[quote]tigerak02 wrote:
The Katana must feel like a beast right?
What is your opinion of the new Super+ material?
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i like the Super Plus but the neckline and sleeve seam are design issues that make the shirt better than the fabric.
jmo
jack
[quote]jackreape wrote:
firebug9 wrote:
Look forward to seeing you at the Longhorn Jack! Good lifting to ya…
Malinda
Actually am doing Miss State Meet.
Not lifting in Texas!
But hope to move there!
jack[/quote]
Dang! They are on the same day. I just figured it was the Longhorn. Good luck to ya…will you be coming to the Hood?
mobility
raw squat 225x3, 315x3, 405x3, 495x3
rev grip bp 135x5, 225x5, 315x3x3
fat bar small plate DL 225x3, 315x3, 405x3, 495x3
pullups on fat barx5
chins on fat barx5
squats were smoked. DLs almost killed myself on third rep.
Ready for meet, just some speed work left.
incline treadmill 5 mins@15%, 3.4 mph Got up to 156 BPM
mobility dragon walks and fws
12" box squat 245x3x2, 335x2, add loose champion suit bottoms, belt, and 4db green bands(maybe 130 at top 50 at bottom)335x2x5 freaky fast, as they should be.
speed BPw/50lbs chains 135x3x2, 225x3x6, 275x3x2 close and meet grip alternating. Fast.
speed dl w bottoms and belt clean grip 245x3, 335x3, dl grip 425x1x3
v pulldown 160/180/200/220/240x7
farmers walks 100s farthest i have carried them yet. Easier than fatter 88 KB handles!
Meet plan:
675-725-7?? in squat
525-550-580 in BP
565-what i need for elite-630
This is a bit of a dice roll.
239 on scale morning of meet. Felt better and better last couple days. Warmups felt great in squat. Opener was 665. Got on platform and bar not loaded right. When it is finally loaded i notice it is old fashioned squat racks with huge foot plates. So have to get racks even wider and then i notice bar is uneven. i have to go as legs are tingling.
Smoke the 665, but as i get to top i can feel a twinge i my left low back. Turned out to be hip flexor but hoped for best. Try to setup with 725 but can’t stand erect. Get an emergency adjustment from a chiro and use my other suit and try the 725 again. Better but can’t control descent so re rack it.
1-3 in squat.
Bench warmups quick but strong. Didn’t explode the 525 opener in my F6 and got 2-1 red. Repeated and more leg drive, explosion, and elbow roll and 525 was strong. Switched to Katana and went to 550. had trouble touching and dumped it. In retrospect i was pretty nonchalant about dumping 550 on my abs. Strong abs are useful in so many ways.
1-3 in squat.
Decided to open light because i had no idea how tweaked my back was, so dropped opener to 500. Warmups sort of marginal, uncomfortable but not painfull. 500 was good with belt loose, jumped to 565 planned opener and was strong lift. Uncomfortable putting it down. Sort of had breath knocked out of me lowering it. Got 600 above my knees but low back was fried.
Probably pushed my training too hard too quickly. Last weeks DLs were very hard. DLs are usually easier for me than squat portion of that workout, but not last week. Setup problems and rack issues didn’t help. Really wanted that 725 because i knew it was there today. Bench setup was great, like the Katana and now i know what it will take to touch smoothly. DL was OBE with a hip flexor and fried erectors.
Back to work in a few days.
The ladder of success is climbed wrong by wrong…
Nice thread bro, keep it up.
your time will come.
I’m not too fond of using shirts myself, it’s so much damn work to touch at times.
At least the ab dump is better than the face dump :o
Sounds like a tough meet Jack. I have yet to try my Katana, but will start working in it soon. I plan on using it at nationals. Be glad you didn’t come to the Longhorn – it was a very long day. They started lifting at 915 and finished at about 9pm…and it was a two platform meet. We left Austin at about 10 pm…
Best of luck in your quest – so how far off were you yesterday?
Nov 25, 2006
inc treadmill 5 mins@15%. 3.4 mph
bp 135x5x2, 225x3, 315x3x2 loose 52 F6 on 405x3, 4 board 455x5, 495x5, full rom 405x3x2, shirt off 405x5
mobility
raw squat 245x3x2, 335x3, 425x3, 335x3, 425x3
dl in squat shoes 245x3, 335x3, 425x3x2
sumo dl in squat shoes 245x3x2, 295x3
HF still a bit tight.
Nov 22,
lots of mobility and stretching for HF.
mobility
barefoot squat 225x5, 315x3x3
BP 135x5, 225x3, 315x3x5 sets
dl 225x3, 315x3x3
bulgarian squats 10L+10Rx2
Not what I planned but was training alone, was cold in the weightroom, and protecting my hip.
