[quote]ape288 wrote:
Yeahhhh Koing weighted chins are boss.[/quote]
Bright Weightlifting has is doing a lift of the quarter and it is the current lift. Last was the back squat which I didn’t bother with…bro did 160 or 165 at 77 and no one in the country beat him lol. He also did 35kg weighted at 77kg. Really surprised at how strong he is! I don’t think I’ve ever seen him do any weighted EVER…so in the past 6yrs.
I’m pretty sure I did 45kg when I was 85kg about 5-7yrs ago.
Koing
[quote]Koing wrote:
[quote]ape288 wrote:
Yeahhhh Koing weighted chins are boss.[/quote]
Bright Weightlifting has is doing a lift of the quarter and it is the current lift. Last was the back squat which I didn’t bother with…bro did 160 or 165 at 77 and no one in the country beat him lol. He also did 35kg weighted at 77kg. Really surprised at how strong he is! I don’t think I’ve ever seen him do any weighted EVER…so in the past 6yrs.
I’m pretty sure I did 45kg when I was 85kg about 5-7yrs ago.
Koing[/quote]
I love doing weighted chins man. In fact, I was doing some today and my damn dip belt snapped. I’m just lucky the plates didn’t land on my toes lol, but now I need to buy a new dip belt =(
I tried holding a dumbbell between my ankles but I couldn’t hold enough weight that way.
I haven’t done those for a while but if I recall correctly I managed ONE rep with a 25lb plate weighing 58kg =D My belt wasn’t made for it though and it will likely break if I do them for more than that (if I actually could lol pullups are much harder weighing 65kg, even without weight)
[quote]Koing wrote:
[quote]NewWorldMan wrote:
[quote]Koing wrote:
[quote]NewWorldMan wrote:
[quote]Koing wrote:
Are you going to cut weight?
Koing[/quote]
Yes, I will lift as a 105. If I can hit 107 by next Wednesday, I’ll be in good shape - been there, done that![/quote]
Aight.
Cutting weight for a small comp seems pointless to me 
Man gone are the days I’ve had to cut weight LOL.
Koing[/quote]
I typically only cut for meets 2x/year (Jan/Feb and July at York). I didn’t lift at York, so this will be my other ‘make weight’ meet. I lifted at 110 in December and April. I REALLY need to get down to about 102/103 and the grow back into a 105.
You just wait until you’re 41 young man see where your weight is before you say ‘gone are the days’ for cutting 
Oh - snatch: worked up to 84 and then back up to 83 (from 74)the 2nd wave felt much snappier - probably more warmed up.
Cnj - hit 112 2 times and then back up to 110. The 100,106, and first 112 felt on the razor’s edge - probably not recovered from Saturday. That’s ok. I will have and easier workout Wednesday and then have at it Saturday.
clean +2 fs @ 115
fs 122.5/3;132/2 (got bent over on the 2nd rep so not a chance at the 3rd)
some weighted back extensions and hanging from chin bar.
108.5 weigh in.
onward and upward…[/quote]
I meant that I don’t cut anymore as I’ve been moving up fro the 94s to 105 since November last year so I don’t need to cut 
There is no way I’ll need to cut for the 105 for years if ever. The most I got up to was 101.x evening weight so 99kg morning weight. I’m down to about 94.x or 95s at the moment. I was 96.4 evening weight.
Koing[/quote]
I swear I could be 75+ if I let myself. I struggle to stay within a couple kilos of 63 but I do because I think I’m too old to be carrying too much weight but I would love to eat my way to 75 or more. I’ve been pretty close to 69 at times.
[quote]debraD wrote:
I swear I could be 75+ if I let myself. I struggle to stay within a couple kilos of 63 but I do because I think I’m too old to be carrying too much weight but I would love to eat my way to 75 or more. I’ve been pretty close to 69 at times.
[/quote]
I feel SO MUCH bigger when I’m 99…at 95 I feel a lot smaller but I’m a decent amount leaner.
Going to do some sprint work tomorrow so it’ll be interesting how I fair being lighter. 40M x 5 lengths, 5-8mins recovery. This will be after an Oly session.
Koing
[quote]ape288 wrote:
[quote]Koing wrote:
[quote]ape288 wrote:
Yeahhhh Koing weighted chins are boss.[/quote]
Bright Weightlifting has is doing a lift of the quarter and it is the current lift. Last was the back squat which I didn’t bother with…bro did 160 or 165 at 77 and no one in the country beat him lol. He also did 35kg weighted at 77kg. Really surprised at how strong he is! I don’t think I’ve ever seen him do any weighted EVER…so in the past 6yrs.
