[quote]soldog wrote:
is a 50 pound jump good with your CNS - i think that much overloads mine at the higher ranges but I’m not at 500 yet and really that’s a 10% jump (ok 11% from 455) so not that bad.[/quote]
I think it might be too much. When I hit 500, I did 485 first, after 465. But I figure in a meet, you’ve already got a couple big squats and benches under your belt. So I don’t know. 455 felt heavier than I expected and that got into my head a little as well.
[quote]DaCharmingAlbino wrote:
[quote]jjackkrash wrote:
Deads Day.
45 x 10, 135 x10, 225 x5, 315 x3, 405 x1, 455 x1, 505 x 0, 0.
Notes: I really wanted to pull 505 today, but no go. It broke off the floor–twice–but just barely. 455 was not all that hard, but it was slow. I wanted to run 455 for my opener and then 505 for my second, and then probably pass on my third if I hit it, but I am going to have to rethink it this strategy.
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Paul Carter talked about deadlift attempt strategy in his blog today
see the comments.[/quote]
Thanks for the link. That’s a good blog.
3’s Day, Meet Prep Bench/Press, TM 285/190.
Bench: 45 x30, 95 x15, 135 x10, 185 x3, 225 x3, 255 x8, 245 x3, 3, 3 (paused).
WG Pullups: 6, 5, 4, 4, 3.
OHP: 135 x3, 155 x3, 170 x6, 135 x7.
Cables Row: 195 x10, 210 x10, 225 x10, 240 x10.
Cable Flies: 3 x10
Get Swole Medley: Machine Curls, DB Hammer Curls, Tri Pulldowns, Dips x enough to make me all swole.
Notes: Bench felt pretty good today, but my elbows are getting real wonky. I need to get in for some Asian Guy ART-like work on my arms and shoulders. I hit my target reps on bench, then did the 245 x3 sets with pretty long pauses. I was ok with the OHP as well.
Side notes: The boy has pneumonia and needed chest x-rays today, but doc said he should be fine. But when the doc was explaining to him what x-rays were (he’s 3), and that they were going to look inside, so he needed to open up his gown, the boy thought the doctor was going to cut him wide open to look inside, and he really freaked out. I thought it was a pretty stupid way that the doc explained the process.
Then, I took the old dog in for a teeth clean today, and vet said he needed oral surgery to cut back his gums, otherwise his teeth would rot until he couldn’t eat. It was really expensive. I ran the math, and he’s already past his life expectancy, but I went ahead and agreed to the surgery. He’s been a really good dog and I didn’t want him to go out that way. Mo money, mo money, mo money.
question: you label these as “meet prep” is there something different? except for combining bench and OHP…
we’re both going for a meet Dec 5/6 and using completely different lead strategies. I’m interested in the differences.
I’m basically using a bastard program of 3-6 singles at 80+% of max in waves (loosely of course). But both of my previous meets have been prepared for using 5/3/1 as you seem to be using (but I didn’t double-up OHP and bench). you also do much more assistance than I…
Solid work, Jack. And a good bit of it.
Kid and the dog? A double whammy…never good on the wallet. Hope your son gets better quickly…and that man’s best friend has a few more good years.
[quote]jjackkrash wrote:
[quote]soldog wrote:
is a 50 pound jump good with your CNS - i think that much overloads mine at the higher ranges but I’m not at 500 yet and really that’s a 10% jump (ok 11% from 455) so not that bad.[/quote]
I think it might be too much. When I hit 500, I did 485 first, after 465. But I figure in a meet, you’ve already got a couple big squats and benches under your belt. So I don’t know. 455 felt heavier than I expected and that got into my head a little as well. [/quote]
Don’t forget how you feel by the time you deadlift at a meet. Typically, I’m high as a kite and pissing adrenaline. I can move shit that I can’t in the gym. This isn’t true of squats and bench but deadlifting at a meet is a screamer.
[quote]soldog wrote:
question: you label these as “meet prep” is there something different? except for combining bench and OHP…
we’re both going for a meet Dec 5/6 and using completely different lead strategies. I’m interested in the differences.
I’m basically using a bastard program of 3-6 singles at 80+% of max in waves (loosely of course). But both of my previous meets have been prepared for using 5/3/1 as you seem to be using (but I didn’t double-up OHP and bench). you also do much more assistance than I…
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I may or may not have a good plan–I don’t have any idea. I am just compressing the days to get more work in, two on and one off instead of one on and one off, and benching and pressing every upper day instead of splitting up bench and press. My bench seems to be getting at least a little stronger this way. When this cycle is over, I will have about a month before the meet. I will probably deload for a few days and then start hitting triples, doubles, or singles of squat, bench, and deads each day I lift, until about a week before the meet, and then take a few openers that week. I’ll cut most of the ass. lifts out after the short deload. I’ll rest the Thurs. and Fri. before the meet. We’ll see what happens.
[quote]ouroboro_s wrote:
[quote]jjackkrash wrote:
[quote]soldog wrote:
is a 50 pound jump good with your CNS - i think that much overloads mine at the higher ranges but I’m not at 500 yet and really that’s a 10% jump (ok 11% from 455) so not that bad.[/quote]
I think it might be too much. When I hit 500, I did 485 first, after 465. But I figure in a meet, you’ve already got a couple big squats and benches under your belt. So I don’t know. 455 felt heavier than I expected and that got into my head a little as well. [/quote]
Don’t forget how you feel by the time you deadlift at a meet. Typically, I’m high as a kite and pissing adrenaline. I can move shit that I can’t in the gym. This isn’t true of squats and bench but deadlifting at a meet is a screamer.[/quote]
I’ve only been in one meet, and I felt like I got hit by a truck by the time deads rolled around. But I got crushed by a grinder squat and a grinder bench first. This time, I hope I am just a little smarter. 
