Are you doing 75% of your max or just practicing with a light weight? If you’re doing the percentages from the program then I’d be weary of adding a full Deadlift workout. Just pay attention to your recovery.
I’m doing clean work two days a week so I’m not one to talk.
Ever consider doing a cut to make weight if your close?
I know you’re young but this crap still has an effect on your body comp. The ingredients will make it more likely that you store fat in your belly. Try to avoid the processed junk. If you need more calories then you can eat pasta, add real butter to things, and snack on mixed nuts (I prefer almonds but they’re not cheap). Those are calorie dense foods but you’re eliminating the man made junk like partially hydrogenated oils and trans fats. The human body does not like that stuff.
I have, however i don’t know how that would affect my performance.
Yeah around 70% of my max.
Cant eat pasta. Makes me feel trash in large quantities or if i eat it regularly. I stick to rice. Nuts are out of the equation: It gives me the runs. I do need some high calorie snacks though. Also i butter and olive oil tf out of everything lol.
I know you want to grow and gain weight, but I bet you prefer that weight to be as much quality mass as possible. Avoid the crap like KFC unless it’s fried on olive oil. We Americans have a way of filling foods with poison that the body can’t process. The result is more (and unnecessary) fat storage.
Haha. I just cant stomach much of them, i can handle like 2 handfuls maybe. I do eat about a handful everyday.
I’d say my diet is 70% healthy 30% junk. Its hard to get alot of calories in with a bunch of healthy foods vs using some bad foods to fill in the gaps. I’m going food shopping tomorrow so I’m going to find some high calorie snacks (healthy) and stuff, and see what works and whatnot
Doing a weight cut or worrying about your weight before your first novice strongman competition is a stupid idea. Worry about getting experience, having fun and doing your best in the day. And that is all.
Currently my first upper body session consists of very hypertrpohie focused barbell strict pressing and also log pressing (both are currently done in a 5 x 10 rep scheme).
My second session includes one excersise that is focused more on strength (5x2-5 reps with moderate to light perceived intensity - or a lower training max to phrase it differently). I alternate weekly between log and axle for this one. After that it is again a 5x10 of strict barbell pressing.
This is not a recommendandation, just the answer to how I do it
Agree man. I tend to major in the minor sometimes haha.
Interesting. Im curious to why your heavier session is done later in the week. Shouldnt heavier sessions be done earlier in the week, since the lower back will be the most fresh and least taxed? I’ve heard that anyway.
Looks different but i could see how that setup would work. How has it been so far? I’ve played around with fullbody, bro splits, push, pull and lower/upper but I’ve always preferred upper lower upper lower. Its the best split for me personally. If i do a leg session before upper it always affects my performance. I like to train lower body with a rest day after which allows for full recovery. E.g tuesday lower; wednesday off. Friday lower and weekend off.
So far very challenging but also good.
No idea where I stand upper body wise because it just haven’t been so heavy. I PRed on deadlifts and squats are also going great. I have tied my all time PR from quite some time ago and made it a lot easier. Program didn’t want me to try heavier.
Work capacity hast definitely improved a ton, especially because of high rep work
Never been an issue either way. I’d say most are mid-calf socks, just because that is what I wear on a day to day basis. Maybe long socks would help if you cut up your shins real bad, but otherwise I don’t think it matters.
If nothing else, try just taking your shoes off a couple times when ya deadlift. See if it makes enough of a difference for you to justify buying special socks for it.
I think it comes down to who handles the elephant bar better. Likely JF profited more from the elevated starting height but nonetheless he did beat Brian by 30 kg on the 18 inch deadlift in Dubai.
I had forgotten Caron actually ended up taking his 3rd attempt between Shaw’s 2nd and 3rd at the Arnold. Yea, Caron is right there with Shaw. But Pritchett, in my opinion, is not. He looked like he handled the Elephant Bar very poorly. Caron’s first 2 attempts flew up, the 3rd was a struggle but he got it. Every attempt from Pritchett was a shaky grinder.
Interesting tidbit about how whacked-out Australia is: second to peanuts, almonds are actually the cheapest nuts to buy over here (or at least that’s the case on the East coast, could be different for Duke out in WA)
then curious, what benefit do you see out of the socks? Do they do anything different than regular socks? Not being sarcastic, I legitimately do not know. Wore a pair once and personally didn’t notice anything but I have never noticed subtle differences well.
As far as i know, helps protect your shins so you can keep the bar close and really drag the bar up. I’ve never used them so i don’t know how effective they are
Didnt use much body english on my heaviest set. Plan on milking the hell outta these and going heavier each week. Not to the point of too much cheating though
Rear delt flies
3×12
facepulls
2×12
SLAYA POWAAAA
That 2 plate bench is gonna be here before christmas i promise