I’m pretty sure I did 45kg when I was 85kg about 5-7yrs ago.
Koing[/quote]
I love doing weighted chins man. In fact, I was doing some today and my damn dip belt snapped. I’m just lucky the plates didn’t land on my toes lol, but now I need to buy a new dip belt =(
I tried holding a dumbbell between my ankles but I couldn’t hold enough weight that way.
[/quote]
Going to do weighted chins twice a week. Once will be max weight, one will be 2-3reps for a few sets if that.
Koing
[quote]Koing wrote:
[quote]ape288 wrote:
[quote]Koing wrote:
[quote]ape288 wrote:
Yeahhhh Koing weighted chins are boss.[/quote]
Bright Weightlifting has is doing a lift of the quarter and it is the current lift. Last was the back squat which I didn’t bother with…bro did 160 or 165 at 77 and no one in the country beat him lol. He also did 35kg weighted at 77kg. Really surprised at how strong he is! I don’t think I’ve ever seen him do any weighted EVER…so in the past 6yrs.
I’m pretty sure I did 45kg when I was 85kg about 5-7yrs ago.
Koing[/quote]
I love doing weighted chins man. In fact, I was doing some today and my damn dip belt snapped. I’m just lucky the plates didn’t land on my toes lol, but now I need to buy a new dip belt =(
I tried holding a dumbbell between my ankles but I couldn’t hold enough weight that way.
[/quote]
Going to do weighted chins twice a week. Once will be max weight, one will be 2-3reps for a few sets if that.
Koing[/quote]
Nice, go for it, man. I’ve done 60kg, but I don’t have much of my own body weight to pull up so lol. I had 46kg on my belt yesterday when it snapped. At least it didn’t happen until after the 3rd set lol. I usually stick to 3 reps also. 5 at the very most.
Snatch
bar
40 3/3
45 2
50 1/1
55 1
60 1
65 1
68 xx
Clean and Jerk
bar
50 2
60 2
70 1/1
80 1
85 1
90 1
95 1 [barely stood up]
101 x clean [not racked properly, forward; PR attempt]
101 x clean [not racked properly, forward; PR attempt]
Front Squat
50 3
70 3
80 2
90 2
100 1
105 1 [missed this wednesday]
90 3/3/3
I can feel a clean and jerk PR coming soon.
068
24/08/2012
FS 165x3 ; 3rd rep was insane but I got it
Cn
140
160x sh1t myself and only pulled it
160x racked it but couldn’t squat up
150
Abs
Koing
[quote]ape288 wrote:
[quote]Koing wrote:
[quote]ape288 wrote:
[quote]Koing wrote:
[quote]ape288 wrote:
Yeahhhh Koing weighted chins are boss.[/quote]
Bright Weightlifting has is doing a lift of the quarter and it is the current lift. Last was the back squat which I didn’t bother with…bro did 160 or 165 at 77 and no one in the country beat him lol. He also did 35kg weighted at 77kg. Really surprised at how strong he is! I don’t think I’ve ever seen him do any weighted EVER…so in the past 6yrs.
I’m pretty sure I did 45kg when I was 85kg about 5-7yrs ago.
Koing[/quote]
I love doing weighted chins man. In fact, I was doing some today and my damn dip belt snapped. I’m just lucky the plates didn’t land on my toes lol, but now I need to buy a new dip belt =(
I tried holding a dumbbell between my ankles but I couldn’t hold enough weight that way.
[/quote]
Going to do weighted chins twice a week. Once will be max weight, one will be 2-3reps for a few sets if that.
Koing[/quote]
Nice, go for it, man. I’ve done 60kg, but I don’t have much of my own body weight to pull up so lol. I had 46kg on my belt yesterday when it snapped. At least it didn’t happen until after the 3rd set lol. I usually stick to 3 reps also. 5 at the very most.[/quote]
60kg is insane! What bw was that at? You must be near doing a one arm pull up?
Koing
[quote]Koing wrote:
60kg is insane! What bw was that at? You must be near doing a one arm pull up?
Koing[/quote]
I was probably 71-72kg at the time. It was a few months ago, but my chinning strength hasn’t gotten any weaker since then.
I tried doing a one arm chin up once, but I guess my abs are so weak that I just couldn’t stop my body from twisting around lol. I’m pretty sure if somebody held my body stable that I could probably pull myself up with one arm haha.
[quote]ape288 wrote:
[quote]Koing wrote:
60kg is insane! What bw was that at? You must be near doing a one arm pull up?
