[quote]milktruck wrote:
STB why did you decided to go down to 1 heavy DL day a month?[/quote]
Because deadlifting sucks. It takes a month for me to not be sore anymore from my last heavy deadlift.
I was deadlifting heavy every 2 weeks or so and my progress stalled, I was stuck at 744 for like a year and a half. I started adding in suit work once a month and a week off once a month and it just kinda worked out that deadlifting was only once a month. When I did that, and got smarter with my exercise selection, the weight started going up again.
Mentally, this is awesome. Deadlift is my favorite competition lift. So, with this one workout a month, I am so fired up that there is no way I am not setting a new PR.
I’ve got a meet in a couple weeks so we will see if this format is still working for me![/quote]
Very interesting, thx for the insight. I was thinking about a once a month setup as well to focus on getting stronger in squats and rack pulls most of the time - from which I recover faster - then bringing it all home on the first of the month like its a national holiday.[/quote]
Haha. Yes! Thats what it feels like. Just s tip though, if you do start pulling once a month, you might have to add in some kind of variation for reps at some point. For example, the week before my heavy pulls, I try to hit a new 6 rep max on RDL’s on my speed day. It doesnt always work out but I know I am getting stronger when I can get 5-10 more pounds. It doesnt have to be RDL’s, it might not even have to be anything for you, but this works VERY well for me.[/quote]
In any case, updates from anyone? Seems like only the people that never qualified for this race are making progress.[/quote]
Nice lift there, I won’t be maxing until either mid August or mid September, not sure what meet I am going to do yet. By then I should be well past 545, hopefully closer to 600.
I have a bleak update: fucked my back up squatting a couple weeks ago in Week 1 on my 7th cycle of 531. Sucks cause I had set a huge PR in deadlift earlier in the week and was feeling awesome. Now that I’m down in my back, I only got 1 rep on the money set in my 333+ week, and only got 3 reps in the 5 rep set in the 531+ week (didnt do the 3 or 1+ rep sets). Very disappointing.
Funny thing is that it hasn’t really affected my squat, which I find very weird since that was how I got hurt.
Oh well, got a deload coming up this week and will probably take it easy for the week following and see how I feel then, and redo this cycle for DL & Squat. c’est la vie.
[quote]pyrosive wrote:
I pulled 445x6 yesterday. Next week I’m going to shoot for 515 maybe 525. 5/3/1 estimated 1rm of 445x6 is 535. Getting there[/quote]
Looking forward to a max soon. Be sure to get a vid!
In any case, updates from anyone? Seems like only the people that never qualified for this race are making progress.[/quote]
Nice lift there, I won’t be maxing until either mid August or mid September, not sure what meet I am going to do yet. By then I should be well past 545, hopefully closer to 600.[/quote]
If things keep going the way they have been, I hope to be in the same territory you are come max time for you
505*4 today, no videos.
Alternating speed work with max effort is great. thanks to STB for the idea
Hey Ahu now that you are very close to the goal when you are ready to max for 545 would you send me a pm, so I’ll try it and if I get it we’ll call it a draw
Looking forward to posting a vid here, one of my friends took a vid of me getting a PB of 270 kgs (about 595lbs I think?)just before Christmas, next goal is 300 kgs (approx 661 lbs). Been doing cluster sets lately and really enjoying it, getting 10 sets of 3 on 220 kgs (approx 485 lbs) with 90 secs rest between sets. Also doing deficit work and rack pulls to try and get up to it, but its going to take a while!
I’ll get a vid up as soon as I find a way to get it from his phone to my laptop!
[quote]pyrosive wrote:
Depending on the phone, you can probably just email the video then download the video from the email[/quote]
Yeah that’s what I’ve asked him to do. No response yet but hopefully have it up here before the week is out. Think he’s got a pretty snazzy new fangled phone so he should be able to do just what you said.
I just found this thread. My current 1RM is 452. I’m on cycle 2 of 5-3-1 and I’ve got a deload next week, then one week to train before vacation. I’m going to use that week for a “mini-meet.” I’ll warm up the 5-3-1 lift for the day like I would for a meet, then do three attempts about 10 minutes apart (or whenever I feel like it). So I’ll do three attempts at DL and see what I get.
[quote]StormTheBeach wrote:
Crap, video didnt come up, maybe this will:
Is that your home gym? If so, try grabbing yourself some tap-cons and put them in the ground for the bands, the feel is a lot better when you already have tension at the bottom.
[quote]StormTheBeach wrote:
Crap, video didnt come up, maybe this will:
Is that your home gym? If so, try grabbing yourself some tap-cons and put them in the ground for the bands, the feel is a lot better when you already have tension at the bottom.[/quote]
Yea, I have been looking for remedies for this. Its not just for the feel, there needs to be tension through the whole ROM in order to get the most out of the pulls. I have a jump stretch board and I was thinking about picking up some Elitefts short bands.
I don’t have the jump stretch platform, and didn’t much like it when I tried it, but that was with the pro bands.
What I did was drill quarter inch “i” hooks into my platform, 36" apart and set up so the bands are set on the bar sleeves (5’ apart). A doubled mini gives about 80lbs at the bottom and 200lbs at the top this way. I may pick up some short bands (on sale!) and try them on this set up. I use high test carabineers to set everything up, but you can also just use open “i” hooks as well.
