Given your coordination those snatches must look like barbell front raises.
@zeptrey Iāve had it on a few occasions. Never quite lived up to expectations, but was a solid low carb options at get togethers. Cheese is off the menu for the next 3 months, outside of a cheat meal, but I may work it slightly back in depending on how things go from there.
@mattjp Itās basically a small jump followed by a front raise followed by a pressout with a 1/8 squat, haha. About once every 20 reps I hit something that feels ok.
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Whenever I try to do power cleans I feel similarly. Itās a deadlift into a little jump into a reverse curl.
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@mattjp Hah, yup. If I could have a decent rack position Iād actually go with the power clean, but the snatch is āeasierā in that regard.
Weighed in at 190.2 this morning, once again, after an energy drink and yogurt (have moved my protein bar to the afternoons/evenings). I had a cheat meal of Taco Bell nachos yesterday (switched out beef for chicken, to at least minimize the damage), so thereās a fair chance Iām up as far as water goes too. 180s are within sight. I may just keep going, as, again, this honestly hasnāt been that tough, especially with the new restrictions.
Iām going to abandon the Darkhorse style programming for now. Much to my fear, it was just taking too much time, and that was even after cutting off the dynamic effort work. I think the biggest time sinks were the 30 seconds of conditioning work at the end of each giant set, the 90 second rests during the earliest sets, and the unilateral back work I was doing. Iām going to still steal from the programming, but my plan for shoulder work today is going to be
Work up to a 3rm on axle press (giant set of weighted chins-press-ab wheel)
Alternate between presses and weighted dips for supplemental work. After the set of presses is done, Iām going to finish off with bodyweight dips, and after the weighted dips are done Iām going to finish off with dumbbell overhead pressing. Will make this another giant set of some sort of bilateral row-press or dip-assistance work
Depending on how long that takes, Iāll polish off with some timed assistance work.
Since my conditioning work is dropping from this program, Iāll need to make sure I get some in somewhere else. Iāve been walking 2 miles a day on my lunch breaks with the Mrs, which has been fantastic additional work, but itād be good to get in something harder.
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Weight vest/loaded walks? I like the recovery benefits of unweighted, but like to throw in the vest from time to time. Itās still easy of course.
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I imagine my wife will be non-plussed if I turn our leisurely time together into conditioning work, haha. I have definitely contemplated it though.
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Ha ha, I hear ya. I get away with it since it sort of equalizes our pace
Be grand, surely. My wife doesnāt mind when I throw the weight vest on for our walks and sheās much less used to absolutely mad shit than yours is.
@TX_iron since my wife is the endurance athlete, Iām already slowing us down, haha.
@mattjp Itās BECAUSE of my persistent madness that I leave it alone, haha. My wife already has to deal with enough of my insanity day-to-day: now that we have this peaceful moment to ourselves that weāve scheduled in, I donāt want to introduce on it with my own thing. I can make conditioning happen otherwise: this is more just āus timeā
LUNCHTIME WORKOUT
GIANT SETS (chin-press-abs)
NG chins
3x30lbs
3x55
3x80
3x105
3x130
3x135
Axle strict press
3xAxle
3x66
3x136
3x186
3x206
2x231
7x186
Standing ab wheel
6x10
GIANT SETS (odd sets are row-dip/press-lateral raise, even sets are row-press/dip-lateral raise)
Cable low rows 90
6x12
Weighted dips 75lbs/DB press 50lbs
3x12/failure
Trap bar press 135lbs/bodyweight dips
2x10/failure
1x7/failure
DB lateral raises 15lbs
6x10
Band pull aparts
1x50
Keg kelso shrugs 150
1x12
Band pushdowns
1x21
Notes: 90 seconds between giant sets on the second round. On the first round, I just rested long enough to change plates for the first 3 sets, then 1 minute between giant sets until the final one, which was 90 second rest. On the second round of giant sets, after the dips, I went immediately to DB press, and after the press I went immediately to bodyweight dips, both as means of a finisher. In general, I like how this worked, and it was faster than what I was doing. Will make some minor tweaks as I go, but I think itāll be viable. Strength is still falling on the press, but itās also still higher than itās ever been at this bodyweight, so itās a win.
You come up with some zany approaches to your press assistance dude, and I appreciate every single one of them haha.
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Steal away dude! I really like the things I have stumbled on here: alternating sets and āspace fillersā at the end. Seems to be going well.
Forgot to log that the Mrs is signing us up for another half marathon on 1 Nov. Going to see if I can get the time off. Be good to repeat the challenge again.
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In that case, the solution is simple. Have her wear a heavy weighted vest ostensibly to improve āresillenceā and ājoint healthā, then wear a one yourself in āsolidarityā
BTW, do you think itās worth it for me to train for a half (or even full)? I might have access to a legit gym when I return to uni in the fall, but weāre being sent back after Thanksgiving and if COVID is still a problem, I might not be able to train with a barbell until we hopefully go back spring semester
Haha man, Iāve started putting them in a Google Doc so I donāt have to go scrolling back to find them. Great for the days creativity is escaping me.
Not Pwn, and I donāt mean to be rude, but you are quite possibly one of the last people that should be training for a marathon.
Also not pwn, but I feel like this is a failure of goal setting again. What goal of yours would completing a marathon help? And just to note: this isnāt a rhetorical question because I genuinely donāt think I have a proper handle on what your actual goals are.
Iām glad Iām not the only one who has a Google doc of possible training options.
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Iāve always wanted to do one and since the gym situation is iffy, I figured Iād take this opportunity. However, I also donāt want to set myself back in terms of my powerlifting goals, which is why I asked Pwn
You could probably run one and still get stronger (people do, after all) but Iām pretty sure it would require eating a lot of food. And a large amount of meat & fruit once a week doesnāt count, haha.
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@anna_5588 I gotta ask if you want my real honest opinion on this one, because I feel like Iāve been browbeating you a lot recently and I donāt wanna be a bully here.
@mr.v3lv3t Not a bad idea. You might like checking out Jamie Lewis ā365 Days of Brutalityā. Itās just a shotgun listing of a bunch of strong dudes and workouts they did. Good place to steal ideas.
@kdjohn Hey dude, while youāre around, I gotta thank you again for the balance work suggestions. Weāve been working off and on and now my kid can nail some double roundkicks with re-chambering. Sheās actually learning some Tae Kwon Do in our TKD lessons, haha.
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Yes
I donāt get that feeling 
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