[quote]LittleStrick wrote:
10 @ 250#! Sweet benching! Has your bench made a jump recently? Or have I just had my head in the sand and never fully appreciated your numbers?[/quote]
Thanks for the props. I sorta did a max about 5mos ago right after a pec strain healed. It was 275. Didn’t feel like pushing it at the time. My alltime is 325 so I’m continuing my assault on it. Now here’s the kicker…Do I up it 5 or 10 next cycle? 10 is realistic, 5 is probably the smart play. I’m finally healing up in more than one area and would really rather stay that way, ya know.
That’s a toughy. I am with you, though. I am already contemplating bumping my military training max, given the last workout (have to see how the other 2 go 1st).
I will say that having done 250 x 10, at the end of the benching, your max is waaaay over 275. I would really be surprised if you max wasn’t at least 315-325. But it is better to be safe than sorry…just not too safe
[quote]LittleStrick wrote:
That’s a toughy. I am with you, though. I am already contemplating bumping my military training max, given the last workout (have to see how the other 2 go 1st).
I will say that having done 250 x 10, at the end of the benching, your max is waaaay over 275. I would really be surprised if you max wasn’t at least 315-325. But it is better to be safe than sorry…just not too safe :)[/quote]
I don’t like ‘too safe’ either. I just haven’t seen anybody on my bench day that I would trust spotting me yet. I’m sure someone will show when I’m ready. They don’t have a REAL power rack at my gym. Some lifetime fitness rack. Works good for squatting and overhead work, not so good for benching.
[quote]ruglayer09052000 wrote:
I don’t like ‘too safe’ either. I just haven’t seen anybody on my bench day that I would trust spotting me yet. I’m sure someone will show when I’m ready. They don’t have a REAL power rack at my gym. Some lifetime fitness rack. Works good for squatting and overhead work, not so good for benching.[/quote]
No rack or adequate spotter would definitely be an issue. Even with my rack, I sometimes feel like I am holding back. Having an actual spotter would help, even if only with the psychological aspect.
As you said, the right one will show up at the right time.
[quote]ouroboro_s wrote:
Why did you decide to go back to school? I know nothing about computers but I do know about recreating my life or portions of it. There’s something really wonderful about realising that you can start something new at any age. In fact, doing it at our age just underscores that the books of our lives have many chapters left. Okay, maybe that sounds gay but I see so many people in their fortys and over living their lives like the best is past and there are no surprises yet.
Good lifting by the way.
My kids and their friends only think my boyfriend is ‘cool beans’. I’m still just mom.[/quote]
Well, currently I’m in construction. I do commercial flooring. Business is so down in my area right now that I’ve been laid off for 6+ months now. Michigan has a program to help dislocated workers retrain for new careers, so I decided, after having a chat with the wife, that it was time I used my brain instead of my brawn, so to speak. Since I like computers, sort of, and it was getting paid for, I decided to reinvent myself and get a degree in IT and get into a line of work where in the end, it won’t be as cyclical as construction, and you can’t get some uneducated, non-english speaking immigrant to under-bid your company. Happens all the time in my trade. I’m union and they don’t even seem to care about non-union companies underbidding our work. Sorry for the rant. That is a whole nother book.
[/quote]
I kind of went to other direction; from advertising to construction. It’s a natural progression We’re booming right now and work is crazy. A lot of the new construction is to beat a new tax coming July 1 this year.
Our province does retraining as well. My guy went from 20+ years in the steel industry and retrained as a personal support worker a couple of years ago when their foundry was sold. Survival goes to those who can adapt, change and keep moving. I’m sure you will find the change good.
I kind of went to other direction; from advertising to construction. It’s a natural progression We’re booming right now and work is crazy. A lot of the new construction is to beat a new tax coming July 1 this year.
Our province does retraining as well. My guy went from 20+ years in the steel industry and retrained as a personal support worker a couple of years ago when their foundry was sold. Survival goes to those who can adapt, change and keep moving. I’m sure you will find the change good.[/quote]
And they say it’s the ‘younger’ generation that’s more adaptable to this business climate. I call bullshit on that. Put them out on their can, tell them they have to survive, and I’m just not sure that they could. However, I could just be a crotchety old man and be wrong, too.
