@oldbeancam Glad you appreciated it. I do find I am terribly judgmental when I’m out and about, and its certainly a flaw of my own, but I also spend so much time in my own little community that, when I get out amongst the greater masses of humanity, I’m always just shocked. And yeah, vegetables I don’t have to buy, clean, cook and do the dishes for? Where do I sign up! Haha.
@TX_iron I don’t think it’s a romanticizing of the 90s (even though they were a great time); we see the numbers that show that childhood obesity is on the rise. I was the fat kid in my group of friends, and I could never hold a candle to the group of fat kids with 1 skinny friend you tend to see these days. I think about the fact that, despite being a fat unathletic goon, I played SOME sort of sport or activity from age 6 on in my life. From tee-ball to soccer to swimming to Tae Kwon Do to football to wrestling, to say nothing of mandatory gym classes. These days, kids can literally grow to adulthood having never played any sort of sport or activity. It’s madness.
That is a fantastic quote by the way, haha. Completely true.
Well I usually train alone or with my girlfriend if our schedules will allow it. I suppose random guys at the gym will not be super excited if I ask them to help me get into a super tight suit, haha.
The problem is that I am super curious about using a suit. However it is pretty expensive to purchase for me just to try it and to find out that I don’t want to use it. Used ones are very hard to find, especially in my size. Somehow powerlifters here seem to be smaller/ shorter.
There really isn’t anything too magical about using a deadlift suit. It’s basically a very tight suit that crushes your balls and has straps that cut into your shoulders, and, if you can REACH the bar, gives you a decent pop off the floor until it’s up to you to take over. I will say that gear FORCES you to have solid technique, because if you don’t, the gear will fold you in half, so that’s something worth considering.
@Koestrizer Pretty much, haha. I get why a lot of geared guys spend the majority of their training raw and then throw on gear getting ready for a meet. It’s just too much of an investment.
Circuit
Yoke press 4x5
Band pushdown 3x20
DB lateral raise 3x10x20lbs
Notes: Giant sets of squats, GHRs and bench, then squats, pull downs and bench, then pull downs, pull aparts and bench. I had a rep or 2 in me on the bench, but hit the j-hook on the third rep and shut it down after that. Everything is feeling heavy with my lower bodyweight. Really digging that yoke press still, and the circuit was a good way to cram in a little more volume.
Woke up at 190.6. Gonna have a cheat meal tonight and eat big tomorrow.
I was one of those kids and I’ve been paying for it now. I wish my parents had done more to make me get involved with sports etc. but I suppose there’s only so much you can do when a stubborn kid doesn’t want to do something!
If and when I have kids I’ll definitely be putting a ton of effort into getting them involved in sport and activity. It’s so helpful even for the social aspects of life, let alone fitness-wise.
The big thing is to make it fun. If you use fitness as a punishment or forced activity, they’ll grow to resent it. Instead, engage in play. Go out and run, throw things, chase each other, push stuff, pull it, etc. Being a positive fitness role model helps too. My wife is a distance runner and I’m a strongman, and my kid wants to run and lift things. They just grow up to see it as normal.
@mr.v3lv3t It’s a tough balancing act for sure. I really want to see my kid succeed and I have a lot of tools to help, but it’s VERY tough to separate being a parent from being a coach. I always advise people to outsource when it comes to that, because I find it can really damage relationships. Some people can function coaching family, but I’ve never found it viable.
Notes: Was out of my head and did sets of 5 for the first 2 sets before I remembered it was triples on the 486. That was also right about the time I re-tweaked my right glute injury, so bit of a crapshow. Was hoping to go for max reps on the final set, but I couldn’t actually get all the way to lockout without aggravating the glute, so it was like a super long time under tension bodybuilding set. Very tough, worked hard at least. Pressing the log in flat shoes sucks, but I don’t want to change shoes in the middle of the giant set (deadlift-ab wheel-log), so I guess I’ll just get good at pressing under bad conditions.
Woke up at 193.0. Cheat meal yesterday was 4 slices of stuffed crust pizza, 2 slices normal crust and half a brownie. Going to hit a breakfast buffet for breakfast and get some Panda Express for lunch. Should put me on the right path.
EDIT: Forgot to mention, my knee pain is pretty much gone.
Notes: I didn’t think I got much done, but typing it out shows more. Everything was a giant set in some way. Bar is still feeling super heavy on my back for squats. Right bicep is in some pain too. Glute is mostly healed, just a little achy.
Minute 0: 95lb circus dumbbell clean and press (1 per arm), 11 pull ups
Each successive minute: same CDB clean and pres, take away 1 pull up for total of 10 minutes
Notes: Had a huge technique breakthrough on the CDB press. Similar to what I learned with the cleans from Grace, I’m throwing in a jump to get the bell moving and it’s creating a much stronger leg drive. Things moved much smoother. This should go a long way for my future pressing.
No weigh in this morning. Woke up at the job site. Did this workout off 3 hours of sleep.
Texas deadlift bar deadlifts (deadstop)
5x135
5x225
1x315
5x5x405
GHR sit ups w/10lb plate behind head
4x8
Band pull aparts
5x20
Dips
100
Kroc rows 105
1x21
Notes: Pleased with that 5x211. Hitting that under a significant amount of fatigue. My deadlifts are pretty ugly with the barbell, but moving smooth. I need to get in a little more single joint/small movement stuff here, but was happy to get in some more rowing. I’ve been slacking on that. As per usual, everything was some sort of giant set.
Circuit (no rest)
15x7.5kg full ROM plate raise
15x30lb DB curls
15xlight band pushdown
then 12, 9, 6 and 3 for all
Notes: This was a solid training session. Didn’t feel beat down, and the SSB squats were really smooth compared to last time. Regained the feeling on them. Mighta had a 6th on the bench, but hit the j-hook on rep 5. That circuit at the end was a solid way to get in a good pump and some fatigue while hitting some neglected parts.