Koing[/quote]
I was probably 71-72kg at the time. It was a few months ago, but my chinning strength hasn’t gotten any weaker since then.
I tried doing a one arm chin up once, but I guess my abs are so weak that I just couldn’t stop my body from twisting around lol. I’m pretty sure if somebody held my body stable that I could probably pull myself up with one arm haha.
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Nice. Your abs can’t be that weak mate…you squat a decent amount it’s wrist strength to stop yourself from spinning around when you hang with one arm.
Side note: Dropping 4kg is an absolute shocker on your squat strength! It’s gone down the sh!tter! It’s f0cking crazy…2months ago I hit 181x3, 182x2 missed the 3rd rep, 191! FFS. Then for some reason I was on a downwards spiral after that even before the weight loss…2 weeks at the Olympics = 2kg weight loss due to running about a lot and not eating as much food as I normally do…now I can barely hit 165x3…I was hitting 170x3 as a MINIMUM on the Sunday…most I’ve tripled is 167…this is insane…the only savng grace is you can see my abs now at 95kg…but it’s f0cking BS as I feel weak as f0ck…going to have to grind myself out of this.
one week out from meet
hit s .5kg PR on my snatch @ 88kg (missed 85 then made it then made 88) missed 91 (per coach bar slowed down around my knees - didn’t get it high enough)
took my cnj opener 3 times - missed the jerk, pressed it out, then made it.
3 front squat singles 120/1,1; 125/1
Gotta get the legs rested up - I can feel it in the clean recoveries/jerks.
Snatch
bar 3
40 3
45 2
50 1
55 1
60 1
67 1
70 1
76 1 [+1kg PR]
80 x
Front Squat
50 3
70 3
80 2
90 1
100 1
106 1 [barely]
92 3/3/3
[and yes, I do make a crazy yell again on the snatch pr. oops]
[quote]Koing wrote:
[quote]ape288 wrote:
[quote]Koing wrote:
60kg is insane! What bw was that at? You must be near doing a one arm pull up?
Koing[/quote]
I was probably 71-72kg at the time. It was a few months ago, but my chinning strength hasn’t gotten any weaker since then.
I tried doing a one arm chin up once, but I guess my abs are so weak that I just couldn’t stop my body from twisting around lol. I’m pretty sure if somebody held my body stable that I could probably pull myself up with one arm haha.
[/quote]
Nice. Your abs can’t be that weak mate…you squat a decent amount it’s wrist strength to stop yourself from spinning around when you hang with one arm.
Side note: Dropping 4kg is an absolute shocker on your squat strength! It’s gone down the sh!tter! It’s f0cking crazy…2months ago I hit 181x3, 182x2 missed the 3rd rep, 191! FFS. Then for some reason I was on a downwards spiral after that even before the weight loss…2 weeks at the Olympics = 2kg weight loss due to running about a lot and not eating as much food as I normally do…now I can barely hit 165x3…I was hitting 170x3 as a MINIMUM on the Sunday…most I’ve tripled is 167…this is insane…the only savng grace is you can see my abs now at 95kg…but it’s f0cking BS as I feel weak as f0ck…going to have to grind myself out of this.[/quote]
That makes sense. My wrists are usually pretty beat up, and probably not all that strong.
Just keep edging out a kilo or 2 every couple weeks man. Strength that you’ve lost comes back quick. I had a nagging muscle strain in my lower back that kept me from squatting for like a month, and I also lost like 5kg bw. BS peaked at 205kg. In my last squat session before I decided it was time to stop I missed 170kg. All my other lifts took a huge divebomb as well. So I stopped doing most of them for like 5-6 weeks and did mostly only sled dragging to let my back heal.
Now I’m on the comeback trail. Jerked 140kg a few weeks ago. This week I hit an easy 185kg BS at 69 bw. Also hit 175x2x2. And 168kg for 5x3. PS 95kg yesterday and PC 110 today. I felt weak as shit for over a month, but now my strength is coming back quick and I feel great. I just have to be careful not to overdo it and aggravate the strain.
I guess the moral of the story is try not to let it get to you because you know there’s a light at the end of the tunnel haha. Easier said than done, I know.
@NewWorldMan - good luck in your comp.
@1llusion - it still looks to me like you just need to get your feet out a bit wider, especially on the clean.
[quote]ape288 wrote:
@1llusion - it still looks to me like you just need to get your feet out a bit wider, especially on the clean. [/quote]
Definitely agree with you here. I’ve been working on getting my feet wider but I just don’t have the flexibility at the moment. That is currently something I’ve been working on though, since widening my stance has helped me snatch more consistently.
