Today = 4th day no carbs (except for during workout).
I’ve had caffeine withdrawal affect me less than this. I’m feeling anxious and I can hear the snack cabinet and potato bin calling for me ----- “EEEEEAAAAAAAATT MEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAATTTTT MEEEEE!”
Fuck.
Oh man, can I relate to carb withdrawl. It’s been my experience that if you can grit your teeth through the first week, you’ve beaten the hardest part. The paranoia, crankiness, and just general PMS can be wicked, but is short-lived.
Very nice 405. It looked pretty easy for you. So if you’re wondering if you can add a rep, I’d definitely say yes. Probably several more reps.
Thanks folks!
Arms:
Low Cable Curls (‘w’ attach)
ramped sets x reps
OH 1arm DB Extensions
ramped sets x reps
EZ Bar Skull Crushers
ramped sets x reps
1 arm db hammer preacher curls
ramped sets x reps
OH Cable Tricps extension (rope attach):
ramped sets x reps
1 arm high cable curls
ramped sets x reps
Moderately fast paced- had about 50 minutes to finish.
Another 10" of snow today-- shovel.
PM
Shoulders:
HS Shoulder Press:
1pps x 15
2p x 10
3p x 10
4p x 9, x4
HS Incline
1pps x 12
2p x 12
3p x 10
4p x 4
3p+25ps x 6
Leaning Cable Lat Delt Raise:
20x12
30x10
40x10
Rear Delt Cable X-over:
40x10
50x9
60x10
65x6
Lat. Delt Machine:
120x12
150x10
175x8+2
Jeebus, I want some real carbs…
Why are you doing no carbs? Don’t lose any of your precious weight ;(
405 front? Fuck n A
[quote]Nikki9591 wrote:
Why are you doing no carbs? Don’t lose any of your precious weight ;([/quote]
Couldn’t stand no carbs any more this week…
Ate leftover sesame chicken. DAMMIT I LOVE SESAME CHICKEN!
Tomorrow is really ‘carb day’. Tonight was just ‘practice’.
Dedz/Hammz
Sumo:
135x8
225x5
315x5
365x3
405x4
315x8
Trap Bar Shrugs:
135x15
225x12
315x10
405x10
495x5+4
Hamz Leg Curl:
ramped sets x reps
Seated Calves
ramped sets x reps: top 4p+75 x 10
SLDL x bar: long stretches
Deads felt better today- well, hip/back felt stronger today.
I’m going with left hand inverted grip for now. I’ve got scratched up shins, so I was pulling closer this time, but still think I need to sit back a bit more during the pull. Body still feels twisted with inverted grip-- left side feels like it wants to be away while right side digs in shin. Still working on it.
Form critiques and advice welcome.
On another note, I ate the hell outta some rice today… Need to start thinking about that gut sticking out from my lifting belt :0
Oh yeah-- new sneakers… Awesome.
lookin’ good Steely
Pulls looked good, gotta be the rice.
Rice is amazing. Great work in here SteelyD
Yo, finally getting back to look at you DL vids.
Here is my critique. And I say this with wisdom of a) much bigger pullers backing me up and b) I make some of the same mistakes as you and they make a small weight seem heavy.
Get you fucking ass further down. You are very inconstant with this (so am I).
Keep you head up. I am guessing there is a mirror in front of you and you want to see how much you turn purple. Don’t look that way. Find a spot on the ceiling. Focus, keep a hold of the bar, and squat the bar up.
I see a little bit of you trying to curl the bar. Arms slack, lats flared. Arms are just chains with hooks (your hands) attached for your body to move the weight up. Your torso and legs are doing the work.
Keep the arch from the floor up.
Hope this helps. Your build and strength you should be pulling in the mid 600s. Get to it.
I think Pete just called me a big pussy. LOL!
No, seriously-- THANKS for the pointers. Will definitely incorporate these.
Nice work Steely. Now I am going to have to post some vids in my thread pulling. I havent look at your thread in a while you doing back squats? I switched to front squats for a while to work on some quad development and give my hip a break. Pete great advice if you can in a couple of weeks check out my thread to give me some advice on my pulls.
[quote]DJHT wrote:
Nice work Steely. Now I am going to have to post some vids in my thread pulling. I havent look at your thread in a while you doing back squats? I switched to front squats for a while to work on some quad development and give my hip a break. Pete great advice if you can in a couple of weeks check out my thread to give me some advice on my pulls. [/quote]
I’m in a front squat mode right now. I want to work on my deadlift and the f.squats don’t bother my back as much. I hadn’t deadlifted all last year opting for below-knee rack pulls. I hit the 500+ in August then backed off with the hip. Still doing lots of leg presses and other leg work, but I think the front squats are a better fit with hitting deads (for me) right now.
My biggest issue is just picking the weight up off the floor. If I can get it to my knees, I’m pretty sure I can lock it out at this point. Have to work on that. My squat is better than my DL so Pete saying ‘squat the weight up’ makes a ton of sense.
On a similar note, I really feel my glutes/hips/inner-thighs today, so they were firing yesterday for sure-- a good thing.
[quote]PeteS wrote:
Get you fucking ass further down. [/quote]
This sounds so simple but is so damn hard. If I drop my ass further I just lift it more to initiate the pull. Good luck with this, Steely.
I’m really looking for some superlative adjectives here. Maybe most just can’t related to it but a 405 front squat is in a whole different realm than us normal humans are use to. I think everyone’s being a little blase about it. That was a one of the most impreesive things I’ve seen on here (even if I had to look between dudes’ legs to see it all). I’m late, I know.
I am officially impressed and that takes alot. Internet bow to you.
As far as the deadlifting goes, I agree with Pete (see, now I sound like I know what I’m talking about).
[quote]hel320 wrote:
I’m really looking for some superlative adjectives here. Maybe most just can’t related to it but a 405 front squat is in a whole different realm than us normal humans are use to. I think everyone’s being a little blase about it. That was a one of the most impreesive things I’ve seen on here (even if I had to look between dudes’ legs to see it all). I’m late, I know.
I am officially impressed and that takes alot. Internet bow to you.
[/quote]
That means a lot coming from you! Thanks. I’m truly humbled-- I still feel like such a beginner.
Hopefully that number keeps going up 
Wait, now you’re calling me a big pussy??? 
Nice FS steely, was gonna comment on the DL but Pete said everything I had to say!