[quote]firebug9 wrote:
Sounds like a tough meet Jack. I have yet to try my Katana, but will start working in it soon. I plan on using it at nationals. Be glad you didn’t come to the Longhorn – it was a very long day. They started lifting at 915 and finished at about 9pm…and it was a two platform meet. We left Austin at about 10 pm…
Best of luck in your quest – so how far off were you yesterday?[/quote]
firebug,
I need 1890, so if I put together my PRs i am in business. Have a few training tweaks I am trying for January.
Will keep on working and thinking!
jack
Jack,
Thanks for posting this. I am looking forward to you making elite.
Jack,
I have no doubt that you will get there. What meet will you do in January? My next one will be in your backyard - Women’s Nationals in February.
Take care and Train hard,
Malinda
[quote]jackreape wrote:
firebug9 wrote:
Sounds like a tough meet Jack. I have yet to try my Katana, but will start working in it soon. I plan on using it at nationals. Be glad you didn’t come to the Longhorn – it was a very long day. They started lifting at 915 and finished at about 9pm…and it was a two platform meet. We left Austin at about 10 pm…
Best of luck in your quest – so how far off were you yesterday?
firebug,
I need 1890, so if I put together my PRs i am in business. Have a few training tweaks I am trying for January.
Will keep on working and thinking!
jack
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1DEC06 Friday
got a call from meet director on way home from work, said meet was cancelled tommorow. Too bad because BP work felt great but otherwise a day of stress and malaise.
mobility
box squat raw 225x3x2, 315x3, 365x3, 315x3
BP 135x5, 225x5, 315x5 4 board 405x6
dl 225x5
sumo dl 225x3, 315x3
fight another day
Made hard call to take some time off to let back/hip heal.
Was going to to BP with chains on a raw ME day buit somebody stole my leader chain for the big chains. So did…
Mobility
incline tread 5 mins@15%, 3.5 mph
BP 135x5, 225x5, 315x5x3 sets 4 board meet grip 405x5x5
bulgarian squats 10L+10Rx5
chiro tommorow.
sled dragging 200 feet
178 lbs(two KBs) x2 trips froward, 2 trips backwards
75 lbs(my kid)x2 trisp forward and 2 trips back wards
53lb KB arm bars
Inc treadmill 5 mins@17%, 3.4 mph
stretch hips
BP 135x5, 225x5, 315x3, 225x3, 315x3
46 Katana on 3 board 405x1, 2 board 495x1, 545x1, 3 board 545x2, 4 board 545x3
shirt off
4 board 405x5, 425x5, 435x5 pec feeling twitchy so stopped at 435
A bit off today
Dammit dude, good work ethic, your actions are very much in congruence with your goals. You even seem to take the health thing seriously with the mobility work etc. which is good to see.
I often wonder how you guys feed yourselves. 242 # is a big guy. Shit feeding my 170lb ass is hard.
Do you get to eat alligator in the south. I’d love to try alligator if its anything like crocodile… which is awesome.
Keep it up big fella.
-chris
Nice work Jack just wanted to chime and and say I enjoy your log etc keep rollin and nail that elite!!
Phill
[quote]realpeanutbutter wrote:
Dammit dude, good work ethic, your actions are very much in congruence with your goals. You even seem to take the health thing seriously with the mobility work etc. which is good to see.
I often wonder how you guys feed yourselves. 242 # is a big guy. Shit feeding my 170lb ass is hard.
Do you get to eat alligator in the south. I’d love to try alligator if its anything like crocodile… which is awesome.
Keep it up big fella.
-chris[/quote]
Chris,
i am 235-240 at 5’7". I have 30 years of training and muscle. If i take my shirt off nobody from Men’s Heath will come running, but i have a six pack and leg mass/definition that is a bit freaky, but so does my marathoner sister. (Thanks mom and dad).
I eat at least 3 meals a day and at least one snack. I eat cleaner than most PLers but am not a fanatic about it. I am as big as i ever want to be so if i am out socially i eat what is available, no tupperware carrying for me.
I love red meat, peanut butter, fish, fowl, dairy, salad, pasta. Actually can’t think of much i don’t like. I avoid fried food. I just eat well and often.
In fact, when i go on a cruise ship for a week i loose weight because i sleep in and relax and skip breakfast, eat a salad and meat for lunch(but a lot of salad), then eat a bigdinner. i do not drink much so that is not enough calories. i lost 7lbs in 7 days last time.
Long training history+enough food+heavy weights+plus constant cycling of volume and intensity+Strength plus mass.
And someday i will drop to an emaciated 200-210. With a bit of upper body focus(i do little direct arm or delt work)i could get on a stage if i wasn’t so pasty white and didn’t hate speedos! My wife will have to be the judge.
jack
12/10
YFRG
Rev hypers 245x20x2
stretch more
MM throughout the day