Snatch grip deadlifts-
Started at the deficit standing on 1-plate-
220 x10
270 x10
Here I added Olympic size plates to the standard bar with standard 100s.
Here’s what happens and this is something new I decided to try. The initial lift is only 240 for just over an inch, then we lift the 45s. So we are starting with momentum before the load increases, similar to chains idea.
330 x1
Belt no deficit
360 x1 (10# PR)
This is the second time I’ve done these. Was a strain to lift, maybe not 100percent but I exerted enough.
Heavy plate Good Morning Deadlift-
Very hard lift here.
Started with a 50# back pack on. I actually think this makes the lift easier, I mean it feels like it’s going to be way harder, but man the weight flys up-
200+pack xfew
250+pack x few
300+pack x1 easy
335+pack x1 starting to feel it
Remove pack
390 x1 (10# PR) MAX
Only budged it at first, retried, got it, good hard strong pull!!!
This lift is going to bullet proof me! No ONE will understand it either!
Floor press bottom up-
120 x20
150 x20
190 x10
235 x1 semi strict (5#PR for semi strict)
Glute raised
260 miss
245 x1 (felt easyish)
257 miss
First misses and there will be more to come.
245 was strong. I’ve only pressed that much a few times in my life. I missed that a time or two a few months ago.
Wide grip pull ups weighted-
Negative with 45 x1
25# x1 full good solid rep with a hold at the top.
Widest grip possible.
RDL from rack-
This is the second time I’ve ever done these. They are psychology harder than dead lift from floor??? Anyone else think?
225 x10 monkey grip
275 x1 monkey grip
Straps
315 x1
345 x1
425 for overload hold
375 x1 (5# PR)
385 x1 (another PR)
I grunted loud on 375, but I knew I should go up and do another. I barely grunt at all on conventional dead with even 405.
I’m trying to train around work and life, I’ve only been able to get in enough time for a high rep set here and there.
Plus my MCL has been hurting, so the break is good. High rep calf raises does not help that.
But I got in a heavy one today, made the knee nice and sore.
I think it’s these plate BORs fuking my knee. Gonna have to stop them for a bit and calf raises.
Farmers Deads-
No deficit (this is 3/4” higher than conventional dead height).
220 x10
320 x10 (pretty easier with no deficit)
420 x1
I’m 20# off my PR weight for this lift and height. It’s not about hitting PRs all the time, it’s about getting in a good 1-rep and the 320 x10 provided a good pre fatigue.
Running low on food today had to settle for post meal of slice of pan size supreme pizza topped with a can of albacore. I was not looking forward to eating the pizza with or without the tuna.
Finally stocked up on food.
Might be sticking to light weights for a bit, see how the knee goes.
If you check my 1st old journal, I was lifting light only for a good full year.
Just updating to keep the journal from being stagnant.
Hit some good floor pressing 10-17-24 PRs for reps-
167 x26
212 x6
My right knee (the tendon on the inner side below the knee) was so sore after the farmers deads, but it’s only when walking, deep knee bends feel good.
There’s zero pain now!
But that knee is different from my other knee, it’s like that area is has a hard bone like feel that sticks out. I’ve had this flare up about 3 times in the last year or longer.
All good now. Might do some light high rep squats today. But this was flared up BEFORE I did the deadlift.
I pinpoint it to either the wide stance on BORs the day before it flared or the day it actually flared up I did weighted push ups using dumbbells for a deficit.
In 25 years of lifting I’ve never worn knee sleeves. I cut up some socks to start doing this.
Felt like a max to me, no way was I going to try 2 this time.
@twojarslave glad you enjoyed! I snuck in a set of 80rep squats at lunch!
MODs- you win. I’ll stop posting the main forum. This is annoying (waiting over 12 hours and not getting posts approved) I’m not a troll but I see some get to say whatever they want.
I just did about 20 minutes of kettlebells this a.m. on a particularly gorgeous and unseasonably warm fall day.
I took the double 53’s outdoors and did sets of swings, squats, alternating rows and clean+press. Four rounds of each. I’ll soon finish work early to get a few miles of hill walking in with the dog. Who knows when we will see this kind of weather again? Six months?
The processed bun on the burger might kill you faster than just the burger.
But I’m also a believer in daily tough exercise. I still will say restrictions are bad and that tough exercise does the right things to dangerous cells.
Most of my family are about less and less meat and they are looking very bad these days but they don’t exercise in tough ways so it’s still not really going to save them to preach meat meat especially if they smoke and drink sodas.
Yes, I’m now a big fan of steak and eggs, but I’m also a big fan of a bagel pre-workout or a fig bar or honey while lifting for good bodybuilding size results.
That’s why so many people on these types of forums and trainees don’t stick with it, because of restrictions.
You don’t have to be gung hoe to succeed at this.
Not everyone’s life can be revolved around a perfect routine of scheduled program training. I’m on call 24/7, most times I start training someone has an emergency and I have to stop what I’m doing.
I’ve found a way to do excellent training in under 10 minutes. I can do that multiple times a day if I can’t get in more time.
For any doubters my continued increases in performance speaks for itself!
@zecarlo Look at the muscles popping and strength-
@zecarlo i can’t reply to you because the mods have to approve my posts. Regarding Arnold, did you know Arnold ate pies the day before contests to fill out, everyone knew this too. His competition knew this and they ate pies AFTER the contest and knew they looked better after the pies, but they were scared to do what Arnold did. Look it up man……