I kind of went to other direction; from advertising to construction. It’s a natural progression We’re booming right now and work is crazy. A lot of the new construction is to beat a new tax coming July 1 this year.
Our province does retraining as well. My guy went from 20+ years in the steel industry and retrained as a personal support worker a couple of years ago when their foundry was sold. Survival goes to those who can adapt, change and keep moving. I’m sure you will find the change good.[/quote]
And they say it’s the ‘younger’ generation that’s more adaptable to this business climate. I call bullshit on that. Put them out on their can, tell them they have to survive, and I’m just not sure that they could. However, I could just be a crotchety old man and be wrong, too.[/quote]
I think there is definitely some truth to that. I think this generation (not all of it) is more used to things be handed to them. There is definintely more of a sense of entitlement. They haven’t had to adapt and overcome like previous generations. If they don’t like something, they just don’t do it, and then get pissy when someone doesn’t fix it.
And I say this with 5 in-laws who are 19-26. Their view on hows things work can only be classified as “warped.”
Of course, compared to our parents, the same might be said of us
Its so strange the union phenom- I am a begrudging union member- and it does little for my income,
my business, show business is a union disaster, nepostism, bad attitude, and menace- have kept union labor here in the big city- in the dark ages.
yet at the same time there is allot of pride, great skills just hidden underneath.
Nice work. Doing 5s on 3s day seems to be catching. I think there are a couple of others that have done that recently. The 3s just must not feel like enough work.
[quote]LittleStrick wrote:
Nice work. Doing 5s on 3s day seems to be catching. I think there are a couple of others that have done that recently. The 3s just must not feel like enough work.[/quote]
I think part of it is because I do my deads as 30sec singles. I won’t rep deads over 225. Form goes to shit immediately and that is when the back goes ‘f-u’. Doing that, I tend to forget 3’s and go to 5’s. I kinda got that idea from ‘Rock, Iron, and Steel’. Also a good book.
Now, a question for whomever wants to answer.
Does anyone here actually time thier rest periods? I go by feel on most of my lifts. I’m thinking maybe I should start timing my accessory work, if only to get more in or get out of the gym a little quicker.
I have timed my rest periods for accessory work, but never for the ME. I figure my ME needs as much rest as I feel like, since it is the primary “strength” movement.
Anymore, given how horrendous my conditioning is, I don’t time my supersets/accessory work. But I know from just keeping an eye on it the I stay between 5 and 15 seconds between the the supersetted exercises and 90 to 120 seconds between sets of them. Since I still want to use a decent weight, I have to have my breath back (mostly) before I start the 2nd set.
During my workout, yesterday, it took me about 30 minutes to get through Military. The remaining 19 sets (10 supersets) took me about 30 minutes. Add in my prep work and the whole thing was an hour and 15 to 20 minutes. Of course, that includes time spent herding a 4 and 6 year old. Oh, and dinging the 6 year old on the crown with the pole I use for dislocates. He is not good at paying attention…but is getting better.
[quote]LittleStrick wrote:
I have timed my rest periods for accessory work, but never for the ME. I figure my ME needs as much rest as I feel like, since it is the primary “strength” movement.
Anymore, given how horrendous my conditioning is, I don’t time my supersets/accessory work. But I know from just keeping an eye on it the I stay between 5 and 15 seconds between the the supersetted exercises and 90 to 120 seconds between sets of them. Since I still want to use a decent weight, I have to have my breath back (mostly) before I start the 2nd set.
During my workout, yesterday, it took me about 30 minutes to get through Military. The remaining 19 sets (10 supersets) took me about 30 minutes. Add in my prep work and the whole thing was an hour and 15 to 20 minutes. Of course, that includes time spent herding a 4 and 6 year old. Oh, and dinging the 6 year old on the crown with the pole I use for dislocates. He is not good at paying attention…but is getting better.[/quote]
