[quote]Tex Ag wrote:
^as the only one who has put a tire over his head in this thread, that makes me look cool.[/quote]
a Golds gym was holding a “powerlifting and tire flip contest” and was supposed to be 100 bucks to winner of both so I showed up and pressed the tire over my head and there was no prize $$…
It was whack
My training partner did this a couple months ago but just put it up. Figured I’d post it so we can all feel bad about how are shoulder strength sucks after watching this lol
^Screw shoulder strength, I’ve got beard envy.
Cool vid.
here’s 135 for 4 reps (did 5 sets). dead-start from rack pos, no leg drive. I do this 4x a week, this was pretty easy for me. Going to max out next week, should be interesting.
^hope you get the 195 you are looking to hit as a pr. I got 175 this week so you need to at least beat that. Looking forward to the vid.
[quote]PB Andy wrote:
here’s 135 for 4 reps (did 5 sets). dead-start from rack pos, no leg drive. I do this 4x a week, this was pretty easy for me. Going to max out next week, should be interesting.
How wide of a grip are you using?
my index fingers are pretty much right outside my shoulders. keep in mind though that I’m tall and have pretty broad shoulders.
ever since i widened my grip to hands outside shoulders, my numbers keep improving and my joints can handle 4x a week, i guess somepeople are built that way.
Kalle - your friend should have a battle royale with Zydrunis savikas!
[quote]caveman101 wrote:
Kalle - your friend should have a battle royale with Zydrunis savikas![/quote]
Next show is amateur arnolds. Win that and you go pro and get invited to the pro Arnolds so it might happen
Overheads for this week
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In70C9zURHU&feature=share
245x3 on the log matches a pr not my best day
100x12 on the circus dumbbell I made. Gonna bump it up 10lbs a weak (sand in the tanks) went well! Also did strict press 173 3x3 pretty easy
^ Tell me about these circus dumbbells. What did you use for the tanks? How are they attached, etc.?
I hope the 173 was easy. You’re a hell of a lot stronger than me.
[quote]Tex Ag wrote:
^ Tell me about these circus dumbbells. What did you use for the tanks? How are they attached, etc.?
I hope the 173 was easy. You’re a hell of a lot stronger than me.[/quote]
after heavy log press strict presses can feel hard sometimes.
The Dumbbell is two propane tanks EMPTIED! I cut the handles and unscrewed the valve. I welded a 3" piece of pipe in between the tanks and replaced the valve with 3/4" plugs which is now the access to add/remove sand from. Cost me 0 as I found all the stuff laying around
[quote]Kalle wrote:
[quote]Tex Ag wrote:
^ Tell me about these circus dumbbells. What did you use for the tanks? How are they attached, etc.?
I hope the 173 was easy. You’re a hell of a lot stronger than me.[/quote]
after heavy log press strict presses can feel hard sometimes.
The Dumbbell is two propane tanks EMPTIED! I cut the handles and unscrewed the valve. I welded a 3" piece of pipe in between the tanks and replaced the valve with 3/4" plugs which is now the access to add/remove sand from. Cost me 0 as I found all the stuff laying around [/quote]
Let me guess, you drive a black van with a red strip along the side…
[quote]Tex Ag wrote:
[quote]Kalle wrote:
[quote]Tex Ag wrote:
^ Tell me about these circus dumbbells. What did you use for the tanks? How are they attached, etc.?
I hope the 173 was easy. You’re a hell of a lot stronger than me.[/quote]
after heavy log press strict presses can feel hard sometimes.
The Dumbbell is two propane tanks EMPTIED! I cut the handles and unscrewed the valve. I welded a 3" piece of pipe in between the tanks and replaced the valve with 3/4" plugs which is now the access to add/remove sand from. Cost me 0 as I found all the stuff laying around [/quote]
Let me guess, you drive a black van with a red strip along the side…[/quote]
Only on the weekends.
Its not near as nice or as durable as a nice Slaters Dumbbell like used at the Arnold but compared to 600 dollars I’ll stick with mine
^ Free is my general price tag. I do not have two propane tanks airing around, or large have pipe, or welding equipment of the knowledge to use welding equipment, or enough insurance to replace my welding boo-boos…
Best I have is protein jugs, a limb and electrical tape.
Maxed out today on press… did not hit 195 lbs. I hit 185 though. After missing 195 press, I wanted to show you all how easy it is for me to power clean + push press 195 lbs is, for my own sake, lol. I then did a power clean + below knee hang clean after that.
[quote]PB Andy wrote:
Maxed out today on press… did not hit 195 lbs. I hit 185 though. After missing 195 press, I wanted to show you all how easy it is for me to power clean + push press 195 lbs is, for my own sake, lol. I then did a power clean + below knee hang clean after that.
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I feel both stronger (your strict press was not really far ahead of mine) and weaker (your catch at that weight is much higher than I think I can manage). Damn it.
Nice lifts.
Haha yeah dude, thanks. My max c&j is 319 lbs (145 kg) so the power cleaning portion is easy for me, but my shoulders are straight weak as shit, always have been. I’ve hit 225 lbs for 3 reps on the push press, but when it comes to straight no leg-drive pressing… I’m weaaak. At least I know what to work on. Us superheavyweights (105kg+) should be doing a lot of pressing/push pressing anyways.
[quote]PB Andy wrote:
Haha yeah dude, thanks. My max c&j is 319 lbs (145 kg) so the power cleaning portion is easy for me, but my shoulders are straight weak as shit, always have been. I’ve hit 225 lbs for 3 reps on the push press, but when it comes to straight no leg-drive pressing… I’m weaaak. At least I know what to work on. Us superheavyweights (105kg+) should be doing a lot of pressing/push pressing anyways.[/quote]
I do not think I am really that effective with my legs, or at least that is what I am telling myself. I did figure out that pointing my toes out a bit on the press made it more natural to get my head through. Fairly happy about that. Thing is, my pressing that day sucked. Did not make it through my heavier warm-up weights. Too much thinking, it is, I think.
[quote]Tex Ag wrote:
[quote]PB Andy wrote:
Haha yeah dude, thanks. My max c&j is 319 lbs (145 kg) so the power cleaning portion is easy for me, but my shoulders are straight weak as shit, always have been. I’ve hit 225 lbs for 3 reps on the push press, but when it comes to straight no leg-drive pressing… I’m weaaak. At least I know what to work on. Us superheavyweights (105kg+) should be doing a lot of pressing/push pressing anyways.[/quote]
I do not think I am really that effective with my legs, or at least that is what I am telling myself. I did figure out that pointing my toes out a bit on the press made it more natural to get my head through. Fairly happy about that. Thing is, my pressing that day sucked. Did not make it through my heavier warm-up weights. Too much thinking, it its I think.[/quote]
Yeah once you learn how to dip properly and feel that perfect amount of tension in your quads, your push pressing/jerks will sky rocket.