It’s really time for me to worry about getting stronger though, with these numbers there isn’t much room to grow:
Back Squat 120
Front Squat 111
Clean and Jerk 100
Snatch 76
Squatting is a big focus for me right now (attempting to wider the stance slowly too, so it can help carry over to widening my snatch/clean).
Numbers are still going up nicely.
Today I worked up to 190kg on the back squat. It was difficult but comfortable.
After that I did 180 for 2x2.
Snatched up to 100kg.
After that I backed off and did PS 90kg for 5 singles.
Finished with squat partials. I used 170kg for 5x3, doing them from a dead stop off my jerk boxes right around the sticking point of my back squat.
The 190kg BS at 69 is about 2.75x bw. I’ve also done 205 at 74 which is also around 2.75x bw. Still chasing 3x bw!
[quote]ape288 wrote:
[quote]Koing wrote:
[quote]ape288 wrote:
[quote]Koing wrote:
60kg is insane! What bw was that at? You must be near doing a one arm pull up?
Koing[/quote]
I was probably 71-72kg at the time. It was a few months ago, but my chinning strength hasn’t gotten any weaker since then.
I tried doing a one arm chin up once, but I guess my abs are so weak that I just couldn’t stop my body from twisting around lol. I’m pretty sure if somebody held my body stable that I could probably pull myself up with one arm haha.
[/quote]
Nice. Your abs can’t be that weak mate…you squat a decent amount it’s wrist strength to stop yourself from spinning around when you hang with one arm.
Side note: Dropping 4kg is an absolute shocker on your squat strength! It’s gone down the sh!tter! It’s f0cking crazy…2months ago I hit 181x3, 182x2 missed the 3rd rep, 191! FFS. Then for some reason I was on a downwards spiral after that even before the weight loss…2 weeks at the Olympics = 2kg weight loss due to running about a lot and not eating as much food as I normally do…now I can barely hit 165x3…I was hitting 170x3 as a MINIMUM on the Sunday…most I’ve tripled is 167…this is insane…the only savng grace is you can see my abs now at 95kg…but it’s f0cking BS as I feel weak as f0ck…going to have to grind myself out of this.[/quote]
That makes sense. My wrists are usually pretty beat up, and probably not all that strong.
Just keep edging out a kilo or 2 every couple weeks man. Strength that you’ve lost comes back quick. I had a nagging muscle strain in my lower back that kept me from squatting for like a month, and I also lost like 5kg bw. BS peaked at 205kg. In my last squat session before I decided it was time to stop I missed 170kg. All my other lifts took a huge divebomb as well. So I stopped doing most of them for like 5-6 weeks and did mostly only sled dragging to let my back heal.
Now I’m on the comeback trail. Jerked 140kg a few weeks ago. This week I hit an easy 185kg BS at 69 bw. Also hit 175x2x2. And 168kg for 5x3. PS 95kg yesterday and PC 110 today. I felt weak as shit for over a month, but now my strength is coming back quick and I feel great. I just have to be careful not to overdo it and aggravate the strain.
I guess the moral of the story is try not to let it get to you because you know there’s a light at the end of the tunnel haha. Easier said than done, I know.
@NewWorldMan - good luck in your comp.
@1llusion - it still looks to me like you just need to get your feet out a bit wider, especially on the clean. [/quote]
You know me mate, 13yrs and counting…I’ve seen a lot of lifters go by the way side in the UK. A lot with a lot of talent that don’t lift anymore. I must be in the top 3 and definitely top 5 of the oldest guys to compete at the Nationals now LOL.
Koing
Globo Gym session.
Stretching, mob stuff, snatch and cj bar work. (very tight after being off when my usual gym closed temporarily)
BS- just did a few fast sets of 5 on 120.
DB bench - 35 x 10, 35 x 8, 35 x 7 (first horizontal press i’ve done in months)
DB single arm OHP to behind head. 20x10,10,10,10
Snatchgrip press- 30kgx15,15,15
Sharp contrast to anything ive done recently… I have the soreness to prove it.
Snatch
bar 3/3
40 3
45 2
50 1/1
55 1
60 x [wtf]
60 1
65 1
70 1
74 1
77.5 xxx [all close and very doable]
Clean and Jerk
50 2
70 2
82.5 1
87.5 1
92.5 1
Front Squat
50 4
70 3
80 2
90 1
100 1
105 1
110 x