[quote]LittleStrick wrote:
Solid work, Jack. And a good bit of it.
Kid and the dog? A double whammy…never good on the wallet. Hope your son gets better quickly…and that man’s best friend has a few more good years.[/quote]
Thanks, Skip, yea, the boy is doing much better, and there was no question I was going to do what the vet said, but I still ran the numbers. Hehe.
Your plan looks pretty good. I’m willing to bet you will be fine in this meet. Training is solid as ever!
We were in a similar difficult position a few years back, our dog managed to jump off a 30 ft cliff, shattered her back leg in half a dozen places. £300 to amputate and about a £1000 for external pins to save the leg. We were pretty hard up at the time aswell. But of course in the end we went for the surgery.
It doesn’t take long to forget about the money but the extra years with your dog, you can’t put a price on.
[quote]FarmerBrett wrote:
We were in a similar difficult position a few years back, our dog managed to jump off a 30 ft cliff, shattered her back leg in half a dozen places. �?�£300 to amputate and about a �?�£1000 for external pins to save the leg. We were pretty hard up at the time aswell. But of course in the end we went for the surgery.
It doesn’t take long to forget about the money but the extra years with your dog, you can’t put a price on.[/quote]
This one has been a very good dog, but he’s an expensive bastard. Several years ago he walked into the house and his front leg was just dangling there, snapped right in two. We still have no idea how he did it. It was after hours so I picked him up and took him to the emergency vet and they just have you over a barrel. It was a crazy figure just to get him stabalized, and then he needed surgery and several pins in his leg the next day. The surgery at my regular vet was about 1/3 of what they charged me at the er to pump some fluids and morphine into him.
There’s no such thing as a poor vet.
Ours was out of hours too, a Sunday afternoon.
Our 2 dogs were uninsured aswell but we worked out the price of the surgery was what we would have paid in premiums over the 10 years for the both of them anyway. The prices they charge are criminal. We’ve just had ours vaccinated against rabies so we can take her when we move. Injection+bloodtest is £100. She failed it twice but has just passed the 3rd time. So it cost £300 bloody quid and the vets couldn’t even tell us why she was failing, they just said try again. They have no concept of the value of money.
[quote]jjackkrash wrote:
[quote]FarmerBrett wrote:
We were in a similar difficult position a few years back, our dog managed to jump off a 30 ft cliff, shattered her back leg in half a dozen places. �??�?�£300 to amputate and about a �??�?�£1000 for external pins to save the leg. We were pretty hard up at the time aswell. But of course in the end we went for the surgery.
It doesn’t take long to forget about the money but the extra years with your dog, you can’t put a price on.[/quote]
This one has been a very good dog, but he’s an expensive bastard. Several years ago he walked into the house and his front leg was just dangling there, snapped right in two. We still have no idea how he did it. It was after hours so I picked him up and took him to the emergency vet and they just have you over a barrel. It was a crazy figure just to get him stabalized, and then he needed surgery and several pins in his leg the next day. The surgery at my regular vet was about 1/3 of what they charged me at the er to pump some fluids and morphine into him. [/quote]
Yeah I’m with you, I’ll spend what I need to to take care of my animals. Which is why any new animals in our household get pet insurance.
Squat Day, 1’s day, TM 425.
Squats: 45 x10, 135 x10, 225 x5, 315 x5, 365 x3, 405 x6 (PR +2 reps).
Front Squats: 225 x5, 275 x1, 315 x 0.
Notes: I was pretty happy with squats today. 5 was my low goal, 6 was on my wish list. I tried to go to 2 whites depth on the first few and then hit 3 whites depth on the last two. I think I was pretty close to this, but let me know what you guys/gals think. I wanted to control depth and speed on the descent so I wouldn’t get pitched forward and I feel like I made some progress on that. My front squats suck right now, but it may be that I am just spent after the money set.
Thanks for stopping in, I appreciate it.
They all looked parallel to me. To be honest I couldn’t see a difference between the first reps and the last two for depth. Mind you the camera is a fair distance away, maybe get it closer for next time. You are one of my favourite squatters to watch on here. You hold your technique so well, each rep looks exactly the same.
[quote]FarmerBrett wrote:
They all looked parallel to me. To be honest I couldn’t see a difference between the first reps and the last two for depth. Mind you the camera is a fair distance away, maybe get it closer for next time. You are one of my favourite squatters to watch on here. You hold your technique so well, each rep looks exactly the same. [/quote]
Hey, thanks alot, I really appreciate that.
That’s some good squattin’. All more than legal. You do seem to be twisting clockwise on the way up just a tiny bit, though.
[quote]DaCharmingAlbino wrote:
That’s some good squattin’. All more than legal. You do seem to be twisting clockwise on the way up just a tiny bit, though.[/quote]
I noticed the twist on the last rep. I was pretty close to dumping it. Is a twist grounds to disqualify the lift?
[quote]jjackkrash wrote:
[quote]DaCharmingAlbino wrote:
That’s some good squattin’. All more than legal. You do seem to be twisting clockwise on the way up just a tiny bit, though.[/quote]
I noticed the twist on the last rep. I was pretty close to dumping it. Is a twist grounds to disqualify the lift?
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I thought they were all good. #2 may have been 2 whites. I also twist when I get fatigued but I don’t think it disqualifies the lift.