[quote]Merv77 wrote:
I love tuning into this thread. I don’t post much but I’m often lurking and this is one of the first threads I come to when I log on. You are such a beast but seem very grounded and helpful with it. If I can be half as strong as you I’ll be happy (well maybe 2/3 as strong).
I can’t recall if this question has already been asked… I understand you were a decent bodybuilder in your youth, have you done with bodybuilding for good?
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i really appreciate you stopping in to read my thread. i’m happy to help anyone that’s willing to learn.
i did pretty well at bodybuilding. i have some goals to achieve in powerlifting but when i get those, i would love to try my hand at bodybuilding again.
[quote]VikingsAD28 wrote:
That is the best set of standing military press I have ever seen, ridiculous strength meat.[/quote]
thanks for the compliment. leading up to our last meet i dropped the regular bar for overhead pressing and did a cycle of swiss bar pressing. my shoulder had been hurting and using a regular straight bar really killed it. after the meet, we went back to the straight bar. thankfully my shoulder pain didn’t return. this is the second session using the straight bar. my previous best strict miltary press was 315. i’m hoping i’m significantly higher than that now.
I just started 5/3/1 on military press and wanted to know what you did, if for whatever reason, you did not successfully get your expected reps with the designated percentage of your 1 rep max. I haven’t had that happened yet since I started on the light side of my 1 rep max, but I can forsee it happening as the weights increase.
[quote]bwhitwell wrote:
I just started 5/3/1 on military press and wanted to know what you did, if for whatever reason, you did not successfully get your expected reps with the designated percentage of your 1 rep max. I haven’t had that happened yet since I started on the light side of my 1 rep max, but I can forsee it happening as the weights increase.[/quote]
you could do a couple things. you could lighten up the max weight and then adjust the percentages appropriately.
what i’ve done is switch up the actual movement. i switched to a swiss bar for a cycle and i just went back to the straight bar and my lifts have really taken off.
you may also think about throwing in some partials. pressing in the rack from the top of your head to lockout increased my over head pressing when it slowed. I’ve also incorporated push presses at times to keep it moving.
meat, love popping in here to see how much more i need to push and how hard ur fucking pushing, wow.
couple of things:
seeing as this is ‘riding between bbing and pling’, any chance ur going to do bb again or not?!
how old are u?
i have wrist issues, i dont know how good u are with anatomy, but its the superior, lateral side of my right hand when supinated. ie. right hand/facing upward/on the right/thumb side
it began when doing military press and now carries into bench/incline, ideas? because i was hoping to get into powerlifting at some point, but my main focus is size ie. bodybuilding. AKA johnnie jackson/ronnie/you
[quote]RobRaynerBB wrote:
meat, love popping in here to see how much more i need to push and how hard ur fucking pushing, wow.
couple of things:
seeing as this is ‘riding between bbing and pling’, any chance ur going to do bb again or not?!
how old are u?
i have wrist issues, i dont know how good u are with anatomy, but its the superior, lateral side of my right hand when supinated. ie. right hand/facing upward/on the right/thumb side
it began when doing military press and now carries into bench/incline, ideas? because i was hoping to get into powerlifting at some point, but my main focus is size ie. bodybuilding. AKA johnnie jackson/ronnie/you
any ideas? [/quote]
i have a couple powerlifting goals to reach but once i reach them i’m definitely going to try bodybuilding again.
i’m 39
when you are pressing do you keep your forearms perpendicular to the bar?? i see a lot of guys pressing with their wrists cocked to one side or the other. either their elbows drift way out or in putting the forearms out from under the bar. this will cause wrist pain.
skwatt’n- haven’t done front squats heavy in awhile so i decided to work up to a heavy single. really had no idea how high i could go. i find that front squat strength drops off quickly if you don’t do them. more specifically the ability to stay upright with the heavy weight declines. i worked up to 545 but unfortunately i setup with the bar uneven with a lot of weight on my right leg. i lowered it but didn’t even try to squat it because of the imbalance. then i was too lazy to unload it and try again. i’ll hit it next week.
front squats to low box
0x4
135x3
185x2
225x1
275x1
315x1
365x1
405x1
455x1
510x1
545x dumped it. set up uneven
[quote]mlekava000 wrote:
That 495x2 you got up there, you know it doesn’t count as a set if its less than 3 reps, right? RIGHT?![/quote]
i usually do it for 6-15 reps on incline though…
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no doubt it depends how you are are feeling that particular day…
only problem is the law of physics say no one can do that on video though.
[quote]maraudermeat wrote:
i have a couple powerlifting goals to reach but once i reach them i’m definitely going to try bodybuilding again.
i’m 39
when you are pressing do you keep your forearms perpendicular to the bar?? i see a lot of guys pressing with their wrists cocked to one side or the other. either their elbows drift way out or in putting the forearms out from under the bar. this will cause wrist pain.
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thanks, i watched some tate vids, and then did bench today, and noticed i do let it come towards me more than being perpendicular.
good luck with ur goals, and seriously the log is one of the reasons i wanted to get into powerlifting.
sort of like, ‘i want to be like uncle meat someday’
