight in front of me. i shut it down and moved on to front squats. i’ll be changing things up next week to get more work in. we will be doing two dead variations followed by supplemental work.
front squats- all of these sets felt light. my lower back felt a bit fatigued on the 425 set but still pretty light.
0x10
135x6
225x6
315x3
365x3
425x3 +20lb PR
rest pause calf hell- this was very very painful
seated calf raise
some x 100 rest/pause
standing calf raise
some x 100 rest/pause
toe presses on leg press
some x 100 rest/pause
that’s it until the meet on saturday.
Nice work. I hate missing a lift, especially due to something stupid, like being sick, or a technicality. I always debate whether or not to try again. That calve work looks brutal. I am starting to try and add as much calve work as possible back in because a) they are the smallest they have been in years and b) I have some vanity about them, because at one point I got them to nearly the 21 inch mark. Now I think they are 18 and a half or something. Just looks wierd to look down and see them so small.
[quote]PeteS wrote:
Nice work. I hate missing a lift, especially due to something stupid, like being sick, or a technicality. I always debate whether or not to try again. That calve work looks brutal. I am starting to try and add as much calve work as possible back in because a) they are the smallest they have been in years and b) I have some vanity about them, because at one point I got them to nearly the 21 inch mark. Now I think they are 18 and a half or something. Just looks wierd to look down and see them so small. [/quote]
my fucking calves are killing me… damn… i’m going to start doing rest/pause on all my calf work. straight sets aren’t intense enough.
you’ve had 21 inch calves… holy shit. my calves have been close to 20 at my fattest:).
i want the strength of a powerlifter but the calves of a bodybuilder.
on a side note, i feel the need to start a weekly section dedicated to the douchbaggery that goes on in the bodybuilding forum. it’s like a whole different world over there. you would think that section was full of national level bodybuilders with how they cut on folks. i like to go over there to get a good laugh. today i was over there reading about this teenage bodybuilder who posted some of his bodybuilding training vids. they tore him to shreds. now the kid is only 18 and with a better physique than 99% of those guys and more competiion experience than any of them.
MM- I changed up my calf work a while ago, doing them twice a week (one seated at one gym, in the LP at the other). The 2 biggest things were: 1) very slow reps, deep stretch at bottom, hold at top, and 2) RP on last set or two (but not on all sets like you).
I’ve been walking funny ever since!
I did my legs 2 nights ago, but woke up this morning with what feels like daggers in my calves.
Incidentally, you are the front squat KING!
[quote]SteelyD wrote:
MM- I changed up my calf work a while ago, doing them twice a week (one seated at one gym, in the LP at the other). The 2 biggest things were: 1) very slow reps, deep stretch at bottom, hold at top, and 2) RP on last set or two (but not on all sets like you).
I’ve been walking funny ever since!
I did my legs 2 nights ago, but woke up this morning with what feels like daggers in my calves.
Incidentally, you are the front squat KING![/quote]
i agree with you. the biggest mistake most people make on calf work is they do that bouncing half rep crap. all they are doing with that is working the achilles tendon. you have to get a good stretch and a good contraction at the top. that’s why i’ve started doing rest/pause sets. once i can’t get a full ROM rep with a hard contraction, i stop for a moment and then go right back to it. i find that if i do straight sets that after a few sets i can’t get a hard contraction anymore. the lactic acid and pump basically make it impossible to do anymore work. now, i hit it hard and fast…get the work in and then i’m done.
thanks. front squats are going on the back burner for awhile to get my deadlift numbers respectible again.
Looking forward to some PR-breaking, kickass videos from your meet.
Luck is the crutch of the unprepared, so no good lucks from me, just an internet face slap!
At your level its more mental than anything. You know you are physically ready so it’s all between your ears. Visualize whatever you need to and you’ll blow the number away.
Best of Luck.
Biggest calves I have ever seen have been on guys who work at marinas in northern climbs where the tide makes it necessary to walk up and down steep ramps for a good part of the day.
Kick some ass at the meet!